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@BeddieKU23 said in Pigs:
Arkansas might be without 3 starters and could have only 6 healthy dudes Calamari wants to play. We'll see if true.
Cal and Bill seeing who can take this the least serious
@dylans said in Late Night Tonight!:
@dylans said in Late Night Tonight!:
Flory looks good with no offense installed.
Really good. Self will have to figure out how to get him minutes.
Guessing 10-15 a game.
@dylans Kid has been to every KU game the last several years :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
Only a slight exaggeration.
Denis visit canceled it seems
@dylans Kids/their circle often get paid to take visits too. Been going on for a long time. Might as well.
Last part you mention is huge as well, for both sides.
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2025 Recruiting:
Tiller 👀
Imagine we go from 0 public commitments currently to DP/Tiller/Denis by early November. Who says no?
I agree this should be a good change.
Yeah UConn is the leader according to most reports
@BeddieKU23 said in 2025 Recruiting:
Safe to assume he's resetting the market
He's a unique talent but it will have other parents/handlers delusional I'm sure.
@dylans said in 2025 Recruiting:
Is KU in a good position with AJ Dybantsa or has that ship sailed?
BYU still
@wissox plus LA NY market. I hope it ends up anyone but NY in the AL and San Diego in the NL.
HOW BOUT THOSE CHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFS
@benshawks08 said in Basketball Season:
I'm going to go out on a limb and state my concern that Hunter just isn't the kind of player a winning team can be built around. I know that sounds crazy, but based off of what I saw last year, that's my biggest concern. He takes up a lot of space on the offensive end, and while he scores fairly regularly, there was maybe 1 or 2 games he really took over and dominated and I feel like they were all early on. He puts up numbers, but is he actually making winning plays? Is he a leader that makes a team better than the sum of its parts?
Say what you want about big Dave. He was a clearly flawed player his entire time at Kansas, but his energy and leadership did contribute to a culture of a team that overachieved. I'm not sure Hunter has that. Hope I'm wrong. Culture and interpersonal dynamics of a team really matter and I worry about this years team being.... Soft. And a lot of that starts with your "best player." So either someone else steps up as a leader or we may struggle to win the conference again this year despite the influx of "talent."
The big issue is we had zero guard play around him last year. Kevin was the only guy that even tried to create but his game was more junkyard dog.
The best college team HD was on almost made the FF with 2 real NBA players (one of which is a star). I think this roster has some pro talent but it's young guys (usually the case) and potentially Storr if he can fully buy in. That team also had two not NBA pro SR guards that were good but right around average.
Now, building around a big man in 2024 is a pretty bad idea in general but Bill Self is the coach and he can't help himself.
I wouldn't say 22 overachieved at all. That team had 3 NBA wing guards. Lots of length, positional flexibility etc They won 34 games which probably should have been closer to 36. Then you had the Kentucky game which makes perfect sense why that game went the way it did in hindsight.
Softness could be a problem, but the schedule is loaded so they will get punched in the mouth quickly. It will be all about how they respond to that.
@mayjay said in 2024 MLB Season:
@jayballer67 Nah, no yelling. But your statement [that IF the Royal had the same market as NYY (which really means equal revenue resources) they also would spend heavily] makes a strong case for NFL-style revenue sharing.
No one has ever said small market teams spend less because they are better people who don't like money. Sure, they'd spend, but NYY and LAD can afford to spend far more than their competitors. They aren't more moral either.
It is an inherent flaw in the competitive structure that makes it harder for small-market teams, which is largely why the NFL is now more popular .... revenue sharing and a hard salary cap have done a lot to keep teams more equally competitive.
Except for Jacksonville, it seems.😉
Yeah revenue sharing and the cap is a big part of what makes the NFL so great. Completely agree.
Truly a dream season, w/e happens going forward KC is ahead of schedule on the rebuild.
@approxinfinity said in Basketball Season:
@BShark lol. I love that.
Did AJ or Rylan vomit in a trash can this bootcamp?
I was told that most of the newcomers struggled with bootcamp a bit. AJ, Kease, Flory and Rylan specifically. Zeke and Diggy did not struggle but they are also SRs and sounds like they knew a bit what more to expect.
@wissox said in Basketball Season:
From what I saw of Storr last year in Madison I can't imagine him not starting, warts and all. He'll provide a lot of scoring. Double digits in all but two early season games. Scored 94 in the BIG tournament. But like I said he's got some warts. Maybe competition for minutes, which wasn't present last year, will cause him to refine his game enough so that he can stay on the floor without the head coach tossing him off the top of the campanile in frustration some day.
Given that Self is saying things publicly about AJ* I can only imagine what's being said in practice ahahaha. It should be an interesting year, as you said we will need his scoring.
*“I would say it’d be hard to keep Juan, KJ, ‘Hunt’ and Zeke out of the lineup,” Self said Wednesday, speaking as a guest on the Field of 68 podcast.
