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@Kcmatt7 Agreed he has really slow feet and not real powerful or able to get off the floor. When he doesn’t hit some three’s to offset his defensive liabilities he’s a double negative.

Great practice body though to have and hopefully this helps him improve.

Where was Morris

@BShark Parker gonna be Clemence 2.0…..slow the roll on this and don’t let coach’s speak in the off-season get you excited

@approxinfinity He’s a great kid with crazy athletic ability. If he makes a leap this year it will hurt but Hunter is the better player.

I’ll always love Ernest

@Texas-Hawk-10 I don’t feel comfortable throwing out the alcoholic judgement when I don’t know the extent of it.

He likes to drink - same with millions of people but doesn’t mean all of them are alcoholics

@dylans Drinking isn’t good for the body especially that often and pair that with his poor diet which he’s admitted and you get health issues.

He is disciplined literally in everything he’s done except his health which he said back in March.

He’s gonna get healthy and pair that with the programs prime - buckle up it’s gonna be a heck of a ride I think.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I know a guy who his doc said your liver is shot you’re gonna die and he was 35. Cut alcohol and changed his lifestyle lost 100 pounds.

Pictures show that bloated face you mentioned and yes, poor diet is gut for sure.

Self drinks that isn’t an argument in my mind the question is how much. Either way none of my business and the point is he’s getting his health in check which is something everyone of us should do.

Highest paid Kansas employee should have a personal grocery shopper, chef and dietician. He can afford it lol

@approxinfinity I don’t think he’s an alcoholic I should have prefaced that.

Guys who drink literally every night but don’t always get drunk are controlling it. I think Self controls it because he has no dui’s im aware of and isn’t this angry person like huggy

I do think that drinking daily 2-3 or 3-4 drinks will hurt the heart and your liver.

1 glass of red wine doesn’t normally stop there

@approxinfinity He said on Lucas podcast he was drunk for two straight weeks after the title. He also mentions it elsewhere. His job is stressful I’m sure he knocks back a few to loosen up often and with his health it’s not hard to see.

@Gorilla72 That isn’t necessarily a bad thing - good to exercise and have the blood pump so during games he’s ready.

His issue is he drinks like a fish, eats horrible and doesn’t exercise (he’s admitted this so don’t jump on me like I’m doggin him).

He’s changing these things though will which make his body but also his mind sharper.

However many years we have it I think it will be his best yet which is crazy to think about!

@rockchalkjayhawk I think the opposite. He sees his calling is coaching ball. He got to live minimally the retired life and said that’s not for me. You live in FL, play golf and see the grandkids. From there not much else.

I think he tries to get 1-3 titles in the next 5-7 years and evaluates at the end of every season.

He still feels he can accomplish more and cement himself with the Wooden’s and coach k’s - which means another title or two.

@BShark

I think it’s

Juan

Morris

Timberlake

Kevin

Hunter

If we get Nelson then one of Morris and Timberlake is out and I’m guessing Timberlake because the remy spark plug

@FarmerJayhawk copy that I’m on board with Nelson!!!

@approxinfinity Behind Hunter and who’s the second one? That’s a mystery to me.

I think he can average 11-13 a game figure Hunter at 18-21 and not sure who that second guy will be

@BShark lol I only saw highlights and an nba combine dunk and thought Kev can’t do that!

Kev is a ridiculous high iq player and his last game against Arkansas he was good. He had a huge three late that had we won would have been talked about.

I’m happy he’s back and if Morris, Juan and Hunter can hit 3’s we will be fine with that plus our bench is loaded.

Timberlake can come in and Adam’s jr is gonna surprise

Kev knows the system and is smart but if he comes back thinking he’s Jalen and gonna hunt shots that isn’t gonna work. I think Kaluma is the better player.

Yeah he’s gonna sit behind Young lol

@Texas-Hawk-10 They played together minimally.

Reading the boards it seems that Bill wants shooters around Juan and Hunter. That isn’t kj.

