Hypothetical For Next Season
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@approxinfinity you are a dork!š„“We are all dorks here.
Iām too sublime to be a dork. Iām a dingleberry!
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Sounds like our only hope of getting DD back is he is Oāfer from 3 at the combine. But he is impressing on all other levels. So I will take the other 2 guys cuz DD may be a goner.
Grimes is strugglingā¦what a shocker!!
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FarmerJayhawk said:
Crimsonorblue22 said:
@FarmerJayhawk so can you tell us where the farmer part came from? Verrrry interesting!
Sure! I grew up on a farm in north central Kansas. My great great great grandpa was a homesteader around what is now Lebanon, Kansas. My ancestors were in this novel: https://www.amazon.com/Flown-murders-September-County-Kansas/dp/B007FD76ZM
From about age 4 I worked on the farm every summer. For whatever reason (I credit my mother reading to us a lot), I showed some academic talent so my mom and teachers suggested college. Iām less sure they had 11ish years of college in mind! I went to KU to avoid being written out of the family will. The KD in AFH game was the day of my grandpaās funeral and I swear to this day his ghost brought us back to win! And then UNC for my PhD. My theory is Iām part of the Williams/Smith transfer program but I havenāt been able to confirm that. And the previous sentence is sarcasm
Thanks for sharing that.
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Yeah, I donāt think Dotson is coming back. Heās all but guaranteed to be a first rounder. It now, though, looks like Grimes might be coming back. What do you all think about him potentially coming back to play for us next season?
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@Marco not thrilled. Recently, with 1.5 feet out the door, Vick returning may have salted the earth on that experience. If (I truly mean āifā as Iām not sure, just have suspicions) he didnāt want to be here for year one, I donāt think he will want to be here for year two.
I donāt want a redemption story. I want no drama and a focused, united team.
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@Marco I would take Grimes coming back.
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@Hawk8086 Yeah, by the time heās a junior he should be half way decent.
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I think Grimes is the next Selden.
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@Marco Was looking forward to seeing Year Two Dotson big time and was happy Grimes was gone. Heād need to overhaul his approach to the game in a big way for me to enjoy watching him. Effort, D, rebounding, attitudeā¦
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@ajvan Effort. Attitude. Humility. Hard work. Maybe getting slapped in the head with reality will wake Q up to how much work he has to do to even possibly get to the NBA level. I just wonder how he couldāve imagined having the year he had that the NBA was in his immediate future. Thatās pretty detached from the real world.
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@KUSTEVE I offered a similar thought on Mr. Vick when he was permitted to return. While Grimes does not appear to be a knucklehead in the Vick mold, I think Iād prefer not, as suggested above by @approxinfinity. I really thought Vick would seize the day. But knuckleheadedness is a hard condition to overcome. And with many folks, itās chronic and lasts 'till death (sometimes causing death).
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@HighEliteMajor I canāt, for the life of me, wrap my head around what made him think he could just waltz into the NBA. Yesterday he was 1 for 9, and made some really terrible decisions at the end of the game. Would he be the new Vick? Hopefully, if we do take Q back, the NBA debacle will so crush him that he turns over a new leaf, and decides to unpack the bags, pick up the lunch pail, and gets to work. Who knowsā¦Selden was able to come back, and get much better. If he comes back, will he be Seldenā¦or Vick?
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@KUSTEVE I think the reason it could be similar is because it sounds as though Grimes falls into the drama queen/self centered category. I want to temper that, though, because things are just rumors. But then when you do appear to think that you can āwaltz into the NBAā, as you noted, it has the stench of entitlement. Thatās more what I fear. Not the kid that comes back humbled and focused, but the entitled kid that was done an injustice. That all said, I would welcome him back, as we all should, but with the ball in his court. We all know he needs KU to put him in the best position to be a pro. It is exactly what Selden did, and he made $1.4 million last season. I do wonder how much listening, learning, and absorbing was done this past season, and how much was ājust get me through this yearā? I donāt know.
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@KUSTEVE Maybe Iām wearing rose colored glasses, but I donāt remember Selden being so lackadaisical with D and rebounding or so detached from reality with regard to his own abilities. Was he a guy who struggled with effort and expected to coast through when he arrived?
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Stuff like this makes me wince. From the KC Star:
Grimes hasnāt ruled out a return to Kansas and hasnāt specified what it would take for him to keep his name in the draft.
Should he return to Kansas, Grimes thinks heāll be used differently as a player after proving over the course of the combine what a teamās offense looks like with him as the primary ball-handler.
āI think Iād have the ball in my hands more,ā Grimes said of a return to KU. āI think Iāve shown the past couple of games of what I can do when the ball is in my hands.ā
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article230541454.html
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I do not know who would want to take Dotson in the first. He canāt shoot the NBA 3 yet and he will not finish at the NBA level like he did last season. Heās not a prolific passer.
Iād be shocked.
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Kcmatt7 said:
I do not know who would want to take Dotson in the first. He canāt shoot the NBA 3 yet and he will not finish at the NBA level like he did last season. Heās not a prolific passer.
Iād be shocked.
