RJ Hampton
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jayballer73 said:
FarmerJayhawk said:
@KirkIsMyHinrich your question will be answered soon or something to that effect.
Our answer to where he is going? - I just can’t see oversea’s
My honest answer is I think Australia. But Kansas if he opts for college.
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Australia? Last I knew of Australia they were prepping to get overrun by the Japanese empire, but for our involvement in that little conflict.
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@FarmerJayhawk I don’t get announcing going to Australia. Seems like something you just do. That’s the hope I’m holding onto at this point lol.
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@BShark It would be a big UA marketing thing. Shoe deal and the whole 9 yards.
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@FarmerJayhawk do you know something?
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FarmerJayhawk said:
@BShark It would be a big UA marketing thing. Shoe deal and the whole 9 yards.
Gotta hope Adidas wins then…
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@Crimsonorblue22 I know that overseas is a very real option, with Australia being the likely destination with Under Armour brokering the deal if it happens. And Kansas is firmly in the lead if he goes to college.
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Do we know when soon is?
Adidas should put all the money we had that was going to go to recruits that we missed and place it into an RJ Hampton fund.
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I don’t have a firm date, but in the next 2 weeks seems pretty likely so he can get on campus for summer school.
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@FarmerJayhawk it must include his family
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FarmerJayhawk said:
jayballer73 said:
FarmerJayhawk said:
@KirkIsMyHinrich your question will be answered soon or something to that effect.
Our answer to where he is going? - I just can’t see oversea’s
My honest answer is I think Australia. But Kansas if he opts for college.
Dam - we will be so screwed - going to 6th 7 th options
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Notwithstanding the pain this could cause KU, I really like the idea of shoe companies taking this tact. Players have more choice and can make money. But the choice has always been there.
What is interesting is that steering a kid away from CBB clearly makes the player ineligible. Fraud? No. Just skipping the NCAA altogether, but plainly in the company’s best interests.
What is also interesting is that the shoecos best interests include diversifying their respective holdings.
I wonder if the diversification might have the opportunity to bring more return?
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Jerry Meyer flipped his pick to Kansas
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FarmerJayhawk said:
Jerry Meyer flipped his pick to Kansas
Hey now we talkin - - So that makes Daniels - - Evans - -& Meyer - usually a pretty dam good sign
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FarmerJayhawk said:
Jerry Meyer flipped his pick to Kansas
Was popping in to post about this.
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JAYHAWKFAN214 said:
What’s Duke got to do with this? nm it’s purple.
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Dang, yes no, up down, this is crazy!
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dylans said:
JAYHAWKFAN214 said:
What’s Duke got to do with this? nm it’s purple. They don’t I just like to put that on there
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Crimsonorblue22 said:
Dang, yes no, up down, this is crazy!
man is it lol - -up down up down – yes no - -yes no lol - - possibly /probably not/probably lol - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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KansasCoach: Bill Self
2018-19 record: 26-10
Notable players definitely gone: Dedric Lawson, Lagerald Vick, KJ Lawson, Charlie Moore, Quintin Grimes
Other expected departures: N/A
Notable players expected to return: Udoka Azubuike, Devon Dotson, Ochai Agbaji, Marcus Garrett, David McCormack, Mitch Lightfoot
Expected additions: RJ Hampton
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We need some 2019 news… Enaruna was a very solid pickup. And our 2021 squad looks loaded af. But I’d still really like to be a Top 5 team this season with Doke back.
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Kcmatt7 said:
We need some 2019 news… Enaruna was a very solid pickup. And our 2021 squad looks loaded af. But I’d still really like to be a Top 5 team this season with Doke back.
Yeah Enaruna was a great pickup. The potential on him is crazy. Normally we’d have to time to enjoy getting a player like him
But when you have the Tucker, RJ, Dotson, De Sousa, Achiuwa, Wilson, Walker, Moss Saga’s all going on at the same time it makes it difficult to enjoy
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BShark said:
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KansasCoach: Bill Self
2018-19 record: 26-10
Notable players definitely gone: Dedric Lawson, Lagerald Vick, KJ Lawson, Charlie Moore, Quintin Grimes
Other expected departures: N/A
Notable players expected to return: Udoka Azubuike, Devon Dotson, Ochai Agbaji, Marcus Garrett, David McCormack, Mitch Lightfoot
Expected additions: RJ Hampton
Do we actually think Gary has insight here?
