Joel Embiid vs. Karviar Shepherd - You Choose
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I think the real issue with players of OAD potential:
Can they play team ball? Do they require special treatment, which, in the process, helps destroy team chemistry?
I think Wiggins is sometimes too unselfish. I’m glad he’s starting to push his game more.
And we are now discovering that passing is one of Embiid’s true talents! His outlet passes off of defensive rebounds are the best I’ve ever seen of any big man ever to wear a college uniform! And on offense… he is starting to thrive off of being doubled by looking to hard pass to an open player. That one recent highlight showing him doubled and how he threw a hard baseball pass to the open guard on the opposite perimeter side was as good as it gets at the college level. You expect to see that kind of passing in the NBA, not college ball!
I’m still thrilled we have both Embiid and Wiggins! I just wish we had them longer! Who knows… maybe Embiid stays. Imagine that… Embiid staying? No team in college ball would have the slightest answer for handling Embiid next year… I’d say few have an answer for him now. The only answer is to draw him into fouls.
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@bskeet I don’t understand why one views talk about how duopoly and oligopoly “coopetition” work as engaging in conspiracy theorizing. Duopoly and oligopoly are not only legal, but one of the most prevalent regimes in regional and global producer markets. Many, if not most respected scholars in economics, political economy and international relations recognize these regimes as prevalent. Some even view them as desirable ordering combining a favorable trade off between efficiency and stability. I have never fully agreed with the experts that argue this way, but it’s true that many respected scholars do lean this direction.
Regarding Nike, I can only speculate and opine, as I did about Adidas. If I were Nike, I would view myself as the hugely dominant player in D1 hoops. I would think my best play in that realm would be to stay on top by continuing to use my greater numbers of allied players and programs to try to take up as many slots on the grocery store shelf each year as possible. Numbers favor Nike. Adidas has the problem of how to avoid being swamped by Nike’s greater numbers. Therefore, it would seem Adidas’ best play would be to target top talent with better deals than Nike wants to offer it’s vastly larger stable of Nike leans. This logic would probably lead Adidas to want to keep taking the number 1 slot as many years as possible and concede to Nike numbers the remaining slots IMHO.
Next, it could possibly be that Nike expected reputed one time Nike lean Andrew Wiggins to sign with a Nike program, at the time the players last year made their decisions to go 1-2. I don’t recall the chronology, but I know Andrew waited a very long time, maybe so long prior decisions could not be feasibly reversed.
Regardless, I would see nothing necessarily illegal in oligopolists engaging in what some scholars call coopetition in the sports shoe and apparel producer market. I would find it more remarkable, if they did not. Rock Chalk!
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@globaljaybird, not every thing, but it seems logical for them to take an interest in the players that might become hugely important to marketing their product globally for perhaps the next decade. It’s all just a hypothesis though.
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@JayDocMD Actually, I think that all of the names I listed developed exactly as we should expect them to under coach Self. The numbers bear that out. But with a OAD, you have such a brief period of time to unleash the potential, thus the margin for error is much thinner.
@drgnslayr - you mention seeing this level out. I’m leery of our post positions leveling out. We have Ellis, who after 2014-15 may turn pro; but no top 50 talent either now, or for next season (other than OAD Alexander or possibly OAD Turner). If we get a top 50 for 2015 (non-OAD), those guys, many times, aren’t ready made to start (Morrises, TRob, Ellis, Withey, etc). So that’s where I’m a bit concerned.
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@jaybate
Because of the outrageous amount of money paid for shoe endorsements… I’m suddenly taking your thoughts seriously about shoe companies. There is just way too much money being tossed around to not look closely at it and expect it’s an area where anything is possible.
It seems that Adidas most-effective way to compete with Nike is go with fewer athletes, but many at the top. Sort of a rifle approach instead of shotgun approach.
@HighEliteMajor - You can always worry about our post presence in a few years because anything can happen between now and then. Many of the top prospects in the post starting HS now aren’t on the radar yet… many yet to grow another 5 to 10 inches in the next two years. It’s just hard to say. After Alexander may come another player like Cliff or Randle who is ready-built. Or a transfer… I still have high hopes for Lucas. He has the best fundamentals of all our bigs now. Who is to say he won’t go crazy on Hudy this summer? Put some muscle on Lucas and we have a guy who could compete with anyone! He has already changed his body completely. He was full of baby fat before arriving in Lawrence. The guys who build really useful muscle mass spend a few years developing it and developing their game around it. That is totally different than pumping muscles up in a few months to look good in a magazine.
