Mikey Williams
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Mikey Williams will likely go to an HBCU. His parents are both HBCU alums I believe. He wants to bring more attention to HBCU’s in basketball. My guess is he lands at Hampton if he plays college ball at all.
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You assume we all follow as closely as you do. Who is Mikey Williams? I mean I could look it up but posts like this just assume we know about everyone.
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Staff has been on him for a while. It’s a gamble but he’s the athletic combo that Self loves. Was an adidas kid in HS before the Puma deal.
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@TYOHawk Nice to see you here.
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5 star Guard in the 23 class. Has a huge Social Media following (millions), also has a PUMA deal so that complicates things as far as eligibility & the shoe war game. Was thought to be a lock to skip College due to his fame & what not but now the Williams are saying College is the preferred route for him. KU has behind the scenes shown a lot of interest which seems to be reciprocated from sources around his recruitment.
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@BShark My brother. Good to see you man.
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I’m pretty sure this is all talk at this point. Adidas would have to buy him out to play at KU. With the cash Puma is paying him he could outfit an entire HBCU program with Puma gear. It’s good PR to be talking about heading to KU, but I don’t think it makes sense for either party given the economics.
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@BeddieKU23 Thanks!
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I think in the end Farmer is right, this is basically all PR.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Mikey Williams:
I think in the end Farmer is right, this is basically all PR.
I think we will see a lot of that since KU won the title.
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@BShark No doubt but even in January at Hoophall we were the only school he was naming that was recruiting him hard. There’s genuine interest from both sides…it’s getting out of the Puma deal that makes things complicated.
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https://www.prospectiveinsight.com/post/mikey
Sounds like a great kid.
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I just wonder maybe if Bill & the boys don’t try to get things working in our favor. I guess it we are suppose to be in pretty deep with him. Would be interesting.
I’m sure though it would be plenty of fuel for opposing schools though say that KU was once again trying to be shaddy
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He’ll be in next week. I know for a fact Self REALLY wants him. Just don’t ask about the how ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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@FarmerJayhawk Great news. Thanks for the scoop. Hoping for a commit…
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Mikey Williams:
He’ll be in next week. I know for a fact Self REALLY wants him. Just don’t ask about the how ¯_(ツ)_/¯
How ? no Farmer I’m just playing with you - - You always give good info and don’t EVEN want to do any thing to jepordize that - -always depend on you. - Yet bottom line is if we can some how get him to come , things worked out straight up for us - -would be awesome.
Just keep us updated bud
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Wasn’t Mikey the consensus #1 player in his class a few years ago? Now I see where Rivals has him as #20… Has his development just stunted or what? Seems like he was a can’t miss prospect and now maybe not so much. Not saying he wouldn’t be a great get, but it just seems like some of the shine has come off of him.
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@Woodrow said in Mikey Williams:
Wasn’t Mikey the consensus #1 player in his class a few years ago? Now I see where Rivals has him as #20… Has his development just stunted or what? Seems like he was a can’t miss prospect and now maybe not so much. Not saying he wouldn’t be a great get, but it just seems like some of the shine has come off of him.
I think part of it is that he stopped growing. You have to be pretty incredible to be the consensus #1 player in your class at 6-2. Just looking back over the last several years, Cole Anthony and Collin Sexton seem to be the only guys under 6-4 to be ranked in the top 5 since 2017.
If Mikey Williams was 6-5, he’d be top 10 for sure, probably top 5. But smaller guards just don’t have as much upside unless you’re Derrick Rose (high school) athletic or Kyrie Irving skilled.
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@TYOHawk said in Mikey Williams:
@FarmerJayhawk Great news. Thanks for the scoop. Hoping for a commit…
I asked on that and it seems nobody knows anything about his recruitment. They’re saying all the right things about playing college ball but who knows how the Adidas/Puma thing will get sorted out or what numbers the G League will throw around.
That being said, I wouldn’t be crazy surprised at a commitment because nothing has made any sense so far here ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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@FarmerJayhawk Wonder if he does what Wiggins did in the playoffs and put tape over the logo on his adidas shoes.
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@TYOHawk said in Mikey Williams:
@FarmerJayhawk Wonder if he does what Wiggins did in the playoffs and put tape over the logo on his adidas shoes.
