The more I think about it, the more excited I get about McCullar. In his press interview, he talked about how his ankle was heavily taped last year. Which explains why he seemed a little slow last year. The other issue was the shooting percent. In the press conference, one of the journalists said he was shooting alot better before the injury. This reminds me of Remy's situation - Remy wasn't the same player when he was hurt. Did we just steal a potentially great player?
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2022 Transfer Portal Thread:
Soooo you know how I said we were definitely done with transfers this cycle?
Come on with it. Give it up. Inquiring minds want to know ...
@FarmerJayhawk said in New Guys Arriving:
Iâll believe it when I see it with Rice. Heâs been more just able to physically dominate HS competition so far. Heâs not a great shooter either. Poor manâs Wayne Selden right now IMO
33% from 3. 9.7 points a game. Wayne's first year. Not bad. I'd take that. But I think that's underselling MJ, imho.
@BShark said in New Guys Arriving:
@FarmerJayhawk Udeh and MJ are gonna be funnnnn.
Just a thought... not saying they are going to start...but a lineup of Juando, Yes, MJ, JW, and Udeh might be one of the fastest teams in the country. And of course Gradey can motor, too. I rewatched the Miami/KU game again this morning, and it's just a thing a beauty watching how fast we played in that 2nd half.
@approxinfinity said in Big 12 Expansion:
I dont want B12 blown up. I think it can survive and i love our identity as is.
This.
@BeddieKU23 said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
Also if we are talking comparisons, Wayne Selden is a good one. I think they are very similar coming in.
I would say senior Wayne. When Wayne first got here, he was a little pudgey...a little slower than what we were expecting. Now, he worked his tail off, and transformed his body, so kudos to Wayne. MJ is already there. I made a reference to Trob, but not because of his height. Trob's senior year he had some big guns, and was just ripped. And MJ looks like he's cut from the same cloth. Doesn't look like there's an ounce of fat on him. Wayne was a great 3 point shooter (imo), but he was never great at driving the ball to the hoop. MJ is a driver- don't think he's at Wayne's level of shooting from the perimeter quite yet, but MJ will shoot some midrange stuff, will take guys to the hole, and hit the occasional 3. I think he's a guy that is just a gifted athlete who has learned to press his advantages on the court. Teams are going to have quite a problem figuring out how to stop MJ, imo.
So the guy gets into town at 4 o'clock in the morning. At 3 that afternoon, he participates in an informal scrimmage against his teammates.
Tait says" Tough drives through contact at players big and small, pull-up jumpers, run-outs in transition and shots from behind the 3-point line all were a part of Riceâs outing on Wednesday. "
KJ said âIt was cool seeing what he can do,â sophomore forward KJ Adams said. âHis jumperâs really smooth. His confidence level is up high and it gives him (a chance) to hit shots like he did today. I think heâs going to be really good.â
He scores 18. He lets the team know who the alpha is. This is a dude that's built like TROB. This is the definition of "college ready body". This is a guy that can get his own, and assert his will whenever he wants. This guy is on another level.
@Kcmatt7 Best post of the day. You still got it!
Congratulations, Sherron. You will do an excellent job!
@BShark said in Gradey Dick Call Your Shot:
I'm going with 7 pts 3 rebs a game on 39% three point shooting. 20 minutes a game.
After seeing MJ, I think your 20 minutes and 7 ppg for Dick are probably right. MJ looks like a man playing against kids out there.
Tait's take on MJ today:
"MJ Rice, who arrived in Lawrence around 4 a.m. today, has looked far and away like one of the best players out here today. Physical on the drive, smooth on the pull-up, range to the 3-point line. All of it looks easy, too. #KUbball"
@FarmerJayhawk said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
That he did. Yes put up a 30 burger lol
He's the new Remy.
@drgnslayr Great points. I think our cohesion came from sacrificing for the other guy, which I hope can be duplicated this year.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Team Cohesion:
@drgnslayr With NIL a huge factor in recruiting now, is KU amd Self going to follow Duke's example and hire a GM to oversee the NIL side of the program?
Yeah, maybe we could hire an Adidas rep since Dook hired a Nike rep. It would be much easier to distribute the checks that way.
I think he's going to play a few more minutes than 20 a game:
@Kcmatt7 said in ONLY IN MISSOURAH:
@Jethro said in ONLY IN MISSOURAH:
The collective IQ of a turnip.
