How can I miss them? Indeed, Rush has a one year contract with one additional year option he can exercise.
It looks like the Bulls and Pacers, in addition to the Lakers, are interested in Henry who is only 22 years old and had his best season with the Lakers, although injuries limited his playing time.
I believe the information for the thread is there, just not reachable from different places. There are post of mine that do not show up on the thread but I can see them from my personal page, which would seem to indicate a broken link for the "thread name" field in that record. This is not an uncommon occurrence for databases and on the ones I use, I have several tools to fix the links/pointers/indices. Actually, the post after the last one that displays is likely the culprit. If the raw data can be accessed, deleting that post or all the posts after that might do it. Again, this is just speculation on my part since there may be other issues we are not aware of.
I think all blogs but that one seem to be working. There are a lot of videos on that one, could that be a problem? I know squat about this!😳
This would not be an issue. Only the link to the video (YouTube?) is stored and when you open the thread in your browser, it loads the videos directly from the source.
The Knicks re-signed Aldrich and The Wizards re-signed Gooden for 1 year. I believe all current KU NAB players are accounted for. I have no Information on Tyshawn that last season played, and had a good showing in the Development League or Selby who bounced around Eastern Europe for the last couple of years.
Interesting question. While upgrades would be welcomed, losing the history and user information would be a major loss.
A while back I did some research on nodeb for a potential application for a client, and if I recall correctly, it uses either the Redis or the Mongo database engines, which are geared up to web applications, while I work mostly with mainstream business oriented databases.
From what I see (very limited view), it looks like the data is there but not accessible from all front ends, i.e. I can see my post from my user page but not from the thread. Based on my experience, 9 out of 10 times this is a pointer/index issue. I believe Mongo provides full index support (not sure about Redis), so it might be a matter of just rebuilding the indices, if this is feasible.
Most other databases also allow you to dump/unload all the data and then reloaded into a empty structure, rebuilding it in the process; of course if there is corrupted data you will likely lose it, but at least it is not a complete loss. Again, I do not know which database this forum uses or if the tools I mentioned are available, just thinking aloud about potential solutions.
I am thankful that we have a forum for us KU (mostly) basketball fans. I am sure that all of us will learn to live with whatever decision you make and hopefully most, if not all of us, will be back. An e-mail before any changes would be helpful since, as I mentioned in another post, the lack of posts in the last day (highly unusual) would appear to indicate that some users might not be able to access it already.
Best of luck.
I still have the same problems; I know there are many posts after the last one showing. I can see one I posted if I go to my own page but on the thread page it does not display, only the "loading more posts" message with the spinning arrows which appears to indicate is trying to load more posts but it cannot find them; likely a corrupted pointer/index for that thread in the database.
Also, there have been almost no posts in the last day, which is highly unusual. Maybe some member cannot even get into the site??? On the other hand, if the board is that slow, maybe this could be a good time for the update.
Thanks for all the work you do.
Here is a pretty sensible story about uniforms...
I am trying to access the thread "KU 2014 summer camp videos" and once it gets to post 34 (post from Ict) it stops and displays a message "loading more posts" with a moving icon but it does not get past that message; I know there are post after that, including one of mine. If I go to my information page, I can see my post, but when I click it, it brings me back to the thread and the same issue. I have tried it on 3 different computers/tablets and 2 browsers with the same result. Any one else having this issue?
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Oh, and I forgot to weigh in on the cammies. I much, much, MUCH prefer colorful Euro corporate logos to cammies. Cammies have to have been the dumbest idea for basketball uniforms ever.
But here's something I bet we can agree on. KU wearing traditional white silks with crimson and blue trim on Naismith Court can't be beaten.
When it comes to uniforms I am a traditionalist and prefer plain uniforms in the the traditional school colors; No cammos or cammies for me. Having said that, it looks like the "zubaz" like gear was very popular with the younger generation.
I personally hate to see traditional European cubs wearing uniforms with ads front and back in Arabic advertising a Middle Eastern business. I hope we never get there in America.
I agree, the whites with crimson and blue are the color of royalty and hope they are not cheapened with trendy designs.
Rock Chalk indeed.
@jaybate 1.0
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/07/glazers-manchester-united-fortunes-wane ↗
Whaddaya think it means? 4 years later? On the brink of another reputed market melt down? In relation to Adidas new deal? If anything?
