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I really feel for Puryear, its very similar to Kelly Thames post-injury. He wants to be the go to guy that leads the school he loves to success, he is simply surrounded by guys who can’t do it and he isn’t quite good enough to carry them to that level in the same situation Thames was faced with. Kelly’s last three years at MU he battled so hard on terrible teams and he simply couldn’t physically lift them up to success. Puryear has made some pretty considerable improvements in both rebounding and defense, and he brings it every night despite always losing. I do hope at some future point he gets to experience some measure of basketball success.
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I think Puryear has made some nice strides defensively and From a rebounding perspective. He was completely lost and a nonfactor at both last year, and now somehow he and Woods have become a competitive defensive frontcourt.