Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well....
BShark
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Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23
I still think they take Council and Lee ends up at Florida. Just my opinion.
Bill Self is unreal lmao
Not how it works but it would be nice
@MR11 that's from only KU. He is getting even more from Adidas
He won't contribute
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:
I assume Peterson has the biggest piece of the NIL pie and I'm guessing Elmarko's NIL deal is over $1 million considered his projections out of high school and what he would've gotten at the time as a projected OAD.
I don't know on Elmarko but the word on DP is he is getting 3 million from KU.
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
We have to keep in mind having to basically pay Flory double what was perhaps expected has changed things. I still think it was the right decision but it's making it harder for KU to pursue certain players we thought might be attainable
Bill just last weekend went to get more money, which he did get. They definitely want to get a reasonable back-up big and you are right that the Flory stuff changed the calculus a bit.
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
If we cannot afford a wing that is quite alarming, considering that we still need to fill about half of our scholarships
He means a really high end guy like Darrion Williams. Like 3M plus types, they won't take that swing for a few reasons I feel.
@BigBad said in What tandem will be better than Flory / Peterson:
I'm interested in Flory becoming a serious shot-block threat. If he does the perimeter defense will improve massively. Its easy to pressure the ball when you have a shot blocker behind you.
Obviously there is a sample size caveat but as a freshman that is the one thing he was phenomenal at. 98th percentile block rate, 96th percentile in blocks per game despite his limited playing time etc
Needs to get his fouling under control and I wouldn't hate if he passed it out a bit more but other than that, I like him quite a bit.
@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:
We like TT!
Wasn’t he the guy that got caught doing some extra curricular activities at mid court?
Naadir Tharpe did that for sure lmao
@rockchalkjayhawk Reminds me of Tyshawn Taylor
Council released a top 4
KU, Miss St, UGA, Gtech
@Jhawk69 I personally really like evanmiya and torvik for the analytics approach compared to the vibes of 247/on3 etc but all data points are at least interesting.
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?
Leader, competitive, fiery kid and excuse my language but he gives a damn.
After what I just watched for 30 plus games…sign me up for that. No more smiling after mistakes or players wilting as soon as things get tough.
Bonnie fans called him the marathon man because he never took himself out of the games man. ABSOLUTE DOG.
I love the Tyshawn comp for this kid. Slightly worse shooter, but turns it over less.
Council should visit this week
Virginia is in the mix for Kease now
@BShark said in The portal.:
@Crimsonorblue22 said in The portal.:
Anybody hear where our transfers are going? Kinda wondered what their worth is since Coach turned down some offers of theirs to stay for more 🤑🤣
Haven't asked on some in awhile but last I heard
Diggy - Maryland
Rylan - Bama/Texas Tech
Kease - Miami/Bama/Auburn
Storr - Washington/SMU
Diggy :white_heavy_check_mark:
Council is the downhill guy. Get it done Bill.
@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
@approxinfinity Just hard to say it was a big issue imo. The offense was bad (not surprising) and the defense when they had to get a stop was actually quite terrible. The defense I do think was a mirage all year. Part of that is Bill being a good coach.
I'm ready to play fast again. Defend. Two way players. I like the portal approach so far.
I really like the Melvin Council guy Bossi put up on the other board. Can run, can defend, and finishes at the rim super well.
My goat is getting back to his roots.
@approxinfinity Just hard to say it was a big issue imo. The offense was bad (not surprising) and the defense when they had to get a stop was actually quite terrible. The defense I do think was a mirage all year. Part of that is Bill being a good coach.
I'm ready to play fast again. Defend. Two way players. I like the portal approach so far.
@dylans said in The portal.:
@drgnslayr said in The portal.:
No doubt they are well rounded. But look at that Duke game. They had 18 ORs on the tallest team in the nation! And for the game they had 11 total rebs more than Duke.
I bet if they can create 18 ORs on Florida tonight they will take home the trophy!
It’s as if rebounding is important. Wish someone would’ve beat that into this last KU team!
KU was in the top 30 nationally in rebounds per game? Top 10 in defensive rebounding. Last year's team had a lot of issues but they did rebound. I think one of the biggest issues was the fact that they just did not get to the FT line. That screams a lack of athleticism to me. They also fouled a lot, which same deal.
@kuballin10 said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:
The perfect wing. He and Tre at the 3/4 would straight up bully everyone
My new top choice personally
He or RJ????
I prefer Williams but it sounds like he will be asking for DP type money. Which I get, but just about any school can only afford that for one guy.
