2018 Recruiting Thread
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Grimes will Official for Late Night and hopefully come back for a game in November!
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@BeddieKU23 That’s great news I would have to feel from a KU vantage point right? - - Wouldn’t you think? - -I truly believe the way things are looking, the feel I’m getting if we can just get Grimes & Dotson both on Campus see and feel the environment I would have to really like our chances right? - -Especially late night, as we know the place is nuts - -recent recruits have all talked about how crazy the fans are - the environment - -how loud it gets.
I was reading off the Arizona board and there are posters there that feel Grimes is coming to KU to go along with Dotson hope that turns out right - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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The biggest disadvantage to him coming in for Late Night is the staff won’t be able to spend as much time with him as they would if he came on a different weekend. I’m sure they will prioritize him among the group that comes and Late Night figures to give him plenty of opportunity to get a feel for how crazy it gets etc. Late Night is hit or miss with some. Hopefully it pays off.
If he officials and then visits for a game the following month that could be a telling sign. I don’t get the sense from any of his interviews that he is in a rush to decide and I can see him not signing in November and waiting until the spring. Where will KU’s visit fall in his other visit plans? 1st?Last Visit? etc.
I think Dotson will decide before him and if Dotson jumps on board first we could become more of an option, or less of an option if he feels the back-court is too crowded. I think Self has done a great job selling both of them on playing time and the type of offense where both can co-exist. Grimes is capable of running the PG position but his size leans more to playing the off-guard position (Newman’s current place).
I’m excited that KU is in a really good position with 2 very talented guards. Usually KU is trying to make up ground but in this case I think we have had an edge at every step of the way for both. Landing 1 is a must, 2 is putting next years squad with a leg up on the Big-12 yet again
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jayballer54 said:
I was reading off the Arizona board and there are posters there that feel Grimes is coming to KU to go along with Dotson hope that turns out right - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Just about everyone thinks Grimes will end up at KU. Even some UK people were not wanting Cal to bother. It would be a huge upset if he didn’t pick KU. That said…we saw a case of that last year and no one knows 100% what is going on behind the scenes.
It’s possible that his unofficial game visit will be as a commit.
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The best part about Grimes and Dotson is neither likely projects as OAD but both are still very good. Those are the kinds of players you really want to prioritize imo.
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@BeddieKU23 True, I read where the late night visit is going to in-official , which tells me that he is truly interestedfor sure, if he going to use his own expense coming then great - -like you say get back again for an official during a regular game - -I’m feeling good with these two. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Grimes has been on KU’s campus on his own dime already. Staff needs to close here.
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@BShark That maybe true, BUT the article from the phog says he will visit late night on an un-official - -so if he has already been here before, and is coming for late night on his own dime - - again then if he officials later then ya he better close
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Late night is the ov now. Per multiple reports.
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On the phog they are saying Robinson is visiting this weekend???
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
On the phog they are saying Robinson is visiting this weekend???
Ok, so I have a question. I feel it’s a legit question, some may think it’s a crazy question. it’s ok. The question is, if this guy wanted to commit to Kansas, would we want him? - - -Not eligible till 2019, has to sit a year for transfer.
Remember, we have a decent chance landing Williams which is ranked 18th in the class of 2018 and who knows may go up some, - -We have the Lawson’s Next year, - - -Then we also have Robinson-[Earle good possibility in 2019. - -so do we want this kid? - -Heard he might and I say might be kind of a sore - -getting along with team mates and such - kind of selfish - -Sooooooo? yes or no? - If he were eligible this season, I might be more inclined to take him, just not sure if he is worth the risk for the team - -might be wrong. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Yes. Take him in a heartbeat @jayballer54 Try for a waiver, if not granted, well he probably starts at C for KU next year…
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Williams is a PF. Gonna be tough to pull him with Dedric already on board anyway.
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Something to keep in mind with Robinson is the 2018 class is very weak for quality bigs. If Bagley reclassifies then Robinson would be the #1 big in the 18 class if he was in it. So even if he does have to sit, he would be a good addition imo.
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wow this is crazy news
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But if he’s not eligible this season I wouldn’t count on the kid being here long enough to play the following year. There’s a big mess around this kid and the people around him. Character should count and there’s no reason to believe he wouldn’t Whitman us and bail
He’s a fantastic talent. Definitely the highest risk/reward factor we may have ever gotten involved with
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WHOA.
Slater just Cb’d Zion to KU. He doesn’t make these picks without inside information.
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@BeddieKU23 Nice! He does play on the Adidas circuit and has said he likes playing with Dotson a lot and that they have discussed going to the same school.
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BeddieKU23 said:
WHOA.
Slater just Cb’d Zion to KU. He doesn’t make these picks without inside information.
