Rodney Purvis to Transfer from NC State [Updated 4:10pm]

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In today’s episode of ‘How NC State Turns’, freshman guard Rodney Purvis will be announcing that he is transferring from NC State.  Purvis came to State as a 5-star All-Everything, McDonald’s All-American. Albeit inconsistently, Purvis showed flashes of why he was so highly recruited during his freshman season. Rodney hit the freshman wall and eventually struggled down the stretch, creating situation where fellow freshman, TJ Warren, replaced Purvis in the starting lineup.  

Now that Mark Gottfried has lost 5 players from last season’s Wolfpack squad, (two graduates, two prematurely to the NBA draft, and now Purvis to transfer) Warren will now be the most experienced starter returning for next season (14 starts) and will be counted on heavily. With Purvis’ departure, NC State currently has only seven scholarship players currently projected to be in the program for 2013-2014, three of which have not yet set foot on a college campus.To give you a quick indication of the massive change in the Wolfpack’s composition, The Wolfpacker’s Ryan Tice tweeted the following:

Lack of playing time is often cited as the biggest reason for transfers, but seeing how Purvis was going to be looking at 35+ minutes next season this move is baffling. These things often come down to parenting or kids growing up in an entitlement society and quitting at the first sign of adversity, but I’ll leave that speculation to you all.

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Based on Rodney’s newest twitter follower, UCONN coach Kevin Ollie, (screenshot attached) there is speculation that RP will end up playing for the Huskies, but I wouldn’t count out Missouri.

I always saw Purvis as a Julius Hodge type of player – someone that loved NC State and would probably be here about three years, during which he would work hard and still have a good time while doing it.  I couldn’t have been more wrong. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him end up at Georgia State eventually.

The following is the current configuration and scholarship spacing of NC State’s basketball program. It goes without saying that the potential addition of JUCO transfer Desmond Lee and at least one, if not two, 5th year graduate transfers would do wonders for Gottfried and the Wolfpack basketball program about now.

Senior Class
(1) Jordan Vandenberg (C) (Redshirt)

Junior Class
(2) Ralston Turner (Wing) – transfer from LSU sat out 2012-2103

Sophomore Class
(3) Tyler Lewis (PG)
(4) TJ Warren (F)

Freshman Class – 2013 Commits
(5) Anthony Barber (PG)
(6) Kyle Washington (4F/5C)
(7) BeeJay Anya (4F/5C)
(8) Departure of Scott Wood
(9) Departure of Richard Howell
(10) Departure of Lorenzo Brown
(11) Departure of CJ Leslie
(12) Departure of Rodney Purvis

2014 Commits
(13) Caleb Martin (wing) (Open scholarship)
(1) Cody Martin (wing) (scheduled departure of Vandenberg)

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175 Responses to Rodney Purvis to Transfer from NC State [Updated 4:10pm]

  1. WolfVetPhd 04/01/2013 at 3:48 PM #

    We baby these men too much. That’s where I get off. 18 they’re adults. If we started treating them more that way in society our country might not be full of entitled lazy good for nothings who take take take and don’t ever work to produce anything.

  2. SuperStuff 04/01/2013 at 3:48 PM #

    Why would anybody leave when you know your going to be one of the most experienced guys on the roster next year. Sit out a year instead of becoming one of the leaders. This does not compute. I don’t see the advantage.

  3. WolfTrack 04/01/2013 at 3:53 PM #

    If I’m looking at how this happened I’m looking at trends, not looking for flaws in a kid.

    We’ve had 7 transfers.

    Rodney’s character and work ethic has rarely been questioned before today.

    Just sayin

  4. Pack Mentality 04/01/2013 at 3:56 PM #

    I cannot think of a more immature move by Purvis. Even if he and Gott hated each other, one doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to believe that Gott will play the best players that give him the best chance of winning. If Purvis doesn’t believe that he would make the cut to be a starter then he is an idiot. If he believes that he is so great that he should have been the focal point of the team this year he is an idiot. He is making a terrible business decision if he wants to play in the nba as soon as possible. Or maybe his personal problem with Gott is worth that extra year of millions he is missing out on.