This is by far one of the funniest ways I've ever seen someone get rich.
Car sex...lmao!
@BShark said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@Jethro said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@BShark said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
Look at how happy he is @Crimsonorblue22
Some issues behind the scenes at Tech!
Shannon and McCullar both transfer out. Awkward...
Two of their best players.. You don't see that at KU, Kentuckah, Puke, UNC etc
Makes me think the atmosphere down there isn't very pleasant. Those guys were the heart and soul of their team.
@BShark said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
Look at how happy he is @Crimsonorblue22
Some issues behind the scenes at Tech!
Shannon and McCullar both transfer out. Awkward...
@drgnslayr said in Is Self ready for his next big shift in basketball approach?:
With this guy coming in... why wouldn't Self go for more an old school 5?
With all due respect to Udeh, I think Zach will be the starter. Zach has a winning mentality, and has a "sharp, quick mind" as you put it, which I 100% agree. Plus, he is the only Jayhawk player who has ever tweeted me back, so he's up there in my books. Here is his latest. Dude is confident:
@jayballer67 said in Gradey Dick Call Your Shot:
@Jethro said in Gradey Dick Call Your Shot:
@BShark said in Gradey Dick Call Your Shot:
I'm going with 7 pts 3 rebs a game on 39% three point shooting. 20 minutes a game.
14 points a game. 39% from 3. 30 minutes a game. You take the low side- I take the high side, and it will probably be somewhere in the middle.
Whe 14 ppg ? - -would be great , just don't see those numbers as a freshman. He is good all right , BUT big adjustment from High School ball to Big powerful P-5. - - Plus learning Bill's system and if he which I have seen from him but if he is lax on Defense - gonna cut into his playing time for awhile cause if you don't wanna play d or your bad at it - -you will gt to know your seat real well sitting next to Bill
He isn't going to hit 14 a game. I just added 3 points to what I thought he'd hit because a certain banana shark had him hitting 7 a game...lol.
@BShark said in Gradey Dick Call Your Shot:
I'm going with 7 pts 3 rebs a game on 39% three point shooting. 20 minutes a game.
14 points a game. 39% from 3. 30 minutes a game. You take the low side- I take the high side, and it will probably be somewhere in the middle.
@mayjay said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@Jethro I think it has more to do with our emotional hopes that get dashed whenever KU does something wrong, for example, if we miss an easy rebound. It gets magnified in our reaction, and those mistakes tend to be what we remember.
Happens to everybody! Just think of how baseball fans revile Bill Buckner--one misplay created a mythos of him as hands of stone despite him having committed only 146 errors in 16,661 chances over 21 years, and even setting several fielding records. But that play is seen as the one that lost the World Series for Boston.
Except it didnât. They lost the Series the next night. Emotion affects memory!
I think I fell for a combination of us getting beat on the boards against UNC and the Big Dave caterwauling to think we weren't good on the boards. You should've seen my face when I pulled up NCAA stats...lol. Any who, the original point was to say all is not lost if we aren't as good from 3 point land as we were last year... when we won the national championship. I really think we have a deep, solid team that might not be as good as last year, but still will be a damn good team.
@mayjay I think you're correct. Let me fix it for you. I should've done my homework.
@BeddieKU23 said in Famous Buckets Blunders:
I feel bad for those that haven't at this point. We literally found the guy
Such a great point. The first year I didn't like him because we didn't run. Bill was an acquired taste for me. I didn't really start liking him until 2007. By 2008, I was in all the way.
@BeddieKU23 said in Famous Buckets Blunders:
I was a lot younger and immature when we got Self. When you grow up thinking Roy Williams is the greatest thing since sliced bread.. Well let's just say I was not impressed. Obviously that feeling had nothing to do with Self and everything to do with how Roy left us..
We had an adjustment period, for sure. Some have never adjusted.
Girl power! Very talented lady:
My biggest get was Devonte. I loved him the second he signed. I predicted he would be a star, and I was right.
@drgnslayr said in Famous Buckets Blunders:
If I start a GoFundMe page will you all give me a penny every time you think I'm wrong? I'm willing to take it on the chin for the cool million!
How about we all list some of our biggest blunders and have a good laugh?!
I'll start with something very recent. No way I thought we had good chances for a natty this year!