That article is 4 years old!!! A lifetime in the financial world. Since that article was written, The Man U went public and issued an IPO through the New York Stock Exchange in 2012 for about 10% of the shares, BTW, the club used to be public but was de-listed from the London Exchange in 2005, once the Glazier family obtained 75% of the shares. The share sale and subsequent reduction of debt determined the current valuation of the club at $2.3B. Malcolm Glazier passed away a couple of months away but his six kids control 90% of the shares. The club is now very profitable and in sound financial health and still the most valuable franchise in all sports.
Now, here is the real reason Adidas signed that large of a contract. For years, Adidas was king when it came to soccer but Nike has been making huge inroads. Adidas chose to sign the best known and most watched team in the world to send a message that it is not conceding anything...expect Nike to follow suite with a big deal in the sports world in the near future...
...and that's the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey used to say.
Rankings are like GPA, it helps you get your first job and after that nobody really cares what it was, they just want to do how you did in your previous job. Rankings might get you offers from better programs but after the fist year of actual play, nobody (except board theoreticians, i.e you and I) really cares about it. Frankamp was rated high based on his prolific scoring more than anything else, Reed was Kansas Mr. Basketball and averaged almost 27 PPG in his senior year and was pursued by other big programs including UNC, so there was not really a big difference between then out of high school either.
This is what Tyrel wrote in his book:
" Playing time was a big part of it, too. Coach Self was pretty honest with me. He said they had a deep team with a lot of established guys at that point, and if I was going to play, I was going to have to beat out those guys, but that he thought later in my career I could be a big part of the rotation. That didn’t bother me. I trusted him, and I believed I was good enough to contribute anywhere in the country if I worked at it."
Amazing how it turned out just like that. I will guess that Frankamp got a very similar speech
Tyrel averaged 6.3 MPG and 2.0 PPG (51.4% and 41.8% from 3) where Conner averaged 8.3 MPG and 2.5 PPG (34.4% and 31.3% from e). Not much of a difference really although Tyrel had better shooting percentage. Keep in mind that in Tyrel's freshman year KU also had Chalmers, RussRob, Collins, Rush, Stewart, Tehan, Case right of the top pf my head playing guard so it is surprising that he even played that many minutes; by his Sophomore year he averaged over 20 MPG, Do you think Frankamp will average 20 MPG next season? I don't unless his 3-gun gets considerably better.
At this point Frankamp has not shown the shooting form that got him ranked high, but I am hopeful that he will get better. Because of size and versatility I give Tyrel the edge, although we really have not really seen what Frankamp can do.
Embrace the beautiful game...the entire world has and it is growing here as well.
@jaybate 1.0
$1.28 B is kind of cheeky, no?
It feels like someone buying access to more than Manu eyeballs and clicks!
Like maybe preferred access to the Crown's Commonwealth of Great Britain--the largest private economic entity in the world.
Question: Will Man U have have to wear cammies?
Interesting take given that the Man U is owned bu Malcolm Glazier, an American ( who passed away recently) that also owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Maybe they are trying to get access to the NFL starting with Tampa Bay?
BTW, cammies would be an improvement over some of the advertisement-laden monstrosity some soccer teams wear.
If Napier develops quickly, I can see Mario sliding into the SG slot and taking minutes from Wade.
Sound like there are major issues regarding eligibility that are just surfacing. In any case, a big set back for SMU and Coach Brown.
So many possibilities; it reminds me of last year when we went through the same excercise with a team full of potential.Look how it turned out.
I will have to see the players under actual game conditions to judge their progress...or lack thereof. I can't really draw any concussion from what I saw on the scrimmage videos.
Frankamp is a one dimensional version of Tyrel Reed. Both can be very good college players but the pro potential is extremely limited or not an option. Frankamp is living his lifelong dream of being a Jayhawk and I don't believe he would leave KU just to get additional playing time, given that even extended playing time would not change the likely final outcome. Like Tyrel before him, even if he does not become a starter, he will get additional playing time in later years as the experienced upper-classman.
Believe or not, KU is getting a better deal:
Man U is the most valuable sports franchise in the world in all sports with a value of $2.3B, so the 10 year contract for $1.28B is about 56% of the value of the team.
KU is getting $26M for 6 years or $4.3M per year; project that to 10 years and you have $43M. According to Forbes, KU has the second most valuable college basketball franchise worth $33M (football probably would be a negative) so KU is getting 130% of the value of the franchise. Of course, this is just one way to look at finances.
Adidas' $7.8 million per year contract with Louisville ranks just behind the University of Michigan's $8.2 million deal as the richest contract with the apparel company. University of Notre Dame's apparel contract with Under Armour yields $9 million a year, the highest known agreement in college athletics.
