His story starts with other player’s names.
Rapheal Davis. Dakota Mathias. Kendall Stephens. Basil Smotherman. Carsen Edwards.
It is not anyone’s ideal narrative.
These are all Purdue guards that have played in the last four years. They have all in varying degrees played minutes for Coach Painter. Minutes that didn’t always go to the person this story is about. Whose legacy before that Thursday night, lay in the shadows – of other players, other teams, other shooters, other shots. Whose legacy now is being rewritten right before our eyes. That is, he just rewrote his legacy, in big, bold print.