Transfer Rumblings
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@BShark are we looking at him?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Not that I know of.
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I get so confused. Like reading a John LeCarre novel that has had every other name redacted.
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Livingston and Collins on the market? Well huh that’s gonna be fun https://twitter.com/kflaherty247/status/1644177707826069505?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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Looks like we won’t land Bamba
If Hunter ends up elsewhere plus other top recruits we wanted and we end up with second tier guys like Ingram - it will be a bad offseason.
The only hope would be late nba draft pullouts that need a place to land after the dust settles
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
Looks like we won’t land Bamba
We did not really pursue him.
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@BShark I think he will test the water and then decide. I think it is 50-50.
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@FarmerJayhawk This is the only way that Kev coming back makes the team better, imo. They need to add two scorers. If you add Dickinson you can take someone like Timberlake. Then you have a pretty formidable lineup. But Kev needs to be the 3rd or 4th scoring option on a contender. Otherwise they aren’t a contender.
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
Looks like we won’t land Bamba
We did not really pursue him.
Booo
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@Kcmatt7 If we only land 2 transfers and it’s Hunter and Timberlake - we better hope the freshman guards can play.
Wish Cuffe would leave so Bill has a third transfer option
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@kuballin10 this assumes Kev returns right?
If so, yea that roster wins a lot of games. But I don’t think you’re betting on them to make a deep run. Either they need to take someone better than Timberlake in that situation, or yea the freshman will need to play out of their minds.
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@Kcmatt7 If the staff gets Cryer and Dickinson, we good.
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Dickinson plus a DUDE at the 4 can make a very deep run. I know they’re in that market, we’ll see if anyone shakes loose.
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@FarmerJayhawk Who are we linked to right now outside of Dickinson, Cryer and Timberlake? I haven’t heard a real name in a bit.
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@Kcmatt7 Spears, and have heard back channel chatter to Livingston. Livingston’s camp has watched a lot of Jalen Wilson and stroked their chin beards, so to speak.
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KU isn’t a serious player for Cryer. He has stated he wants to play PG. He is obviously not going to do that at KU.
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@FarmerJayhawk Spears is like 6’3 on a tall day, no? I feel like they get one of Spears, Timberlake or Cryer. All 3 filling the same role.
Livingston is the only “wing” guy I’ve heard so far.
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@Woodrow I think we’ll get a visit. And I imagine we’ll be his strongest offer money-wise.
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“I do not want to play point guard full time, but while I was in Waco I was not able to play point guard at all,” Cryer said. “I am looking to see what school will let me play some time at point guard. I realize I am lethal off the ball and I do not want to take that out of my game because I know it is one of my strengths that can help a team win. I know to get to that next level, I will have to be able to showcase what I can do on the ball.”
I wouldn’t say that we couldn’t offer this to him. Just saying.
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@Kcmatt7 if there are 4 spots (I think Cuffe ends up leaving, but (¯_(ツ)_/¯) they’ll take two guards IMO. The wing market hasn’t really developed like they’d hoped. So I could see a smaller lineup next year than we’ve seen recently with two guards, two wings, and a big: Juan, Spears/Elmarko, wing transfer, wing transfer (Livingston?), Dickinson/Udeh.
If only 3 I think one of each: Juan, transfer/Elmarko, Kev, transfer, Udeh/Dickinson if he comes.
I’m sure there will be more available soon. Handy list of guys entering, listed by if they’re just testing and whether or not they’re also in the portal https://www.rookiescale.com/early-entrant-tracker/
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@Woodrow said in Transfer Rumblings:
KU isn’t a serious player for Cryer. He has stated he wants to play PG. He is obviously not going to do that at KU.
Heard something very interesting about Cryer today…
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@Kcmatt7 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Woodrow I think we’ll get a visit. And I imagine we’ll be his strongest offer money-wise.
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@BShark does he suck defensively?
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@kuballin10 I love Cryer, I hope we land him. It’s looking like it could be possible. Let’s see if he sets a visit to KU.
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Juan —-LJ —- Kev or ? —- ? — Hunter Potential to be nasty
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Get me Hunter/Livingston/Kev and if Cuffe transfers I’d take Timberlake and be ecstatic.
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@TYOHawk Did you see Swain’s recent post about what we are looking for at the wing spot and why we didn’t recruit a certain player? You’ll be happy lol.
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@BShark I’ll look now. Thanks for the warning
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@TYOHawk It’s in the “thoughts on last nights comments/kevin” thread.
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@BShark just saw it. I prayed for Self to see my vision and he’s getting it now lmao.
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@TYOHawk Care to give us the summary or your logic?