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@Kcmatt7 Hell no, just having some fun. All Memphis people seem to think it’s KU though for whatever that is worth.
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BeddieKU23 said:
Kcmatt7 said:
We need some 2019 news… Enaruna was a very solid pickup. And our 2021 squad looks loaded af. But I’d still really like to be a Top 5 team this season with Doke back.
Yeah Enaruna was a great pickup. The potential on him is crazy. Normally we’d have to time to enjoy getting a player like him
But when you have the Tucker, RJ, Dotson, De Sousa, Achiuwa, Wilson, Walker, Moss Saga’s all going on at the same time it makes it difficult to enjoy
Good gosh, any good news on that very long list of players would be fan-freaking-tastic.
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BShark said:
@Kcmatt7 Hell no, just having some fun. All Memphis people seem to think it’s KU though for whatever that is worth.
I thought maybe I was missing something lol.
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Hnnnggggg
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Its getting hot in here
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Commit already so we can get you some more help!
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Think I posted over in the 2019 recruiting but read where Dylan Prezkop -gave his CB for RJ to KU - -tonight - - KU now at 75 %
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@jayballer73 Same post over and over? Come on man! Haha just messing with ya.
Yeah come on RJ just sign already!
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rockchalkwyo said:
@jayballer73 Same post over and over? Come on man! Haha just messing with ya.
Yeah come on RJ just sign already!
If he is gonna sign, it has to be by tomorrow. That said we have seen before that players sign and wait to announce.
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It doesn’t benefit any player of high ranking to sign a LOI … don’t understand why they sign. You can get the scholarship without it and if you change your mind before starting classes you can go somewhere else.
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Players sign because it’s part of the system and generally viewed as the thing to do. I would agree that the smart thing to do for top players would be to not sign. I’d say only the top players because only they can get away with it but as we found out recently the NLI doesn’t really protect the player either. Coach K asked Ellis to pound sand so he did.
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@BShark Right, it is there to protect the school. To secure the commitment (creating penalty if the player backs out). This is where players have power, and this power is overlooked. RJ has power. Guys who wait have increased leverage because the supply is vastly decreased. Commit to KU. Don’t sign. See how things shake out. If KU gets probation, back out. If another player decides to come that compromises what RJ wants, back out and go somewhere else. The players have power — but the victim narrative is what we hear instead. Just silly.
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rockchalkwyo said:
@jayballer73 Same post over and over? Come on man! Haha just messing with ya.
Yeah come on RJ just sign already!
Ahh nice touche lol
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BShark said:
rockchalkwyo said:
@jayballer73 Same post over and over? Come on man! Haha just messing with ya.
Yeah come on RJ just sign already!
If he is gonna sign, it has to be by tomorrow. That said we have seen before that players sign and wait to announce.
tomorrow the end of Signing period? - - so Precious won’t be signing either huh? - - not announcing till this weekend
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In addition, players shouldn’t have to sit when they transfer (ever IMO) but definitely if they leave before the season.
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@FarmerJayhawk You’re talking about changing rules. I strongly believe that the better way to approach this is to look for ways the athlete can operate effectively within the rules that he agrees to when he becomes a student-athlete.
When you permit transfers as you suggest, it’s free agency each year and such a system would create chaos. Without that very minor penalty, you’d have the grad transfer thing but with every level of player.
The requirement to sit is a core necessity to maintain stability. If one cares about CBB, they would oppose such a reckless rule change.
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HighEliteMajor said:
If one cares about CBB, they would oppose such a reckless rule change.
Or all one cares about is the students who are playing the game above the product of college athletics. I could care less if a few less people watch college sports because they are mad a few more guys a season transferred. I do care that the players, who are the ones putting blood sweat and tears into this for 40+ hours a week, are given every freedom a normal person is given. They are the only ones limited by the system. Not other students. Not coaches. Not administrators. Not professors. Not referees. Not another single person involved.