Self was asked about a player that logically could fit into the Jayhawks’ starting lineup: junior guard AJ Storr, Wisconsin’s leading scorer from a year ago. “I don’t know yet,” Self said, asked how the 6-foot-7, 205-pound Storr will “fit in” during his junior campaign. “I know how we want him to fit in, but how (do) we get him to do what we want? You know what I think he should be? I think he should be the best offensive rebounder in the country. I don’t think that’s how he’s thought (about his game). That’s not a knock to anybody else.. He’s thinking, ‘Just give me the ball and get out of my way.’ The way that we play (is), one, ball and body movement. When you get it shoot it, drive it or pass it, but it can’t stick. It’s a different deal for him. “The other thing about it is as strong as he is and as athletic as he is, he shouldn’t get screened. He should be a tremendous defender. I’m talking about offensive rebounding, being a lockdown defender. He’s probably thinking, ‘Whoa, whoa, what have I gotten myself into?’’’
Not sure if Clemence or McDowell will get off the bench at all, let alone first.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Basketball Season:
He wasn't even SDSU's lead guard, but you have this weird fascination with shoe horning him into that role here.
This is a big part of why they went out and got Shak Moore (and to a lesser extent Coit later). Zeke is not a lead guard.
@kuballin10 Griffen can't dribble. If you put those 5 out there you are looking at a guy that has never handled at the P5 level before (Zeke) with...Storr as the secondary handler? That's inviting disaster. Hopefully we don't see that line-up much.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Poor ball handling as well. Thankfully we have more guards than that.
Real talk Lance should not be on the hot seat at all. This thread is just about where my mental energy is being spent now. I'm excited for basketball season. I may or may not watch more KU football games this year.
Has officially begun. Never heard of football. Lance who? No idea.
I don't feel great about it. But yeah maybe the Illinois loss won't be as bad as previously thought.
:nauseated_face:
Fun game to watch but hopefully the OT play can improve
Yeah even as a kid I recall going a couple times and being pretty bored. It's a pretty easy thing to not care about.
Kansas has a huge QB problem.
@approxinfinity said in Shakeel Moore with a broken foot.:
I wouldnt be shocked to see Jamari earn some minutes. @BShark survey says…..?
lol
@BeddieKU23 said in Shakeel Moore with a broken foot.:
Sorry Juan you gotta go 40 again for a while..
Diggy has been a bit better than expected. He is really small though.
@Crimsonorblue22 said in Let’s talk Illinois:
Lessons learned?
I think there are many problems. Some can't really be fixed and have been there for awhile with JD6. AK was soooo good at scheming guys open, we are feeling that loss. Some stuff can be fixed, like running the ball more.
@nuleafjhawk said in Let’s talk Illinois:
I'M. SO. PISSED.😡🤬😡🤬
First time I've been mad about KU football in awhile. It's usually apathy.
I completely agree with that last sentence. Illinois is not good. This game was easily there to win for KU.
This is as bad as I've ever seen JD6 look.
JD6 ifispeak...
@Kcmatt7 said in Other Football Games of Interest:
One takeaway is that this KSU staff knows Avery Johnson cannot throw a football.
Yep. Elite run game will win them some games but they are not a national championship contender.
@AsadZ said in 2024 NFL Season:
@BShark Understood, hope you can watch highlights and stuff
Oh I am going over to watch games with her while I still can. She loves football.
Fun game. I won't be online as much for football games this year, especially the Chiefs as I'm trying to enjoy time with my mom who is really getting up in years at this point. Plus being on twitter and such during games really brings out more of my negative side.
@wissox Any day a Brian Kelly coached team loses is a great day.
@BeddieKU23 Tough look for FSU to start the season...
@wissox Bill is truly special for sure
The boys are playing some ball
@BeddieKU23 Nova KU battle but assuming we press ..
@BeddieKU23 said in 2025 Recruiting:
Keyshaun Tillery.
We see you. Join the fam.
Looking like one to pay attention to for visit and interest
Him or Denis as the PG/CG. Frank Mason comp thrown around on Tillery.
This will happen, next season. Duke quite possibly the season after that.
@dylans said in 2025 Recruiting:
The limit goes to 15?!? Hmm not much penalty to losing a scholarship or 3 then. Wow.
Guessing most schools won't hit it most years
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2025 Recruiting:
@jayballer67 plenty. Moore, Dickinson, Harris, Adams, Mayo, and Coit will all be out of eligibility. Storr likely pro. Plus, the limit will go to 15 (13 now). We'll finish the penalty so we'll be able to use 14. So we have only a handful of returnees. My guess, we add 9-10?
Yeah my guess is right around 9. Gonna be a huge class.
@BeddieKU23 KU is firmly in the mix. No coincidences in recruiting. Thanks Adidas.
KJ Adams is not a great defensive player. See: Marquette and Gonzaga games.