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tOSU @ Purdue, Tues 12/31 @ 1p ET, ESPN2

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Buckeyes were a bit lucky with two foul calls when the score was close in the late 40s, but Purdue was mugging them under the basket for the full game.Better on offense, but shocking from 3 pt range. Gotta get that fixed quick. Very impressive on defense. All in all a good night in a hostile place.
 
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I particularly enjoyed the flashback to the blocking foul using an angle perpendicular to the direction he was sliding. Brilliant work by the ESPN crew on that one.
Steve19 said:
Buckeyes were a bit lucky with two foul calls when the score was close in the late 40s, but Purdue was mugging them under the basket for the full game.Better on offense, but shocking from 3 pt range. Gotta get that fixed quick. Very impressive on defense. All in all a good night in a hostile place.
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Exactly. Two-arm shoves for anyone under the basket with zero calls.
 
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HenryMuto said:
Not sure about anyone else but I often think to myself what could have been if DeShaun Thomas would have stayed. I felt that way a few years ago when Turner left but at least Turner was a top 2 pick in the draft I never will understand why Thomas left early I guess maybe he just didn't like being in college or something.
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Yeah, it's hard to rationalize DT turning pro as a Buckeye fan. He didn't have a great chance of making the NBA and left anyway, when he could've had a much more memorable year being a star on a great college team with great fan following in the USA than playing abroad for a team most people in the USA haven't heard of and don't care about. It stings but thankfully Matta already had the "exit strategy" covered pretty well with Q Ross ready to step in for him this year.
 
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DZ83CK said:
Yeah, it's hard to rationalize DT turning pro as a Buckeye fan. He didn't have a great chance of making the NBA and left anyway, when he could've had a much more memorable year being a star on a great college team with great fan following in the USA than playing abroad for a team most people in the USA haven't heard of and don't care about. It stings but thankfully Matta already had the "exit strategy" covered pretty well with Q Ross ready to step in for him this year.
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I personally don't find it hard to rationalize at all.
 
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MaxBuck said:
Yeah, hard for me to see how DeShaun lost out by getting a six-figure job that lets him live in Paris.
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Precisely.

This isn't like football where there's only one (OK, two) leagues where you can make a living. You come out for the NBA draft, and if you don't stick you're probably gonna catch one with a foreign league where you can still make a nice living playing the game. It's not nearly as big of a risk to come out too early in basketball as it is in football.

Besides, it was the right time for him. What else was he going to accomplish that would help his career?
 
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I said it's hard to rationalize as a Buckeye fan, a person who roots for this team, and as a result would see playing for the Buckeyes as superior to all things Europe. The child thing, anybody could use that excuse. I don't want excuses. The reality is he did something that you don't typically see a top college player do, turn pro when you're on a great team while your chances of being drafted and sticking on an NBA roster are marginal. Most guys with draft stock where his was would've stayed, even in this day and age.

Of course what he did was rational and logical when you back away from the fan aspect. But as a Buckeye fan, it was questionable considering you don't see guys jumping to the pros a year early to play in Europe like that very often, especially not when they've got a chance to do such special things in college.
 
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Onebuckfan said:
He had a chance to do special things last year..his time was done. Its a new year, don't get me wrong I'd love to see him on the team but its not the 80's anymore.
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Still you don't see guys doing what DT did more often than not in 2013. Purely as a Buckeye fan, it was a questionable decision. Of course removing the fan aspect he made a good choice. But at the same time the fan in me says he had at least as good an option to stay in school - he didn't have to go, as you seem to think. OSU is doing well without him, but it's hard as a fan to not wonder what could've been.
 
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