Hammer and Rails · Jul 21, 2023
Off-Season Basketball Homework: Caleb Furst
We’re familiar with the Caleb Furst lore.
He’s a former Indiana Mr. Basketball, earning the award his senior year following his commitment to Matt Painter’s squad at the end of his junior year. His style of play offensively is exactly that of today’s multifaceted-by-necessity power forward. Dudes who were 6’10” were not shooting many long twos and threes twenty years ago. This is a kid who, if he was forced to play at the five (and not on a team with Zach Edey), would be a serviceable center on both ends of the court.
After being the main offensive option at Blackhawk Christian in Fort Wayne, he helped the USA U-19’s to a gold medal in July of 2021 before enrolling at Purdue.