Which biggest blunder? What year? If you want to narrow it down we could do month, or even game. Do you want to go back to Perry at the 3, or go back to Dave magley in the 80's? How about when I opined that freshman Mason guy wasn't that good, and we should start freshman Devonte and have Frank come off the bench. That was pure genius. How about when I got it in my head that Charlie Moore was all that...yeah, that was a humdinger. Every year I'll post something that I think that turns out to be not some dumb- it's plumb dumb.
I think I can help with this DeJuan confusion. He's not like Sherron. I was so glad when Sherron graduated. Love the guy- he's true blue Jayhawk. But Approx and I both know speaking ill of Sherron is a major offense in Jayhawk Land. We know it triggers you, yet somehow we do slip up and blurt out a "lousy senior year" or something offensive to St. Sherron from time to time, so we offer our humble apologies. We still love THAT shot.
The comparison is Russ Rob. "The Lurker" ( a.k.a. JayhawkFantoo) pointed out that DeJuan and Russ are literally splitting images in everything, from the defense to the offensive game, and I agree with that. My opinion is DeJuan improves offensively enough to get to 10 per, and that is plenty, folks.
WELCOME BACK, JW!
@drgnslayr said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
Speaking as a former player who shot so low a % from outside that it didn't matter if I was open or not... I can honestly say I probably shot near equal % when left wide open than when guarded. I know it killed my confidence being dared to shoot it from outside and after a while I didn't have the balls to try to prove them wrong.
My only advice to Juan on shooting from trey: don't listen to me! lol
I will say... Juan has several offensive tools that are quality and will help his stat line; he's actually a good finisher at the rim, and his open-court scoring is good (especially helpful when he steals passes), and he has a very soft touch at midrange. There is no reason why he can't lift his numbers a bit from trey and become a more consistent scorer from distance. I wish people would stop bagging on him. He's earned every bit of that championship ring on his finger and will bring his winning formula back to KU to try to do it again!
It would be sick if Mosley comes and we all get the benefit synergy created off their relationship! Absolutely sick!
And NO! I'm still praying with get McCullar! lol We get McCullar and then it comes down to Wilson or Mosley... ha... I'm becoming crazy enthusiastic about next year's team!
My new chant: BACK-TO-BACK!
Excellent post. We don't need 15 a game from Juan- but I'll bet we get 10. Juan does so much more than score- setting up the offense, hitting guys in their spots, playing tenacious on ball defense, etc. The value is immeasurable.
@BShark said in 2022 Transfer Portal Thread:
@kuballin10 What's your handle on 247? Mine is Banana Shark of course.
I know you.
@FarmerJayhawk said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@kuballin10 not my point at all. I said we won a title with Harris at PG. And heâs not getting benched.
Juan will be the main PG, thatâs just a fact. My point is Iâd play Hunter with him because it gives you your best 5 out there. He still played 25 MPG in the tournament. Iâd bump him to the 28-30ish number next year. He played so much last year because Remy and Bobby were hurt. Non-con he was only at 27 MPG.
Say we get Ramey instead. Heâs also a really good defender and can handle it. Iâm still not benching Harris for an unprepared freshman. Harris Ramey McCullar Wilson Clemence. Thatâs plenty of offense. Absolutely killer without the ball, and has enough shooting. Wonât be a great strength but enough. Dick can snipe off the bench. This lineup is so versatile because you can rotate PGs and switch between PG and 3 wings and 2 PGs 2 wings.
I think you hit on something very important that some folks are missing- this team will be oozing with levers that Bill can pull - need team speed? Put in Yes. Need a shot blocker? Put in Udeh. Need some outside shooting? Put in Dick. Juando needs a rest? Put in Bobby. Need someone to drive the ball? Put in MJ. So much talent, so much versatility. We won't be as fast as last year, but if we can get Ramey, then we might not need to be as fast. We could have the best perimeter defense we've ever had with Juando, Ramey and McCullar.
@approxinfinity said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@kuballin10 Juan is lightyears better than Naadir or Frankamp.
LOL. Comparing Juan to Naadir and Francamp has to be the funniest thing I've heard this offseason. Too funny... you can't make this up.
@wissox said in Not hoops, but there is no college golf thread either.:
Harry Hiller in 1st after 1 day of the NCAA mens championship. Team is in 4th, 4 strokes behind. Looks like day 1 of a 4 day tournament. Not sure the format, but promising start.
Maybe they were inspired by men's bb.
