Furphy
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Looking like Furphy will be leaving for the Draft and staying in according to Swain on 247.
So who can we get to replace him? Was really hoping we would get another year of Johnny but apparently he’s ghosting town.
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We still have 3 weeks until the portal closes. My guess who we get is not in the portal yet. I think it also depends on who takes the Kentucky job. If it’s Donovan then the carousel stops, but if it’s Drew then it keeps spinning. If it’s Drew then more and more players will become available.
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That NBA teams think he is ready surprises me. Furphy absolutely sucked in the second half of pretty much every game he played at KU.
While Furphy at times completely outclassed the entire roster, if he truly leaves he will be the least accomplished OAD in KU history. Furphy helped KU to its worse record since they were on probation in 1989 and he did absolutely nothing at an elite level. I’d love to watch him continue to develop at KU, but if he’s going to go pro I wish him the best in Europe or wherever he ends up.
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That NBA teams think he is ready surprises me. Furphy absolutely sucked in the second half of pretty much every game he played at KU.
While Furphy at times completely outclassed the entire roster, if he truly leaves he will be the least accomplished OAD in KU history. Furphy helped KU to its worse record since they were on probation in 1989 and he did absolutely nothing at an elite level. I’d love to watch him continue to develop at KU, but if he’s going to go pro I wish him the best in Europe or wherever he ends up.
The NBA draft is like the MLB draft now. It is all based on potential, not what they are currently.
As far as the “the least accomplished OAD in KU history” , Cheick Diallo will never be matched!
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@BigBad Diallo’s team won the conference. But yea he did nothing for KU and is somehow still in the nba scoring 3 points a game at 27 years old. (Well in 21-22 he was in the league). I’m thinking Diallo’s biggest contribution was to the chat board conversations.
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Such a down year, could even say it might be historically bad. That helps Furphy who’s high upside with some proven flashes of what NBA scouts are looking for. I think the fact he cannot get NIL as he’s likely here on a Visa is what’s preventing him from coming back. Zach Edey was just complaining of this at the Final 4 as well as a Canadian Resident. It is what it is
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Good riddance. To all of em. The last couple of years has almost completely diminished my enthusiasm for sports. All sports - College and Pro. Maybe I’ll concentrate on High School since they have to stay four years.
Unless they move. Or drop out. Or can’t play because of grades. Or…
Crap.
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@BeddieKU23 Zach Edey needs to shut up. If he wanted to make money, he should join the workforce. He was the national player of the year last season, how did he improve his draft stock by coming back?
And as for the lack of NIL…that’s the terms that every single player before NIL played under. If he can’t figure out how to make it work then that’s more of a show of the instant gratification culture we live in than anything else. Getting better would pay dividends.
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@BeddieKU23 was this a solid he is 100% staying in or just a likely to stay in? Not that is changes much either way and don’t love hearing that.
May be taking some copium saying this, but there is still a small chance he will still return until it is more widely reported and even then he could get bad feedback and change his mind (i.e. Kev last year where he declared not expecting to come back).
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I’d like to see an upgrade at that position maybe a guy who shows up for the second half of games. I was hoping that would be sophomore Furphy, but I don’t know if he will ever be able to achieve that level of consistency. I do think he could lead a team by his Jr year, but Freshman Furphy was at the level of solid bench piece on a championship level team.
If he goes it’s disappointing that we won’t get to see him develop into a more finished product. He does have lots of potential.
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Likely staying in the draft is the latest scuttlebutt.
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He’s here on a student visa where US law prevents him from making $ from NIL unless he was to travel abroad etc. I don’t recall that he was even a first round pick last year but I could be wrong. He may go in the lottery this year so if both are true, I’d say he improved his stock a lot by coming back.
I should have explained the point I was trying to make. As it stands with International Players here on student visa’s, they cannot earn NIL the same way as others. While Furphy was a great last-minute addition to the team, I think its safe to assume if he could earn NIL like everyone else a 2nd year at KU would be likely. The risk KU and others take on International Players and trying to retain them year over year
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Well might give a better shot at McNeely , had read an article saying that what they were hearing was alot was depending on Furphy’s decision
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@jayballer67 bright side
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McNeeley didn’t impress me playing the other day. The reason Oscar stayed in was cause he earned so much money.
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Bummer if true. But I hope it opens the door for a top recruit.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Furphy:
McNeeley didn’t impress me playing the other day. The reason Oscar stayed in was cause he earned so much money.
you really can’t judge /gauge a lot in these all star games - - it’s pretty much all about me. -in these type games not really THAT structured - -usually it’s who eve gets the ball first about mid court it’s going up - A LOT of one on one school yard ball- - -half hearted defense - -players jogging down the floor. - - Just like Flory- he is better then that game by far— just not a good way to determine actually just how good a player is. - -There is a reason McNeely is ranked as high as he is
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Furphmania we hardly knew ye
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Perhaps from his side but KU is focused on the portal. If you can get a stud wing plus McNeeley your cooking. Otherwise not sure I see us relying on him
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We should all band together and declare that we will only come to games / watch games if the players pay us fans some NIL money. We’re more invested in the game than they are. We love it - or used to anyway. They just do it as a means to another pay raise.
