@joeloveshawks He and Ellis and Niang somehow have all had that effect. Something about the rarity of stars who use all their eligibility!
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@drgnslayr Or if he, or she, doesn't like you!
Robert Heinlein: "An armed society is a polite society." Oft cited by carry advocates. Not sure I agree or disagree, but he left something out: it does make for a smaller society.
@drgnslayr Along with WVU.
@justanotherfan Is there anyone saying that who isn't sitting in a corner on a stool while wearing a big pointed black hat with a large blue D on it?
@jaybate-1.0 I know you always think it is just shoes, but kids will choose places for lots of reasons. Texas isn't a sewer or black hole like M(eth)U, after all.
It might just be that he sees a great opportunity to start early, play a huge amount, and become a star. We can't offer him nearly the same impact opportunity with the possibility of DG coming back. From SBNation on Texas's problems this year:
Who’s the point guard?
Remember when Smart enjoyed the luxury of one of college basketball’s most efficient floor generals orchestrating his offense? That was just last season, but Isaiah Taylor bypassed his senior season and Smart is now forced to play point guard by committee.
The experiment is yet to yield the results necessary for Texas to play at a competitive level. While numerous ‘Horns have seen reps running the show, sophomore Kerwin Roach Jr. and freshman Andrew Jones are handling the bulk of ball-distributing duties. The outcome has been a mere 25 assists through 11 combined games (Roach missed one game due to suspension), which is overshadowed by 20 turnovers. Taylor alone dished out 30 assists to only 13 turnovers through six games last season, in addition to his 16 points per game.
Mayjay again: Or maybe his parents will move there and want somewhere with no income tax.
@Crimsonorblue22 Okay, I deleted mine, too. No fair!
@kjayhawks Good luck! Can you get a loaner from insurance while you wait? My neighbor's car was stolen in the summer and gone for a week. He liked the loaner much better!
@Jayrawks1 said:
I am not an NBA guy, haven’t been since the Jordan days and a few years after. I however watch a lot of NBA and the playoffs every year. For the last couple years I have watched Id say around 50 games of Wiggins, this year I actually purchased the NBA ticket where you can follow one team at a cheaper rate than buying it for all teams, I picked the 76ers.
So, what would an actual NBA guy do? I'd say you are exactly what the NBA is looking for in fans not living in team cities! Good for you, too, because you have had the chance to see Joel's growth, and it is always cool to see a team improve.
@KUSTEVE No, nowhere near that stupid. In fact, you turned out to be wrong. Nothing bad about that. If Frank had played HS bb in Kansas and CF had never been heard of until signed, you would have felt just the opposite. Familiarity breeds contentment.
Predictions like these ain't science!
@jayballer54 said:
IF we won the National Championship there would be a really good chance he gets both.
I think the media ones are voted on before the tournament. But, if we win the Big 12 I think that publicity might propel him over the line.
@jayballer54 When you are down and beat a top 5 team, I understand court storming because that game could well be the high point of the year! We don't storm because we don't get down. But we should be flattered when our opponents feel like it. It is just to celebrate a victory over someone good.
Now, "overrated" is pretty stupid--that directly insults your own team.
@JayHawkFanToo Well, they were hugely demonstrative over the OB call off of DJ before that, and the refs spent about 2 minutes reviewing it. The ball looked cleanly off of DJ on my slow-motion enlarged screen (3x the size of the refs'), so it seemed the right call to me,but he couldn't believe it and kept complaining, so that may have set the tone with the refs.
@Crimsonorblue22 I didn't notice any problems.
@JayHawkFanToo I am pretty impressed when someone remembers practice regimens from 14 years ago.
The coaches just hope the players remember them from the previous day!
@Blown Now that is a PHOF if there ever was one! Times 10!
@jaybate-1.0 said:
Frank smiled during a game.
That's right up their with a solar eclipse.
Are you preparing for next August 21's total eclipse. Right over my head here in SC!
Today's fan of the game is: @DoubleDD
He never lost faith and clearly led the comeback. Good job, DD!
@chriz said:
OK ESPN, thanks for reminding me that there's a Duke game coming up
And today's was so much fun!
JJ flop?
@Bwag Adjusting to life without their Buddy!
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
@mayjay don't think he's scored though. Unless ft's
No, but I think we aren't prepared for the fluidity he helps add.
@cragarhawk Not the worst with Woodard back.
