2019 Recruiting
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Interesting stuff on this commitment from Ryan on the Phog. Worth reading, it’s in the recruiting thread.
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Going to end up being a steal, like Ochai. Long term could work out great.
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Samuell Williamson will be announcing his college choice tonight at 6 p.m. Central Time
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Oh wouldn’t this being crazy
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BShark said:
JayHawkFanToo said:
Yes. His older brother Parker had several P5 offers, including Arizona , and chose to be a walk on at MU; he is a pretty good player as well. Their mom, Lisa Sambothe (sp?) and I believe other relatives played ball at MU.
Let’s not go too crazy. He didn’t turn down a full ride at Arizona to walk-on at MU. He did do that to Illinois though, which is hilarious.
Yes, he did and also Illinois LSU, Ole Miss and Nebraska.
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@JayHawkFanToo lol
If you choose to believe that I can’t stop you.
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It’s seems like is gonna be Louisville for Williamson
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Oh well. Still depth for days on the wings with this add.
- KJ
- Garrett
- Ochai
- Braun
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Andre Rafus had a “KU offer”.
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JAYHAWKFAN214 said:
It’s seems like is gonna be Louisville for Williamson
Yep!
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BShark said:
@JayHawkFanToo lol
If you choose to believe that I can’t stop you.
SBNation is a respectable publication, Here is one from Fan Side and another from Rivals and yet another from Arizona…
I saw him play a couple of time and he is a pretty good defensive player with an outside shot. I was impressed.
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If Missouri didn’t have a scholarship for him, Arizona probably didn’t either. They probably passed but schools never put that out there. Like when KU moved on from Jacobs, they let him say he was de-committing and re-opening his recruitment.
I could list tons more examples of guys that reported a KU offer but couldn’t commit. Rafus ended up at Eastern Michigan btw.
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BShark said:
JAYHAWKFAN214 said:
It’s seems like is gonna be Louisville for Williamson
Yep!
Dam what a crazy 24 hours. - I would still love to know if it was the case I would love to know what Coach Self or staff said or done to turn Williamson sour on them that fast and that much. - -Did Braun announce he is coming? - -I saw like 3 CB’S just a few minutes ago. - -I bet he jumps some in the rankings some if that’s the case just because he verbaled to KU
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@jayballer73 Braun verballed to Self last night and made it official today.
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I’ve heard rumors about what went down but nothing I’m willing to say publicly yet.
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@FarmerJayhawk is it bad for us?
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Ehhh not really.
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Watching both of them there are definitely merits to Braun over Williamson. This isn’t so clear cut as Williamson is ranked x spots higher. Braun could develop into a nice player. He is a wing with PG skills. Wasn’t a KU level guy as a PG but as a wing that changes a lot.
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MOKAN players do not favor KU; this is a good development.
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BShark said:
If Missouri didn’t have a scholarship for him, Arizona probably didn’t either. They probably passed but schools never put that out there. Like when KU moved on from Jacobs, they let him say he was de-committing and re-opening his recruitment.
I could list tons more examples of guys that reported a KU offer but couldn’t commit. Rafus ended up at Eastern Michigan btw.
From the Arizona story I cited above…
"The Wildcats offered Braun in April and it appears their recruitment will take another step forward, as Braun told 247Sports that he plans to take an official visit to Arizona after the dead period ends this week."
"If Arizona fails to land Braun, it may roll over its last 2018 scholarship to 2019 since there aren’t many other players left on the market. Arizona’s 2018 recruiting class currently ranks 21st in the country."
Again, I cited several sources but you are also free to disagree.
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I like him. I think he’s smart enough to know he’s not going to get alot of playing time at first, but he will grow into a real good 4 year guy, imo. The kid can flat shoot the ball.
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Here’s a real good video that shows what he can do:
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The kid is still growing too. There’s a good chance he’ll end up anywhere from 6’7 to 6’9
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FarmerJayhawk said:
The kid is still growing too. There’s a good chance he’ll end up anywhere from 6’7 to 6’9
Yeah if he gets to 6’7’’ or taller just fuhgeddaboutit.
Also: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2018/sep/17/christian-braun-commitment/
Dude is has some nasty to his game.
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It appears Hudy will work wonders with him over the next years…
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KUSTEVE said:
I like him. I think he’s smart enough to know he’s not going to get alot of playing time at first, but he will grow into a real good 4 year guy, imo. The kid can flat shoot the ball.
Yeah and he is more than just a shooter. He can take it to the hole. Tenacious on the boards too.
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He hits 6’9 and he all of a sudden becomes a freak stretch 4
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BVNW games gonna be sold out.
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Ok , the Braun kid is ok. I’m going to be the bad guy and be a little harder sell to convince right now. - Think it’s a blow we lost Williamson , would still like to know WTF happened there? I mean how do you go from being a kids dream school - -mom went here - -brother went here - - -plus other advantages - and a certain lock to Louisville in a matter of what? - -2 days?
Have yet to see really elevation on a lot of his jumpers - well suppose to be . he may be able to get away shooting set shoots in high school that’s not cutting it in College, he is not going to get those kid of looks - defense going to be a lot stiffer an in your face defense by some guys I know it sounds like I hate the guy , that’s not it - I mean I’m glad he committed - -good 4 yr player but a step down from Williamson - -not nearly as athletic -like I said I’m just gonna have to have more of that wait and see how he does. – ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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His one year older brother Parker is 6’8ish but I believe Christian is pretty much done growing and he is as tall as he will get; maybe one more inch but no more than that.
