Trae Young
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I’m just not comfortable with all this coveting of another man’s property. Let us not worship this young phenom any more.
If we MUST talk about him, let’s talk about his down side.
He’s too pretty. He probably is mean to dogs and little kids. He doesn’t donate his spare change to McDonald’s “gimmee tray”. Probably never has donated to the red cross or gone on a mission trip. Probably only brushes his teeth once a day. If that. And doesn’t floss.
I don’t even have to type it all out any more - I’ll just say @jaybate-1-0 disclaimer and y’all know what i mean.
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@nuleafjhawk I’ll take Frank any day of the week.
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@nuleafjhawk Oh, I thought you were talking about Jaybate!
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@KUSTEVE Best comment yet … I’ll take Frank period.
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@jayballer54 Buddy Hield was not this good as a freshman. Trae Young is a special talent with an incredibly high ceiling and is coming into college much further along in his development than Hield was.
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Texas Hawk 10 said:
@jayballer54 Buddy Hield was not this good as a freshman. Trae Young is a special talent with an incredibly high ceiling and is coming into college much further along in his development than Hield was.
Pretty close to the same supporting cast as what Buddy had - -actually think Buddy had a little better cast. - -TRAE Young is not going to beat you by himself - the objective with him just like other talented players - -sure they may get their points that’s great knock yourself out. just don’t let others have career nights.
Trae will not beat us by himself he may try. I’m not overly concerned We have run across many super stars just as good as Trae
To name a few: Blake Griffin , Buddy Hield , Kevin Durant, Steph Curry - Great players - didn’t beat us, let Trae do his thing , I guess I have to say it again, I’ve seen Trae already make some bone headed plays, it’s just that the competition hasn’t been the greatest - -In Big 12 play against other talented teams - it’s gonna cost him and OU, he will launch one of those half court shots, - try to get to fancy with a pass at a critical time. I’m not saying he isn’t good, all I’m saying is let’s play it out se how OU as a team fares in Big 12 play.
I’ll always take really good TEAM talent over ONE. - Doesn’t matter how good you are those aren’t very good odds one on five.
Your right Buddy wasn’t , but Buddy developed into a hell of a player, seemed to do just fine- -last time I checked pretty sure Buddy is in the league now. - -Buddy took3-4 years to get to where he is - - -Still didn’t beat KU. - - -Trae may be a Freshman stud - -we aren’t going to play Trae 4 years - we play him as a Freshman, a freshman is a freshman, bring him in to a important road game say like at the phog, lets saying Championship riding on the game - let’s see how he handles that kind of environment -still a freshman, Buddy was there four years great player - Still didn’t beat KU, we will see how the conference plays out with Trae against other upper class very talented guards. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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He has a fear of birds, so he’s afraid of a Jay-Hawk
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Trae is proof what a single freshman can bring to a team.
I believe he is much better than Steph Curry in his freshman year. Not even close.
And at OU, all they can say now is… “Buddy who?”
If we don’t approach our games with OU correctly, and really put in side work to tweak our strategy to Trae, we are dead meat. Trae will cut through our guards like butter, drawing fouls all the way through to the rim.
The old idea that one guy can’t beat us better not be our strategy. Why is that? Because Trae gets his points… while also getting his assists.
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One won’t, but two can. I.e. Purdue - Big Dog Glen Robinson and mother loving s@$&! Cunzo Martin can.
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Young doesn’t want to beat you by himself. He’s averaging 28 points and 10 assists. He’s not monopolizing the action. On any given night, he’s worth about 50 points when you count how he sets up his teammates. That’s a huge factor in any game. That’s why he can keep his team in any game.
He was worth over 50 against Wichita State, when you account for the fact that some of his assists were on threes. That’s why OU is averaging a nationally leading 94 points a night. Young gives you 50 or better by himself, everyone else can account for 40-something. And with the gravity his shooting creates, guys like Christian James and Brady Manek have better looks at shots (James shooting 49% from the field this year vs. 36% last season - bet he understands what a difference playing with a great PG makes). Manek has an easy transition to college and is tossing in 11 and 5 while shooting over 50%. Kadeem Lattin also benefits, averaging a career best 9 and 8 on 59% shooting (shot 56% playing with Hield, then down to 52% last year without a good PG due to injury).
That’s four guys that are playing at a really high level, two of whom have taken huge steps forward this year after disappointing seasons a year ago. All of that traces to Young. He has actually made Lattin and James better (or more accurately, gotten their best out of them).
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@drgnslayr we all know its going to be the same thing as it always is. Our guards will give actual effort into defense for a few possessions or minutes, then act like they don’t care about it for the rest of the game. Trae will slice and dice, making our guards look inept, followed by little or no adjustment from the court or from the sideline. Like clockwork and will remain this way until the tournament when our guys care about effort and energy defensively.
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@jayballer54 I don’t think Blake ever got to play against KU.
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wrwlumpy said:
@jayballer54 I don’t think Blake ever got to play against KU.
Yes I think your right , he was hurt I believe both times - -my bad. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Trae and OU are on ESPN2 vs Big 10 Northwestern at 6pm tonight.
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@wrwlumpy Just turned on the game - 72-40 OU less than 2 minutes into the 2nd half - against a decent NW team…
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DCHawker said:
@wrwlumpy Just turned on the game - 72-40 OU less than 2 minutes into the 2nd half - against a decent NW team…
TCU kicked the hell out of Northwestern, their best player is out tonight. - - he has a concussion. - - maybe it was Texas tech, one of the two - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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8 3’s and 12 assists.
To say he’s the one that got away is an understatement of the yr
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@jayballer54 Ya Texas Tech beat them by 36. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BeddieKU23 said:
8 3’s and 12 assists.
To say he’s the one that got away is an understatement of the yr
Our boy Dakich said that Trae young said early in his recruitment that he thought he was headed to Kentucky. - But he wasn’t ready to commit & then Kentucky went another way - & Trae went his. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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He’s so full of crap
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He may have ultimately always been destined to stay home but bill self recruited him for years and we were his runner up. I’d believe a shoebox on the side of the road before I believed dakitch had recruiting information worth listening to
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@BeddieKU23 is that an original?
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LOL Dakich
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This may have been a giant miss for Kansas. It will be a good topic to revisit midway through the big 12 season after coaches like Bill Self and Huggins have tried to expose him and see if they can show how to defend him. He might just be the next best thing from the Big 12 since KD and have his way all year.
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“I want to break Kansas’ [Big 12 title] streak,” Young said then. “It’s not going to be easy, by any means, but that’s something that I’m going to be hard on all year. If I would have [gone] to Kansas, I would have been a little bit different, but I wanted to break that streak. That’s my goal. We’re gonna do it. I have all faith in God that that’s what his plan is.” With a week to go before Big 12 play commences, nothing about his plan sounds crazy”, writes Myron Medcalf.
Gods gift to all of us…in his own mind.
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“I want to break Kansas’ [Big 12 title] streak,” Young said then. “It’s not going to be easy, by any means, but that’s something that I’m going to be hard on all year. If I would have [gone] to Kansas, I would have been a little bit different, but I wanted to break that streak. That’s my goal. We’re gonna do it. I have all faith in God that that’s what his plan is.”
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…and Durant is 0-2 against KU.
