Jayhawks in the pros
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@wissox Probably, but NBA contracts are fully guaranteed. He gets to ride the bench making excellent wages. I love Devonte, but his game is inefficient.
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Dok balling out for the suns
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@wissox Dtae got a dui after last season, I think that had something to do with it. Not his first. JMO.
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Marcus, Oubre and Embiid started last night for Sixers. I wonder if that’s happened before — 3 (or more) Jayhawks starting for an NBA team.
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@HoraceZontal 🫶🥰
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@Crimsonorblue22 ooooh, yuck. Bad stuff and I would rather he not drive drunk again instead of playing basketball.
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Re Devontae and the bench, I was curious as well. I did some poking around and found this thoughtful analysis from a Reddit thread:
“Samlet 5 days ago IMO Spurs know they’d be a better team with Graham getting all the non-Tre minutes at point guard. But the Spurs are prioritizing winning in the long term. So they believe getting Branham reps at point guard (after the Sochan experiment was uh… interesting) is more important than having Graham be the 30-40th ranked point guard he is, and getting guys some easier looks and us a few more wins, but then our guys aren’t getting as many creation reps.
I personally would rather have 48 minutes of real point guard play so our guys can play in a functional offense, but I understand why PATFO is prioritizing Branham with our upcoming roster crunch.
Next year we likely have two top-10 draft picks coming in. So we have Wemby, Devin, Keldon, Sochan, Collins, Tre Jones, our top-5 pick, and the Raptors pick who likely have 8 rotation spots pretty secure.
There are only so many minutes and reps to go around. So it’ll be important to know as much as we can about Branham by the end of this season, so going forward we know whether to keep prioritizing his development (~25 min a game) or if he’s looking more like a 15 min./game bench player.
The Spurs feel like that’s more important than giving Graham 20 minutes/game and getting a better offense/a few more wins, but then not giving Branham (along with our other young players) as many reps and then as a result not knowing as much about their capabilities.“
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@HoraceZontal that sucks! Seems very unfair.
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@HoraceZontal Time to call Tyler Self…
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@Crimsonorblue22 I’m sure he’d like to be playing, but he’s making 12.1M this year. And if the analysis is correct, at least there’s a reason beyond Pop just not liking him. It’s the coaching opposite of something that folks often complain about with HCBS: that he doesn’t play the young guys enough early to the point of maybe losing some games now so that they and the team are better later.
Another comment indicated that Pop may be holding Devontae out with the idea of trading him soon. Hopefully he gets to a team that will give him some PT.
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@HoraceZontal and Merry Christmas everyone!
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Holy Cow Jalen Wilson!! 21 points and 10 boards vs Giannis and the Bucks! 11-11 on FT’s.
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Doke has been playing, saw some dunks!🫣
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@Crimsonorblue22 I haven’t seen his name in a box score all year. Was he hurt or in G-League?
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@wissox I’m guessing back and forth, or sitting the bench. Somebody was in foul trouble so he got to play. Setting a lot of screens and not being appreciated. Did have some dunks. Maybe 2-3 days ago.
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Amazing
Doke looks thinner and more mobile.
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Ochai got traded to Toronto so I guess the raptors will be a popular team to follow now with both him and gradey
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Yup, lots of former Jayhawks on the move today. Too bad if Och and Dick have to compete for minutes.
Others swapping teams: Marcus Morris, Grimes
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Not worth a new thread but while watching the Bulls game just now they had a list of the highest scoring pros who are sons of former Bulls. Wiggins tops the list and Danny Manning is 2nd on the list. Two Jayhawks, sons of former Bulls did or doing well.
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@rcjhdraft Was excited to see an increasing role as last season wore on even garnering some starts, but lately Och’ lines were pretty sparse. Hopefully he and Grady can get some run north of the border.
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Looks like Gradey has found his groove a bit in Toronto. 4-4 on 3’s tonight, 18 points for the 2nd game in a row and 3rd time in 5 games. Gradey is averaging 10.4 per game in February. They wouldn’t be talking about UConn as a favorite again if Gradey had stayed for another season. Same two games teammate Ochai has gotten 13 and 14 points.
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@wissox said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Looks like Gradey has found his groove a bit in Toronto. 4-4 on 3’s tonight, 18 points for the 2nd game in a row and 3rd time in 5 games. Gradey is averaging 10.4 per game in February. They wouldn’t be talking about UConn as a favorite again if Gradey had stayed for another season. Same two games teammate Ochai has gotten 13 and 14 points.
I’ve seen raptors fans clamor for them to draft furphy with the success of the other two Kansas wings
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@rcjhdraft Interesting, but we want Johnny still!
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Joel starting for Team USA tonight! On FS1 right now
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It’s super cool he’s choosing to play since it’s his first opportunity but sheesh. He’s still not right
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Looking at scores on Summer League with the Raptors 40 points down vs the Heat. Woof! Ochai with 2 points and don’t see Grady on the roster tonight. I see that Grady is out with an ankle sprain.
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Just stumbled upon this. Did not know:
Where is Darrell Arthur now? Denver Nuggets Darrell is now a part of the Denver Nuggets Front Office. Arthur is the first cousin of fellow basketball player Quinton Ross.