  5. Thinkpack17 04/01/2013 at 3:56 PM #

    “We baby these men too much. That’s where I get off. 18 they’re adults. If we started treating them more that way in society our country might not be full of entitled lazy good for nothings who take take take and don’t ever work to produce anything.”

    Start with your own damn kid. Or get into coaching. You have no right to tell a kid that you have no stock in and doesn’t know you from Adam what to do with his life.

    And to buy into your argument you have even less room to tell a grown ass man what to do with his life. He can have a perfectly good reason for transferring…you have no idea. I love how Rodney doing the right thing perfectly coincides with what you want. It seems like staying here for another year, throwing up 20 points a game and then bolting for the NBA would be the easy road. Seems like the road he is taking now is tougher.

  6. ZZ 04/01/2013 at 3:59 PM #

    PackMentality hit the nail on the head/

  7. TLeo 04/01/2013 at 3:59 PM #

    Just speculation on my part, but just maybe he has been the “chemistry” problem all year long and not CJ as some thought.Momma could have caused part of it too if that rumor is true. If he was unhappy about his playing time then he needed to suck it up and work to improve instead of sulking. I am really tired of these prima donna players coming into programs and feeling entitled to everything and not having to earn their positions and playing time. All it takes is one player poisoning the well to see the problems we saw last season

  8. Rochester 04/01/2013 at 4:00 PM #

    I’m sorry to see him go. Even sorrier to see so many State fans bashing a kid for making a personal decision. He’s not too stupid to realize he would be in line for a ton of minutes next year, so obviously there was a personal reason to it.

    A lot of people here make points about how they can’t blame kids for leaving early if they get NBA money, because if some company were to offer it to an engineering student, etc., why wouldn’t they take the dough and leave school? If that engineering student couldn’t stand the way the department was run and felt like he’d fit in better at another school, would you blame him for transferring? I wouldn’t.

  9. WolfVetPhd 04/01/2013 at 4:01 PM #

    Well my name is Adam so I would be one and the same. I’m still in college myself so I’m in a similar age group. I am vastly disappointed in my peers. I think when making a commitment you should follow through with it that’s all. He can do whatever he wants, but again you’re proving my point calling him a kid. He isn’t a kid he is an adult.

  10. PoppaJohn 04/01/2013 at 4:02 PM #

    Tough call RP! Makes no sense to me, but perhaps it is in your best interests. And if you didn’t want to be here, probably in our best interests as well.

    Someone (above) supposed that the issue might be that he wanted to play point. If that is true, and he sees that as his position in the NBA, then maybe it makes sense for him go somewhere where he has a better shot to get significant minutes at that postion. That’s about the only rationale that fits for me.

    Good news??? We will DEFINITELY NOT be over-rated next year.

  11. 44rules 04/01/2013 at 4:02 PM #

    Not going to bash a kid. See too much of that around here. Particularly since he’s not mine; I don’t know him; and I don’t know whether the reasons are valid. And even if they aren’t valid to me, they probably are to him and his family.

    The transfer trend is disturbing, but I’m also not willing to throw Gott away. He’s had the best two-year start of any N.C. State coach ever. I look forward to his continued recruitment of top classes, and I wish young Mr. Purvis well in his future endeavors.

  12. Pack85EE 04/01/2013 at 4:04 PM #

    OK, I know I am always too optimistic. We have bashed Rodney and bashed Coach. How about the kid just thinks he can be a point guard and thinks now he won’t get a chance. Only Two of the transfers were recruited by Gott, I think..
    The other transfers, is it the coach or…

    Painter – I hope it was just to go home.

    Josh Davis – when did he leave
    Ryan Harrow – never gave Gott a chance – maybe this is not one of the 6 then.
    So, of these three only one was recruited by Gott but all three seemed unhappy with PT.
    Jaqawn Raymond
    Tyler Harris
    Thoms Dethay

  13. JasonP 04/01/2013 at 4:06 PM #

    Gotta be April Fools

  14. Hawkeye Whitney 04/01/2013 at 4:06 PM #

    I saw Damien Wilkins playing in an NBA game the other night, and I thought he looked kinda familiar. Someday I expect to tune in and see RP playing for the Raptors or the Hawks, and I’ll have the same reaction…..”I’ve seen him somewhere before…”

  15. DTFix 04/01/2013 at 4:09 PM #

    Note to self… Be careful when you have to get an unprecedented ruling from the NCAA to get a kid eligible to play. Kids going to schools that have never had a graduating class and apparently rely on online classes should set off warning alarms…

  16. Thinkpack17 04/01/2013 at 4:11 PM #

    “I am vastly disappointed in my peers. I think when making a commitment you should follow through with it that’s all. He can do whatever he wants, but again you’re proving my point calling him a kid. He isn’t a kid he is an adult.”

