Furphy
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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).
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@MR11 he also thinks Duke will be good
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Storr athletically >>>>kevin even when healthy
Trust me this squad with a healthy Hunter and Bill adjusting will be better defensively. Better athletes and guys with higher bball iq’s
If Zeke is in the starting lineup who’s sitting?
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They’re all here.
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Next year there will be more Jayhawk fans admitting how valuable McCullar was. I hope one of our new guys (or more) decides defense comes first!
Or if we become hugely successful on offense… perhaps we can speed teams up on their end which might help us create bigger margins.
Juan… score when you are open… but focus most on running a real offense and CONTROLLING TEMPO! We will be a team that lives and dies by tempo. Mark my words now!
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Keep that Tiempo running!
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Isn’t our depth supposed to make us way better than last year? I’m surprised to see people saying we won’t be any better.
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The depth should improve. One of your 3 transfers is likely your 6th man, Jackson is in year 2. Clemence off a red shirt with 3 years in the system is a wild card. Bidunga is an exciting big man with skills that Hunter doesn’t have so I see that as a good 1-2 combo there. Passmore has a lot of tools we covet at the wing. The athleticism should be improved top to bottom. I would like to see another guard added just for insurance and thinking ahead to life after Harris.
I do think our depth is a bit of an unknown still. Potentially having a starter level guy as your 6th man will be different than last year and that’s huge. I really do believe with the way the game is changing you need to invest in your depth and have 8-9 guys you can depend on every night. We didn’t even have 6 last year and guys were completely worn down in March. That part is on the coaches to improve. Hopefully the roster additions did enough to fix it
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@BeddieKU23 Yeah, I like the way you put it. Depth improves…apparently because they’re largely unknowns at how well they’ll improve.
Don’t forget Storr is a scorer that will on a good night get us 25-30 points and just open up the floor with his quickness. He just might frustrate though when he forgets to guard his man.
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I’m hopeful Storr takes feedback he’s gotten from the draft process and KU coaches and figures out how to become a more complete player. If he takes his game to the next level, we will all be very happy.
It’s going to be interesting seeing which guys solidify their roles. Who’s the 6th man, will EJ take a leap, can Flory/Zach give us 10 minutes a game backing up Hunter. Will Passmore factor in the wing rotation. On Paper our depth should be really good. I have a lot more optimism overall with this year’s roster already.
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We need to start a new category!
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Just read where Johnny might have a chance of getting picked by the Raptors , yippee , wouldn’t have to play for the dam k kings would be the 19th pick - – -Kings 13th pick
@BeddieKU23 said in Furphy:
The depth should improve. One of your 3 transfers is likely your 6th man, Jackson is in year 2. Clemence off a red shirt with 3 years in the system is a wild card. Bidunga is an exciting big man with skills that Hunter doesn’t have so I see that as a good 1-2 combo there. Passmore has a lot of tools we covet at the wing. The athleticism should be improved top to bottom. I would like to see another guard added just for insurance and thinking ahead to life after Harris.
I do think our depth is a bit of an unknown still. Potentially having a starter level guy as your 6th man will be different than last year and that’s huge. I really do believe with the way the game is changing you need to invest in your depth and have 8-9 guys you can depend on every night. We didn’t even have 6 last year and guys were completely worn down in March. That part is on the coaches to improve. Hopefully the roster additions did enough to fix it
I really hope R , Passmore is able to see the floor early for quality minutes. I think we have a hidden gem there , hope he doesn’t get frustrated with lack of floor time possibly. From what I’ve seen and heard about him he is athletic he is tough can take contact, and finish---- he can initiate contact just overall solid. could play a role for this team , nice size.
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Let’s keep our fingers crossed… low injuries… no off-court “fouls”… and a team that gels well and everyone finds their happy role. Then we know we have a real shot and enough depth. I’m getting excited for fall ball and it’s early June! Tomatoes are huge this year with plenty of spring moisture. Yippee! My biggest concern is defense and hungry rabbits!
