Thankful for all of you guys. Things have been a little overwhelming in my "real world" recently; thanks for always being here and keeping conversations moving and keeping me engaged, no matter what we are talking about. It has really helped me maintain a sense of balance and purpose.
Thank you!
@jayballer54 :joy: Thanks for the kind words and all your insightful and heartfelt contributions to our conversations. Happy Thanksgiving buddy!
Would be nice to see him get minutes alongside Fox. Forget George Hill.
@mayjay Frank was killing it, slashing to the basket and finding his teammates repeatedly. Held Lonzo to 2 points, and those when he got screened.
BTW check out Frank on ESPN right now.
Frank is running the show the end of the 1st quarter and Sacramento looks smooth!
I think maybe we should reframe this conversation. My apologies if I glossed over someone making the same point. If we recognize that both Shania and Mike Davis are using dialects, rather that attempting to identify how their word choices are incorrect by a common set of grammatical rules, it becomes a moot point. Let's move on, come on y'all!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English?wprov=sfla1 ↗
See "The copula be in the present tense is often dropped, as in Russian, Hebrew, Arabic and other languages" in the above link.
@mayjay lol. that's ridiculous
Hey in fairness @mayjay, it might have been Mutt Lange and not Shania that wrote whatever offending lyric...
"They All Poison", that's a Mike Davis original.
Shania Twain is a Canadian pretending to have southern heritage who has carefully crafted a brand that includes occasional deliberately poor grammar in order to make millions of dollars.
Mike Davis is speaking off the top of his head with poor grammar, because it's presumably a comfortable way for him to speak.
Between the two, I'll take Mike Davis' poor grammar.
Turned off the Matt Scott updates that were ahead of stream in Slack. Sry about that.
Josh needs a couple years in the league. He will settle in and be a professional.
Looked like he got him a bit in the nose. Still a sell by Allen. I hate the kid. But I think @mayjay is right.
@mayjay this is where I equate it to our current political climate. I don't necessarily need proof of specifics that were investigated, but I need proof that an organization in whose integrity I have complete faith has investigated (maybe monitored is the better word) and found them to be operating in an ethical manner. But I'm not sure such an organization exists or is empowered to do so, and I don't have faith in the school regulating itself. So barring having an organization i can trust, this makes the thought of transparency of output of the investigation more appealing. And I think we can agree, that's a path that is much more difficult to navigate as everyone wants their own facts and has their own stances on the particulars.
While this Preston situation is unfortunate,it at least gives me faith that we are monitoring ourselves.
Beyond all this, doing away with the one and done rule would solve 90% of the problem.
And I get where you're coming from. The current paradigm is just not maintainable.
@KUSTEVE lol. I have no idea what is happening with it and won't be able to look until tomorrow. Sorry it's playing tricks on you :)
@mayjay Whether they have been investigated / monitored and been deemed above board or have not yet isn't a position I'm attempting to establish with my comment. I am only trying to state that I would like to see it. I have not seen proof that they have been investigated thoroughly and I would like to. Is the public being inquisitive and wanting greater transparency something that makes you uneasy? Should the public assume that a powerful school with the media in their back pocket and deep Nike ties is being monitored closely enough without evidence? Maybe it's out there. I just haven't seen it. I wonder if our current political climate regarding demands for investigations from all sides isn't making this a bit more heated that it normally would be.
@mayjay valid point. By wanting it verified, I mean that I would like people to hold Duke to the same standard and investigate their program as much as everyone else's. Just as I would hope that UNC isn't given a double standard on academics because they are UNC.
@JayHawkFanToo Inclined to agree, but would like that hypothesis verified.
@globaljaybird Come on dude. Miss you. Come chat with us.
@JayHawkFanToo Is Duke safe? I'd assume they get whomever they want based upon rep and media coverage and the influence they can offer, but that 9 stack mcd aa's and K's about face on his one and done policy does make one say hmm.
Some of us are on kubuckets.slack.com for the game.
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Lol :joy: :joy: :joy:
I would trade a couple losses for a healthy Doke in the post season this year. We aren't holding out breath on hard fouls on Doke, maybe we should be. Geeked we won despite not having Preston. We do need to shoot better. Even reversing the ball better with the option to feed a big or shoot an open shot should result in better Trey shooting.
Do you think Self plays away from some of his strengths earlier in the game to have something up his sleeve for late? Do you think he was saving Doke either from a foul or an exhaustion standpoint?
Neither one will be Frank but they can each take half of him.
Missed you guys in chat. I think Malik will be better at hero ball if he adds a floater and better shot selection but Devonte might perfect the drive and kick.
Old join link I think has expired.
If you've already joined and want to chat, come join us right now at kubuckets.slack.com
Come join us on kubuckets.slack.com for the game guys
Nice to see nothing changes. Duke still is a bunch of flopping losers, the announcers still are all Duke homers, and our bonehead premiere big will be ruled ineligible. Bring it on!
@JayHawkFanToo around here I've seen a lot more little boys crying in public than little girls. This expression does seem invalid.
@BigBad I think we are going to feel lucky to have Newman when the lid is on the basket for everyone else and Malik rips off a stretch of 6 or 8 points to keep us in it.
@BShark yeah, but Svi has had 3 years to learn how to deal with athletic opponents. And he did well against Kentucky last year. I agree we beat them. And I'll be super geeked if Garrett tears them up.
@BeddieKU23 we will see against Kentucky if Garrett's game translates against athletic opponents. We won't see 10 rebs again. Will be interesting.
@jayballer54 I wonder if what you said about Doke has same root cause as Mitch's problems. You said Doke looked stiff and mechanical. Mitch can't hold onto the ball on offense but looked more natural on d (3 blocks as you said). Do you think technique is being blasted at these guys in practice right now, and their overthinking it's manifesting into these different symptoms on the court? Surely Doke is more agile than what we are seeing, and surely Mitch is capable of gripping the ball a little better.
Reminder we are over on Slack!
@BShark @JayhawkerRedLegs with you guys. My dad is having some tough times right now too. Motivates me to put my all into everything I do, only distraction I've got.
@BShark I'm sorry man.
@jaybate-1.0 lol I just read your WSU enthusiasms post. :rolling_eyes:
@jaybate-1-0 hey btw bud, I hope you join us on slack for game chats, if not just to sniff it out. think you'd enjoy the flow of it.
@drgnslayr 13 straight conference titles... 7 elite eights. You don't get that kind of consistency without developing your players. So while I agree that the young guys need to be accountable, I don't know that Self is preventing them from being that. It would seem earning your playing time is a pretty great motivator to hold yourself accountable.
@cragarhawk I thought last year looked special against Duke and Kentucky. I believe Udoka was on a mission last year. Had he not gotten hurt, he would have gotten us past Oregon's interior. Bell would not have punked us.
@BigBad yup, need a link. It's in the thread referenced in the first post of this thread. Look forward to chatting with you.
@ZIG when you sign in you want to click on #general. Give that a shot and tell me if you can see our chat in there?
We had some horrible luck and Slack was down the first half of the Pitt State game. This will probably never happen again, it was just very crappy timing for our first game with Slack. That said, I think it proved to be a fun thing for those that still ventured over for the second half.
Next game, let's give it another shot. For those who have already signed up, https://kubuckets.slack.com ↗ will get you there. For those who havent yet, please check out the link in the thread: /topic/6413
Hope to see you guys over there.
I'm going to be on a business trip, so we will see how things shake out from me, hope I can get on as much as possible too.
You guys want to give Slack another shot? Seems to be working now, have a critical mass of people on there now
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FWIW, Slack seems to be working again. Tentatively hanging out there as well atm.