Elmarko
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No more lacrosse players. No more softies like Kevin. Need life long hoopers. DOGS.
We need a Chicago or New York kid that grew up playing ball on the streets
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Most college coaches prefer athletes who don’t specialize and play other sports because those other sports develop different skill sets.
Even most of our top players in the Self Era were multi-sport athletes until their senior years of high school amd could’ve played at a high major level in multiple sports.
With KU, Withey and Wilt were volleyball players, Sherron Collins was a WR in football, our African recruits first played soccer, KJ was a lacrosse player.
Withey’s volleyball background is why he was a great shot blocker, KJ’s lacrosse is why he has great hand-eye coordination, soccer is why so many African kids have elite level footwork, those that played football are generally not afraid of contact when driving. I don’t know has a baseball background, but similar to lacrosse, baseball players tend to have great hand-eye coordination as well.
Speaking of all time great players, MJ was a baseball player, LeBron was an elite football player, Kobe and Hakeem Olajuwon were great soccer players as well as kids.
I’d absolutely prefer kids that didn’t specialize in basketball from a young age and would rather have those kids that were 3-4 sport athletes in school because there’s a whole lot of other skills being developed and enhanced that translate very well to basketball that wouldn’t necessarily be developed otherwise.
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Wilt was great in track!
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@Texas-Hawk-10 all that diversity of movement helps with durability as well
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@FarmerJayhawk using different muscle groups is good and healthy.
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Adding to the list of great players who played multiple sports, Jackie Robinson was a 4 sport athlete at UCLA playing football, basketball, track, and baseball there.
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I think most of the best athletes played more than one sport. The best player in the nfl Mahomes played multiple and the best NBA player LeBron did too. I think playing multiple sports help develop better foot work and hand/eye coordination.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 AAU is garbage anymore, Kobe always talked about how much better he was playing a lot overseas compared to here. Read an article that said over seas they played 1 game in a 10 day stretch with 8 practices. While here one or no practices and a weekend full of games. Said the fundamentals were garbage, stuff he still worked on every single day as a pro. Statistically speaking it’s said spend 20 minutes a day practicing something, you will be better than 90% of the world at that thing in one years time.
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All this for nothing, it sounds like.
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Meaning he’ll be back?
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@BeddieKU23 said in Elmarko:
Meaning he’ll be back?
That’s what is now circulating. Shout out KJ Adams dad on this one. Was truly a coinflip with different messaging on different days.
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Good. As rough as Elmarko’s year was I really want to see him return for a redemption story. I have a good feeling the staff believes in his abilities, they just need to figure out which switch is going to turn it on full-time. I always thought he had a good head on his shoulders and was taught well, got the feeling he wouldn’t bail after some adversity. We’ll see if that is true but I’ll be really hopeful again an offseason here could make the difference to him being an impactful player.
I’m also gushing at the skill and athleticism this team might have next year. Bill assembling a real one
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I guess the question is how can the coaching staff mold or make something out of Elmarko?
He’s got a good basketball body. Seems to have quickness and mobility.
Does anybody truly think he can eventually be a productive PG? Or will they try to make him a driver/scorer?
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in Elmarko:
I guess the question is how can the coaching staff mold or make something out of Elmarko?
He’s got a good basketball body. Seems to have quickness and mobility.
Does anybody truly think he can eventually be a productive PG? Or will they try to make him a driver/scorer?
Elmarko has game footage of himself against top level competition. He knows what his weaknesses are and what his strengths were. The biggest improvement in players typically comes between years 1 and 2. Hopefully Elmarko gets with a trainer this summer to work on the holes in his game and continue developing. His athleticism means he has the tools to be a Mason/Graham/Dotson style PG for KU.
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Wishing for the best. Hope he comes humble and hungry. The quickness is there. Recognition may follow.
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Some of it will have to come from Elmarko himself through natural maturation from year 1 to year 2. Things that he was learning last year will be more natural and so on which should lead to natural development and a comfort in what he’s doing so improvement occurs easier.
The staff should develop a plan for him this offseason and to figure out what role they want from him. I don’t think the plan for his freshman season was met.
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He’s already matured some by just staying, knowing he can learn here.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Elmarko:
Some of it will have to come from Elmarko himself through natural maturation from year 1 to year 2. Things that he was learning last year will be more natural and so on which should lead to natural development and a comfort in what he’s doing so improvement occurs easier.
The staff should develop a plan for him this offseason and to figure out what role they want from him. I don’t think the plan for his freshman season was met.
The plan for Elmarko changed because he wasn’t supposed to play off the ball. He was supposed to be Dejuan’s back up. Arterio Morris being kicked off the team led to that change and completely altered the outlook of the season.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 100000%
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@BeddieKU23 I would like him to work on his skills in driving and finishing at the rim, likes of Mason, TT, and Daveonte.
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I see a lot of TT in Elmarko but with a better shot, he will be a great player in a few years if he puts in the work. His pull up game is already pretty salty, he just need to be aggressive.
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Bill heavily implied Marko will be back https://x.com/glenn_kinley/status/1778587672937705888?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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Bummer
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Elmarko:
Bill heavily implied Marko will be back https://x.com/glenn_kinley/status/1778587672937705888?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
They want him back, but also recommend reading Swain’s thread.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Elmarko:
Bill heavily implied Marko will be back https://x.com/glenn_kinley/status/1778587672937705888?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
They want him back, but also recommend reading Swain’s thread.
Sure, the buzz has been trending that he’s back