And, to say that it would create complete chaos is simply untrue. Already, 40% of players transfer by the end of their sophomore year. If anything, this rule change would improve the game because we wouldn’t have such a significant amount of talent sitting out each season.
If you can’t get players to stay as a coach, maybe your program just sucks. Maybe your an asshole of a coach. Maybe you’re a liar. Maybe you’re just not a good coach and players think they can develop better somewhere else. Either way, if a coach needs “leverage” in order to keep players, than he probably sucks at his job. Hell, it’s part of the reason someone like Mike Rice was able to get away with abusing players at Rutgers.
It’s a dumb rule, and assuming it would create anymore chaos than exists isn’t supported by anything in the real world. The average person with freedom to change jobs, literally whenever the feel like it, still stays at the same place for 4.6 years. Any logical person wouldn’t transfer after their junior season because they would only be 30 credits from a degree and transferring would mean they’d have to go to school for another year without having it paid for by scholarship. So that eliminates a quarter of potential transfers.
I would LOVE to hear why you think it is so reckless to CBB though.
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HighEliteMajor said:
@FarmerJayhawk You’re talking about changing rules. I strongly believe that the better way to approach this is to look for ways the athlete can operate effectively within the rules that he agrees to when he becomes a student-athlete.
When you permit transfers as you suggest, it’s free agency each year and such a system would create chaos. Without that very minor penalty, you’d have the grad transfer thing but with every level of player.
The requirement to sit is a core necessity to maintain stability. If one cares about CBB, they would oppose such a reckless rule change.
I agree with you, one-hundred percent. As if there isn’t enough grifting already, let’s allow the players to come and go as they please. Naw, pass…
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Once the NBAs OAD rule is gone I hope that the NCAA requires “student” athletes to stay in school 2 years. But I’d like to see the scholarships guaranteed for 4 years (barring something egregious ie prison). I know you really can’t make this happen, but maybe have the kid sign a contract with the U that has a buyout of whatever a year of that scholarship and housing is really worth. I’d like them to think about it at least. I’m looking at you Grimes…$40k isn’t anything to sneeze at in the G-league.
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This might make a decent thread, hint hint. I saw an unread message from this RJ thread and thought, great new news, but I was wrong.
All of you guys do make great points by the way.
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dylans said:
Once the NBAs OAD rule is gone I hope that the NCAA requires “student” athletes to stay in school 2 years. But I’d like to see the scholarships guaranteed for 4 years (barring something egregious ie prison). I know you really can’t make this happen, but maybe have the kid sign a contract with the U that has a buyout of whatever a year of that scholarship and housing is really worth. I’d like them to think about it at least. I’m looking at you Grimes…$40k isn’t anything to sneeze at in the G-league.
I don’t understand why people keep saying the OAD is going to go away. Players are still going to only go to college for one year and enter the draft. ( Not trying to call you out @dylans ) I just keep hearing people say this it isn’t true. I understand that the “elite” players will soon ( hopefully) have the option to go straight to the NBA however, when that rule is put in place there are still going to be OAD players.
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@HighEliteMajor Probation could actually be a selling feature for a typical OAD. 10 years ago, they would’ve said " You don’t want to go to “XYZ” because they might be placed on probation and you might not make the NCAA tournament". Now they say " hey, go to XYZ… hopefully they’ll get placed on probation, and you won’t have to bother with the NCAA tournament. That way you can keep yourself fresh." Would Quentin have been broken up if we hadn’t made the tournament last year … or would he have used that time to select his agent? ( I’m picking on Quentin here- there are several other OADS I could’ve used).
A great example is Malik Newman’s near historic tournament run two years ago. He averaged 32 points per game in a 5 game run, and didn’t get a whiff of interest from the NBA during the draft.
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Hampton’s twitter bio now reads: “your question will be answered soon… maybe, idk I’m kind of sleepy right now.”
He also just tweeted that he wishes LE (Little Elm) all the best.
