2018 Recruiting Thread
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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…
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Arizona board got an interview with Grimes. Says his top 3 is KU, Zona, Texas
Zona’s pitch is he’s their top priority. Will see how much that changes if Quinerly signs with Zona. Their other pitch to him was to play pg and sg.
Texas- says he knows Matt Coleman, home school
KU- come in and play right away.
Been mostly the same for a while. Only visit right now is to KU for Late Night. We’ll see what other’s he sets up and when, if any!
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@BeddieKU23 Well we all know that is because he saw Slater’s. Matt has no inside information.
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Thread getting very long…time to start a new one?
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Kcmatt7 said:
@BeddieKU23 Well we all know that is because he saw Slater’s. Matt has no inside information.
You know it!
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BShark said:
Grimes/Dotson/Zion would be incredible. I’ll also believe it when I see it but damn, fun to think about.
Was thinking about the same thing. Monster class if it happens
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@BeddieKU23 Although, I suppose it should make me feel better about the weight that a Slater CB pick carries…
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Kcmatt7 said:
@BeddieKU23 Although, I suppose it should make me feel better about the weight that a Slater CB pick carries…
Especially coming off an interview with him. Slater isn’t always right but is plugged in as much as anyone with connections. A duke guy switching his pick says something. Could be the recent momentum with Dotson and Zion playing together. I don’t think Zion’s camp is in any rush to decide either
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Kcmatt7 said:
@BeddieKU23 Although, I suppose it should make me feel better about the weight that a Slater CB pick carries…
Forgive my ignorance, but what does CB mean?
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mayjay said:
Kcmatt7 said:
@BeddieKU23 Although, I suppose it should make me feel better about the weight that a Slater CB pick carries…
Forgive my ignorance, but what does CB mean?
Crystal Ball
247 sports uses to forecast which players are going where. Sometimes they mean something, sometimes they don’t. This particular person CB’d Zion to KU after an interview with him. Slater is a Duke insider and is one of the few people in the AAU scene that gets information
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@BeddieKU23 Thank you. I was pretty sure they weren’t trying to remake “Convoy”. “Breaker, breaker…”
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mayjay said:
@BeddieKU23 Thank you. I was pretty sure they weren’t trying to remake “Convoy”. “Breaker, breaker…”
You now have the recruiting lingo down. Your lesson is complete!
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At point guard, from Charlotte, North Carolina…Number X… Devon Dotson.
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@BShark Just picked up another CB pick for Dotson to KU by some Arizona insider (Jason Scheer).
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@BShark Ok guy, not saying we land either one BUT if we did land one of the two which one do you feel we have the better chance of landing? - - Zion OR Romeo? - - -I say Zion. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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As you know I’ve been all in on Devon from the get go, – Now I’m throwing all 100% ballot for Emmit Williams in 2018 also, the more I see of this guy - -I mean dam, dam, dam - -we are in a dead lock with Florida right now - -I think we got a decent shot so imagine this recruiting year - - -Dotson - - -Grimes - -or one of the two, - - -Williams, & Williamson I would take that EVERY DAY, - -every day - -any day. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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RockkChalkk said:
@BShark Just picked up another CB pick for Dotson to KU by some Arizona insider (Jason Scheer).
Yup he’s a scout writer for Arizona’s board. With the merge of scout and 247 he’s able to make CB picks.
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That was after he visited Zona too, lol.
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@BeddieKU23 You would think if Quinerly heads to Zona, that would pretty much change things for Grimes as far as they are concerned. - -I couldn’t find anywhere where he said he was announcing tonight, where did we read that? - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@RockkChalkk Read this from another site talking about possible future line up for KU, said it would be insane
Moore at point, Dotson at the 2/ or hell Grimes, - - Then Williamson , - - Lawson , - -& Robinson - - -that if that turned out WOULD TRULY be Insane. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I’m pretty confident Dotson will be a Jayhawk.
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OH Lordy the sky is falling lmao, - - Big Blue Nation about ready to wet all over themselves - -OH NO Ku has now been mentioned in the hunt For Zion Sooooooo - - - -.lets start throwing out the insults, I mean there is NO WAY someone like Zion would ever begin to even possibly consider coming to a place like KU if everything is on the up & up - -I mean we are Kentucky, - -we ARE the BLUEBLOOD and we get whoever, whenever, so to say that a top notch player would even begin to consider another school when WE are involved - - - -something fishy going on - - Oh I just kill myself sometimes laughing at these morons. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Looks like it will come down to UK/KU/South Carolina for Zion.
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jayballer54 said:
OH Lordy the sky is falling lmao, - - Big Blue Nation about ready to wet all over themselves - -OH NO Ku has now been mentioned in the hunt For Zion Sooooooo - - - -.lets start throwing out the insults, I mean there is NO WAY someone like Zion would ever begin to even possibly consider coming to a place like KU if everything is on the up & up - -I mean we are Kentucky, - -we ARE the BLUEBLOOD and we get whoever, whenever, so to say that a top notch player would even begin to consider another school when WE are involved - - - -something fishy going on - - Oh I just kill myself sometimes laughing at these morons. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
KU showcases his position the best. Wiggins, Jackson, Oubre, Henry, Rush. Wings can come here and get it done.