Pay me to watch, beeyatches.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Furphy:
Perhaps from his side but KU is focused on the portal. If you can get a stud wing plus McNeeley your cooking. Otherwise not sure I see us relying on him
could be right. I think if what your hearing/seeing is true , then I think we are still going to have three Scholi’s.-- -Clemance- – -Furphy-- -& probably Jamari. Kind of hate to see Jamari go - -think he might have been a decent player for us in a couple of years - -just how the game goes I reckon , becoming one BIG revolving door
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@jayballer67 “think he might have been a decent player for us in a couple of years”
It won’t be long before no one knows what that means. What’s a couple of years? Nobody would EVER stay around that long.
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@approxinfinity This is a big anticlimax for me, seems to be a blur
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Yeah. This sucks.
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@nuleafjhawk said in Furphy:
@jayballer67 “think he might have been a decent player for us in a couple of years”
It won’t be long before no one knows what that means. What’s a couple of years? Nobody would EVER stay around that long.
McDowell
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@jayballer67 I just meant that nobody is going to be around long enough to develop. A whole damn country of one and done’s. Some guys will have attended more colleges than I have changed underwear in a decade.
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Read a couple of articles today saying Furphy may drop to early 2nd round and McCullar to late first. Furphy dropped because of his late season woes and McCullar due to injury.
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Maybe NLI can get Furphy big bucks when KU plays out of the country! HA!
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I haven’t heard even one of y’all “fans” offer to marry Furphy so he can get his green card and and be paid
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@nuleafjhawk said in Furphy:
@jayballer67 I just meant that nobody is going to be around long enough to develop. A whole damn country of one and done’s. Some guys will have attended more colleges than I have changed underwear in a decade.
geez , thanks for sharing that lil tidbit lol
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@BeddieKU23 said in Furphy:
He’s here on a student visa where US law prevents him from making $ from NIL unless he was to travel abroad etc. I don’t recall that he was even a first round pick last year but I could be wrong. He may go in the lottery this year so if both are true, I’d say he improved his stock a lot by coming back.
I should have explained the point I was trying to make. As it stands with International Players here on student visa’s, they cannot earn NIL the same way as others. While Furphy was a great last-minute addition to the team, I think its safe to assume if he could earn NIL like everyone else a 2nd year at KU would be likely. The risk KU and others take on International Players and trying to retain them year over year
Eh - I doubt this is the difference maker. Maybe its the excuse we are given but it may just be he wants to go. It hasnt been that long since the OG recruiting days, right? All those alleged backchannels cant be completely closed yet. There has to be a workaround where he could (legally of course) be compensated. I hear the Cayman Islands have some good banks…
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I haven’t heard even one of y’all “fans” offer to marry Furphy so he can get his green card and and be paid
Excellent idea! There are some big bucks waiting. I’m already married though…
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Hope he comes back to finish developing, but if not it’s next man up.
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The Ringer projects Furph as the 34th pick, noting basically the same strengths and weaknesses we experienced this season. Hopefully, he comes back to get stronger and address deficiencies. I like him, especially how hard he plays.
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@Jayblaze I might have married Dick ( rude comment goes here_________________) but never Furphy. That hairdo…
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So furphy is going to play for Australia in the Olympics this summer, does this mean we can find a way to pay him?
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For what it’s worth KU is recruiting the portal like Furphy is leaving. He just announced he hired an agent. Writing on the wall here.
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@BeddieKU23 but he can still return.
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Yes, sounds like he might go through the draft process before a final decision.
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Have the rules changed? It used to be when you hired an agent, you had to stay in the draft.
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@Gorilla72 said in Furphy:
Have the rules changed? It used to be when you hired an agent, you had to stay in the draft.
You can hire a approved agent and still return to school.
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@Woodrow - Thanks. I just looked it up too. Getting lazy.
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He just put a post about it out on his Instagram
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This post is deleted!
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So Furph declared for the draft while maintaining his college eligibility. Said some very nice things about KU. I can’t link via the apps.
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Go be great, kid
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He won’t be back, unless something very unforeseen happens.
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ya figured this would probably be the case.-- I’m not mad at him , give them hell , hope the best. Enjoyed him while he was here. - Can’t blame him for trying to make money.
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We hardly knew ye, Johnny…
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Johnny-come-lately
The new kid in town
Will we still love you
When you’re not around?