    If you would read my entire post before commenting you would see that I conceded that he is an adult. He honored his commitment, schollies are for one year. Gott could have just as easily chosen to not have Rodney back. Changing your mind is part of college life. I transferred, I changed my major, I dumped my girlfriend…such is life. To bash a man for taking turns in his life that everyone is entitled to is stupid.

  17. STLPack01 04/01/2013 at 4:13 PM #

    Has anyone posited that there may be academic issues at play? It’s either that or wanting to play point, or not fitting in with the high post offensive system.

  18. Thinkpack17 04/01/2013 at 4:17 PM #

    ^That’s true. His NBA position is PG. They don’t make 6-2 NBA shooting guards anymore.

  19. ncsu_kappa 04/01/2013 at 4:18 PM #

    Its hard to be compared to John Wall, but better, your entire childhood since you were in the 7th grade. You were MVP of the Jordan Brand game, McD AA and a freshmen starter on a top 6 team in the country.

    You are not developing like John Wall did, instead you see your minutes decrease and you are backing up PG and SG. He probably started questioning the support development of his boss. It takes humility and trust to overcome a setback, especially when you’ve known nothing but success to this point.

    Whether he left because he feels his best interest will be catered to elsewhere, just didn’t like Gott, or otherwise should make no difference to us.

    We will be inexperienced and like others have posted, will Gott lead us through this rebuilding year and call middle of the road finish next year and another strong recruiting hall? Or will the next three seasons look like the Lowe years and we end up looking for another coach?

    Positives going forward – Gott Knows!
    * Gott knows recruiting
    * Gott knows coaching
    * Gott knows keeping talented coaches around him
    * Gott knows he has lots of open schollies for his type players and juco transfers

  20. ncsu_kappa 04/01/2013 at 4:19 PM #

    side note – Randle was going to UK day one. I thought it (either there or KU) when he eliminated UNC and Duke but kept us. We all were just fun stops for him as a high schooler. Will not be revealing a source but others here have stated before too. Not Purvis’s fault either, Randle has been unfofficially committed to UK for quite some time I’ve come to find out.

  21. Pack Mentality 04/01/2013 at 4:22 PM #

    Nobody is bashing a kid. They are discussing a college age man who is making a head scratching move that appears to be idiotic and immature.

  22. Tau837 04/01/2013 at 4:24 PM #

    “We’ve had 7 transfers.”

    Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe we have had 6 transfers under Gott: Harrow, Painter, Harris, Raymond, TDT, and Purvis (if true). Josh Davis and Julius Mays transferred out before Lowe’s last season.

    Not sure Harrow should count against Gott, as he had no chance to coach him. Regardless, as I’ve posted multiple times, it was addition by subtraction for Harrow, Harris, TDT, and possibly now Purvis, if the rumors about his attitude, badmouthing, etc. are true. Raymond wasn’t an ACC-caliber player, so that didn’t hurt. The only one that really hurt so far beyond better warm bodies in practice was Painter.

  23. Thinkpack17 04/01/2013 at 4:26 PM #

    “They are discussing a college age man who is making a head scratching move that appears to be idiotic and immature.”

    You are analyzing his decision armed with how much information exactly?

  24. Fastback68 04/01/2013 at 4:27 PM #

    I wish Yow would conduct exit interviews with everyone that is leaving and with those that will remain. Somebody really needs to determine the reasons for so many defections and issues with team play. It might be immaturity or it could be something more serious. I always like the famous “I am leaving the bank to spend time with my family and to pursue other interests” and I also just happened to commit fraud in the tune of millions and they canned me.

  25. Codebrown 04/01/2013 at 4:28 PM #

    This too shall pass.

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