Devon Dotson Commitment Quotes + Hype Thread
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BeddieKU23 said:
Love the use of not chasing the Athletic dragon. Big Dave is certainly not that. Year 2 and 3 and possibly 4 will be fun to see out of him.
Still think Carey would have been just as ideal a recruit but after Self waved the flag at Peach Jam on him for others he probably got the hint he wasn’t leaving the East Coast. I know Norm was big on him as well, going to suck seeing him in an Orange uniform playing zero defense and putting up buckets.
I wasn’t as high on Ayo due to his shooting concerns but he definitely fit the athletic guard we usually seek. Doesn’t look like even with his connection to Charlie we pursued enough and obviously we can assume that we were just in a much better position for Dotson/Grimes that we didn’t need scare them off by going hard after others…?
Maybe the staff learned from Diallo. He was super athletic but he was dead set on being OAD and didn’t have the skill/smarts to play for Self much year one. Bad combination…
Maybe a change in philosophy. SDS is plenty athletic but I don’t think he is locked into being a OAD. Especially with the way his stock fell (was top 5).
Fully believe KU could have got Carey if that’s the way the staff wanted to go. But the staff went hard elsewhere. I think he would have been a good fit as well. Dotson is a fantastic fit though and Grimes is a must take legacy with insane potential.
I’d put Ayo a shade below Dotson. Should be a fantastic multiyear player.
If certain people are to be believed including Slater, Dotson and Grimes were both pretty much worst kept secret practically committed to KU. Now Dotson actually is committed and Grimes moves up his decision timetable after visiting KU.
BeddieKU23 said:
Funny thing is KU finished 2nd for Tyus and Okafor. Imagine if Tyus was a KU guy and his brother ended up a hawk because of that connection. Seems likely it would have happened if that sequence of events years ago played out that way
Seemed like, without any inside knowledge of the situation that Tyus was really pro Duke and Okafor was big on KU but ultimately we know who won out there…
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It’s been a pleasure reading all your takes on recruiting this off season. I feel better informed this year on recruits than ever before.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Love the use of not chasing the Athletic dragon. Big Dave is certainly not that. Year 2 and 3 and possibly 4 will be fun to see out of him.
Still think Carey would have been just as ideal a recruit but after Self waved the flag at Peach Jam on him for others he probably got the hint he wasn’t leaving the East Coast. I know Norm was big on him as well, going to suck seeing him in an Orange uniform playing zero defense and putting up buckets.
I wasn’t as high on Ayo due to his shooting concerns but he definitely fit the athletic guard we usually seek. Doesn’t look like even with his connection to Charlie we pursued enough and obviously we can assume that we were just in a much better position for Dotson/Grimes that we didn’t need scare them off by going hard after others…?
Maybe the staff learned from Diallo. He was super athletic but he was dead set on being OAD and didn’t have the skill/smarts to play for Self much year one. Bad combination…
Maybe a change in philosophy. SDS is plenty athletic but I don’t think he is locked into being a OAD. Especially with the way his stock fell (was top 5).
Fully believe KU could have got Carey if that’s the way the staff wanted to go. But the staff went hard elsewhere. I think he would have been a good fit as well. Dotson is a fantastic fit though and Grimes is a must take legacy with insane potential.
I’d put Ayo a shade below Dotson. Should be a fantastic multiyear player.
If certain people are to be believed including Slater, Dotson and Grimes were both pretty much worst kept secret practically committed to KU. Now Dotson actually is committed and Grimes moves up his decision timetable after visiting KU.
BeddieKU23 said:
Funny thing is KU finished 2nd for Tyus and Okafor. Imagine if Tyus was a KU guy and his brother ended up a hawk because of that connection. Seems likely it would have happened if that sequence of events years ago played out that way
Seemed like, without any inside knowledge of the situation that Tyus was really pro Duke and Okafor was big on KU but ultimately we know who won out there…
Diallo was a case of wrong fit. I was convinced he’d be great here but the player, coach and scheme just didn’t fit and of course the NCAA screwed him out of a full season. If he ended up at Kentucky he would have been fine. Diallo does look much improved in the NBA with development and maturity. Just a case of a player that wasn’t ready to play for Bill Self- unfortunately we’ve had a slew of those bigs lately… Diallo, Cliff, Bragg.
I do think De Sousa and McCormack will be different. I don’t see the pressure on them to be OAD’s, I think both of them want to be coached instead of babied. We’ll see but I’m excited about this pair
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@BeddieKU23 Could It be that it was Bill Self who screwed up the handling of the bigs in question? More Diallo and Cliff are my belief. The handling of both is all on Bill Self in my opinion. Well documented here as we lived it.
When Self has experienced security blankets, he’ll bypass guys with much greater talent and toss out all sorts of excuses. Self recruited and chose Diallo and Cliff for his program. When you say “fit”, that implicates Self.
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Alexander was kinda coming along and also probably would have stayed for a 2nd year if he could have. I think his situation was quite different than Diallo.
I think…or at least hope…that Self has learned from what happened with Bragg already. Based on things he and Preston have said about where he will be playing on the court. Bragg just WASN’T a low post guy. Self thought he should have been because of his size and tried to force it. Bragg wasn’t even bad last year when he got to play…
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HighEliteMajor said:
@BeddieKU23 Could It be that it was Bill Self who screwed up the handling of the bigs in question? More Diallo and Cliff are my belief. The handling of both is all on Bill Self in my opinion. Well documented here as we lived it.
When Self has experienced security blankets, he’ll bypass guys with much greater talent and toss out all sorts of excuses. Self recruited and chose Diallo and Cliff for his program. When you say “fit”, that implicates Self.