Whoaaaa, wouldn’t that be crazy, I too have read about how he liked playing with Dotson, I’ll try and keep things in check BUT even the remote possibility just made me tingle just a little bit lol. - - I mean that deserves a JUMPIN - - -GEE - - HOSSA - - FAYS - - -sorry, got carried away. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 KU has always been in there pretty deep with Zion. Doesn’t hurt that he’s been playing with Dotson, that’s for sure.
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RockkChalkk said:
@BeddieKU23 Nice! He does play on the Adidas circuit and has said he likes playing with Dotson a lot and that they have discussed going to the same school.
Good point you made. That is potentially a very good thing Dotson and Zion played together. He also has said he would like to play with Quickley who’s a Kentucky lock. We’ll see, we’d hope Adidas has some pull here as it doesn’t ever seem to be the case unlike with Nike’s influence. We’ll see if Slater has some good info (which he generally does).
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Ok, now I’m dreaming a little - -but it makes me drool the thought even the remote possibility but hey that’s what dreams are for right. - -How about this for a recruiting year for 18 - - - Grimes, Dotson, Williamson & Williams I could go for that - - Williamson - SF - - - Williams - PF - - then having Dotson & Grimes - -Grimes at the 2 - - & Dotson at PG - -I would take that in a minute lol - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Oh and this CB change, it comes on the heels of Slater doing a lengthy interview with Zion.
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5-Star transfer Mitchell Robinson just put a picture of him in a Kansas jersey on his Snapchat story. A sign that KU may be involved?
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Now if we land him our 2018 starting line up will feature 4 transfers! Moore, Lawson X2, and Robinson? All with a rs season in the system. Plug in Vick, Garrett and our starting line up looks Solid. That doesn’t even account for anyone like Zion or if one of our bigs stick around for another year? We could be absolutely loaded for 2018!
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Any way we could get a waiver on Mitchell so he could play right away?
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KUSTEVE said:
Any way we could get a waiver on Mitchell so he could play right away? That would be nice buddy , BUT it sounds like that would be highly unlikely, more chance that he would have to sit. – -ROCK CHALK ALL ADY LONG BABY
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@BShark Is Slater’s interview with Williamson viewable anywhere? - - - or is it in the interview where he is talking more about the possibility of him and Dotson being a package deal? - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@KUSTEVE I do not think Robinson has a chance of playing this year. It sets a dangerous precedence. Only way out is if he plays the card that he went to WKU because of his God Father or whatever and then he left and Robinson wanted out but was already stuck due to his LOI.
NCAA can’t let him just leave and play somewhere else. Imagine how many kids would switch schools after the first time coach yelled at them… He will have to come up with one hell of an argument.
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@BeddieKU23 Once he transfers he is stuck there unless he goes pro basically. NCAA only grants you one transfer, or two if you become a grad transfer. So unless Robinson wants to go play pro ball overseas or sit out and enter next years draft he will be stuck wherever it is he transfers to. I think that is a major reason Bill takes these guys.
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If Coach Self lands this guy he has basically started a new 5 star transfer pipeline lol. Newman, Lawson, and Robinson. Basically three 5 star guys in the last 2 years. If he lands this one and he stays 2 years we will have a heck of a 2018-2019 team!
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After reading Slater’s interview, seems like Adidas is making a push on him. Good to hear Arizona dropped out of the race. UNC doesn’t sound like they are in real contention.
I think it comes down to Duke, KU and UCLA. If we can convince Dotson to come to KU we might get the edge on him.
Langford is the same. I think Adidas made a hard push on him. Down to KU, IU and UL basically.
I think we land one of those two now that I see Adidas making moves.
At this point, if Self doesn’t land 3 studs I am going to be very very disappointed. Between Langford, Dotson, Grimes, Williamson and Barrett we need to land 3 guys. Next year’s team has amazing depth and will have solid veteran college basketball players. But what we will need desperately is some playmaking on the offensive end.
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Now that we seem like w might be getting some love, with Zion, it will be huge to get him on campus for an official visit. - -If we could get him here say with Devon for a visit possible late night, couldn’t ask for more. - -Gives a chance, at least it’s a chance, even the field, let him check out the dorms, the facilities, the overall atmosphere, the environment - -can’t hurt for sure. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Kcmatt7 said:
@BeddieKU23 Once he transfers he is stuck there unless he goes pro basically. NCAA only grants you one transfer, or two if you become a grad transfer. So unless Robinson wants to go play pro ball overseas or sit out and enter next years draft he will be stuck wherever it is he transfers to. I think that is a major reason Bill takes these guys.
There isn’t anything stopping Robinson from going pro after this year if he has to sit. He will have met the minimum requirement. Whether the NBA will want him or not is a different story.
