Jayhawks in the pros
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Watching Bulls Spurs tonight and this Spurs team is awful and DG is just sitting on the bench never getting any playing time. Not sure what happened to him, but if he can’t find the floor on this Spurs team it probably means his NBA days are over.
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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.
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Saw the highlight of Braun throwing down the poster dunk on Rudy Gobert last night. Unfortunately, it lead to a technical and took the momentum away with the Nuggs ultimately losing after being up by 10 with 4 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. Who would have thought Braun would be starting in the NBA when he played at KU?
It is a great thing to see!
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How’s this for synchronicity:
Ochai and Gradey each had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in Jayhawks in the pros:
How’s this for synchronicity:
Ochai and Gradey each had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Gradey has been lighting it up for the Raptors. Two 30 pt games before that…
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Gradey is averaging 21 points a game this season so far, after 8.5 last year. He’s really stepped it up in year 2.
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Och has been doing pretty good too! Saw an oop from Grady.
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Dick has taken over my fantasy league. His owner changed team name to “Can’t get enough Dick” and I changed mine to “Not Just Any Dick Grade A Dick”
Yes, we are middle aged men.
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@approxinfinity Uh hmmm, budddy- - Say what ? lmao
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Hahaha. Dude if we cant laugh what have we got? Happy day before election day, when half the country will think we have entered the post apocalypse
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@approxinfinity Lol - -you mean we haven’t ? - - -Dammit - - I hate it when that happens lol
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I don’t get as excited about Jayhawks in the pros to be honest, but we’ve got some production currently. Grady averaging 20, Oubre 16, Ochai 16, Jalen um, 8 (?), Joel is becoming an enigma, finally playing Tuesday. Wiggins his usual 15 points or so. Doke, Svi just hanging on in the league. Devonte might be done in the league. Grimes seen his production go down a lot since his trade away from the Knicks. Braun is a media star of sorts getting lots of twitter noise for his ‘stuff’ and averaging 16 a game.
5 guys averaging at least 14 and that should go up to 6 when Joel starts playing.
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@wissox Great rundown. I just wish Josh Jackson hadn’t thrown it all away. Anyone remember when we were so optimistic that his car-keying episode was an aberration?
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Is Josh playing anywhere right now?
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@Woodrow I can’t find him listed anywhere. Last thing I see is him being waived by the Stockton Kings https://stockton.gleague.nba.com/news/stockton-kings-acquire-jericole-hellems-2
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@Woodrow said in Jayhawks in the pros:
Is Josh playing anywhere right now?
That sucks. He was a good baller. Didn’t even make a second contract. Legal problems? Seems like maybe he got in some trouble.
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Josh was part of a recruiting era of Bill Selfs that seemed to find talented with baggage type guys. Seemingly he’s turned the corner from that
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Anger issues and drugs
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How does Cooper flag stack up against Wemby, Lebron, Embiid? Is the hype just Duke bluster?
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@approxinfinity said in Jayhawks in the pros:
How does Cooper flag stack up against Wemby, Lebron, Embiid? Is the hype just Duke bluster?
@approxinfinity said in Jayhawks in the pros:
How does Cooper flag stack up against Wemby, Lebron, Embiid? Is the hype just Duke bluster?
He is Legit
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@BShark If I recall correctly: Arrested in 2023 for alleged sexual assault involving someone who left a party, got called back to his place, fell asleep, woke up naked…etc. Dunno how it turned out. No updates I could find.
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Interestingly today I listened to the Jayhawker podcast on IHeart and Bill Self mentioned Josh Jackson. Just gushed about all of his talent.
I failed to mention in my player update that so far Johnny Furphy and I are tied in total points scored in NBA…0. He does have two rebounds in 3 games. Not sure who we wouldn’t currently have if Johnny stayed in college but I wish he had.
