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@BShark I am granting Robinson immediate eligibility if he signs with us. Granny, Ellie May, and Uncle Jed said so.
OK...OK...OK. We're woefully short on bodies up front. No doubt. One injury and all is lost. They foul ...alot. They can't shoot free throws. Or rebound. If they outlawed dunks, Doke might not ever score. The hi-lo??? I think the 5 out might end up being more accurate. I would never wish to interrupt such a good logical narrative we have concluded after 4 meaningless games, and the exit of the 5 star grad transfer from the basketball hotbed Willie and Mary. With the weird 'stache. But what the narrative doesn't account for is this:
We're thin as a rail, but what we have could be spectacular. It might take the whole year, but at some point, a Doke or a Preston- maybe both are going to step forward> Maybe it's the 4 out with a 7 footer in the middle, with Preston backing up Doke. Maybe the DG/Newman/Vick/Svi combo is so strong, we won't be able to keep them off the court. Get Doke to crash the boards, teach him how to seal off his man down low and how to make a free throw, and this team can win the national championship. Can we do that going 3 out 2 in, or would we be better off going 4 out? I'm starting to think having Vick in the lineup would be more valuable than Preston. If that happens, it allows us to only run 1 big, and now we have more depth. We'll have Garrett to give the 4 outs a blow- he plays 1-4. Will the 4 out make us vulnerable to the big teams? Maybe, but it also gives us a great advantage in team quickness, speed, ball handling, and shooting. With the ability to play the 3 out if absolutely necessary. The glass is half full, in my mind.
Any way we could get a waiver on Mitchell so he could play right away?
@JayHawkFanToo That's right. The old man had quite a hair do.
@JayHawkFanToo Remember the 'fro?
@Kcmatt7 That's it. It all comes down to the development of our bigs.
@HighEliteMajor We are thinner- we don't have Coleby. But what we have is better than last year.
@Crimsonorblue22 He needed his rest. His arms were tired from pulling down all those rimbalzis.
@jayballer54 Maybe he isn't ready to turn Garrett loose quite yet. When Coach said Garrett had been the best player after he gathered 12 boards, he quickly changed that to "best rebounder". He's not playing him because he doesn't want him to get such a strong foothold on minutes, it would force Bill to play him more than he is planning. That's my conspiracy theory on it. Give Garrett half a year, and they won't be able to keep him off the court.
Malik - 25 points in 15 minutes. Hello, Newman!
@Crimsonorblue22 Garrett's minutes were limited by design in order to give other players more minutes. Cunliffe got 17 minutes, which is the most he's received so far.
@ballin54 I didn't know what a skin was, either. When DD was mentioning problems with his skin, I first thought he meant some kind of rash or something.
@drgnslayr The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Billy is the key. We are really shorthanded up front. Like no depth at all.
@BShark I thought he was going to be great. I was not happy when he left. Not as mad as I was when AW left, but disappointed nontheless. Sometimes people just don't fit in.
We're playing with no front line today. Doke is out. Billy is out.
@BShark I see now. chrome wasn't dling it because it was too large to scan for viruses.
@BShark So, which of you computer geeks can tell me how to reformat the file of that game to where i could watch it on my desktop? The file appears to be an mp4- when I click on it just sits and spins. This seems to be above my Jethro Bodine 6th grade education.
@mayjay We're trying for a new record.
@jaybate-1.0 Back when I was a younger man, I lived about 60 miles away from Morton, Tx, and they had a horse packing plant. All the meat was sent to Europe, mainly France though. Giddy up in French must mean "ring the dinner bell".
@drgnslayr 92-61. Marcus Garrett 12 rebounds ( rimbalzis ). A star is born.
I know we're looking for some guards next year ...check out this mixtape...
Garrett had 12 rimbalzis. He is a hell of a rimbalzist.
92-61.
@RockChalkinTexas my old eyes appreciate that- I couldn't read it on KU Sports.
@BShark they are raving about garrett on ku sports...wish i could watch...sigh...
@BShark What did he do?
@JayHawkFanToo but is it actually official that it's unofficial?
@JayHawkFanToo They're off by 7 points on the Italy team.
@BShark 9 assts for Devonte...Booyah!
@BeddieKU23 LOL..I just burst out laughing at work, and they're looking at me now...hehehehehe..
@Red.Rooster love your tag line..lol.
1- how does preston look?
2- newman???
3- doke???/
@BShark thanks, man.
i'm at work...this sucks i can't watch...
wats the score...
@wissox Wow. You can't fix that kind of stupid.
@wissox I'm coming into this a little late- since when did anyone applaud Ray Rice after he sucker punched his wife? Name me one fan...one. The dirty slug will never play another down in the NFL, and should be taken out back, and worked over, imho. I still hate Kaepernick, btw.
Long live Liberace...this means we won't have to mobilize the "save Liberace" campaign for a few years.
@Crimsonorblue22 A nut in Lawrence was arrested twice in one day for walking around neeked...
@Crimsonorblue22 What are you talking about?
@jaybate-1.0 The Barkley incident is very hard to find anymore. However, i did find it- it begins at 2:12:
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At least one KU fan is openly protesting Lawson's suspension:
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article164576067.html ↗ ↗
@BShark I agree. VERY troubling.
@BigBad I deem you KUdamus. Very nice call.
Sounds like Garrett becomes our number 4 big. Sounds like Coach is calling out unnamed person(s) a bit to motivate. This might be a Self smoke screen, but if the kid can play defense, we need him on the court, although I'd prefer him on the perimeter.
“From a talent standpoint, he’s not as prepared as Josh (Jackson), but from an intangible standpoint he’s about as prepared as we’ve had coming in,” Self said. “He has figured out how he can make a team better and it fits Devonte’ (Graham) and it fits Malik (Newman) and it fits Lagerald (Vick) and it fits Dok (Udoka Azubuike), whereas some people, the way they think they can make the team better doesn’t fit those guys.”
“The object for these young kids is to make sure our best players play better when they’re in the game,” Self said. “And sometimes they think that, ‘No, no, we don’t care about what they do. We care about what I do.’ Well, your six points a game really don’t matter as much as his 18.”
“He can play 1 through 4,” Self said. “He can switch ball screens. He’s tough. He’s a willing passer. And he knows that he can shoot, but he knows that some guys can shoot it better.”
He knows what he doesn’t know, another good trait. Sounds pretty mature for an 18-year-old.
“Very mature,” Self said. “Very mature. ... That doesn’t mean he’ll always play great, but certainly he’s been impressive to us so far.”
Kansas lacks depth up front, with little size beyond 7-foot Azubuike, 6-10 Billy Preston and 6-8 Mitch Lightfoot. At times, one or two players must play out of position. Garrett won't consider any position out of position as long as he's on the floor.
"Let’s say if he’s in the game with Svi (Mykhailiuk), Malik (Newman) and Devonte’ (Graham), well, somebody has to be able to guard the other team’s four man," Self said. "He’s tough enough that I think he can be more than adequate doing that.”