Since Louisville is ranked as the highest valued college basketball franchise at $39M, the $78M would represent about $200%; of course Louisville has other programs, such as football, with a much higher value than KU's football program; Michigan and Notre Dame are football powerhouses, So, considering that KU is almost uniquely basketball, the contract is not too shabby.
Just my opinion and I could be wrong.
Mario is also being projected as the starting PG for the upcoming season. As far as the Heat, replacing Hasslem with McRoberts is an upgrade. Replacing James with Deng and Grainger is yet to be determined. If they sign Wade, then they have three starting players coming back, one upgrade and one unknown. Depending on how much they pay Wade, they might be able to bring one more quality forward and be in decent shape....not bad considering that they had pretty much nothing a few days ago
This is how you do it:
You will notice that there are several icons on the top line of the response:
Select the one highlighted ion yellow and you will see:
You will notice that the line has two parts surrounded by square brackets and parentheses.
Now, replace the text of the first part "link text" with whatever name you want to assign to the link, and replace the second part "link url" with the actual link. Be sure to leave the square brackets and parentheses in place.
The resulting line should look like:
In your post, the link will look like:
And that's all there is to...
Google "KUBoobs" and you can access the Facebook and Twitter versions, although KU has been trying to shut down the later.
I agree with most of what you wrote except perhaps with number 2.
Keep in mind that it was KU's second road game of the season and it stared 4 freshmen and 1 sophomore against a veteran Florida teams starting 4 seniors and 1 sophomore that was playing at home and had already played on the road against Wisconsin and Uconn, teams that made it to the Final Four and UCon won it. Obviously with a lineup that inexperienced it dug a deep hole of 15 point at the half. It settled down in the second half and actually won the second half by 9 points and got within 4 point and Florida had to hold on to win. Yes, it was loss, but I would not say that in the overall game KU got humiliated by Florida. I believe most of us had pegged that game as a loss anyway, Wouldn't you agree.
The US-Portugal game in the elimination round had bigger TV audience than the NBA finals and the World Series and right up there with the higher BCS Championship games TV audiences (Super Bowl is still king). Over 1 Billion people watched the World Cup final, So much for that frigging game... :)
@Crimsonorblue22
Sorry Crimson, I did not see your post.
Mario sign 2 year deal with Miami...
I wonder if he had to take a pay cut from his $4M per year contract.
Other KU related NBA news. Hinrich re-ups with the Bulls and Pierce is headed to Washington.
This also confirms what I said that the Cavs will not trade Wiggins.
Reading that LeBron signed only for two years raises a few red flags. To me it means that he wanted a place where he could park his game for two years and get top dollar while waiting for the next TV contract, which will raise the cap by quite a bit, and then sign his final 5 year contract for an insane amount of money with whatever team wins the next LeBron sweepstakes; after all he is 30 years old and thinking about his future. Cleveland was a convenient spots that allowed him to create lots of good will.
While he could be considered the best active basketball player, he is also one of the most disliked celebrities. Going to Cleveland for 2 years was a masterful move, which now appears a little more selfish than it did before.
Same for Carmelo. As much as he kept saying he wanted to play for a contender, in the end he chose the money. Most every other team that pursued him was/is in better position to contend but not all could offer the money the Knicks could and he opted to take the money.
Now, if you are the Cavs GM you have to ask what will happen in two years? Will LeBron resign or will he takes his talents to a higher bidder? Love is in the same situation Dwight Howard was and he went to the Lakers, played for one year and then he was gone. Love will likely not sign an extended contract with Cleveland unless he has assurances that LeBron will be there for more than two years. At this point, no team will touch him unless he agrees to a contract extension, so he has de-facto veto power over any potential trade; the Howard situation created a precedent that most teams are likely not willing to address.
In short, I believe the Cavs keep Wiggins since he represents the long term future. The Cavs will try to get Love, but I don't believe Wiggins will be part of the trade in the same way that the Warriors were unwilling to give up Klay Thompson; they do have several other players the would let go before they do Wiggins.
Here is a summary of the game that was a few weeks ago...
Interesting that Michelson has gained 5"-6" in his vertical jump because of Andrea's training. Also. keep in m,ind that this type of games are geared up to the offense and defense is not a priority. While this game did not become a no-defense dunk fest. it is obvious that players were not plying defense very hard, so, we really cannot tell how good (or not good) Michelson will be as a rim protector; however, based on his physical improvement alone I am cautiously optimistic.