That would make sense. These things have a way of getting worked out
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Visiting Monday I saw. Cool stuff
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@BShark you should See your dr!
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@BShark should I be on commit watch?
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@TYOHawk Wouldn’t go that far…yet…
Great visit though and Mikey loves Self. Could see money getting in the way still, we will have to see.
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@BShark I can live with this. Hoping for either him or AJ as one of the guards we take this class.
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@BShark said in Mikey Williams:
@TYOHawk Wouldn’t go that far…yet…
Great visit though and Mikey loves Self. Could see money getting in the way still, we will have to see.
I have to imagine that Puma wouldn’t be dumb enough to have him skip college and gain a following. Let him play in Adidas for a year and then pick up that contract where they left off.
At the same time, I have to imagine that Adidas is smart enough to let him wear whatever shoes he wants as long as he is dunking in an Adidas uniform. This is a small hurdle imo.
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@Kcmatt7 probably not quite that simple, but it should be a solvable problem if all parties are committed.
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The temperature is rising.
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@BShark so cryptic
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@Crimsonorblue22 He’s committing next month. Couple weeks or so.
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@BShark said in Mikey Williams:
The temperature is rising.
Well BShark all I know is that there IS some mutual interest. To what degree not sure , would be nice if he committed , but then we have Jackson to think about also. - -So tellme you think that there is a serious chance Williams commits here ? - other then pro can’t remember who else is players for him. - - Had heard that his Dad said he DOES want to play College or go to College at least for a yr - -so buddy - -what you think ?
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@BShark said in Mikey Williams:
@Crimsonorblue22 He’s committing next month. Couple weeks or so.
Excuse me?!!
Also, does this mean we are out for Elmarko you think?
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@Woodrow said in Mikey Williams:
@BShark said in Mikey Williams:
@Crimsonorblue22 He’s committing next month. Couple weeks or so.
Excuse me?!!
Also, does this mean we are out for Elmarko you think?
I don’t know that it’s KU, just that he is committing somewhere. It was publicly put out there.
Now, it would seem KU is in as good a spot as anyone but there are definitely hurdles.
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Should be a take regardless. Outside of Dajuan we have no clue what we’re getting at the guard spot. Add him, CJ, Jamari and Elmarko and let the best player win minutes.
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@TYOHawk said in Mikey Williams:
Should be a take regardless. Outside of Dajuan we have no clue what we’re getting at the guard spot. Add him, CJ, Jamari and Elmarko and let the best player win minutes.
1000% if they can pull Elmarko and Mikey they should do it. Good lord that would be filthy.
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@BShark said in Mikey Williams:
@TYOHawk said in Mikey Williams:
Should be a take regardless. Outside of Dajuan we have no clue what we’re getting at the guard spot. Add him, CJ, Jamari and Elmarko and let the best player win minutes.
1000% if they can pull Elmarko and Mikey they should do it. Good lord that would be filthy.
No offense to the guys but I’m not letting Cuffe, Yes and BPJ stand in the way of that. If Mikey wants to come you accept the commit & figure things out later.
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@TYOHawk Cuffe and Joe look expendable to me. Bobby I love what I saw but he’s also gotta stay healthy. The staff could definitely make it work.
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I also wonder if the Jamari commit and Elmarko visit put some pressure on him to hurry up with a potential decision. Because from what we’ve been told Mikey loves Kansas
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They’d take Mikey tomorrow
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Mikey Williams:
They’d take Mikey tomorrow
I’d think so too but Bossi disagreed. Not saying his info is perfect of course plus he has to mind what he says publicly even behind a pay wall.
It’s in the thread I made on 247 in premium if you are curious.
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It sounds like it’s more of an issue with a possible entourage than him imo.
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@TYOHawk said in Mikey Williams:
It sounds like it’s more of an issue with a possible entourage than him imo.
His contract with Puma requires social media stuff. That would spill over into the team etc so its definitely a distraction of sorts.
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@TYOHawk said in Mikey Williams:
https://www.on3.com/news/mikey-williams-says-a-commitment-is-coming-soon/
Wish we would of hd room , would of taken him , would be a for sure plus - -BUT he not coming here now even though he says they still involved. - -would of been nice
