Jayhawks in the pros
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@wissox JJ had more than minor trouble in the nba. He had a kid and smoked pot around the baby, the mom tried to charge him. He was also at a concert and tried to get back stage and I think escaped from a cop and ran off to get back there, thinking he was more important than he was. I can’t remember the exact facts but some really bad screw ups. Seems like last yr or the yr before he got it back together, but he’s not seeing much time this yr. he may be a dawg on the court but he can’t do it off the court, no control! Really sad!
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@mayjay Don’t know if you remember but I was in Baton Rouge the Ben Simmons season. All year I kept thinking I hadn’t seen anyone like that since Danny Manning. I don’t blame him for the LSU experience so much because he clearly didn’t want to play in college. But his lack of competitive drive in the heat of the moment was startling. I was fortunate to be in a rare sold old PMAC for a game against OU and senior yrmear Buddy Held. Buddy led a big comeback and in the last 5 minutes Ben didn’t take a shot. Fans were pretty pissed. Ben had an interesting teammate Keith Hornsby who was the son of rockstar Bruce Hornsby who would come to quite a few of the games. He was a decent player. The last interesting tidbit was a guy hollered at me because I was wearing my KU stuff. We started talking and he was the KU grad who made the rules of basketball documentary for ESPN’s series 30 for 30. He was making a documentary about Simmons that aired on showtime. I filled his ear about my opinion about Simmons.
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@Crimsonorblue22 thanks you’re always good for the inside scoop on the Jayhawks.! I knew there was some tough stuff. Michael Vick and he got in trouble together didn’t they? Wow Michael Vick what a wasted talent. I remember after one NCAA game my bro in law asked me “who is that guy?” It was one of his high flying alley oop games. Was so disappointed he let himself down and us too.
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@wissox LaGerald
Michael Vick was that Ron Mexico QB guy who liked to dog fight.LaGerald definitely couldn’t get out of his own way. Running down the court after making a 3, jabbing himself in the temple and staring at the crowd while the other team got out on the break drove me nuts.
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Wiggins was the consensus No. 1 ranked prospect in his high school class, and he remained at the top even after he reclassified and went to college a year early. Before his sole season at Kansas even began, he was widely considered the eventual No. 1 overall pick, having drawn comparisons to LeBron James and Tracy McGrady and even being bestowed with the nickname “Maple Jordan.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/andrew-wiggins-isnt-an-albatross-anymore/amp/
Lol. Wish I had heard Maple Jordan sooner.
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@approxinfinity Hah, good catch, Michael, Lagerald, covid must have my brain a little foggy.
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@wissox lagerald vick?
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@wissox I think this mental fog is the only white Christmas we can all share
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@approxinfinity said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Wiggins was the consensus No. 1 ranked prospect in his high school class, and he remained at the top even after he reclassified and went to college a year early. Before his sole season at Kansas even began, he was widely considered the eventual No. 1 overall pick, having drawn comparisons to LeBron James and Tracy McGrady and even being bestowed with the nickname “Maple Jordan.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/andrew-wiggins-isnt-an-albatross-anymore/amp/
Lol. Wish I had heard Maple Jordan sooner.
Btw to the people who think Andrew hasn’t lived up to expectations, I thought this article painted an excellent picture of a 26 year old who is still improving.
There are 3,484 players who have played at least one minute in the NBA since 1985, according to our historical RAPTOR database. Of those players, only 556 recorded at least one season with a positive RAPTOR rating on both sides of the ball while playing at least 1,000 minutes per 82 team games. Among that group of 556, just 50 did not post that first two-way positive season until at least their eighth year in the leaguee
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I love Wiggs! I think he gets better as his body matures into a mans body. He’s not a dawg, but God has gifted him with multi athletic abilities and he’s worked on his shot. He’s pretty dang smooth!
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Svi got some PT tonight and took advantage scoring 10. But his team got destroyed by the Cavs who scored 83 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters alone. Another amazing stat was Cleveland taking 52 3 pointers, making 22. Goodness how this game has changed. Garrett got one point for the Heat. Covid is giving our guys some PT. Joel Punished the Wiz with 36 and 13. DG had a nice game but lost with 15 points and 8 gifts. Cheick almost had a double double with 9 and 9, but JJ didn’t appear in the box score, I guess he’s in the protocols. SA blew (out) a Piston. DD can’t find PT in Chicago even with guys out. Marcus Morris is coming back after sitting out for Covid. I’ve got 3 more days and I’ll be able to begin to play again.
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@wissox said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Svi got some PT tonight and took advantage scoring 10. But his team got destroyed by the Cavs who scored 83 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters alone. Another amazing stat was Cleveland taking 52 3 pointers, making 22. Goodness how this game has changed. Garrett got one point for the Heat. Covid is giving our guys some PT. Joel Punished the Wiz with 36 and 13. DG had a nice game but lost with 15 points and 8 gifts. Cheick almost had a double double with 9 and 9, but JJ didn’t appear in the box score, I guess he’s in the protocols. SA blew (out) a Piston. DD can’t find PT in Chicago even with guys out. Marcus Morris is coming back after sitting out for Covid. I’ve got 3 more days and I’ll be able to begin to play again.
So glad your about to come off the Covid lol. - -What position they got you playing now? - Your such a versatile guy lol. - Who you playing for aGain wasn’t it the Wizards ?
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No I’m playing for the bulls.
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@wissox said in Jayhawks in the pros:
No I’m playing for the bulls.
Lol ahh that’s right. I remember that now. Man seen you dunk on that Dudes face mercy hell of a play lol
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Oubre had 18 in an easy win over the pitiful Rockets.