Character should mean something when going after this guy. The first impression he has made in College is not a good one. Yes he’s a young kid, mistakes happen, kids change their minds. I know Self wants to have the most talented players out there but this one comes with a lot of red flags and questions.
I personally think he ends up at LSU. Kind of a Newman situation where he choose the wrong school first time around because of outside pressure
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@BeddieKU23 Self would approach him like he did Newman and make it clear if he comes to Kansas its a 2 year ordeal if he the NCAA doesn’t clear him to play this year.
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There were a lot of guys on this very board that said Newman would bold after sitting out last year. That didn’t happen because Self explained to him and his family that he would mess up recruiting. It all worked out so far.
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Statmachine said:
@BeddieKU23 Self would approach him like he did Newman and make it clear if he comes to Kansas its a 2 year ordeal if he the NCAA doesn’t clear him to play this year.
I’m sure he would but would he really honor it? There is nothing but his word to hold that true.
Robinson has already bailed on one team and didn’t even have the courtesy to tell his team or coach he was leaving. He left in the middle of the night like a chicken.
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Statmachine said:
There were a lot of guys on this very board that said Newman would bold after sitting out last year. That didn’t happen because Self explained to him and his family that he would mess up recruiting. It all worked out so far.
Yes the concerns for Newman were valid. He didn’t go against his word.
This situation with Robinson is different.
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It might be different but it will be approached in the same manner.
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One of Zion or Langford and I won’t complain about Adidas for awhile. Assuming we also get Grimes.
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Quinerly is announcing tonight between Nova and Zona. I hope it’s Zona and also LOL guess he isn’t taking that KU courtesy visit.
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BeddieKU23 said:
Statmachine said:
There were a lot of guys on this very board that said Newman would bold after sitting out last year. That didn’t happen because Self explained to him and his family that he would mess up recruiting. It all worked out so far.
Yes the concerns for Newman were valid. He didn’t go against his word.
This situation with Robinson is different.
I agree, it’s a risk. If KU was extremely well positioned with a top 2018 C I’m not sure it would be a risk worth taking. However I think this could end up working out and KU isn’t greatly positioned with a top C. Robinson is way better than McCormack who might end up at Okie Lite anyway.
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BShark said:
Quinerly is announcing tonight between Nova and Zona. I hope it’s Zona and also LOL guess he isn’t taking that KU courtesy visit.
I hope its Zona as well but the recent chatter had been Nova. Did he visit Nova recently?
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His last logged visit was Zona, but you know how that is. He could have been in to Nova unofficially.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Statmachine said:
There were a lot of guys on this very board that said Newman would bold after sitting out last year. That didn’t happen because Self explained to him and his family that he would mess up recruiting. It all worked out so far.
Yes the concerns for Newman were valid. He didn’t go against his word.
This situation with Robinson is different.
I agree, it’s a risk. If KU was extremely well positioned with a top 2018 C I’m not sure it would be a risk worth taking. However I think this could end up working out and KU isn’t greatly positioned with a top C. Robinson is way better than McCormack who might end up at Okie Lite anyway.
I think its a huge risk. Newman just wanted to get to the NBA and his year at Miss St just completely backfired. We’re seeing how talented the kid is now. Malik bought into a 2nd chance and his father made sure he followed through with it.
With Robinson we have all this stuff about his mother having no control and the Godfather and other outside influences pulling the strings. If that stuff is true and most of it seems to be, then we are talking about a fragile situation. His coach alluded to accountability and taking care of himself in his exit. We can read between the lines there to know it was the “nice thing to say”. On paper Robinson is a great fit at KU. Everything else is a mess. I trust our coach would take precaution here deciding if he’s worth it.
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@BeddieKU23 I think you take your shot on someone with talent and backed into a corner like Robinson is. NBA teams wouldn’t want to take a shot on someone who you basically just said could quit at any second and was a team cancer and is unreliable, etc.
So now you have an uber-talented kid who really has nowhere to go and has motivation to prove himself. Not to mention that sitting an entire season while going through demoralizing practices is definitely one way to make a kid with ego problems more humble.
I’m going to spin it as we have the chance to have a motivated, 2nd year 5-star footer. And I would take that all day long.
Now odds are he does end up at LSU, but staff should be selling the hell out of coming here and getting PT.
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@BShark Agreed. They gave us JJ and Wigs. But we should seriously be landing a top 10 guy every single season. Adidas should buy us a player every single season. With that being said, if we land 1 of those two I agree I will back off of them for a couple of seasons. If they get us both, I’ll just stop entirely.
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Grimes/Dotson/Zion would be incredible. I’ll also believe it when I see it but damn, fun to think about.
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Matt with his CB for Zion to KU as well.
Another player Dontarius James, unranked SF just got a CB to KU as well. His page says KU offered yesterday. His list of offers isn’t impressive…