KJ will be the backup 5 and change of pace guy.

@jayballer67 Development of players isn’t down the crapper. It’s players wanting to play now.

Guarantee Bill wanted Udeh here and there is NO Chance he was pushed out.

Udeh wants to go somewhere and play now rather than develop here.

I get it and honestly nothing replaces in game reps/development

Juan - Morris - Mgbako/Timberlake - Nelson - Hunter

Haha not sure that’s fair

@FarmerJayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:

Grant Nelson come on down

I’d lose my mind lol!

@jayballer67 trying to have our cake and eat it to.

Hunter > udeh & zuby

Kids want to play now can’t blame them

Bill wants best players now can’t blame him

We want to build the best team every year and a mcd’s guy isn’t sold on playing 10 minutes a game his sophomore year i get it.

If Bill said you are third behind Hunter and KJ for minutes I get why guys are transferring

@BeddieKU23 If that’s true it answers all the lineup
Questions we’ve had. KJ won’t start at the 4 and was going to backup Hunter.

Juan

Morris - Elmarko

Timberlake - Adam’s

Mgbako - Adam’s

Hunter - KJ

This sucks….6-11 could go up and get it. Was perfect guy to change how we play defensively when Hunter needed a breather

@BShark figured - we tapped out for the most part now that we got Hunter?

Holland is insane - him with Hunter wouldn’t be fair. Mcd’s game his athleticism jumped off the screen.

Mgbako is who we need to have that stretch 4 man with Hunter. We’d have shooters everywhere around Juan

@BShark said in 2023 Recruiting:

Holland is going to Arkansas. @kuballin10 @rcjhdraft

Why? They suck! Better than uk though

@rcjhdraft oh please no I don’t want them to get Holland he’s legit.

I want Holland he’d be the perfect 4 here. No clue why we aren’t on him more and why ark has any chance. If not us hope he goes g league as they say

@BShark Lebron is the needle right now no doubt

How bad will uk be if Bradshaw leaves?

@BShark Depends on who we get between Mgbako and someone from the draft but yes, this team should be better than last years team!

@jayballer67 lol no definitely not! I was saying 6-8 dudes can dominate shrimps like me!

@Texas-Hawk-10 Schedule is loaddeeeddd and I love it - see what we are made of.

Worked just fine for Uconn this year

@jayballer67 I think you have a way better chance of knowing because it’s against college competition versus high schoolers who are my height and have unfortunately my athleticism. Any 6-8 kid with some skill will dominate

@dylans it’s a better guarantee at knowing what you get with a player. Some high school top recruits clearly transfer to d1 well and others suck.

A proven 21 year old with stats at d1 level >>> 18 year old who’s played bad aau ball and isn’t guaranteed to be proven at the next level

I get Zion or certain recruits are “sure things” but ultimately you don’t know until they are on campus.

@Kcmatt7 said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

@Gorilla72 said in 2023 Transfer Portal:

Not to be negative, but I’m curious. When McCullars transferred in, it was partially the “atmosphere of family” that drew him. This coming year there are 3 returning players. I’m wondering how HCBS will create that again with all the new guys. Puerto Rico will help but what the team had last year was because they bonded over a couple of years.

They also lost in the round of 32.

This years team will be better.

Much better especially if we land Mgbako and 1 more nba late pull out.

Last years team would have gotten beat by uconn the next round anyways.

We peaked in December against missery and Iu.

Had really close big 12 wins against bottom teams

We were good but not great

@Texas-Hawk-10 On the block, sure I’ll give you that.

Swatting or altering shots or stealing it - no.

Eye test says give me Udeh all day with the higher ceiling. He can go catch lobs Zuby just can’t get to.

@BShark should we hold the line and feel confident or is the confidence waning

@FarmerJayhawk Kj isn’t a 3 that’s for sure but seeing him displaced in the lineup will be difficult. I’m just stirring the pot lol. I love Kj it was so evident first half against Arkansas he was out we sucked. We need KJ just prefer spark of the bench and adjust how we defend to add a wrinkle.