I absolutely agree. I think he definitely screwed up with both of them.
We obviously can’t change the past and we have talked about these players a ton over the years so is there a solution that Self will take to how he approaches using De Sousa and McCormack? There is a chance both come in and are not forced to be starters. Lawson (if here) and Azubuike could be the front line next season which ideally would allow both big men to become rotation pieces and develop behind guys that already know what is expected from Self. Any thought?
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I thought Alexander was coming on strong. He finally looked like he was figuring it out and was reported to be the best player in practice about the time he got shut down. Year two would’ve been nice, but his family screwed him out of that not Bill Self.
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BShark said:
If certain people are to be believed including Slater, Dotson and Grimes were both pretty much worst kept secret practically committed to KU. Now Dotson actually is committed and Grimes moves up his decision timetable after visiting KU.
Where did you see this? I didn’t catch that story anywhere, would love to read up on this tidbit if you have a link or something. Thanks.
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RockkChalkk said:
BShark said:
If certain people are to be believed including Slater, Dotson and Grimes were both pretty much worst kept secret practically committed to KU. Now Dotson actually is committed and Grimes moves up his decision timetable after visiting KU.
Where did you see this? I didn’t catch that story anywhere, would love to read up on this tidbit if you have a link or something. Thanks.
Article on Kansas 247 site.
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BShark said:
RockkChalkk said:
BShark said:
If certain people are to be believed including Slater, Dotson and Grimes were both pretty much worst kept secret practically committed to KU. Now Dotson actually is committed and Grimes moves up his decision timetable after visiting KU.
Where did you see this? I didn’t catch that story anywhere, would love to read up on this tidbit if you have a link or something. Thanks.
Article on Kansas 247 site.
Bah, I don’t have access. What is his new timeline?
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RockkChalkk said:
BShark said:
RockkChalkk said:
BShark said:
If certain people are to be believed including Slater, Dotson and Grimes were both pretty much worst kept secret practically committed to KU. Now Dotson actually is committed and Grimes moves up his decision timetable after visiting KU.
Where did you see this? I didn’t catch that story anywhere, would love to read up on this tidbit if you have a link or something. Thanks.
Article on Kansas 247 site.
Bah, I don’t have access. What is his new timeline?
“We want to announce before the end of the year [2017],” said Stelly about their decision timeline. Stelly is his mother
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Bill Self on Devon Dotson: “We recruited three or four lead guards in the country this past year knowing all the perimeter players that we’ll be losing,” Self said. "We felt like Devon had the highest ceiling of the guys that we were recruiting. # kubball
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“He can make plays for others but he also has plenty of explosiveness that he can make plays for himself,” Self said. “And even though they are different type players, in some ways he will remind people of Frank (Mason) because of his ability to get into the lane and make plays for himself and make plays for others.”
Dotson averaged 24.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists last season at Providence Day School. KU assistant coach Norm Roberts was his primary recruiter.
Self lauded Dotson’s size while also reiterating that he projected as “one of the most explosive guards we’ve had since I have been here at Kansas.”
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Aside from being named to the all-tournament team, Dotson was awarded the “Most Spectacular Player” of the China-USA Youth Basketball Specular, which was given to the player that, not only made a lasting impression on the court but one that held himself to an even higher standard off the court.
More here: https://kansas.rivals.com/news/back-from-china-devon-dotson-talks-about-overseas-experience
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Watched the feed.
Devin is smooth, shifty, good body control in the air, and has a nice touch inside and out, but he releases his J low and he has no left hand.
I’m not sure even Self can mask no left hand on a point guard.
He will struggle in D1 unless/until he gets one.
Some guys can learn to dribble and lay up off hand, but others not.
Hope he is one that can.
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BShark said:
Aside from being named to the all-tournament team, Dotson was awarded the “Most Spectacular Player” of the China-USA Youth Basketball Specular, which was given to the player that, not only made a lasting impression on the court but one that held himself to an even higher standard off the court.
So he’s nothing like the Ball kid?
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dylans said:
BShark said:
Aside from being named to the all-tournament team, Dotson was awarded the “Most Spectacular Player” of the China-USA Youth Basketball Specular, which was given to the player that, not only made a lasting impression on the court but one that held himself to an even higher standard off the court.
So he’s nothing like the Ball kid?
Ha, speaking of the Ball kid - he sweet little sticky fingers brother said in an interview that he really wasn’t sincere in his thanks to President Trump. - Said if UCLA hadn’t pretty much told him he needed to say something giving Trump thanks - he wouldn’t of said anything about it - -hmmm the big question here is - -why does that not surprise me lmao. - So ya Devon is like night and day from the Ball mess lmao. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Yeah, Devon is a really good kid. He will represent the program well.
@jaybate-1-0 There will be growing pains but he is going to end up a top 20 recruit, likely across all the ranking services. His jump shot is definitely the biggest issue at this point.
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@BShark With Dotson’s shooting issues, it’s a good thing we’ll be playing big/conventional next season. We may slide back to the days of low three point rates. But I think Self will incorporate his more tolerant approach, with (hopefully) a large helping of high/low.
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He’s a much better shooter then garrett was at this same stage. He is a relentless attacker, we will love that about him
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@HighEliteMajor Yeah, next year will definitely be more of a return to classic Self ball. We’ve been spoiled with great shooting lately. Next year the team might struggle to have a single player over 40% from three. It totally depends on if Vick stays or if KU adds Romeo. Certainly I expect a lot of the three point looks next year to be a bit more open due to non-shooters plus having a lot of talent inside. I’m expecting the offense to run through Dedric a lot.
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