Here is a list of the top remaining free agents with the most recent updates (as of mid-afternoon Saturday)...
Now is time to watch the World Cup... :)
I can see your point and I can see HEM's also. I do believe Love is a superstar in the same way that Ewing, Karl Malone and Barkley were, even when they did not lead their team to their championship; although they all had deep runs into the post season.
Obviously I am biased, but I would not trade Wiggins to get Love. Wiggins has a huge potential and is tied to a very low contract for the next 4 years, where Love will probably come at the max. It also would be interesting to see if Love, who has had locker room issues with teammates, can take a back set to LeBron; in this respect, Gasol might be a better fits since he does a lot of the things Love does, except scoring which the Cavs will have covered anyway and he has experience playing behind an alpha dog.
Latest news have Gasol signing with Chicago and Melo going back to the Knicks. If this is true, he other pieces will fall into place quickly after that.
On the other hand Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum are still available. :)
One could say that when a team loses 2 of the top 3 players in the draft, it will not be nearly as good...one would be wrong. KU has good core of system players returning and a top class, so as usual, the Big 12 titles goes through Lawrence, Kansas.
OU has good coaching and undoubtedly they will be good, just not KU good.
Agree 100% with you assessment...although in a couple of hours the situation might change completely. Bosch signing back with the Heat was surprise and a desperation move by the Heat to save pieces of what it once was.
Signing Wade was a package deal with James and Bosch but now that LeBron is gone, I believe the Heat can pick up 2-3 good players for the same cost. Signing Gasol and Melo, for example, could put them right back on the map but this is highly unlikely, Melo anyway; however Gasol is doable since he will be in the $12M range. Add another quality forward and they are back to having a decent team..
None of the serious trade consideration I have seen so far for the Cavaliers getting Love involve Wiggins. The Cavs are in a unique situation where they have several promising players still in their rookie contracts but in a few years, if they all develop as expected, their payroll would be huge; if Wiggins develops as expected, his next contract will be for 4-5 times the current contract. I believe the Cavs will keep him at least for 4 years at the initial contract low cost.
It looks like Wiggins will be staying in Cleveland...
Wiggins staying in Cleveland... ↗
At this point, the options for teams are getting smaller as the salary cap will prevent many teams from signing the remaining big names, although at this time anything can happen. Love announced he will not sign an extension with Minnesota, so a trade is the only way for them to get anything from him or else he is a free agent after the upcoming season and they get nothing. Love is as good as gone with the only question being where.
Big winners: The Cavaliers and James that gets to go back home.
Winners: Bosch, who does not have to take a pay cut to stay in Miami and gets the maximum to play for a contender. Wiggins go has a lot of the pressure taken off him at Cleveland, provided he is not traded for Kevin Love.
Big losers: Miami who is left in shambles and Wade, whose value without James and Bosch is greatly diminished; on the other hand, Miami has plenty of money to pay him.
TBD: Mario Chalmers, who lost his starting position and whose value went down quite a bit during the past playoffs. Napier will likely be appointed the PG of the future and Mario's position is pretty shaky, but then again, the Heat will have lots of money available and maybe they will want to keep the only regular rotation player on board...or they might chose to get rid of everyone associated with last season's team. As I said, I can either way for Mario.
I really believe Calipari does not want to lose at home so he wants to schedule all the big games at big venues away from Rupp, it also brings in more money.
The reality is that none of us knows what really happened and making conjectures, particularly negative ones, is highly unfair to Naa. Maybe when Beyond the Phog - Part 2 comes out we will read both sides of the story and then we will have a better view of what actually transpired.
I, for one, wish the young men the best and hope he get his life together...after all, once Jayhawk always a Jayhawk.
The part that doesn't make sense is why the games on ESPN3 get blacked out only in the state of Kansas; why the discrimination? The payout from TW was not that big and most of it came as payment in kind by showing some of the "lesser" sports over the TW network. No disrespect to the girls that play sports at KU, but I would bet that one KU men's basketball, or even one football game (that were also blacked out) has a bigger TV audience in the KC area alone than all the other sports combined in one year over the entire TW network.
Whoever thought this was a good deal need to have his head examined.
The "cannot have it both ways" was about Roy's explanation, not your comment, with which I fully agree. Sorry about the confusing text of my post.
A lot of the Kansas City Metro area is blacked out as well. It really irritates me that a MU fan can watch KU games while KU fan cannot...I am in Olathe and can watch every KSU and every MU game but not all KU games; go figure.