Who starts between Morris, Timberlake, KJ, and Mgbako will be fun to see!

@FarmerJayhawk said in Hunter Dickenson is a Jayhawk:

@kuballin10 I like Nelson at the 4 better :). Juan Morris Timberlake Nelson Hunter. You still have good defense in the backcourt. The length out front is absurd. Shoot, Nelson was top 3 in the Summit in both rebounding and shot blocking. His offensive game is more like Jalen than a true post. So you can still run a lot of 4 out stuff around Hunter.

You are tempting me again Farmer!!! I’m trying to assume Nelson stays in the draft.

We lose Udeh or Zuby :( and pull another stud late….maybe Nelson but who knows.

For KJ not to start I have to see it to believe it.

Watch us get Nelson and Bill rolls out

Juan, Morris, Kj, Nelson,Hunter lol

@jayballer67

Hear me out….

Juan

Timberlake

Adams - Marcus

Mgbako

Hunter

Shooters everywhere. If Adam’s game doesn’t translate as fast bump him for Timberlake and put Morris at the 2.

No clue how KJ is gonna start at the 4 and I love me some KJ

@Texas-Hawk-10 You getting them confused?

Udeh was the 6-11 guy who’d block shots (often get way out of position and whiff as well) and throw down some lobs.

Zuby may have rebounded better but Udeh had some quick hands getting steals at the top on switches a few times.

@BShark NOOOOOO! He has the best potential defensively.

I figured Zuby would transfer based on the tweets you’d mentioned not Udeh.

@Woodrow said in Arterio Morris is a Jayhawk:

@COHawk said in Arterio Morris is a Jayhawk:

Is the negative attention nationwide or only on this site? I would guess that many of the kids playing college sports come with some kind of risk. I would also. think that when a court decision is made then a decision will be made on his playing or not. Let's not be judge, jury and executioners since we know only what the media has chosen to give us.

I haven’t seen one national person even comment on this signing let alone write about it. So let’s just say it’s a nationwide outrage.

I mean he played at Texas and I don’t remember it ever mentioned during the games against us.

I think we are fine and hope he mans up here at ku

@BShark said in Arterio Morris is a Jayhawk:

@wissox said in Arterio Morris is a Jayhawk:

@Woodrow We're fans being fans! We all know we don't have the ultimate answer, but this signing deserves some scrutiny. I hope a year from now we'll be saying we were wrong about.

It's absolutely worth discussing. What else are message boards for? An echo chamber would be boring*.

*respect for @kuballin10

Haha I’m trying to tone it down and not be such an arse. @wissox speaks up and that’s when I know I’ve gone to far.

For as negative as I am during the season I’m the opposite in the off-season.

I’m breaking the rules and predicting.
Anyone think KJ would ever come off the bench?
Say we get Tyson and Hunter what on earth happens?

Juan

Morris

Timberlake

Tyson

Hunter

Backups: Elmarko, Marcus, KJ, Udeh

That’s title worthy

@FarmerJayhawk said in Welcome Nick Timberlake!:

@AsadZ no

Haha Farmer not happy with this one

@Texas-Hawk-10 He can really shoot it off the bounce…has some frankesque to his game

@BShark I think Self has that one eyed well I’m not feeling Ingram.

If we miss on Dickinson and don’t get some Sanogo miracle and end up with Shedrick that’s not too shabby.

Then it comes down to what wings and/or combo guard we get to determine how well Self did

Appreciate it - board works great and very easy to use compared to thousands of others out there

@Texas-Hawk-10 that I’d be curious because reynolds pers you should like :)

Reynolds also can score on the block

It all depends on udeh’s off-season progression. He develops moves and better shot blocking he will be tough to keep off the floor

That big lineup is gonna be crazy. KJ showed when he was in foul trouble against Arkansas we sucked on O.

Let’s go - they are gonna be good again next year