Trae Young
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RussRob was scorer in HS and changed his role to that of a facilitator at KU, and without him, KU does not win it all in '08. One of my favorite KU players of all time.
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Good question.
I know there are many out there that believe Duval is better than Young and those people may be right but Self has been after Young for years so I’m sure they didn’t want to jeopardize their position with him by taking Duval first.
Plus I don’t think Duval was in any position to end his recruitment when he visited here. He’s taking advantage of his visits, that’s why he went and saw the Duke/UNC game and is going to Arizona soon as well.
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No worries, I’m sticking by my belief that he ends up here. We need him more, we have the position open for him. So if he picks the opposite so be it, its his choice but I’ll disagree. I hope its a happy thursday around 1pm
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@JayHawkFanToo Yep. And he knew by not putting up stats & becoming more offensively polished while in college, it would cost him in his chances at the NBA. He did get some tryouts, but was an nbaDL player for couple yrs. He added a silky smooth nba-range 3 a couple of yrs after graduating. He and Billy Thomas teamed up one summer in the camp games at KU to literally run the then-KU-team outta the gym (RR bombing deep 3s, and Billy Thomas in his early 30s putting on an MJ impersonation). It was that display that convinced me RR was correct that shelving his college offense stats would hurt his nba chances. If he could shoot like that in college, like Mario, he might have stuck in the L as he may have gotten more opps.
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Just to give perspective, I think RR is 31yrs old now. At least he’s been earning mid-6figs US$ in Europe for several yrs now, again a mini-Langford…
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Well of course on the Oklahoma Boards they are feeling pretty cocky - -confident, saying they are getting news from reliable sources that Tare is going to pick Ou, said they have talked to the moderators off KU sites saying that Trae is going to OU. - It’s all just a big he said , she said, they said lol. - Then they talk about the CB’s and trending to Ku, but saying well the one’s that had their CB pick for UK and the Trae elimanated them felt like they needed to change their pick to another blue blood and these people know nothing. - -They say Eric Bossi said Trae was going to pick OU, let’s get this over with - - JUMPIN – -GEE - -HOSSA - -FATS - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Win or lose, it isn’t life threatening. I think we’ll get him. I already called it.
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@KUSTEVE me too
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Me three…
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When a fan base gets too cocky about predicting a recruit win, it often backfires.
It shows arrogance and a disrespect to the recruit… after all, it is the recruit that decides… not a fan base.
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@KUSTEVE EXACTLY BUD,that’s what I ended up saying. Would be great to get him BUT if we don’t in the end run, we gonna be just fine. The sun still come up in the East and will sit in the West lol. - -I have all the confidence Coach self will always find that guy. - - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@drgnslayr Very very true - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I hope Trae becomes a Jayhawk, but ultimately, whatever is best for him is the right decision for me, too.
I think he would make an excellent Jayhawk!
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@drgnslayr ya, just read of the shiver that Gerry Meyer which is the guru from 247 said all the buzz he is hearing now is for the underdog OU, Eric Bossi pretty big name from rivals is saying OU, and Jeff przsbello well know is saying OU, it’s all right though we are going to be just fine - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Fightsongwriter said:
Three bucketeers, including me, want the Young B- day present. Either way, I hope you have a great Feb 16. The Big 5-0 for me. Go Hawks!
Mere youngster! 61 is where it’s at! Hope we all have a Happy Day. Feeling Young-er all the time!
Didn’t see these posts until today because there were so many flying in the Trae thread. Thanks to @Crimsonorblue22 for looking out for me!
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@ralster Right, but I can understand not wanting to hurt others as his decision will to some extent. A boon to one program a bust to another. KU will be fine either way, but I’d sure like this kid to lead KU the next couple of years.
I’m just saying you can be considerate off the court and be an alpha on it. We shall see. I hope to see additional high character guys on the roster to balance out some of the recent bad crap.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a transfer to play PG for us next year if both Young and Duval pass up on us. It’s an attractive opportunity to be the starting PG at KU and someone is going to be willing to change schools to get it. Hopefully it won’t come down to that, though.
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Only a junior that graduates early or a senior that had to sit or red-shirt one year and can graduate would be eligible to play immediately and there are not many of those avaiable; all others would have to sit one year.
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@cjbooth38 awesome avi! Welcome!
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@KUSTEVE If kusteve called it, we learned Monday we ought to go to Vegas and plunk down some greenbacks.
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Crystal Ball within the last 20 mins has all gone OU’s way with Matt Scott and Jerry Meyer now picking OU.
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@chsguy2008 all of them?
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@chsguy2008 yep look like for sure time to raise the white flag – I just don’t get it, but something must of leaked for Jerry meyer to change his predict to OU and Matt from the shiver going OU, matt has been in pretty tight with this - -It’s a done deal and Ryan Noel who had just predicted to Ku is NOW back to foggy and then another pretty big predictor Andrew slater predicting OU - -and all I have to say is - -S - - - . this year has NOT been very good in our recruiting for sure, losing a lot of players. - - dam, - - dam, - -dam - -well we better get our act together - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Time to throw all our horses at Duval or hope to find a transfer PG. I wonder what has happened within the last 24-48 hours maybe DG said he is coming back or maybe Young just wanted to go to OU and was finally able to get his dad onboard with that. Anyhow on to he next guy!