@approxinfinity Well, if commercials alone were sufficient, there would be no need for the pill.
@jaybate-1.0 said:
Note: all fiction. No malice. For those trying to control my mind, or their own.
Do you buy the super-large rolls of tin foil at Sam's? :man_with_turban:
@JayHawkFanToo said:
I agree with you but...road loses are more likely to happen at KSU or ISU rather than at Oklahoma or Texas :smile:
And we can't forget OSU syndrome.
Leave one out?
Maybe the sleeves and leggings help the long, smooth, and oh-so-cool glide in a floor burn that earns a 10 from the judges.
@autohawk Strained vocal cords.
@jaybate-1.0 While mind control is fun, my lack of recall just might have had more to do with Rose Mary Woods' erasure of 9 months of KUBuckets data....:cry:
People here in the Palmetto state will be celebrating now! Except a few S Carolina fans...
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
@jayballer54 Pope probably doesn't say lmao or jumping gee Hossa ......
Pretty sure he does the former, even if he doesn't say it. Seems like a pretty earthy guy.
Wouldn't it be fun if all the world leaders belonged to a Board like this, call it PowerBuckets.com or something? They could air all their disputes, comment, exchange notes at midnight with The Donald, etc. Then he wouldn't be limited to only 140 characters, and would have lots of friends, just like we do here.
Of course, "flaming" somebody might get a whole new extreme meaning....
@JayHawkFanToo I think their entry and exit turnstiles are spinning so much it shouldn't affect anything.
@JayHawkFanToo "Gotta admire a man with ambition…."
...and an obviously sharp wit, something the commenters to the original story seem to have hilariously--well, pathetically, really--overlooked in their massive hand-wringing.
@HawkChamp I probably should have relied to the post to which you had replied, as it was about DG directly. Yours was a general musing that certainly reflects our many shaken heads over Selby, Xavier, Selden, --heck, I thought Norm Cook was a numbskull for leaving early, and that is going back a ways... Ben McL I could see, and even Selby on second thought since his mother was so poor. Greene, I assume, was invited out.
@HawkChamp Well, he hasn't left yet, you know.
@kjayhawks said:
we will be in fool trouble...
I know you have forbidden me from replying to you, but this was so unintentionally on point and funnier than hell so I couldn't resist. It is a great point, exemplified by Josh's aptly renamed technical fool!
@ralster said:
I understand preparing young men for hostile environments, but bigots are everywhere
Good point. And another: why give bigots a stage?
@wrwlumpy So that last one must be called, "The Grayson"?
@Kcmatt7 But they have to be careful because their improvement and, notably, Joel's charisma are winning the fans back. So many are so disgusted already that I think they won't go all-out into a tank. But they won't make any dramatic moves to increase their chances.
@benshawks08 said:
Jackson must have an off the charts basketball IQ for Self to trust him as a 4 and as the player to initiate the offense. He has moved him all over the floor this year, and the kid rarely seems out of his element, or struggling to know where he should be. He has really blown my mind this year with his versatility.
That slight hesitation on the way to the hoop that allowed him to not get blocked on Saturday was so cool, but so subtle! For all the ragging everyone has done on the ESPN commentators, they were in awe at his maturity.
@drgnslayr I think in March if the team needs a come-to-Jesus meeting, seniors Frank and Landen will definitely step right up. And it will have far more impact because they are not the constant talkers now.
@JayHawkFanToo Careful, this was you we were talking about!
@JayHawkFanToo said:
...the chances of having KU play MU in the Big12-SEC Challenge are minuscule.
This is, of course, a much more important prediction than the election pollsters' odds. I just pray that this one is accurate!
@drgnslayr Seems to me, first, they want it a lot more than we do, and second, they can get more out of it than we can. Thus, renewing gives them a PR "win" for the renewal, and with it exposure and respectability they aren't getting on their own.
Conclusion: let 'em stay mired in their Loser muck.
@BeddieKU23 Was Woodard the one who kicked the ball in the stands? Same penalty as JJ objecting to the no-call?
@RockChalkRedlock said:
Devonte just needs Focus
I will agree with you--example being focus was clearly an issue on the 10 second call. He would have taken at least 12 seconds to get over the line at the pace he was at.
I wasn't censuring you on LL, just looking to see if over time your conclusion about LL's value had changed once injuries were known. I was willing to go with the coach's explanation that he was hampered by injuries early on. Apparently you were not.