Marco said:
@Bosthawk Interesting. Good god man, could you imagine if we were able to have Silvio for 4 years?
That would be cool, but weāll see if he sticks around after getting exposure next season. There may be too much pressure to go pro. Damn nba ruining the college game poaching players on potential.
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2018-2019 team autographed basketballs are still available.
Personally Iāve run out of room and am prioritizing final four years and teams with special players like ā14. Love me some Embiid.
A school sanctioned autograph ball they do every year since the late 90s. I suppose they profit around $75-100 per ball x1-2k. The balls likely pay for a scholarship or two.
BeddieKU23 said:
I wish his dad wouldn't speak. Let the kid make his decision. Stop playing helicopter daddy.
Hehe. That made me think of Rodney Carringtons helicopter joke. Lol definitely not good to play helicopter daddy!
Warning wildly explicit.
@BShark well Grimes is big and does have a nice smile...
@jayballer73 Iāve seen enough damage from big rains recently. An area I check fields in received 12ā in 45 minutes. There is now a 2 mile x (1/4 to 1/2) mile wide lake in what used to be a pasture/ trees and a couple fields. Itās truly incredible.
@HighEliteMajor You can enter and withdraw from the draft twice, but you can still get drafted after withdrawing the second time and lose your college eligibility. Itās weird.
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Late to the party. F yeah!!!
Rod āBallā Hampton is already becoming tiresome.
Heady move. The Braves messed up.
@BShark or had an option... start whom last year over Grimes? Garrett? Moore? KJ? Just the least bad option and better for future recruiting. How many times did we here about Kelly O. sitting on the bench early and just needing playing time to develop? Some prospects just donāt pan out the way youād hoped. Grimes as a Jr would be nice, as a OAD not so nice.
Just a paper top 10 guy. No one is scared of the Grimes we all saw.
@Kcmatt7 yeah, George needed to get some. Well worth the read though. Also no way I can understand a chick wanting the Kingslayer after reading the first book. Unredeemable.
Spoiler alert - in the books Caitlyn Stark gets brought back to life. The mountain dies in the fight with the viper. Jon Snow is left gurgling in his own blood (but heāll likely be brought back). Cersi is taken down a bit harder, but the end of the sparrows was correct (and welcomed). Iām not sure why they picked such a homely girl to be Daenerys, sheās supposed to be drop dead gorgeous with violet eyes.
Itās just different. Both are good, but imagination is better than what you can put on screen.
@BeddieKU23 They didnāt have the books to follow and it showed. The HBO writers pale in comparison to George R R Martin. Too bad, but they started changing things early on.
Nothing new here, but sums things up.
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Wilsonās take on Achiuwa is Precious.
Is it really that bad? Or are people just grieving the loss of their fav show?
Avengers Infinity War/ Endgame killed off a lot of characters and ended their franchises, but I donāt here near the backlash.
Can you only declare twice? Or is that restriction gone now?
@Crimsonorblue22 kinda feels that way. Re Tucker
So why didnāt Tucker qualify? Heād still be a nice fallback option.
@BeddieKU23 I havenāt watched the final season yet, but you could really tell when they got ahead of the books. The good guys started winning and the plot became predictable. I still enjoy the heck out of the series, but the later seasons become more āHollywood happyā than the books are. Hopefully Martin finished up the series before he runs out of time. He started the series in the 90s for goodness sake!
One of my favorite tv shows also.
@jayballer73 just me. Iām waiting on seeing where he actually suits up before making that āpredictionā though.
@approxinfinity that was fun. Two differing opinions with no name calling. Imagine that!
@BShark what I meant and what my fat fingers type are often far different things!
@BShark gotta love auto correct. I don't know what I typed, but it wasn't pony!
approxinfinity said:
dylans said:
@approxinfinity Since Shaq, not Shaqās equal though. I mean physically imposing like Shaq. No one can body him up. Heās not nearly as skilled as Shaq. Heās not a game changer like AD. Heās not fundamentally sound like Kaminski. Heās just freakin huge and you canāt do a damn thing about it other than foul him.
Ok, we can agree on that. He's huge and can dunk with the authority of Shaq. His FG% is amazing.
All I was really getting at. You donāt get a Sr that isnāt flawed.
More importantly is how bad KU sucked hind tit without him last year. Itās like watching a team without LeBron or Aaron Rodgers. Thatās when you see how good they are.
That part I disagree with. The team was flawed. He was absolutely critical to the team. But the team was Swiss cheese. It's not like we were blowing people out at the beginning of the season. They were all very close games. Like LeBron or Rodgers, the team was constructed with a healthy Doke in mind. You can't tell me that the Cavs or the Packers wouldn't win games without LeBron or Rodgers if they were never on the team in the first place.
Iād re-think that hill - The Cavs have been horrid for decades. McCarthy and the GM are responsible for the best QB in football only getting one championship in his career. They are both terrible teams without the best player in their respective sport. (The Packers were just bad in the McCarthy era) Iām recalling the Cavs having 3 #1 picks in a row -Kyrie, Bennett, Wiggins and they wouldāve had more before that, but they selected LeBron #1.
Add Dok in place of Landen Lucas and KU cuts down the nets in March on a couple of those teams. Heād have been a real nice compliment to Perry. Or on the 4 out crew.
Dok is amazing I hope we all get to see 40 games of him next year to let it soak in.
I do think Doke is unique, enjoyable to watch, a dedicated Jayhawk, and easy to root for. But I don't want the team constructed around him. He'll go down and it will be curtains.
If itās constructed around him itās due to recruiting missed and the season was/is doomed from the start. He has to be the focal point on the block and he must get his touches. Theyāre worth 1.6pts per shot. But Dotson or Grimes or RJ or Ochai needs to open things up from the perimeter. You canāt win it all being one dimensional.
