Braden Smith is one of the best players to ever suit up for the Purdue Boilermakers and among the best guards in the history of the Big Ten Conference. And, on Thursday night, he reached a new milestone, surpassing 1,000 career assists in No. 8 Purdue's 76-74 loss at home to No. 13 Michigan State. Smith's head coach, Matt Painter, has a boatload of praise for his senior guard. "He's a fabulous player. He's great. Everything that he gets, he deserves," Painter said in his postgame press conference on Thursday night about Smith after he reached 1,000 career assists. "He's put a lot of time into...

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