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@kuballin10 We want a plus athlete on the wing. I’ve been having discussions with BShark about my opinion that we need to get more athletes on the wing. Obviously you just don’t have Wiggins, Ochai, Oubre and Braun type athletes on the wing in every class but I do think Self works best with those.
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@TYOHawk 100% agree - athletes who can shoot it! Feels like they grow on trees but not always easy to find.
I don’t have access to the article so was curious what you were saying - appreciate it
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Jamille Reynolds’s to Cincinnati
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Any word on Timberlake?
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@RockkChalkk nope
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I think we land him
I think we miss on Hunter and other top guys
Get Kev back and hope for a miracle on some guys pulling out of the draft late
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
I think we land him
I think we miss on Hunter and other top guys
Get Kev back and hope for a miracle on some guys pulling out of the draft late
Things are shapely up nicely with Shedrick if we miss on Hunter.
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
I think we land him
I think we miss on Hunter and other top guys
Get Kev back and hope for a miracle on some guys pulling out of the draft late
I think it’s about 60 /40 we land hunter and I don’t think Kevin will be back
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@BShark I’m hoping for Sanogo or someone else. Shedrick would be okay but if he doesn’t have a back to the basket move he doesn’t move the needle much but some shot blocking ability defensively.
If we don’t land a few studs it will be tough to say Bill dominated the portal in a timeframe in which he should be “the guy” and KU the hottest name it’s ever been
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@jayballer67 I hope you are right
From what I’m reading and the more I think about it we are being leveraged so he can get the most out of md or gtown and head up. Read md hired his high school coach and if relationships matter than he won’t come here.
He zoomed with uk and us just to up the ante with them. I think playing for KU, Self and knowing he’d be the number one option is only reason we are listed as a possibility compared to uk.
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@RockkChalkk He’s visiting uconn next so all the guys with inroads to KU will say something like this
“Visit went great, he really connected with Self and had a great time with the players. Knows he’d fill a big role of shooting and has playing time here. Wants to finish his visits first but we are right in this and have as good a shot as anyone on his list.”
There you go pay me your $10/mo for that inside info
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I think we get Kev back and land Hunter. The rest is a crapshoot. I just have a feeling on Cryer that doesnt make sense. I could easily see our third being someone we havent even heard about yet.
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@kuballin10 said:
If we don’t land a few studs it will be tough to say Bill dominated the portal in a timeframe in which he should be “the guy” and KU the hottest name it’s ever been
I’d have a hard time arguing with that.
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@jayballer67 I hope you are right
From what I’m reading and the more I think about it we are being leveraged so he can get the most out of md or gtown and head up. Read md hired his high school coach and if relationships matter than he won’t come here.
He zoomed with uk and us just to up the ante with them. I think playing for KU, Self and knowing he’d be the number one option is only reason we are listed as a possibility compared to uk.
Actually from what I read off Kentucky message board had an article from a guy that writes for the Spun. - -Yes he had a zoom with Kentucky & he had a zoom with Arkansas, but even with that said , they said that Kentucky & Arkansas were NOT considered to be his landing spot , and that it was KU -Villanova GTown & Maryland and them saying that KU actually was probably the simplest fit for him to transfer into. - -Having said that I still just think with him listing three out of the four front runners as they say - I just feel he will end up on the Coast
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@RockkChalkk Cryer ain’t coming here - literally zero chance. I know what bshark has said but his crimson and blue glasses are tinted on this one.
Nowell just went off
Cryer loves Tang
Cryer wants to play point more than off ball
Ksu has open pg spot
Why are we still discussing this (sarcasm for it’s clearly over and he’s ksu bound lol)
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Cryer is going to Houston. He and Tang aren’t close according to the grapes
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I don’t want Cryer. He doesn’t compliment Dejuan well. Baylor was atrocious on defense last season with their collection of small guards and Cryer doesn’t help KU in that area because he would keep KU’s back court really small. He might be the best shooter in the portal, but other than that, nothing else in his game compliments what KU needs this offseason.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 but if we had Juan, Kev, and Hunter, three high level defenders, maybe we would be better off with a lesser defender that beings that offensive firepower on the perimeter we would be lacking. It may not be that bad of a fit.
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@RockkChalkk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 but if we had Juan, Kev, and Hunter, three high level defenders, maybe we would be better off with a lesser defender that beings that offensive firepower on the perimeter we would be lacking. It may not be that bad of a fit.
Hunter is a rim protector and can’t defend away from the basket. Getting him and Cryer in a pick and roll situation would not be good, especially if KU doesn’t have a good help defender at the 4 spot. Without knowing what the situation at the 4 spot is or if McCullar will be back, I don’t see Cryer being a great fit here until we know what else will be in place for the rotation.
