@JayHawkFanToo Embiid hopefully will not have an alcohol problem as does Oden. Its not a fair comparison but I agree, it is one that will be made.
I will always be on JoJo's side and defensive of him. I met him after a preseason warm up game at AFH and he was very nice and very funny. I mentioned his lion killing and we had a good laugh at that. ;)
@Crimsonorblue22 No pain is definitely a good sign. I hope that he can play some day, some season. Injuries happen to a lot of the top athletes. Kyrie, KD, Rose, KLove, Blake Griffin, on and on. They all recover and get back on the court. Rose did it after 3 really bad injuries. JOJO has a good chance at seeing the court again, they just have to be super careful with his injury and healing process.
@VailHawk I was - 2 years old in 1972
@Crimsonorblue22 Damm damm damm!!! That really sucks.
I wonder if its a possibility to give him a bionic foot? You know, kind of like I Robot?
@Statmachine You know, you are totally right about the NBA players and their lengthy if not gruelling schedule. They are even older and most of them are able to grind it out and even play deep into the finals.
Our boys are even younger which allows them to heal faster if an injury occurs. Case in point; B Rush coming back from an ACL in 6 months.
And on second thought, our guys still in Lawrence cuz of ineligibility or injury still need a chance to bond with this group. Maybe a shortened boot camp would be a good thing.
Right now, the guys that are playing, they have that cohesion, that bond that brings them closer and allows them to play unselfishly for the good of the whole.
The guys back home need that too.
@Crimsonorblue22 sick!
Touching off a topic that is bound to gain momentum as the summer progresses and based on how KUSA finishes its final games in the WUGs, I have started to think about the increased potential for injury to our boys in blue.
Say we win the Gold in the WUGs and say Coach plays Frank and Selden and Perry 35+ minutes to do it. Then should he not consider paring down or eliminating altogether his beloved "boot camp?"
@Jesse-Newell makes a great point in his pod cast about the risks associated with playing our guys too much and even winning the WUGs, while a great accomplishment, would be all for naught basically, should One More of our guys get injured in the process.
The mental and physical requirements for recovery would last well into the upcoming season and not just for the potential player injured but for the team as well.
KU is really turning it on right now. I mean those guys are so close to forming the kind of chemistry needed to put a team on the court that could achieve something comparable to the '08 and the '12 teams! Its literally right in front of us.
To see it go down in flames with another major injury to one of our boys is something I would rather not have to deal with.
My point; I do not think Boot Camp is needed this year, at all. None, zero, zilch, nada, zip, done, gone. Once we win a medal, be it Gold or Silver. Coach needs to let our team rest. He needs to give them some good time off to recover and give Hudy the reins to the teams' health and fitness regimen during the last weeks leading up to the fall semester and even going into Late Night possibly.
Selden is absolutely Killing it right now and Frank is absolutely Sherron 2.0. We need those guys and the rest of the team to play exactly like they are playing right now come March Madness.
If they cant due to an injury sustained this summer or fatigue built up from this summer that could have been prevented, then this goal that we have to see KU into the final four next spring could end again with an early NCAA exit.
By no means to I want to see Coach let off the gas and fall short of a medal. But, there has to be a way to do it safely and with minimal risk of injury as possible to our boys.
@KansasComet Him and JoJo
@KUSTEVE True enough, they are in our way of a Gold medal.
@KUSTEVE Awwww we cant hate on them too much man. Dont forget about KAUN!!!
@Statmachine yah I think so
@Crimsonorblue22 Yah, I think so
@Statmachine We gotta beat who is next to get to the Gold medal game, if I am right.
@Crimsonorblue22 Yeah, lol. we must wait to see who collects that one.
@Crimsonorblue22 I say he plays big minutes and Vail will owe me $1
@Crimsonorblue22 LOL! We bet on Mickelson playing big minutes next season or riding the pine.
@Bwag Yep, Probly gonna havta beat the Ruskies next.
@KUSTEVE Yep! I smelt what the Rock was cookin!! Saw that smack down on those candyasses comin'!
@Bwag probly a bit of both perhaps
@VailHawk Holy Cow! 25-4 in the 4th quarter!!!
@Crimsonorblue22 yes, SeldEn and junior as well.
@Bwag Doesnt make any sense about the missed FT's. As a team, they shot it pretty well last season.
@bskeet 20 point game BizzNitches!
@VailHawk LoL, shut it.
@brooksmd On who!?
@Bwag 16 point game then? LOL
@VailHawk HA!
@VailHawk Plus, it is you who will be the one owing me!
@VailHawk So not true! That has yet to be determined pal.
@ZIG KU up by 13 now?
@VailHawk we dont need no stinking baseball! Its KUSA hoops time!!
@Crimsonorblue22 ditto
@VailHawk I bet youre damm right!
@Bwag Uhoh, do we have a biased group of officials here??
@VailHawk 6 turnovers? 3rd qt
@Lulufulu The score and minutes left are up on KU Sports.
@VailHawk Cant wait to watch this on replay
@VailHawk Does that mean Lucas just fouled someone real hard?? I hope so. Someone has to fight back.
@VailHawk Is Self even trying to get on the refs for no calls???
@ZIG Shot fake Perry! Shot fake!
@Bwag Uhhh, thats not the kind of swinging I had in mind...
@globaljaybird Half times over yet? KUSA better come out swinging.
@Bwag Oh yes, I have that one, its no big deal
@brooksmd Yah, they stick around until I click them on my page.
@Statmachine Shark week finishes tomorrow doesn't it?
@Crimsonorblue22 I dunno. they just pop up in my right lower corner, "someone up votes my post, or mentions me in a post, blah blah blah. and it stacks upon itself, blocking me from clicking submit or reading the longer lines in a post.
@Crimsonorblue22 Well, provided KUSA wins this game, we get matched up with the Ruskies, on Sunday, presumedly.
@Crimsonorblue22 yeah, on here. I dont like it.
@Bwag Damm, low scoring. And damm those notifications that pop up here, its annoying.