Comments on: adidas Nations interview: Christian Watford

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:24:00 +0000

I had been avoiding Jurkin clips b/c I didn’t want to be disappointed but this was pretty solid. Obviously needs to put on some weight but he really is quick and pretty coordinated for a 7 footer.

Best part – LOVED how he kept blocked shots in bounds and in play rather than Dwight Howard’ing them out of bounds.

By: Marquisimo

Marquisimo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:51:00 +0000

Perea, Jurkins and DSR all play together on Indiana Elite…these guys are all 2012

CZ, Etherington play together on Indiana Elite…Plumlee, J Davis also play with them…these guys are 2011

I believe that Yogi did start playing with the older guys recently on Indiana Elite

By: Garyindiana_311

Garyindiana_311 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:13:00 +0000

let’s just hope we don’t see him commit to cornell.

By: Plane1972

Plane1972 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:01:00 +0000

Agreed on VJ3. It’s clear from the interview last week that he has put time in the weight room. He is our go-to guy until Creek proves himself fully recovered and ready for the rigors of Big Ten play. I’m stoked to see what Watford can do this season at the 3.

By: Plane1972

Plane1972 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:57:00 +0000

If you look at the just the headshot of him on the roster page, you can see he’s filled out a bit more. His face and neck just look bigger.

By: JerryCT

JerryCT — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:31:00 +0000

He actually reminds me of how quickly Bill Walton could get off the floor. I am just saying I think he will be better than Melo as a result of this quickness . I am preparing my $200k now in small bills

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:26:00 +0000

I heard Kenny Kaminski on I’m the radio this weekend (I was picking up Cleveland radio in Canton–go Emmitt!) and he was talking about Perea being on his AAU team I thought. He at the very least mentioned him by name as a good friend, and I think he mentioned Jurkin, too.

FYI, Izzo was basically THE reason he chose Michigan State.

By: Roninjeffersonville

Roninjeffersonville — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:24:00 +0000

If I am not mistaking. I think Perea,Jurkins, CZ, Etherington,Ferrell,and Smith-Rivera all play on the same AAU team. Indiana Elite. They been playing together for awhile. That should help if the play together at the next level

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:50:00 +0000

Gotta believe the chances of IU getting Perea are excellent with Jurkin. With Perea really only considering one other school and all his ties to the state of Indiana, we should be in excellent shape to get him.

My only concern may be if a Perea commitment would hurt our chances with CZ since they will both likely play the 4 spot. Could be a threat to his playing time?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:44:00 +0000

If you could line up all of the pUKe fans and inject them with truth serum I firmly believe that at least 95 % would say they know that he is one big blue ball of slime. Putting it as ‘more than half ‘ is giving them the benefit of the doubt and then some. As long as we had them all together and speaking the real truth it would be too sweet for the Infractions committee to be there listening.

Now that would be some real Sportscenter material….no, wait a minute I think that raises it to the 60 Minutes level. Talk about your must see TV !

By: Young Kelin Zeller

Young Kelin Zeller — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:36:00 +0000

I thought I would post this again and point out something I noticed and Will Sheehey noticed about this Jurkin video that is very positive….

At the 15sec point, I noticed a couple of familiar faces Jurkins is playing against….#51 7ft 270 pound Fab Melo, the 3 best center in 2010 and #31 will sheehey. You should also notice the 70 pound difference doesn’t seem to bother Jurkin.

The Box score on the game
Jurkin 15pt 8 reb 4blks
Fab Melo 19pts 6 reb 3 blks

Have to include will who put up fantasy numbers….19pts 5stls 10 reb.

In other words…Jurkin will be fine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hEESiTA1o&NR=1

By: IUfanPurduePhD

IUfanPurduePhD — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:17:00 +0000

(Lest anybody think I’m being flippant, I realize that Osama is 9,000 times more of a turd than Calipari and that while Calipari may be a sleaze, he is not evil in the way that Osama is. Disclaimer complete.)

By: IUfanPurduePhD

IUfanPurduePhD — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:15:00 +0000

I simply want Criminalipari to get caught already. How many times can there be smoke but no fire? I talked with a UK fan today (she’s in college so I know she can read, which elevates her into the 90th percentile of UK fans) and she absolutely confessed that Calipari is a sleaze. You gotta figure that more than half of their fans know what kind of guy Calipari is … but they’re clearly ok with the Faustian deal they’ve made.

After Osama, the next person want to be caught and found guilty is Calipari.

By: Young Kelin Zeller

Young Kelin Zeller — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:08:00 +0000

No I think you are wrong on that one, IU was only charged $125,000, Jurkin was not high enough on rivals or scout, so they got a small break. Briefly, I don’t know what will happen with that entire story but the reason I believe it is, if the Sun Times is saying other universities told them the same thing……I just don’t think this entire thing would be pulled out of the air. Nor do I think the sun times would continue to stick by the story….This is really bad for the kid Anthony Davis if it turns out to be true and we may see another case of a kid divorcing his parents.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:49:00 +0000

Yea that makes a lot of sense. If Yogi and / or CZ end at IU and playing at the next level doesn’t work out for Etherington then it looks like he has the makings of a good assistant coach with recruiting expertise already established. Just the fact that AE has been out there selling IU so hard and to the kids that we want him to sell IU to makes me feel really good about him coming to IU regardless of who else is there when the recruiting dust clears. He seems to be the exact kind of kid we need to establish the kind of foundation that we can build on for years to come.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:30:00 +0000

Yes, Yogi is ’12 but he has been playing up a class this summer with Zeller and Etherington, and the 3 seem to have become buds with Etherington the lead recruiter for both.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:26:00 +0000

Whatever the percentage was it will automatically go up with a PJ commit. As far as a verbal from Yogi along side Etherington isn’t he in the “12 class ? Regardless the percentage goes up again if Yogi does verbal before CZ or HP. If Perea verbals before CZ then the percentages go up yet again and I would think that CZ is a lock for committing to IU. I for one cannot think of one legitimate reason why he would go anywhere else if even part of this comes to pass.

By: IUfanPurduePhD

IUfanPurduePhD — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:05:00 +0000

I would obviously like both Jurkin & Perea to commit to IU like, yesterday, but I’ll take PJ tomorrow. I WANT SOME GOOD NEWS!!! This will definitely endear PJ to the IU fanbase — I mean, we already would’ve liked him, but being the first of the 2012 class and committing during a drought where we’re desperately wanting good news … yeah, I like the idea of PJ committing tomorrow (esp. before the Chicago Sun-Times finds out that IU paid his dad $200,000)! 🙂

By: Diesel

Diesel — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:56:00 +0000

What do you think? If Jurkin verbals to IU, what is the percentage that Perea ends up at IU?

If Yogi were to verbal to IU alongside Etherington, what is the percentage that Zeller ends up at IU?

I’m going 75% and 60%. Looks like the CTC train is about to take off…..all aboard!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:14:00 +0000

Definitely agree. I think his freshman year he will be what Bawa could have been by his senior year. Most importantly, he has 2 years to put on weight and work on his offensive game.