I think both are good players that would do well here. I have a few concerns with Luis but I'd happily have him as the last piece of the starting puzzle.
@kuballin10 I do still think this topic is generally true as a whole tbh. People expect huge leaps from returning players and that has happened with some guys it's because they put the work in. Others like KJ were just genuinely about already maxxed out when they got here. His per 40 stats are pretty similar every year for example and he was a hard worker. Some guys just can't develop in some aspects.
@Crimsonorblue22 said in The portal.:
@BShark we have an opening? Cash?
We have another wing starting spot available for sure.
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
Agree let's do it
He's tough as nails. Helluva two way player (our portal theme so far).
@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:
The perfect wing. He and Tre at the 3/4 would straight up bully everyone
My new top choice personally
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Darrion Williams portal
@Crimsonorblue22 said in The portal.:
Anybody hear where our transfers are going? Kinda wondered what their worth is since Coach turned down some offers of theirs to stay for more 🤑🤣
Haven't asked on some in awhile but last I heard
Diggy - Maryland
Rylan - Bama/Texas Tech
Kease - Miami/Bama/Auburn
Storr - Washington/SMU
@kjayhawks said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
@BShark said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
@BShark said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
Excellent! Welcome back, Flory!
But is it ok to feel a little weird about this? odd all around.
KU low balled him to start, it is what it is.
ahh. interesting. See, since most of us aren't privy to the behind the scenes stuff, it's hard to choose sides!
It was, unfortunately, the objectively correct move from his people. The whole thing does suck. Flory wouldn't be back if HE didn't want to be though.
Full disclosure: From sources within the AD KU started at $800,000 and the final deal was $1,600,000.
I’m a little scared we used a lot of our cap.
Money is not an issue. Back-up big will be cheap. They have good money to go get another starter and some of the better offers out there on a couple other bench piece guards.
Bill last week went on a fundraising trip with Goff, think I mentioned it before.
@kjayhawks said in The portal.:
I keep hearing about Nigel Peck to Kansas haha that could be funny
It's on the table. Him and Kyan Evans are options for another handler/shooter.
@BShark said in Hot Take: We Overvalue our own players:
This thread might be embarrassing soon
Look at this dummy
@TYOHawk Tat Hawks. FOE. KUCMB
@rockchalkjayhawk Basically everyone got a raise from last year the numbers are insane right now.
@rockchalkjayhawk said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
@BShark said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
Excellent! Welcome back, Flory!
But is it ok to feel a little weird about this? odd all around.
KU low balled him to start, it is what it is.
ahh. interesting. See, since most of us aren't privy to the behind the scenes stuff, it's hard to choose sides!
It was, unfortunately, the objectively correct move from his people. The whole thing does suck. Flory wouldn't be back if HE didn't want to be though.
Full disclosure: From sources within the AD KU started at $800,000 and the final deal was $1,600,000.
@rockchalkjayhawk said in FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY FLORY:
Excellent! Welcome back, Flory!
But is it ok to feel a little weird about this? odd all around.
KU low balled him to start, it is what it is.
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JAYHAWK STILL
Reed Bailey to Indiana is official now.
@kjayhawks said in The portal.:
@BShark you have much more knowledge on them, I’ll take your word for it. Another thought is we got some of the best rated guys in the portal with Storr and Hunter. That obviously didn’t work, we need good ball players with high character
Fit above stats/ranking.
Walter Clayton was like the 90th ranked guy in the portal class two years ago
@kjayhawks said in The portal.:
If I remember correctly White at one point was committed to us in highschool. I think these are a few good role players but we are gonna need atleast one stud to help DP unless we are expecting 35 nightly from him.
Both signees can be double digit scorers just fine. Tre White is nearing 1000 career points...
As far as Dawson, I've heard a lot of positive things on him from coaches with no connections to KU.
This thread might be embarrassing soon
Honor Huff has been contacted. Would be an upgrade for the Diggy role but that's probably a tough sell..
I will be stunned if Jamari is more than the 9th or 10th man when it's all said and done. Tiller...idk...need to see how the roster takes shape.
@BeddieKU23 yeah the A-10 is a pretty rugged midmajor too. Way better than most. He is battle tested
@BeddieKU23 reason to believe KU is circling back with Reed Bailey a bit. Word on the street is Hopkins took the 1.2 million offer that both of them had from St John's first
Texas Tech and Iowa State coaches woke up mad this morning (they were both trying here too)