Silvio
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@dylans Really happy for Silvio. Sounds like he worked hard to get here early. Hope they raise the roof when he makes his first appearance!
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Maybe Self and the NCAA had a deal with all the local news, radio, tv, and fan sites, where they would get a kickback for every click the JH faithful made over those 15,000 minutes HEM counted.
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BeddieKU23 said:
HUGGGGGGE
You know thing about it is - just makes a huge difference just from that depth perspective. - -can’t stress enough the difference between a 8 man rotation and a 9 man rotation - . - He isn’t gonna do a lot today, but even if he just creates a presence - get’s rebounds when he IS in - maybe collect a garbage basket/putback or two. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Jayballer54 me
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Silvio to BP: See? That wasn’t so hard, was it?
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mayjay said:
Silvio to BP: See? That wasn’t so hard, was it?
lol ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@mayjay ewww, low. Maybe he can ride in his car
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This has potential huge implications on rotations, minutes, rebounding
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Asst Howard just talking about how impressive Silvio has been in practice. - - Long Athletic really physical - -goes and gets the ball rebounds.
Coach Self saying when we get you eligible - just rebound go to the boards. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BeddieKU23 said:
This has potential huge implications on rotations, minutes, rebounding Talking about playing De Sousa and Doke at same time - talk about playing Mitch and him together - -Silvio - 5 - -Mitch 4. - gonna be interesting how they work - talk a lot just about how big it is to help depth. - - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Tait saying silvio wants to play next year and “take it from there”
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Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND
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Self has already said he’d trust Silvio in a close game midway through the second half, not yet in crunch time though so I think we can reasonably expect to see DeSousa play a few minutes today to get his feet wet.
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Jayballer54 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Wooooo
DILLY - - DILLY. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Send K-State to the pit of misery
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BeddieKU23 said:
Tait saying silvio wants to play next year and “take it from there”
Pretty much what we figured.
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BeddieKU23 said:
Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND
I’m thrilled having a third D1 level scholarship big.
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BeddieKU23 said:
Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND
HUGE. - - now though let’s hope fans aren’t expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND
I’m thrilled having a third D1 level scholarship big.
Me too my friend - just huge if nothing else from a depth standpoint right now - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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And yeah no way the NCAA is working on Saturday morning. KU simply waited to put this out.
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Jayballer54 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND
HUGE. - - now though let’s hope fans aren’t expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Nope i expect 20 and 20 in 10 minutes. How’s that for pressure!!
Kidds of course
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I’d be thrilled with 10-15 minutes where he is a net positive on the court. Being able to give our guards a few more breathers will add up.
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BShark said:
And yeah no way the NCAA is working on Saturday morning. KU simply waited to put this out.
Couldn’t agree more. - -I really feel Coach might of known last night. - Like you said umm they have all week and can’t or won’t clear Silvio but yet they are going in to the office early on a Saturday to clear him? - -I don’t think so - doesn’t matter, in the end - he is CLEARED - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BeddieKU23 said:
Jayballer54 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND
HUGE. - - now though let’s hope fans aren’t expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Nope i expect 20 and 20 in 10 minutes. How’s that for pressure!!
Kidds of course
LMAO - - now you stop that lol - - you silly. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Really huge day for us fans - - for the team - especially for depth purposes - -I feel bad for Billy, some fans have been pretty hard on him - -but he is still a kid - you know he hurts today Seeing Silvio cleared and him still sidelined
Got to be a hard day for Billy - happy for Silvio - but yet. - I know maybe in the wrong but we still need to try and find compassion, he is still a kid we all made mistakes - -It’s just to bad I just don’t think we gonna get to see our boy play for us at all. just sad, let’s keep it civil for the kid, no reason to feast on him it is what it is
Now looking at the brighter side - - -HELL YA Bring it Silvio - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Ok my prediction. De Sousa makes his grand entrance I say at the first opportunity of the under 12 minute time out, That’s what I say - so let it be written - - so let it be done lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Well one thing I think we will see, I think our free throw shooting will go up with Silvio now available more fluid around the rim - -attacks the rim going to be sweet maybe - hopefully 3 pt attempts will go down some - -more balanced. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Waiting paid off…ok, one free and one to go…there is hope for Billy. Maybe some public pressure pushed the ncaa to make a decision on at least one of the players. Why do I feel like a KU hostage was freed in order to cut a deal? Billy may be that one hostage that just doesn’t get freed from the mean officials investigating his case. I just don’t understand WHY all the work was submitted from KU, and the ncaa simply can’t review the information and RULE. All we want is a ruling. Hell any ruling would be better than this unfair, undue influence. Either suspend him indefinitely, or FREE Billy Preston. Silvio’s case should’ve taken longer because of his foreign origins. Billy had several weeks and all the paperwork needed to resolve this case in a sufficient fashion. He also has served enough suspension already.
