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“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
-Albert Einstein
Last year, Rodney Purvis was a carefree, rising sophomore, who had just finished his freshman year at Upper Room Christian Academy. Sporting braces, he was set to spend a summer as the youngest member of Chris Paul’s 17-and-under CP3 All-Stars and be the only member of the 2013 class attending the King City Classic. After a successful summer on the AAU circuit, the Raleigh native had a bevy of schools pitching their merits. Last October, Purvis decided to accelerate his recruiting process by reclassifying back into his original 2012 class. In December, he took it a step further by verbally committing to the University of Louisville.
In April, he began playing once again for the CP3 All-Stars and head coach, Tony Edwards. During this year’s Nike’s EYBL season of fifteen games played over the course of three sessions in Virginia, Dallas, and Los Angeles, Purvis played quite well andwas quickly forced to become the vocal leader of his newly banded squad. Always known as a scorer (entered the final game ranking second in scoring in Nike’s EYBL) and a penetrator, the 6’3″ combo guard worked on his point guard skills over the past two months, while expanding his shooting range. He finished fifth in the EYBL in assists andshot 42% from beyond the three-point line over CP3′s fifteen games. As part of his growing leadership role, one of the young AAU teammates he sought to mentor was Greensboro, NC freshman Theo Pinson, who chose to attend Duke’s Countdown to Craziness and was recently named ESPN’s number one prospect in the class of 2014.
On May 2nd of this year, Rodney Purvis de-committed from Louisville. The action was in reaction to the departure of Tim Fuller, a well-traveled assistant, who was most recently with Louisville and with whom Purvis had developed a relationship over the years. Coach Fuller elected to head out to Columbia, Missouri to join Coach Frank Haith’s staff.
In the City of Angels, Raleigh’s Rodney Purvis spoke with Blue Devil Nation about a myriad of topics.
Can you talk about opening up your recruitment?
Straight ahead is another outstanding in depth interview with a main Duke target from our recruiting analyst, Andrew Slater. As you can see by the intro alone, Andrew knows his subject matter through and through. At BDN, our representatives have not only seen these kids play various times in person, they study tirelessly in a effort to bring you the best interviews available on any Duke site. Join BDN Premium and see for yourself the immense quality BDN brings to the table. And if you don’t like this interview? I will give you a full refundwithin 24 hours. It’s time to join the site that really knows the way around the recruiting trail. Many more interviews coming your way and we personally think you will not only see the difference in coverage, but you will agree, it is unmatched . Do you think you know Rodney Purvis and his situation? Then you must already be a member of BDN Premium.
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