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@JayHawkFanToo have you seen his X-rays?
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@jayballer73 Braun was a take independent from Williamson’s decision.
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More on Braun: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article218554050.html
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
@JayHawkFanToo have you seen his X-rays?
️How and why in the world would I have access to his x-rays?
He has been listed at the same height for the last two season (Jr. and Sr.) so all signs appear to indicate that he has stopped growing. This is just my opinion and by no means a fact and I did not presented it as such either.
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@JayHawkFanToo He’s starting to get listed at 6’6, up from 6’4 the previous season.
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For those that care about the rest of the league: KSU could get a commitment from DJ Thorpe. A 3-4* C out of Austin, Texas. A nice player and he would be a great signing for just about any team in the league outside of KU. SMU is the other player for him.
Also, the Big 12 is the first league that has every team with a player committed for 2019 with Braun popping for KU. Meaningless but kinda cool.
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Ha ha
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Louisville, Arizona and USC all cruisin. It’s almost like the FBI thing didn’t matter at all. Lol.
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@BShark So, it appears that, between Braun and Williamson, we took the first one to commit? At that point, Williamson then went to LVille?
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Hawk8086 said:
@BShark So, it appears that, between Braun and Williamson, we took the first one to commit? At that point, Williamson then went to LVille?
I am not so sure. I think I’ve heard the same rumor @FarmerJayhawk was talking about earlier. If it’s true, the staff wanted Braun anyway, as a long term player that probably won’t get minutes next season but can develop. And look for KU to make a big push for Cassius Stanley.
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when you look at USC’s roster for next yr Stanley would be flat out STUPID to go there if he wants an opportunity to play early.
KU really has a chance to hit that visit out of the park!
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@BeddieKU23 Agree. They were in the mix for Boogie Ellis too but they have loaded up. I don’t think Ellis is even going to visit USC. Hopefully Oregon can get Ellis.
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BeddieKU23 said:
when you look at USC’s roster for next yr Stanley would be flat out STUPID to go there if he wants an opportunity to play early.
KU really has a chance to hit that visit out of the park!
Let’s hope so my friend. - -Let’s hope so. He is attending late night right? - - there is their chance really sell him right then and there give a 1000% to him would be a nice commit. I’m not so sure about reality , however I’ve heard we might be in better shape then I thought. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 KU is currently Stanley’s only scheduled OV. I would think he visits Oregon too though.
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I’ll lose my lunch if we land him. Was not expecting we had a chance…
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Was reading some of the comments from Williamson last night after his commitment - -kind of interesting /intriguing . some even I thought was humorous in comparison with KU.
He says he built a better relationship with Coach Mack then any other head Coach recruiting me. ( that means even his dream school’s head coach0 REALLY? He won’t let me fail when it comes to reaching my dream. ( what Coach would ) if you truly have that capability ?
This was REALLY interesting : Louisville fan base was also a deciding factor - - - ALWAYS wanted to play at a basketball school with rich tradition. - -hmmm what the hell is KU ? chopped liver AND fanbase? - get that crap out of here. KU sure the hell no football school. - not yet anyways lol.
Then here comes the stroking - tell the kid EXACTLY what he wants to hear. - - They said I can come in and make an impact right away, hell you could of done that here too. - -Thing is I get the impression he wanted to start , I don’t think that would be happening at KU. but could still make a big impact. that was important to him. - Also wanted to pick a school where he could compete for a National Championship – HUH , guess KU NEVER competes for a National Championship huh - -ya right.
Oh yes of course they do – Significant role as a freshman/ again same here - - - Ahh here we go All ACC rookie team/ Freshman of the year player, well good luck - he is a good player but w shall see got some pretty good competition for that. - interesting comments to say the least. Well like I have said before we were fine before a certain player came here - -we will be fine after if they don’t - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BeddieKU23 - - me neither , but hey we at least have got him to commit to a visit, that gives us a chance even if it is a slight chance - - it’s a chance , I don’t see a fat lady yet - so gives me some hope lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 Simmer my friend, simmer. I like his game but Sam would have maybe played 10 minutes a game next year and possibly struggled to ever start because he is very passive as a player. Which generally is not a trait that finds success under Self. Seems to me like the staff pivoted and quit recruiting him as hard. Just because a kid has strong KU ties doesn’t make them an automatic take. Bossi was mentioning the other day that KU put themselves more or less out of the picture in Sam’s recruitment.
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Well you don’t get this every day, Braun going on a podcast with Matt Tait to talk about his commitment to KU.
@BeddieKU23 @Kcmatt7 @Crimsonorblue22 @justanotherfan @FarmerJayhawk @KUSTEVE
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@BShark I’m still going more with the Story that Coach P - - - - - hi s mom off more then KU put themselves out of the picture - will ya that would of put them out of the picture for sure BUT I just found interesting some of these comments which just also pretty much solidifies getting mom all worked up. I don’t think it was as much KU quit recruiting as Mom sayin were done - cause these statements that he makes - just doesn’t add up if something didn’t happen - you don’t go from practically a sure cinch lock to being eliminated in a 24-48 hour period without something going down.
Mack didn’t overwhelm him THAT MUCH with His Coaching sell -Like I said we were fine before he came - were fine with him not - -just interesting that’s all I’m getting at. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