@Crimsonorblue22 all that have out predictions in which include Ryan Noel, Matt Scott, Jerry Meyer, and Andrew Slater
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54% OU, 38% KU, link here…. FWIF, I really don’t pay much attention to it.
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@jayballer54 Well that sucks. I agree with you that some news must have leaked. We went from 58% to 38% within one hour. Looks like Newman will be our PG next year.
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Looks like Devonte for one more year!
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“As a new user, you can only post once every 120 seconds until you have earned 3 reputation - please wait before posting again”
That seems like a really stupid rule… what’s the point of that?
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@chsguy2008 He might just want to be able to take his laundry home every weekend.
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@cjbooth38 didn’t know that
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@mayjay I wouldn’t blame him at all if that was the case.
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@jayballer54 Don’t give up. These herd mentality opinions tend to be driven by one source who may not have any reliable info, but are perceived as likely to (teammate or cousin, etc). And if it true, and if the leak came from an OU source, he could be p’ed enough to change it in the announcement.
And there is always the possibility of Darrell Arthur’s own dream weaver paying him a visit overnight.
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It looks like Jerry Meyer switched to OU and some of the others followed him. It’s really just one person switching teams… Probably not as bad as it looks. Hopefully whatever inside info Meyer has isn’t legit.
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If we could have DG back over young who would you want?
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@Crimsonorblue22 said:
If we could have DG back over young who would you want?
Next year DG obviously. What guards are we looking at getting next year? Surely there’s another Trae out there somewhere…
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@cjbooth38 hmm interesting. I didn’t know that was a rule.
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@chsguy2008 more predicts coming in for OU and just came out with a story off 247 saying looking like he will predict for OU and how it’s goin to put KU in a difficult spot with Frank graduating and chances of opting to leave - -that’s just lovely - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 no worries man self will figure it out, always does.
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@kjayhawks ya, sucks but I said earlier have complete faith in Coach somehow, someway he will find the right mix, and they still will have to come through Lawerence for the championship - -ROCKCHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BShark I don’t care what the “expert” recruiting talking heads say. If you haven’t read this link, read it. They saved KU for last, no reason. But, if you read between the lines, all points to KU. If Graham is their biggest ‘con’ returning, he is a two, not a pg. He is a combo guard.
Trae said, “I want to win.” They ruled out UK. They were down to three: OU, KU, and OSU. OSU didn’t fare well at all when they discussed them. Ray mentioned that you can’t go on liking people. Ray said, “it’s a business decision…” Trae gets an ‘epiphany’ and says, “if.” If he wants to make it to the league, KU is his only option and we WIN. If you’re not afraid of some competition, you’re right a position has to be earned, nothing is a ‘lock.’ It only makes you better and more competitive. Malik Newman will back you up at point or Graham like with Mason will go to the 1 and Newman will go to the 2 when you come out for a breather. You will pick up where Mason leaves off.
Welcome to Mt Oread Mr Trae Young. Take your place in the Phog and become a legend among legends.
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@Crimsonorblue22 DG all day long! But I want both
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I know he announces tomorrow, is there a time? Will it be televised?
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I saw Jerry Meyer picked OU and Matt Scott as well, looking like OU. Never know but my guess is…KU will be ok…as always.
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Granted my opinion is based off of the idea that it looks like Young will go to OU, however I saw some highlights of his game two nights ago. They were great, Steph Curry range, I mean he shoots from distance and is good at it. Yes he is 17 or 18 or whatever but in one highlight he shot a long three and then stared at his feet to show everyone how far away he shot it from, this isn’t the first time I have seen him do that either. At that time i thought, man Self is going to have to reel him in on that stuff because that doesn’t fly at KU. I sensed he will have to do a lot of maturing in one year to play for Self and I wondered if he would fit well with KU. Now I am still hoping he picks KU and I will be super excited to have him but I did have some reservations after seeing some of his highlights recently. I do know that probably everyone of our players did dumb things like that in HS, but I guess I just didn’t see them. Either way, I hope the best for KU and that Young is happy wherever he goes, he is a great talent.
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College basketball: Oklahoma senior guard Jordan Woodard tears ACL, out for rest of season
So, he’s back next year as a redshirt? Or can he use a medical redshirt?
This may not mean much or weigh at all on Young’s decision.
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@truehawk93 to many games, done.
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He is done with college basketball.
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@Jayrawks1 sometimes he reminds me of cf, great high school shooter. What happens when a bigger stronger guard is on him? Can he guard? Does ou have a good strength and conditioning coach? He’s pretty small.
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@Jayrawks1 noon, I think at his high school.
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Remember Deandre Ayton? He was 88% KU and 12% UK and he ended up at Arizona…
