Are the Purdue boys a bust?

[clover]

JJJ has shown yet that he belongs with the celts. Moore is different. He has shown that if he is patient enough with his offense, he can score the ball from either the three or with his floater. The problem I see often is that he rushes his shot like there is no tomorrow.Like he has to make good the few opportunities he has to play. Today he has played more under control than yesterday, and his scoring shows it..

What could be better for EM than another 8 games like this in the next 12 days?

[jyyzzoel]

JJJ is a good kid, he tries hard, but he is still  a LONG WAYS off from Jeff Green smoothness. His play is so eratic., becasue his motor isn't running ALL THE TIME.  He is too used to dominating players in college level with average effort. NBA it takes 100% output non stop , the competiton is so much better.

Moore has a heart the size of a MOUNTAIN.  What god denied him in height and speed , he more than make up in confidence and desire.  He has unshakable faith in his game or ability to belong. He is somewhat a floor leader by example.  ETwan makes mistakes but plays 100% effort all the time.  I;m not ready to toss Etwaun under the bus quite yet.

totally, totally agree on everything you said here.

[Lord of Mikawa]

JJJ is a good kid, he tries hard, but he is still  a LONG WAYS off from Jeff Green smoothness. His play is so eratic., becasue his motor isn't running ALL THE TIME.  He is too used to dominating players in college level with average effort. NBA it takes 100% output non stop , the competiton is so much better.

Moore has a heart the size of a MOUNTAIN.  What god denied him in height and speed , he more than make up in confidence and desire.  He has unshakable faith in his game or ability to belong. He is somewhat a floor leader by example.  ETwan makes mistakes but plays 100% effort all the time.  I;m not ready to toss Etwaun under the bus quite yet.

Let them be somebody else's project. They might be something in the future but it won't be on this team.

[dtrader]

Moore is a shooting guard, so I think judging him according to how he's played out of position at pg isnt right. I also disagree with the idea that he can't get his shot off. I feel the exact opposite. I think he's shown that he has a range of moves (mid range pull up, floater, 3s), and enough handle to make space to get them off. I also think his defense is underrated. He doesn't hound the ball like AB, but he gets good steals, blocks, and rebounds for his position.

[Celtics4ever]

It may take more than heart or being a good kid to succeed in the NBA, where does that leave these guys?

[Meadowlark_Scal]

Too early....

[Celtics4ever]

I keep hoping the light will go off....

[Tr1boy]

Both will have nice futures in Europe. Both play way too passive out there. Jjj on a break bare got touched and almost broke hips. Moore looked happy letting Gibson do alot of the work late in the game.

[TripleOT]

Watching Moore try to play PG is painful.  Watching JJJ try to play is painful too. 

[slamtheking]

too early yet to call them busts.  I like JJJ's efforts early on the boards yesterday.

give them the rest of summer league and an actual training camp to see how they do. 

I had initial reservations about them prior to them being drafted since Big 10 players tend to be vastly overrated (I have the same concerns about Sully) and don't tend to make much of themselves in the NBA.  I'm still hoping they pan out, JJJ especially, but I'd be a bit concerned if they haven't shown some reasonable progress by the start of the season.

sticking with this.  JJJ looked better out there today.  Moore looked better as well.  we'll see how they continue to progress.  what I liked most in general is that the C's squad looked more like a cohesive unit than NJ's team