Hang in there Billy this too shall pass, sooner or later.
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Silvio is a long way off from helping us
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
Silvio is a long way off from helping us
Agree. I’d like to see more than 4 minutes but that won’t happen against WVU.
He played as much as Mitch today, heh.
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Welcome to the big time, Silvio; 4 minutes, 1 TO, 1 PF. Don’t despair, it will get better and the Jayhawk Nation is behind you.
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Silvio wasn’t great, but he was productive and didn’t hurt KU in his few minutes. He looked like he belonged which is something to build on for him. He’ll only get better the more he practices and plays in games and should be able to give KU a solid 8-10 minutes by the end of the year.
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
Silvio is a long way off from helping us
What exactly were you expecting exactly? - -he only played four minutes and we ALL knew or should of known he wasn’t going to show much today, pretty hard to make any kind of observation out of a 4 minute stint his first time out. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Silvio looked as raw as we all expected but man is this exciting. It gives this young man plenty of time to get acclimated and become comfortable. 10 games from now he may start to be a factor with his rebounding and ability to alter shots. Man he is muscular, too. He will be enormous next season after a year of proper diet and lifting. Hawks!
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@JayHawkFanToo Haha, yep…just glad to see him on the court. I feel better already.
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Texas Hawk 10 said:
Silvio wasn’t great, but he was productive and didn’t hurt KU in his few minutes. He looked like he belonged which is something to build on for him. He’ll only get better the more he practices and plays in games and should be able to give KU a solid 8-10 minutes by the end of the year.
This sounds about right. Ease him in and prepare him to be the primary back-up (or start if Doke leaves) next season. He definitely has a D1 body wow.
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The conference is getting interesting and Silvio could be the Difference towards the end of the season. Not that he would be a big contributor but he would provide valuable minutes not available up to now. I notice Malik brought up the ball several times, hopefully Devonte can get some rest although likely not in Morgantown…unless the game is out of hand either way.
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Silvio looks athletic and fairly strong, but is completely lost right now. Once he figures things out he’ll be much better. I’m not sure if this will be this year or next, but Silvio will be a nice get for us. The only thing I was disappointed in was he was so lost. One play he just spun in circles while 3 or 4 other Hawks dove for the loose ball. Other times he got spun atound by KSU players so he couldn’t rebound either. He will get better as the game slows down, but as @Crimsonorblue22 says it’ll take some time.
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@dylans He looked like he was giving it his all. Running around in circles l attribute to Silvio trying to play help defense. Better moving around then standing ‘like a deer in the headlights’, right?
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@Gunman Oh yeah, lots of energy, lots of athleticism. Just no clue what KU is doing yet. (The play I was referring to he didn’t run, he didn’t move off his spot he was so lost. He was so lost he couldn’t even give effort) We need him to get up to speed as quickly as possible, I just have no clue how long this will take. Silvio can be a very nice player for KU yet this year.
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Hey, even if Silvio just stands near that little circle beneath the hoop and attempts to level any testy guard who races the ball into his space, he will have earned his few minutes. Just think what impact he might have laid on that Arizona State trio of speedy guards. Our defense leaked like a sieve in that loss.
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@REHawk At this point, he might just be those 5 fouls we talked about early in the season that we needed from someone.
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Folks, I have a question about Sam Cunliffe, I expected more minutes for him. He is extremely athletic and plays solid D thus lack of PT is perplexing for me.
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AsadZ said:
Folks, I have a question about Sam Cunliffe, I expected more minutes for him. He is extremely athletic and plays solid D thus lack of PT is perplexing for me.
He doesn’t understand the game of basketball. Always an issue when playing for Self.
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@BShark how is what you just described different than what the rest of the team occassionally exhibits every game?
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mayjay said:
@REHawk At this point, he might just be those 5 fouls we talked about early in the season that we needed from someone.
Those 5 fouls/5minutes are huge right now. May be the difference in a loss or win more than once for the rest of the year.
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HawkChamp said:
@BShark how is what you just described different than what the rest of the team occassionally exhibits every game?
It is.
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The 5 minutes would be great, the 5 fouls not so much as they get the other team to the bonus situation that much sooner which is not a desirable thing.
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JayHawkFanToo said:
The 5 minutes would be great, the 5 fouls not so much as they get the other team to the bonus situation that much sooner which is not a desirable thing.
Which is why teams don’t foul Dok more.
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@BShark the eye test reveals zero difference between the mistakes the starters make and the mistakes Sam makes. I see zero difference
