This Game Will Start Eventually I Guess - Game Thread
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Dedric remind me of Perry, neither is athletic or flashy but both are skillful and do their work very quietly and when you think they are having sub-par games you look at the numbers and they are surprisingly very good. I like it.
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@Kcmatt7 Dotson is the best freshman I’ve ever seen in acclimating to the game on the spot. Running the team like he’s been there 4 years. He might be the most underrated 5 star recruit in history. This guy is doing things that Senior Frank did. He has the absolute perfect game for our team. Now, I’m sure WVU and Nova will try to speed him up, and get him out of rhythm, but I think he’ll pass those tests with flying colors, like he has everything else. We aren’t nearly as good of a team when DD isn’t on the floor.
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@JayHawkFanToo You make a real good point. Perry was flat nails, and Dedric is showing the same offensive dominance. Perry was a master of getting himself in position to make the shot, and as Dedric grows in our system, he will find those great shots as well. I think the best is yet to come.
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Next, time to rip Stanford’s heart out and feed it to a Christmas tree… The revenge train rolls on! All aboard!
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@KUSTEVE needs to get a shot, cause they’re going to give it to him.
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@approxinfinity I do love Jarod Haase
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@Crimsonorblue22 For one day, Ich hasse Haase.
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@Crimsonorblue22 He’s spotted up pretty good so far, but he could simply be devastating if he can start hitting 3s. If they try to close on him, he’d be by them in a millisecond.
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The ESPN+ all backboard cam, no commentator rebroadcast is awesome! Much better sense of individual contributions
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As usual had to DVR the game after work…couple delayed thoughts from last night: — Dedric finally looked like a player. Loved that reverse lay-in. Didn’t offer much defensively though. — There are games where Dok looks like he isn’t ready to play physically. He’s huffing and puffing early. This was one of em. I wonder if when he’s done at KU we will find out he’s got some weird lung disease or asthma. — Dotson: man crush. I don’t care if he never takes a shot that isn’t a layup! — as much as I’m hating on KJ, and I’m still hating on KJ, he made a few important yet spastic plays. — Grimes is a virtual no show on the court. Can’t figure this one out. Best I can figure is that Self has set up isolations in years past for players like Wiggins and Oubre, but has emphasized post play so far with this team? Maybe he’s stupid and can’t pick up the plays and system? He seems lost all over the place. I don’t see one particular skill that sets him apart yet. I don’t see any skills that make him a one and done. Hoping by January he can figure things out. — loved that Vick did a little bit more than chuck up threes. Even drove the lane a few times! More! — we played some great defense at times last night. The Vols took and made some contested shots. — the weave: looks like we haven’t really practiced this yet. We got guys running into each other. Stopping short. Dribbling from corner to corner. Odd. — overall a great win vs. a very tough opponent
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JayHawkFanToo said:
Moore hit an acrobatic shot and also a 3 and both came at critical times. He also hit another 3 that was taken out.
He might not be starting material but he is is a quality backup.
He missed 7 shots maybe you remember those as well?
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KUSTEVE said:
@JayHawkFanToo You make a real good point. Perry was flat nails, and Dedric is showing the same offensive dominance. Perry was a master of getting himself in position to make the shot, and as Dedric grows in our system, he will find those great shots as well. I think the best is yet to come.
Going to be making a post in the Dedric thread.
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jayhawkcsg said:
As usual had to DVR the game after work…couple delayed thoughts from last night: — Dedric finally looked like a player. Loved that reverse lay-in. Didn’t offer much defensively though. — There are games where Dok looks like he isn’t ready to play physically. He’s huffing and puffing early. This was one of em. I wonder if when he’s done at KU we will find out he’s got some weird lung disease or asthma. — Dotson: man crush. I don’t care if he never takes a shot that isn’t a layup! — as much as I’m hating on KJ, and I’m still hating on KJ, he made a few important yet spastic plays. — Grimes is a virtual no show on the court. Can’t figure this one out. Best I can figure is that Self has set up isolations in years past for players like Wiggins and Oubre, but has emphasized post play so far with this team? Maybe he’s stupid and can’t pick up the plays and system? He seems lost all over the place. I don’t see one particular skill that sets him apart yet. I don’t see any skills that make him a one and done. Hoping by January he can figure things out. — loved that Vick did a little bit more than chuck up threes. Even drove the lane a few times! More! — we played some great defense at times last night. The Vols took and made some contested shots. — the weave: looks like we haven’t really practiced this yet. We got guys running into each other. Stopping short. Dribbling from corner to corner. Odd. — overall a great win vs. a very tough opponent
Grimes is in the Bill Self send a message box atm. It will be interesting to see how it works out, I think Grimes is the kind of player where he eventually does get it and plays well.
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The question is: what’s the message?
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jayhawkcsg said:
The question is: what’s the message?
Play defense or don’t play.
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Yup, that could be it!
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@jayhawkcsg when the announcer said doke was looking winded, I didn’t agree. He’s been playing a lot more minutes, til the foul problem. I think he’s in pretty good shape for such a big man. I did think the admiral was looking tired and then Williams, who limped or had some ailment every time he went to bench- thanks Doke!
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@Crimsonorblue22 The volume of air that goes in and out of that big body, in between plays, is impressive. Makes it look like he is winded, even though he’s just replenishing oxygen stores. He’s like a big race horse. Just watching Dok breathe is amazing, but it doesn’t mean he’s out of shape. That big body just needs a lot of oxygen.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Udoke laid out Williams with an elbow. It was beautiful.
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This was a high quality win. I think we’ll look back on this in March and realize that it made a big difference in seeding.
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@jayhawkcsg here’s a good one. I thought I would look up the after game interview with Rick Barnes on Youtube, but all I could find was a whole page of videos where Barnes was explaining his losses to KU when he was at Texas…lol.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rick+barnes+after+game+ku
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@KUSTEVE - Pretty funny!
Here ya go. He lamented the fact they shot too many 3’s and didn’t go inside enough.
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The word is out that the way to beat KU is to shoot lots of 3s…except not every team is that good shooting the 3…Tennessee obviously was not.
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Darn it! I’ve been working extra hours and have missed lots of good chatting in here.
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@drgnslayr how’s the weather there? I don’t think you got it as bad. I have a drs apt there tmrw afternoon.
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@drgnslayr I’ve missed your posts. We’ve got to find @jaybate-1-0 who is MIA.
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JayHawkFanToo said:
The word is out that the way to beat KU is to shoot lots of 3s…
The way to beat KU is to outscore us any way possible. That goes back to Dr. Naismith’s original Rules. Any “word is out” statement on a specific strategy should be qualified by asking, “Who is spreading that word since no one has done that?”
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You can ask Jesse Newell. he is spreading the word.
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@JayHawkFanToo I have the same concerns. Especially with Nova coming up.
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Three point defense is once again a weakness. Hope it gets cleaned up, in the mean time notice all the losses?