This is my thinking as well. He isnāt strong enough to finish at the rim in the NBA, canāt make NBA threes, and canāt create his own shot. Heās just not a NBA PG right now. He will be in time, but I donāt see it right now
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Woodrow said:
Kcmatt7 said:
I do not know who would want to take Dotson in the first. He canāt shoot the NBA 3 yet and he will not finish at the NBA level like he did last season. Heās not a prolific passer.
Iād be shocked.
This is my thinking as well. He isnāt strong enough to finish at the rim in the NBA, canāt make NBA threes, and canāt create his own shot. Heās just not a NBA PG right now. He will be in time, but I donāt see it right now
Ditto all the way around. Just some more seasoning.
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I repeat though, if Frank canāt make it to first round why would Dotson? I think Dotson might be accepting getting drafted second round.
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I think Grimes needs to mature. He just turned 19 so heās a little bit behind most guys. For reference, heās only 8 months older than R.J. Hampton who was a 2020 kid until recently. I still canāt see him coming back. Iām not sure how much he and Devon will talk about their plans, so if they both take it to the end their decisions may be totally independent.
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@ajvan Even though Wayne was ranked 11th the year he signed with KU, I donāt think Wayne was being touted as a Top 5 mock NBA draft pick b4 the season started like Q. So, Q has a longer drop than Wayne, and it could take more time for ārubber meets the roadā with Q. I think HEM nailed it when he said that if Q comes back feeling somewhat āvictimizedā, then itās āstick a fork in himā time. If Q opens his eyes and ears, and quits believing the hype, and starts to give his all, then he has a chance to probably be a good player for us. I hope for the best, because he did have several really good games for us. But just like the NBA combine illustrates, Q is maddenly inconsistent. First game, he puts up 9 points, and shows up all over the stat sheet. 2nd game he is āLost In Spaceāā¦goes 1 for 9, takes an absolutely horrible shot when the game is on the line, and completely destroys whatever momentum he built up in the 1st game. Heās immatureā¦he needs to grow up.
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@KUSTEVE Wayne Selden may not have been a projected top 5 pick, but I think I remember him being a projected late lottery pick prior to his freshman season.
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approxinfinity said:
I repeat though, if Frank canāt make it to first round why would Dotson? I think Dotson might be accepting getting drafted second round.
Frank was sub 6-0 and Dotson is not. That still matters to a lot of NBA people.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 d dot also this good as a frosh! Showing up the other pts except for shooting! I hope thatās a factor to come back. Weak draft though
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@ajvan I can buy Q as a distributor or ball-handler, and as long as the ball is in his hands to be a playmaker I would be okay with it. He actually made some really gorgeous passes last season. My worry with that is if Grimes had the ball in his hands all the time that he would also get a lot of shots up, which, looking at his 38.4 FG% and 8.7 PER from last season, would probably not be a good thing for KU.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Nice analysis. Agreed, he showed flashes and we know from his HS reels he knows how to pass. My concerns are heās not especially fast leading the break or putting pressure on a defense. Not strong/confident with the ball. And made a lot of bone head plays that you canāt have from a lead PG. Also not a threat to score at the rim for the above reasons.
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@ajvan He really just needs to get better across the board. Defense, rebounding, finishing, free-throw shooting, speed, strength. As itās already been pointed out, attitude is probably the most important one. His comments that you quoted make it sound like he didnāt think he was being used properly last season, and that these couple of games validate that. If thatās his mentality, Iām not sure heās looking to get better in his areas of weakness. Maybe Iām just reading too much into it. Iād kind of rather just play McBride and Braun. They seem like they have the right attitude. DMac too, by the way.
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His reads are to slow, itās like you see it, me and probably you guys see the open guy before him, by the time we holler thru the tv to pass it, the D hears it too. To late! By the way he interviewed and answered the questions about Self, gotta say I was impressed with him. I really thing he was trying. Puzzling. I think his teammates liked him too. I think his frustrations were w/himself. Kill me now. The bad part was his eagerness to leave, IMO.
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Now thatās heās talking about coming back and having the ball in his handsā¦please tell me this wonāt affect the Hampton recruitment.
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@ajvan thatās not the interview I heard. Iām not agreeing with that.
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@Crimsonorblue22 You mean the quotes in the KC Star?
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@ajvan I mean having the ball in his hands!
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From KU sports.com
āAfter Grimes finished the outing with 1-for-9 shooting, Bilas said the draft hopeful āreally struggledā and wasnāt able to properly follow up āa pretty good showingā the previous day.
Grimes played 32 minutes Friday, going 1-for-6 on 3-pointers. He finished with 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers.
ESPN front office insider Bobby Marks noted during the broadcast that back before the 2018-19 season began Grimes was considered a top-20 pick.
āNow we donāt even have him ranked,ā Marks continued. āThis gave him an opportunity to kind of showcase in front of NBA teams some things that he didnāt do at the University of Kansas.ā
Although Marks praised Grimes for doing āa little bit of everythingā in Thursdayās scrimmage, when Grimes scored 9 points and rounded out his stat line with 4 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals, he maintained Grimes is not a one-and-done type of talent.