Embiid is a generational talent. I hope he can stay healthy. Too bad he didnāt come along 20 years earlier(for selfish reasons). Bigs dominated then and stayed in college more than 1 year... what couldāve been.
@approxinfinity Iād be mildly surprised if Dok plays in the NBA. Iād be shocked if he plays major minutes in the NBA. He canāt shoot or move laterally well enough. That wonāt stop him from dominating college Tebow style though.
@approxinfinity Since Shaq, not Shaqās equal though. I mean physically imposing like Shaq. No one can body him up. Heās not nearly as skilled as Shaq. Heās not a game changer like AD. Heās not fundamentally sound like Kaminski. Heās just freakin huge and you canāt do a damn thing about it other than foul him.
More importantly is how bad KU sucked hind tit without him last year. Itās like watching a team without LeBron or Aaron Rodgers. Thatās when you see how good they are. Dok is amazing I hope we all get to see 40 games of him next year to let it soak in.
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Screen grab of the little ānader from down the road. It was about 25 miles from home in that pic. I prefer daytime tornados, itās flat and you can see them coming for miles.
A few years back a large tornado sat in a 500 yard spot for about 30 minutes 4 miles NW of town. It was nerve wracking to watch as I worked south of town. It never moved, but if it had it couldāve wiped town clean in a moment. The problem was it sat there for so long on the ground that everyone went back outside to see what was going on, if it had moved they all wouldāve been in trouble.
Grimes complaints ring hollow. He had plenty of opportunity. He wasnāt the pony guard, because Dotson was the better option. If thatās the case, why would he be a better nba point guard than college? Delusional kiddo. Hope he gets his head on straight, he has a ton of work ahead of him.
@approxinfinity Dok didnāt play much against Wofford. It was just interesting to hear their coach say how much time they spent game planning for the big guy. (And then complaining KU played a different game when he went down)
Dok is the single most important player on this roster regardless of whomever Bill signs. If heād play better D and rebound with authority he would be the most dominate post player since Shaq. No one in college is strong enough to man him up.
Dok is a game changer, but he is but one piece of an extremely flawed roster at this point.
@approxinfinity Do you remember all the coaches the first 9 games saying you have to game plan for the big guy? And what a load he was? (I think it was the Wafford coach who was most honest) Dok is a game changer. Unfortunately his free throws will keep him from being a cheat code. Seriously if he could make free throws there would be no reason for anyone else to shoot next year. -you have to shoot 53% from three to match his 80% 2 point dunking.
@approxinfinity IDK KU was really good with Dok and really average without him last season. Dedrick is the kind of big I donāt want. Hollow stat stuffer you canāt rely on to get his own. Good luck stopping a Dok dunk.
RJ needs to pop soon for my sanity.
approxinfinity said:
They already made a decision once, we just didn't like it so told them to make a decision again... AND THINK REAL HARD THIS TIME. Now do it faster! Lol, fans!
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@Hawk8086 Yeah, by the time heās a junior he should be half way decent.
@drgnslayr The three ball is ruining basketball. Itās becoming boring af like baseball - strikeout, strikeout, homerun, strikeout. I miss watching a dominant pick and roll team. I miss 7ftrs dominating the paint and daring guards to attacking the rim with footers patrolling down low. Now they just step back, and again then shoot a three. Boring. Itās removed too much strategy and made it mostly about who can shoot better from three on a given night. Yes ball movement helps, but it usually just results in a corner three not the lob dunk I want to see!!!
@Crimsonorblue22 a big trailer type smoker (for bbq). My wifeās grandparents passed and we are picking up stuff for her mom.
@Crimsonorblue22 big ol smoked and a fridge. Not too exciting.
Crimsonorblue22 said:
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Yes about 30 miles away, but Iām in Emporia. Stopped on our way back from grabbing some stuff in ne KS.
wissox said:
Zion is withdrawing from the draft and transferring to Kansas.
Is he a grad transfer?
@wissox fwiw all the media pundits thought and reported as if Grimes was gone. All of them. This is a complete change of heart (speculation alert) likely based upon poor feedback at the combine. ie heās , not that great of a shot, and fat.
When Silvio made his ultimatum it let the NCAA off the hook. Do nothing and he goes away. There likely needs to be a lawsuit to make them pay attention. The flip side is maybe they have ruled against Silvio, but are granting KU/Silvio more time to plead their case. It doesnāt look good for Silvio at this time imho.
@drgnslayr KD likes to be called 6ā9ā to avoid the stigmas associated with being 7ft. ie he should play in the post or be a banger.
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@Kcmatt7 I didnāt get one last year, but there are official KU sanctioned autograph menās (and womenās) basketballs you can buy. Iām not sure where you get them online (used to be kustore.com; itās changed), but you could pick them up at the allen field house gift shop.
@approxinfinity third behind McLemore for me. Ben and Embiid didnāt want to leave either, so thatās another feather in their cap.
The thing that probably rubbed me the worst was Josh saying he couldāve been better but Bill played him out of position all year. Really putting Jackson at the 4 hid his flaws as it turns out.
@HighEliteMajor Iām pretty sure itās not selling your likeness if youāre not compensated. The students didnāt feel compensated enough with the scholarship and wanted cash. Now they donāt get the cool bonus of being in a video game. Too bad, we all lost there.
@Woodrow Yeah, but if the NBA did away with the rule requiring they go to college why would there be kids hellbent on being OAD? The rule will be abolished soon. RJ Barrett (#1 ranked HS kid) and Grimes (#1 in his own mind) go pro straight out of HS.