Furphy
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Returning? Really? I’d be shocked, but very happy.
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Some of the boardds have him being taken 18th in the 1st round.—He is not coming back, being projected there
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Yea, i’d be pretty happy with that as well. Doesn’t sound likely to me though. Maybe our insiders have heard a few things?
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Who is saying that? Off with their heads!
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
Who is saying that? Off with their heads!
You don’t want the Aussie back @approxinfinity ?
Since we missed out on Kugel, yes please!
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He’s being crazy!
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Im just saying whoever said that is just clickbaiting you.
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
Im just saying whoever said that is just clickbaiting you.
Damn right!
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just assume he’s gone and if he comes back it’s a gigantic surprise
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
Im just saying whoever said that is just clickbaiting you.
I swiped the Furphy paragraph from the middle of the story below. Just a top player ranking. So, I dunno. Doesn’t sound far fetched as a topic of discussion. Even Self has said he’ll “probably” remain in the draft.
I selfishly want him to return!
https://sports.yahoo.com/2024-nba-draft-big-board-ranking-the-top-40-players-142413978.html
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Oh, and we still have two schollies to fill. obviously Bill’s waiting on something…
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in Furphy:
Oh, and we still have two schollies to fill. obviously Bill’s waiting on something…
Probably start hearing stuff after Wednesday about potential targets.
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@rockchalkjayhawk good points. Im just being crazy.
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I would like to contribute to the Johnny Furby NIL fund with a 10 dollar pledge should he stay at KU.
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@rockchalkjayhawk good points. Im just being crazy.
Doh! all in fun. it’s a waiting game now. Think Alex Galindo has eligibility left? I’d give him another shot.
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If Furphy came back, it would really help Aussie US relations. The Aussie govt should put together an NIL package.
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Very quiet on decision day.
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@bskeet still has 24 hours right?
Furphy has until 10:59 p.m. Central on May 29 to remove his name from consideration
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Deadline is 11:59 tonight. The one we need to be watching in Robinson. If he withdraws from the draft, it sounds like it will be a KU vs Kentucky battle for him.
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I think every one thinks it’s a fore gone conclusion that Johnny stays in the draft. The latest mock draft I saw on him was 13th to the Kings You can’t blame him if that turns out to be true. I don’t think if he is going to be piked 13th that him returning for us next year would improve his stock in next years NBA draft.
They say this year is a pretty weak draft class , another reason for him to stay in, cause if he comes back for another year at KU - -the Draft class might be a lot stronger and he might not be drafted aa high. Having said that it is kind of different that he still hasn’t come out and said he was staying in the draft -again pretty sure he is , but crickets so far.
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Deadline is 11:59 tonight. The one we need to be watching in Robinson. If he withdraws from the draft, it sounds like it will be a KU vs Kentucky battle for him.
Doesn’t look like he is being projected that high in the draft. I think he comes out but re-unites with his old Coach Pope at Kentucky. -Obviously all the Kentucky fan base think it’s a done deal he will be at Kentucky lol
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@bskeet still has 24 hours right?
Furphy has until 10:59 p.m. Central on May 29 to remove his name from consideration
Ok… Once more, with feeling: Very quiet on decision day.
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@bskeet still has 24 hours right?
Furphy has until 10:59 p.m. Central on May 29 to remove his name from consideration
Ok… Once more, with feeling: Very quiet on decision day.
If he stays in the draft can we sing this?
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Decisions are starting to trickle out. If I had to guess right now, Furph stays in and Robinson doesn’t
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Among others, Sears from Alabama, Love from Arizona, and Karaban from UConn have withdrawn from draft and returning to their current schools. Does Furphy have more upside than any of those three? Perhaps. Is he a better college player that any of them now? No.
But, we know the NBA drafts on potential - whether or not realized is a different matter…
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I demand Furphy or Robinson
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No Furphy news by now is probably not good news for KU.
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Furphy officially staying in the draft. KU Basketball just posted Furphy’s thank you message to Jayhawk Nation.
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Be great, kid
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Drat.
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Good luck to him
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Right now most places have him going from 15-20th so it’s really hard to blame anyone that goes in that first round especially in his situation with no NIL. I honestly think he could’ve stay and been a top 5 pick but no reason to risk that. Good luck young fella
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Very happy for him, but I will miss that happy, polite, cute and talented young man! I know he loved it here.
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I hope there’s another Jayhawk to take him under his wing!
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Good year to bet on yourself. Good luck Johnny at the next level. Selfishly as a KU fan, this sucks
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Meh, goodby, whatever. I wouldn’t say you’re being selfish @BeddieKU23. It’s past time that kids make a decision before college, go pro, or play for your college for a few years. What a stupid mess NCAA is.
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@wissox I wish every single High School ball player (any kind of ball) would just skip college and go pro. That way I won’t watch any of them and won’t get attached to anyone that is supposedly bleeding Crimson and Blue until the Green comes along.
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Lol. We have heard everyones closing arguments and now the defense rests. Literally. Our defense is going to be lazy af.
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Meh, goodby, whatever. I wouldn’t say you’re being selfish @BeddieKU23. It’s past time that kids make a decision before college, go pro, or play for your college for a few years. What a stupid mess NCAA is.
It’s not an NCAA rule. It’s the NBA’s CBA rules that set up the current situation.
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@kjayhawks said in Furphy:
Right now most places have him going from 15-20th so it’s really hard to blame anyone that goes in that first round especially in his situation with no NIL. I honestly think he could’ve stay and been a top 5 pick but no reason to risk that. Good luck young fella
I saw him as high as 13th., to the Kings Happy for the kid, not mad at all yo gt the chance to be drafted that high – go for it
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@jayballer67 not the Kings pls
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@jayballer67 not the Kings pls
ya, I know we have been hexed by our players getting drafted by the crappy Kings. Let’s hope noy or he is doomed lol
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@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
Our defense is going to be lazy af.
Self is going to have a love/hate relationship with this team.
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Defense will be better this year….mark the tape
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@kuballin10 hard to imagine it being worse than last year by the eye test, but statistically we still had room to suck worse. 20th in KenPom AdjD
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@approxinfinity I’m hoping an actual backup center might give Hunter some more motivation and freedom to be more aggressive defensively. Same for every position really. But hard to imagine losing Kev and getting better defensively.
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We will be worse.
PG: Harris – More of the same
SG: Storr (who is not known for defense) – worse than McCullar by a long shot
SF: Griffen – maybe better than Furphy? He had effort at least
PF: KJ – same
C: Hunter – same
So really one position where we’ll be worse than last year. But that’s a big one.
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@rockchalkjayhawk On the bright side, the inferior defensive player may actually log minutes down the stretch.
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This should be an interesting puzzle for Self. Does he put Zeke in the starting lineup for some quickness?
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@rockchalkjayhawk Griffen was already a better defender last year than Furph under an offensive minded coach, so would be a surprise if he ends up worse.
McCullar is a big loss on defense no doubt and that probably makes us worse, but I feel like the defense we all remember from last year was when he was injured. Slotting timbies in for the SG comparison and I find it hard to believe Storr will be a downgrade. Add that to hopefully the rest of the bench giving better defensive contributions and I think a top 10 defensive even isn’t a pipe dream.
I’ll back up my optimistic thinking by sharing that barttorvik 2025 prediction has us as the #4 defense (not that I put too much stock into that).