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Malik Neuman signing 10 day contract with Cleveland
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@wissox Thx. I had been wondering where he was. Found this from a site sourcing The Athletic:
Newman is averaging 17.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 27.3 minutes over 13 games this season in the G League for the Cleveland Charge.
Nice production.
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@mayjay G League numbers seem to mean little. DDotson’s has gigantic stats, like 20 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, nearly 3 steals per game. Yet even with Covid the Bulls can’t use him.
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Garrett like numbers tonight. 1-7 shooting 5 boards, 3 steals. Not quite over. Embiid putting up big numbers again.
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Apparently Cleveland started 3 footers tonight.
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It is great to see Marcus getting decent minutes.
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If only Wiggins could be turned up like he gets playing Cleveland or his old team. He’s done nothing wrong in the league but certainly not a generational talent like he was hyped to be. I think he’s having perhaps his best season in the league with GS and it helps they are one of the best teams in the league. I’ve been impressed every time I’ve seen him this season
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Mario signs a 10 day with the heat! Newmann contributes to a Cavs loss with 8 points.
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@wissox said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Mario signs a 10 day with the heat! Newmann contributes to a Cavs loss with 8 points.
That is awesome! Super Mario!
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Quentin getting some minutes with the Knicks but they’re ugly minutes. After a debut with 27 points, he’s really struggling to score, and nearly every basket he’s made has been outside the arc. Thinking his time is short in the Garden. Rather see them giving Selden minutes.
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BenMac had a big game against his former team (Lakers).
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@AsadZ said in Jayhawks in the pros:
BenMac had a big game against his former team (Lakers).
28 points but his team got blown out.
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@wissox said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Quentin getting some minutes with the Knicks but they’re ugly minutes. After a debut with 27 points, he’s really struggling to score, and nearly every basket he’s made has been outside the arc. Thinking his time is short in the Garden. Rather see them giving Selden minutes.
Wonder why Q is getting minutes over Wayne. He had at least had one good statistical year, what with Memphis awhile back?
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@rockchalkjayhawk Well I think Q is a decent player. He took his team with others of course to the final 4 last year. Wayne and him would be about even I’d guess. Not totally sure.
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Embiid 31 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists in 30 minutes. Guy’s unreal
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@Crimsonorblue22 Wow Josh been having himself a game against the Bucks. 24 points, 5 boards, 5 3’s made.
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It was pointed out in the game chat that Devonte went off in the 2nd half. Ended up with 28 points and 6 assists but couldn’t beat the Suns.
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Big game in Charlotte for Oubre who makes 9 threes and scores 32 over JJackson and Detroit who scored 15. Curry is in a shooting slump and Wigs is leading the team in scoring with only 12 in the 3rd. Embiid scores 31, but what else is new?
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Kelly hit eight of his nine threes in the fourth quarter, part of a Hornets team record of 24 treys.
Wiggins ended up with a team high of 17 in a Golden State loss to Dallas, on the night they retired Dirk Nowitzki’s number.
As for Embiid, that’s five straight games with 30 or better.
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Wiggins led a Curryless Warriors over a cold shooting DG tonight with 21 points. Seems like he’s the 2nd scoring option on that team.
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Doke played 16 minutes, 2 points, missed 1 FT (surprise!) 3 boards and a block. His opponent Svi didn’t play but 2 scoreless minutes. That was his first action in a while, wonder if he was out for covid? Joel did Joel things. He has 6 30+ point games in a row.
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Wow, Marcus Morris with a huge effort in a loss today with 29 points and 8 boards. Made 4 of 6 3’s.
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Joel keeps chugging along, another 30 point effort. 13-13 FT’s. I don’t know enough about all the big guys in the league but he’s got to be one of the better FT shooters out there among them. Oubre might be out hopefully just Covid, but he didn’t play. Grimes had a nice game with 7 points and 6 assists.
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@wissox said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Joel keeps chugging along, another 30 point effort. 13-13 FT’s. I don’t know enough about all the big guys in the league but he’s got to be one of the better FT shooters out there among them. Oubre might be out hopefully just Covid, but he didn’t play. Grimes had a nice game with 7 points and 6 assists.
jO jO is an Animal. Just needs someone else to help a he can’t do it by himself
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Joel with another 3o point game, 8 in a row I believe. Wonder if his 7 TO’s however spelled doom against the Oubreless Hornets?
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Doke finally got healed enough to play and after starting one game now is in covid protocols. He just can’t get a break.
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@Kubie said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Doke finally got healed enough to play and after starting one game now is in covid protocols. He just can’t get a break.
Very true and the breaks he is getting right now sure isn’t helping him
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BMac starting in Portland. 18 points tonight. Led his team. DGraham had some good numbers except for his shooting which has really been off lately. 7 boards and 6 assists. Marcus Morris scored 12 in the same games. Wiggins led his team but only 16 in a blowout loss to the Bucks. Since Klay came back his numbers have dropped a bit.
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@wissox I played BMAC and Devonte in my Draft Kings lineups last night. Didn’t win but they both exceeded expectations last night. I went with Devonte because he had a poor game his last game, and I knew he would right the ship, and he did.
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Wiggins scores 21 as the Warriors open up a can of whup-ass on the Bulls in a 42-point road win.
Dubs break out of their slump, aided by Chicago playing without an injured Zach Lavine. Wigs was the game’s leading scorer until they sat him early and emptied the bench.
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@nwhawkfan heard curry hurt his hand?
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Suddenly the bulls got injury woes. Nets destroyed them the other night too. Some guy got hurt in beginning of that one named Green and they’re missing him
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Even Dotson played!
