Paint Touches

With the 34th pick of the 2012 NBA draft, the Dallas Mavericks selected forward Jae Crowder, making him  33rd Marquette player to join the exclusive NBA pro ranks. Crowder transformed himself from a little known high school prospect, to a lightly recruited junior-college guard, to the 2012 Big East Player of the Year and a 2nd […]

Deonte Burton’s Vincent Vinkings reached the final of the WHIZ KIDS Summer League taking out Sheboygan North in the quarterfinals and Rufus King in a sloppy semifinal. Burton played a well rounded two games, but was never able to find his shot. He scored 10 in the quarterfinals on 5-7 shooting, adding 5 rebounds, 5 […]

I will apologize right away for being a terrible journalist and forgetting to pack my camera before going to work in the morning. Thus, any observations I make will be evidence-free. You’ll just have to take my word for it. I also was not able to stand my ground and routinely had my view obstructed […]

One day at time. For many of the NBA Draft hopefuls, that phrase can be difficult to follow, as it’s easy to get caught up waiting for individual workouts or the actual draft, now just one week away. But for Jae Crowder, doing everything one day at a time has become gospel, and a way […]

Editor’s note: we did not mean to make this Duane Wilson appreciation week, it just happened to work out that way. This is the last installment. Probably.  After a trial run last week that had me watching Marquette-Rec-Center-quality basketball for three hours, I finally took my first stab at evaluating talent. Only elite talent, might […]

I finally got to see Duane Wilson in action Tuesday night, and boy did he live up to his billing (yes, the competition was weak, but good players prey on that). Mark will have a story on him tomorrow, and I will try to have my full breakdown of his game by tomorrow night, but […]