The portal.
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Add your entries you hear about that are interesting.
I’ll start, Owen Freeman, Iowa big, 17 points, 7 boards. No clue how his game checks out for us, but I saw him win a state championship in Illinois too, and was intrigued.
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@wissox Good player, but not a good fit for KU. He can’t play the 4 so it’d be a choice between him or Flory and I’d rather have Flory. Also, the schools involved with him are Arkansas, Creighton, Gonzaga, and Michigan.
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A player I would be interested in pursuing should he enter the portal would be Minnesota’s Frank Mitchell.
He hasn’t entered yet, but with a coaching change and pretty much everyone else on Minnesota being out of eligibility, I would be surprised if he didn’t enter the portal.
Miller isn’t someone to pursue with expectations of him starting, but would be an ideal back up for Flory IMO. Averaged 5 and 5 on 66% shooting in 16 mpg this season. He began his career at Canisius and led the MAAC in rebounding a couple of years ago.
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247 expects KU to kick the tires on Freeman. Would be fools not to
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@BeddieKU23 Any thoughts on kids from the BIG who averaged 17 a game coming to KU?
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@wissox If it’s on high shot volume - pass. Hard pass. Do not pass go, go straight to jail.
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Well he’s not a good defender so that’s a big limitation but offensively he’s better then Flory. It sounds like there’s a few programs already in the drivers seat and KU isn’t one of them.
As we know anything coming from Fran’s system is a big question mark defensively since they don’t teach it.
I’m sure he’s not anything like Storr character wise.
Dix is intriguing as a shooter from them but same deal, good on one side only
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The Simpkins twins from Elon are in the portal.
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Raw is ok, limited on one end isnt, imo
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The advanced numbers for the Iowa players isn’t as bad as you would think. Both are better than Griffen, Storr, Mayo, or Coit’s advanced numbers before coming to KU.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:
The advanced numbers for the Iowa players isn’t as bad as you would think. Both are better than Griffen, Storr, Mayo, or Coit’s advanced numbers before coming to KU.
I like Josh Dix if we are eye balling a sharp shooter replacement if Rylan leaves. That said I really like the idea of Bill getting back to his roots. Get players that are multi-faceted. Guys willing to defend and rebound that can drive to score.
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That really seems to be where the focus needs to go this offseason. I think if we are targeting starters- you need more complete skill sets to play under Self. If we are looking for rotation guys, then a shooter who might struggle in other areas is fine. Moss, JCL filled these roles great in the past but they weren’t full time starters where their weaknesses would be exposed as much as we’ve seen with Timberlake and Griffen/Storr the last two years.
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Noticed that Freeman’s HS and Iowa teammate Brock harding is also in the portal. The two of them were great in hs, not sure if Brock is KU quality.
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This may guide our discussions. I suppose it’ll blow up after this weekend is over and most teams seasons are over.
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Wyoming transfer Obi Agbim fits the bill. However wouldn’t be surprised if Texas Tech had the inside track here.
Quimari Peterson from ETSU, So Con POY shot 42% from 3 avg 19 per game. Indiana native.
Milos Illic from Loyola Md
Valpo freshman All Wright, yes that’s his name. Very talented kid. I would definitely go after him
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I would not be upset at getting some mid-major guys and seeing what happens. Of course you need to find the right fits but look across so many teams that have mid-major guys that transferred up and the success they are having. Do they come hungrier to prove themselves with the step up? There’s got to be a way for KU to figure this out.