@FarmerJayhawk The facts are not on your side. You won't be able to explain how a vaccinated country can have hospitals full of vaccinated patients with Covid and death rates from Covid that are higher than lower vaccinated countries without reaching the conclusion that the mrna vaccines don't work. The virus simply mutates and the vaccine is powerless to stop the mutated virus. I have hundreds of articles that prove this. I was one of the lucky ones- I was pressured, cajoled, urged incessantly to get vaccinated, and I basically said I wanted to wait until I had more information. So, I waited and started reading about all the heart problems associated with the vaccine, and I'm glad I waited. For a guy like me who has had numerous heart attacks, it probably saved my life to not take the plunge. I don't fault anybody if they got vaccinated, but I would strongly urge if you are vaccinated to supplement your regular vitamin intake with Vitamin C and D, Iodine, and Zinc to guard against mutated forms of the Covid virus. That will help your immune system to fight off the mutations.
@FarmerJayhawk said in Doke!!:
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He looks great. So slim now. He has transformed his body.
@BShark said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@wissox said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
Not sure if this is on another thread but Hunter goes to Texas
Looking more and more like McCullar, huh.
Whatever happened to that smaller school Missouri dude?
Headed to MS State it appears. I'm befuddled by the lack of announcement.
I mean, would you WANT to go to Starkville?
I heard it was Stackville.
Juan/Tyrese/McCullar/JW/MJ/Gradey/Clemence. Best perimeter defense in the country.
Baylor is very pissed that McCullar signed with us. They cry and whine about it, and at 3:00 minutes, they lose it:
@approxinfinity said in KU/Big 12 NBA draft decisions thread:
12 guys 6â9 or bigger in nbadraft projected first round. Feels like a massive (in height) class
Where's Braun?
Everybody wants a polished finished product on paper right now. We forget that the 130th ranked guy he took is going to be a first rounder. Or the guy he took that wasn't even ranked at the start of his senior year, and (only after he signed with us did they put him in the Top 100) this guy is set to be a lottery pick. This is going to take some time. But Bill has lots of talent to work with.
@RockkChalkk said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
@Jethro Ha, I see what you did there. I used to have your same belief but after watching him in one of those all star games, playing against other incoming frosh, I was quite disappointed and lowered my expectations to be more realistic. Its rare to have a true frosh that can come in and put it all together to a point where he is a reliable scorer. Last few I can think of were JJ, Wigs, Jo. I just don't think Dick is in that class of talent and ability to be the scorer we hope for in his first year.
Its also not in Bill Self's history to put someone out there to just spot up and shoot without having to worry about thinking about anything else. Guys like Greene who I'd say is a better shooter couldn't carve out time because he couldn't play D. The one trick ponies don't see the court much with Self. At least not enough to rack up a strong scoring line each game.
I really got a kick out of your post. Especially your scouting report. I knew if I put some bait out, I'd get some bites. All in good fun- thank you for participating!
@BeddieKU23 said in Reasons to believe in next yearâs team:
I hope there's a few more moves left but at this point I don't know what's going to make a meaningful impact.
I just don't understand the Cam Martin situation from redshirting to still being here.
I'm also surprised Cuffe is sticking around. Personally I'm high on him but I expected him to look around.
If Braun does leave that really hurts the upcoming squad. Leader, scoring option, proven winner among many other things. Makes J Will returning of paramount importance.
McCullar is a nice get for what he provides. Perhaps he flourishes here and steps his game up offensively.
Young team with a lot of unproven pieces that will have to play.
The people that think we're going to be limited offensively don't know Dick. "But Jethro, he's new. New is bad. He's never played college basketball. " Gradey, see that spot? Go run to that spot, and we'll throw you the ball, and you shoot and make it, ok?
@drgnslayr said in Imagine!:
Obviously... I am a believer in McCullar and what he brings to the table... especially on a team with a legit PG!
I can see him bullying for positioning in the paint against weak defenders and Juan finding him. I imagine he can set one heck of a ball screen and we feast on that, including pick and rolls where he gets the pass in the paint and finishes. I can see Self building offense around a player like him who has the physicality we've NEVER had at guard.
BShark put up a video of his cutting abilities. The guy is fantastic w/o the ball in his hands! How many Zach feeds to a cutting McCullar will we see? How many Juando lobs to a wide open McCullar will we see? Dude also attacks and dishes, and plays tremendous perimeter defense. I'm stoked about the dude.