Zion is manchild. His brand is already unlike any prospect we would have ever landed before. Wiggins had a big following but nobody has gained this much pub since Lebron who he’s most similar to in my opinion
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BShark said:
I’m pretty confident Dotson will be a Jayhawk.
I sure hope so!
Slater said its a done deal. Wow that’s great news if true
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@BeddieKU23 That’s my boy - - hope it turns out to be true too. Now if it is maybe he can talk Zion to follow him and play for us. Let Devon do some recruiting for us, - -I seriously doubt if Zion will sign early, - -I’m sure he is going to be another of this long drawn our recruitments though. ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
Looks like it will come down to UK/KU/South Carolina for Zion.
Looks like a front row seat for me here in Columbia SC. I will let y’all know if any articles come out here about ZW.
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This is what Slater said yesterday
I am, but will double-check today. The word is that JQ (Quinerly) was/is going to announce this week and Devon will very soon after getting back from a family vacation.
The staff likes Grimes a lot (in regards to UK), but Kansas is in a strong position, as of yesterday. Q will be cutting his list again to 4-5.
Today-
Question in regards to KU and Zion- No lock (Zion), but they’re excellent recruiters. Adding Dotson, who ZW encouraged to play with him in Vegas, and offering his friend/teammate D.J. James will help. Adidas will be supportive, particularly given the likelihood that Langford will end up at Louisville. Per a mutual friend, Cal is not that high on Zion anyway.
Sure thing. This one is likely to have many more ebbs and flows. As soon as Dotson was added to Zion’s team for the Adidas Summer Championships for the third live session, it seemed like more than a coincidence.
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Slater also broadcasting far and wide Williamson is not a package deal with Quickley.
“I didn’t click on that thread, but will say that if anyone knew how hard it was to get that thing done, they’d be amazed. The parents are shutting down interviews to a Very select few. One wanted me to put out there that there is no package deal with Quickley and felt that their son had been badgered into saying he had a package deal at a prior venue.”
Also he said “I was with a Western Conference Scout last night.” Never in the history of ever has Matt Scott said anything close to that connections wise. SMH
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@BeddieKU23 Hmmmm, this could get very interesting. - - Cal really not that high on Zion? - - I find that hard to believe, wonder why that is? - -If these shoe endorsements paly as big a role as some feel, then it would surely have to help. - -Maybe adding Dotson wasn’t a coindience . - -got my blood pumping. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Kcmatt7 Well Slater has legit connections, so legit in fact that he went from just Duke writer to national 247 writer. So he is as legit as they come really. So when he says Dotson to KU is done, I take it far more seriously than if Matt Scott said it.
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Dotson to KU gets me real excited, I really like everything I see about him so far. I hope KU seals the deal soon. Also, for anyone interested, I saw somewhere that he will be on national TV tonight on ESPNU at 9:00 eastern time.
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Slater came on the KU board and stated that Dotson cutting AZ is tied to the Quinerly announcement tonight. Also that he expects Dotson to be the next shoe to drop (to KU) after his family gets back from a vacation.
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Said vacation will start after the game tonight apparently.
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Oh mannnnnnnn
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OH MANNNNNNNNNNNNN
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We need an early announcement just so we can focus on other guys.
Landing both Dotson and Grimes is huge. Adding Zion is unreal. Adding Dotson, Grimes, Zion and Robinson would start the undefeated talk.
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I have a good feeling about Robinson.
LSU will have to do something drastic with their roster in order to land him. And you risk losing the lockerroom when you do that this late in the process. I would bet they are selling him on walking-on year 1 and scholarship year 2. If he clears waivers, he will play as a walk-on if he doesn’t clear waivers he will drop classes and either play overseas or hire a trainer and prep for the draft.
KU will get his mom on campus and show her the amazing facilities where her son will be spending the next two seasons. I think it happens.
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Any chance Robinson gets cleared for this season?
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@BShark I saw where Slater made several posts on the Shiver but it was all VIP so couldn’t see discussion. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@RockkChalkk I read of Zags the Jahvon was playing at 8:00 on ESPNU - -is Devon playing against him in that game? - -If so then ya he is on at 8:00
Think like others have said think it’s time to start a new thread on our recruiting page really long. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@Kcmatt7 IF IF IF IF that happened and you mix them with the SOLID transfer class Coach Self has recruited this year. Also one if not two of Garrett or Vick will return. Same with Preston and Udoka one of them will return. Lightfoot and Cunliffe will return. If Newman doesn’t project in the first round he stays too.
We would have 4 transfers and probably 5 guys from the rotation returning. So that’s 9 guys on scholarship not including the mop up guys. With the Lawson’s, Robinson, Moore, the 5 rotation guys, and a recruiting class like that I could see KU winning it all. Going undefeated would be another record (reserved for the Birthplace of Basketball) that would put Coach Self on a level above ALL other college coaches after winning his 15th straight conference title!