If the situation is not corrected, as the commercial said...get a rope!
I believe that a coach that says he did not know that this was going on is either lying or grossly incompetent. I am sorry, but you cannot have it both ways.
I understand that the big 1o considers to the "BIG 10" and "B1G" names to be highly recognizable and storied as well as names that stand alone and have a long tradition, regardless of the number of schools in the conference and as such, a lot more valuable than a new name would be. Also, the Big 10 has much nice ring than the Big 14. For these reasons, it is highly unlikely the Big 10 will change names, and even if it did, I just don't see it allowing another conference to use it since this, to the best of my knowledge, would also be unprecedented. Unless the Big 12 changes its name to the Great 10 or something along these lines, I just don't see it being able to ever use the Big 10 name, anymore than the Big 12 would allow other conference to take over the Big 12 name it it ever changes names to something else. I am sure the Big 12 owns the rights to the BIG 8 name so it can always go back to it. :)
It is not that simple to change the name. In addition to the marketing, merchandising and copyrighting issues, there is the bigger logistical problem associated with record/data keeping.
At this time, the number in the conference name is no longer representative and I imagine the values of the brand awareness is more important. There are currently 4 conference with number in the name and only one has the number of teams to match the number in the name:
Atlantic 10 - 14 teams
Big 10 - 14 teams
Big 12 - 10 teams
PAC 12 - 12 teams
The PAC 12 changed its name in 2011 from PAC 10.
As I said, it is unlikely that any of the 3 conferences with miss-matched names and schools will change names any time soon since the number in the name is no longer considered representative and the value of the brand is much higher.
Link fixed...
He indicates he wanted to improve his point guard skills; that is good news...I bet Coach Self has made it clear that he wants all the small to be ale to handle the ball.
So...he will be what? 6'-9" or 6'-10" at KU?
Nice take on Parker. The one thing that makes LeBron unique is his ability to play essentially (and effectively) all positions (maybe not center), something not too many players can do; Magic was the last player capable to play all position but I think LeBron is just better.
I was very surprised when i saw the information myself. In relation to admission criteria, I believe they look at the entire package, including extracurricular activities back to Junior High, which is where my grandson is, and he is already building his "resume."
He has 4.0+ GPA, he is in honor Math, English and Science and next year (his last in Junior High) he will be taking a couple of HS classes. He currently attends Pioneer Trail Junior High in Olathe which last year was selected as the second best Junior High School in the Country (big honor for a Kansas school), and hopes to attend HS at either Aquinas or Rockhurst in the KC area. His extracurricular activities include band, jazz band, choir, boy scouts where last month he was nominated and accepted to the Order of the Arrow (Honor Society). He also plays in the football team and practices Tae Kwon Do (he will be a black belt in 3 months) and he has earned multiple medals in national competitions. He was also invited to a program sponsored by Duke University for gifted student where they follow the student's progress from elementary school to High school and invite the top students to attend Duke when the time comes. Duke is a very prestigious school and would be great if he can get a full ride there, although we would have some serious arguments come basketball season, but I can live with that. Frankly, I believe he has too many activities, but this is what the other candidates do as well.
I believe you have right. What I remember hearing at the time is that Selby made a decision without consulting Coach Self and did not work out well for him. Coach Self is well connected with NBA scouts and can get a pretty good idea of where a player will go on the draft; he has done this before and has advised players on whether to go or stay, I imagine Selden was advised to wait one year; too bad Selby did not take advantage of the information Coach Self could have gotten for him. Again, if I understand correctly, Coach Self has been more proactive with payers in relation to the drafts since then.
You have indeed all the information correct. I have always been of the opinion that Selby leaving early cost KU one Championship in 2012 and more importantly to Selby, an NBA career. I still believe Selby has NBA talent and hopefully one of these days he gets a break.
Ivy league school do not offer athletic or, amazingly enough, academic scholarships (yes, I was surprised too); they do provide need-based financial assistance, which can be considerable and in many cases, students pay less out-of-pocket to attend an Ivy League school than they would a public institution. For example 52% of student attending Columbia, the fourth most expensive school ($61k per year) receive 100% financial aid, There is really no financial benefit to playing sports in Ivy Leagues schools since the financial aid is based on need and not on playing a sport.On the other hand, the one advantage for student athletes is that if they quit the team, they do not lose any of the financial aid
While there are no academic scholarships, academics determine whether you are accepted or not. My grandson is hoping to attend an Ivy League school so we have been doing some research.