KU ***** Official 2018-2019 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread ***** - Page 175

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk:
Auburn just beat Kansas, UNC, and Kentucky to get the the FF. That is quite the road. Tip of the cap to the Tigers.

There�s a reason they have been compared to the pre-Durant Warriors.
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Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
I think Matt Hurt will tell us a lot about what impact the FBI investigation is having on our recruiting. We were the first major program on him, and he�s been a heavy Kansas-lean pretty much the whole way. If he ends up somewhere else, it�s likely a strong indication that recruits are getting scared off by the whole thing.

Or the Nike fixers won.
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Originally Posted by DJay23:
Or the Nike fixers won.

Same thing in a sense.

Nike (for now) is above this whole thing. Kids can go to Nike school and get paid while not having to worry about any potential looming postseason bans.

That�s my concern.
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Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
hah...wouldn't that be somethin?

Wasn't one of the Adidas schools on the tape saying Zion needed 100 grand and the fuck was trying to get it together for some school? Maybe it was us, I don't even remember. Even if it was, whatever.

Are we really expected to believe that Zion needed $100 grand to go to an Adidas school, but went to Duke for free?

I mean, isn't that probable cause enough to at least take a tiny little looksey?
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Thanks for the recruiting updates Como and others, I was hoping we were in on a Small Forward seems like we don't have much there.
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Bill selfs house is forms sale. He gone
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Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
KU in the mix on landing a few guys:

5* (PF) Matthew Hurt, 6'9, 200lbs, Rivals rank#7 overall
Schools in mix: KU(high), Duke(med), UNC, UK

-From his mixtape, he looks like a clumsy uncoordinated duck footed white boy dominating vs kids half his size. Doesn't look too athletic, I'll just be completely honest. Probably not gonna be able to get by w/ his height alone playing at KU. The dude can shoot his ass off from downtown though and would be the perfect trailer in a high low offense hitting 3's at the top of the key. Think Perry Ellis w/ less "finesse" to his game.

5* (PF) Precious Achiuwa, 6'9, 215lbs, Rivals rank#16 overall
Schools in the mix: Miss St, KU, UNC (all medium)

-Unlike Hurt, this guy's game is a lot more fluid, probably because he's black. But the guy plays like a big wing more than he does a paint guy, and can shoot from downtown, highly athletic. Think Julian Wright, but w/ a much better shot. He's a high flyer.

4* (SG) Cassius Stanley, 6'5, 185lbs, Rivals rank#33 overall
Schools in the mix: UCLA, KU (both high)

-I've seen Stanley ranked as a 5*, and higher on other lists, but per Rivals his ranking has seemed to dropped, not sure why. It will be hard to pry him away from UCLA, since he's from CA and they currently seem to be #1 on his list. This dude is incredibly athletic, high flyer, good ball handling skills and outside shot. Think Ben McLemore..dude will put on a show if he ever gets into the open court on a fast break.

KU needs ball handlers at the point, outside of Dotson. I mean really, there's a lot of this KU team that's lacking, but ball handling guards is one of those areas, so is big men, and 3pt shooting. Bill Self really didn't have a lot of to work with this yr and made best w/ what he had given the circumstances. Best big man gets hurt, 2nd best big man becomes ineligible, only thing you have left is a tweener guy who can score, but plays awfully soft and was forced to play big when he plays anything but that. KU didn't have any athleticsm at the guard spot, no help for Dotson. He's not good/experienced (yet) enough to take on a leadership role. And this team for the life of them just could not shoot from downtown...probably the worst shooting KU team I've seen in a long time.

Garret is athletic and a good ball handler. Grimes is athletic but he doesn't have the greatest handles. I see it as he played like a freshman. My only hope is that he will no longer be a freshman. I actually believe that he will improve a lot. He can hit the 3 but his problem was that he was very inconsistent. Garret's 3 point shot is really bad. He should have improved on that this year but didn't. He even looked afraid to take that shot many times.

I really hope that the coaches have those guys zero in on improving their 3 point shot in the offseason. That would help the team tremendously.
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UCLA offered Cal 6 years $48 million to leave Kentucky. Kentucky turns around and offers him a "lifetime" contract in response.
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Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
not sappo, he jinxed this year. He�s to blame for this shit year. :-)

I STARTED THEM BOTH.

WITHOUT MY THREAD THIS TEAM GOES TO THE NIT
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Originally Posted by arrowheadnation:
UCLA offered Cal 6 years $48 million to leave Kentucky.

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Originally Posted by saphojunkie:
I STARTED THEM BOTH.

WITHOUT MY THREAD THIS TEAM GOES TO THE NIT

:-) :-)
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Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Wasn't one of the Adidas schools on the tape saying Zion needed 100 grand and the fuck was trying to get it together for some school? Maybe it was us, I don't even remember. Even if it was, whatever.

Are we really expected to believe that Zion needed $100 grand to go to an Adidas school, but went to Duke for free?

I mean, isn't that probable cause enough to at least take a tiny little looksey?

I would like to think that this will get some attention ASAP when the shit hits the fan.
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Originally Posted by Demonpenz:
Bill selfs house is forms sale. He gone

Wait wut?
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Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk:
Wait wut?

Might want to check the date there Mr. T-Hawk.
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KJ Lawson transferring (assuming back to Memphis)...have to assume this means that Dedric will declare for the draft in the next few days. With Charlie Moore also departing, it appears that the cupboard is about to be pretty bare...

Gone:
KJ Lawson
Charlie Moore

Good as gone:
Dedric Lawson
Silvio De Sousa

Probably gone:
Azubuike

Could make a stupid decision and leave early:
Grimes

We currently have 2 signees:
#93 Braun 4*
#104 Isaac McBride 4*

In other words, Self better pull his typical late signing period rabbit out of his ass, or there is going to be more of the same next year.
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