I don’t think people gave Withey enough credit for his hard work in the weight room. That guy added as much real strength as a guy can do (effectively) in just a couple of years. If he sticks with it now (in the pro ranks) he’ll become a journeyman player in the league. Those footers who can defend and have real strength rarely leave the league early (unless injured).
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@drgnslayr I was fortunate to get involved with Special Olympics & work some bowling “tournaments” about 10 years ago. That is absolutely some of the most rewarding “work” one can do. Kids from SO are so brimming with unbridled love it kind of chokes me up to think about them. Many are not destined to live long or fulfilling lives either alone or with those that care for them. I wish everyone could experience the amount of pleasure we received from our involvement with SO.
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@globaljaybird - RIght on! To coach in a world without animosity, judgements, egos… just warm, accepting hearts full of love and enthusiasm! For whatever aspects are missing from their lives because of their personal situations, they more than make up for it by being so special in all the right areas! I know I questioned many of my own behaviors and motivations after having that privilege! There is no better position anywhere for teaching what CAN happen on this planet!
Imagine if those attitudes and behaviors went beyond the doors of Special Olympics? The world would be one happy place!
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@drgnslayr global, great posts!
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@jaybate 1.0 And a sufficiently insightful one also I might add, heir jaymeister.
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To Embiid or not to Embiid; this is the big question.
I am pretty sure Embiid will be gone at the end of the season, and if one year is all we get, I am good with it.
Folks, I don’t know if some of you really appreciate what we are witnessing. Many time I see the gentle giant go to work and I have to ask myself, did he just do that? We are watching the birth of a superstar. Years from now we will be telling the younger generation about the time we saw Embiid play, much like we occasionally hear from some one that saw Wilt play. Let’s enjoy the ride and the time we have Embiid at KU.
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Joel Embiid or Karviar Shepherd guys?
I continue to eat my raw take of crow as Jojo was incredible last night, outdueling Giannis.
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I really had to remember who Karviar Shepherd was
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@BeddieKU23 said in Joel Embiid vs. Karviar Shepherd - You Choose:
I really had to remember who Karviar Shepherd was
Me too - -I have no clue who that is
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@approxinfinity Wasn’t that beautiful the way it turned out?
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@jayballer67 He was a center for TCU.
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@Jethro said in Joel Embiid vs. Karviar Shepherd - You Choose:
@jayballer67 He was a center for TCU.
oh ya that’s right appreciate that. I DO remember him now
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@approxinfinity had me thinking HEM was back.
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@benshawks08 I’m sure he’s back just as a different name.
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~ 8 years later ~
lol… nice seeing HEM and Jaybate in here and how involved all of us were in posting!
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@drgnslayr you’re right, it really is nice to see how much we contributed back then. Time to dig deep!
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It makes me wonder… are we all changed somewhat? If so… how much influence is coming from our Covid existence and from recent societal changes?
I’ve noticed a growing sensitivity in people where they take fewer chances speaking out because of fear of being challenged or attacked.
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@drgnslayr maybe. I’m not too worried about what people think. I think it’s more fatigue, health concerns, the stress of navigating COVID with a family, the changing economic landscape and general BS that has taken up (or wiped out) my thoughts. Maybe in times of stress people are less inclined to expound on their thoughts with an extended audience.
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Haven’t seen @Marco around either.
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Kind of spooky when people disappear in here.
Am I correct on these two:
HEM - seemed to just get tired of posting here because of the friction he faced.
Jaybate - had disappeared and reappeared before, but finally vanished in thin air!
I wish both would make a guest appearance!
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@drgnslayr another person I miss is @bcjayhawk. She was another one us 3 gals on here. I think she might’ve been from western ks. She was always pleasant. Then the older gentleman rooster? Sad! Wheres lump? I really miss him too. The ones that leave cause they’re mad, I don’t care. The others I worry about. FOE.
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I come from a monster-size family where everyone liked to fight. haha…
So I miss confrontational communication! (ie fighting)
Yes… I miss lump, and bcjayhawk, too. I definitely like having more women post. Just seems like they offer a different perspective than us knuckle-draggers! lol
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Should we have recruit a friend or family member month?
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Or maybe we should all go on an expedition and participate in a Wisconsin, Kentucky, or UNC message board as one trolling horde
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We have a Jayhawk watch party group around here or did pre Covid but I never ended up going. That kind of thing might be a place to drop kubuckets.com feelers. I’m assuming they still do it.
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Jayhawkfantoo, you’re always welcome to post. I see your upvotes, so you might as well join the party.