āI donāt care what kind of feedback you get in the next 24 hours,ā Marks said, adding Grimes needs to become a more consistent player.ā
Not sure I would want him back at KU, because I donāt think grimes is mentally invested in the college game. Iām betting his parents have been and are continuing to fuel his delusion that he is NBA material. Non-delusional parents would have told him a while back to stay in School and develop there, get stronger, work on his game, and work towards getting a degree unless his draft stock rises to a sure first rounder. Non-delusional parents would have told him that nba people as well as overseas pro recruiters would rather have more mature, more developed physically, more seasoned, more prepared kids then 19 year olds except in rare cases. Non-delusional parents would have told him a pro basketball career is relatively short on average, and that his next chapter in life will at minimum require an undergraduate degree, and stats show that it more difficult to complete that degree when you are older and trying to balance working and going to school. Non-delusional parents would have explained to him that college is a very valuable time in oneās life, priceless experiences, making connections and friends, expanding oneās mind and learning new things, and having FUN at the time of your life when you are supposed to. That you can have your cake and eat it tooā¦ a degree and going pro! But Grimes and his parents are drinking the koolaid.
And - On Hampton, I would LOVE to be wrong, and would happily eat my words with both hands, but havenāt we seen the OAD movie many times already?? We pretty much know the plot by heart. They shine early on against lesser competition, then by conference play they struggle, trying to learn the system, doing their best to play D even though they arenāt mentally 100% invested because they know they are moving on to the schlepathon that is the No Defense Association next year, Self having to balance giving them their requisite OAD minutes and benching them for freshman mistakes. Then when we lose in whatever round of the tourney, they tweet āwhat an amazing experience it was playing for KU, thanks all for the memoriesā and announce they are leaving.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Totally, I think he had the ball in his hands plenty of times.
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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.
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@Bosthawk I have real mixed feelings about calling out parents as good or bad based on whether their kids go to school, or go pro. If you wanted to substitute the phrase ānon-delusional parentsā for " good parents", then I could certainly feel more at ease. Iām sure theyāve been told for years their son was a lock for the NBA, so they would naturally feel the problem with Qās game last year was he wasnāt handling the ball, running the offense, which was a big change for him. Which is why Q said we hadnāt seen 50% of his game. The NBA combine is currently blowing up their hopes and dreams because it is exposing it wasnāt the system he was in that made him play so poorly. Big dreams die hard, and Iām not going to fault Q or his parents for not seeing this as clearly as those of us who arenāt nearly as emotionally invested in the situation.
As for not valuing the college bb experience, I blame the whole system for that. How many Top 10 recruits are coming back for their 2nd year of college? Not very many. The NBA, and the allure of huge money has cheapened the whole college experience. You have a guy like Wayne Selden, who wasnāt even drafted, who made 1.5 million last year. If Wayne is retained by the Bulls next year, he will have made 4.7 million dollars in his first 3 years. If we amortize that over a 30 year period, he would average $157,000 a year. I am sure there are lots of KU grads who wouldnāt mind that.
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@Bosthawk Hampton is a unicorn. He also LOVES KU so I think he would at least unpack for his one year here. So if he loves KU why hasnāt he committed yet well his dad is heavily involvedā¦ Fingers crossed. Things are still looking good right now.
@dylans Who was the horse guard?
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@KUSTEVE there were a whole lot of guys playing in the combine that we will never see playing in the NBA. Top guys werenāt there, so anyone that looked decent, wasnāt playing against future NBA guys, just my opinion. Tennessee boys werenāt impressive. They also didnāt show much of the games. Saw Romeo interview, did he have a good year? I think heās picked pretty high.
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@BShark gotta love auto correct. I donāt know what I typed, but it wasnāt pony!
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dylans said:
@BShark gotta love auto correct. I donāt know what I typed, but it wasnāt pony!
My assumption was you meant point guard. Phones are goofy sometimes.
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@BShark what I meant and what my fat fingers type are often far different things!
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I took your suggestion and edited my post from āgoodā to ānon-delusionalā parents
but as a parent, (and I know ther are lots of parents on this site ) I can only say that I know that I would give my son that advice. The info and statistics are out there in plain sight. Parents are supposed to see the big picture and do whatās best for their kids, even when it is at odds with how they feel. And yes I do understand how easy it is to live vicariously thru your kids, especially when they are excellent In sports which our society places an outsized importance on.
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Ask yourself: āIs this really what we have to do to win?ā
These OADs are the āfools goldā weāve all been talking about for a few years now.
Itās the āletās take the lazy approachā to college basketball. After all, it is hard to find good players who will work their butts off through college. And I mean WORK! I mean maximizing their time to make it all about basketball and academics.
We get a team of these guys and we beef up our developmental coaching, we are going to win a lot of games. More than we win now.
I donāt know how much more of this OAD drama I can handle. The quality of D1 has dropped so far it is unrecognizable.
But until we change to a true developmental program, Iāll cheer on the big talent. Itās about all we have now.
I donāt want us to become another Duke. Duke was the laughing stock of college basketball last yearā¦ losing with all that NBA talent. Coach K looked like a washed up coach. He could hardly have wished for a better scenario than he had.
I miss real basketball!
