Best posts made by bennie

@BeddieKU23 the roster is going to go 13-15 deep with players who are all legit or better P5 players. a whole bunch of them are not going to play. a whole bunch of them are going to be disappointed when they figure that out. Self isnt messing around and trying to keep players happy. there will be a number of unhappy players because Self is not doing it Roy’s way. Roy would get 7-8 legit dudes then surround with role players. Self has a dozen guys who could start at most schools. so half of them are going to find out they aren’t starters at kansas. Bryce may not play much this year either. self is bringing in guards who are expecting to play. they can’t all play a lot. honestly i can see bryce transferring if he doesn’t beat the transfers out for playing time

@bskeet ochai is what he is. he hasn’t improved that much in 3 years. another few months is not going to change him. he will be in the same position next year as he is this year. if he wants another year of college fine, but he’s not going to improve his status much. He hasn’t the last 3 years. the word is if he would have left after year 1 he would have been picked higher than he ever will after hanging around for so long. it looks like it was probably a mistake by draft measures to not leave after year 1

@AsadZ jalen isnt going anywhere. this is routine procedure for most of Selfs players

@drgnslayr said in Ochai:

Och is doing the right thing… testing the waters. He will learn where his game needs to improve. He is nowhere near ready for the NBA. I think this move will help him and KU next year because he will focus on improving his weak areas.

He’s going to have to be a lot more aggressive in his play and put up bigger numbers… especially in crunch games.

no he’s not. he’s been focusing on improving his weak areas for 3 years. his numbers were just fine this year and probably wont improve much. Self plays a team offense that will spread the scoring around and still focus on Mccormick. I believe Och will always be a very solid player but always be a secondary scorer on any team. i think his draft status next year will look very similar to his status this year. He probably should have left after his freshman season when he was in most mock drafts based on his future projections

a little surprised on bryce but not shocked. the injuries held him back and i dont think he’s in line for a lot more time next year. he needs to go somewhere he can start and develop and he might be a stud in a couple years. Self isnt going to waste time waiting for someone to develop

@drgnslayr this is simply a marketing and recruiting tool. Kansas intentionally labeled it a lifetime contract to send a message to recruits. it is no more a lifetime contract than many other similar contracts given to coaches. kansas needs to send a message to recruits so they opted to call it a lifetime contract. that doesn’t mean its any different than other contracts out in the market that no one ever bothered to call a lifetime contract. if bill self wants to leave he will leave. if ku wants to get rid of him in 5 years they can.

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@jayballer67 said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

@BeddieKU23 said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

KU is now super senior nation

We are soooo loaded - - -Sooo deep - -tons of Scorer’s - Yesufu , Martin- - Lands, - o n certain nights -even Braun. - -now that brings another question ya think with this mor chances then not you think this effects Christan? - transferring out maybe - - just a thought - -hope not

i dont think there will be a lot of transfers out THIS year but after this year several of these players will have experienced what its like to be the 10th/11th best player on a team of 13 legit scholarship players. roughly 1/3 of the roster wont even get on the court despite having the talent, skills, and pedigree to be a starter on many P5 schools. The freshmen will definitely not see the court this year at all and all freshmen should now expect to be on the bench longer than they anticipate due to programs ability to get experienced players thru the portal. Self is going to take as many talented players as possible and then deal with the transfers out when the players figure out there are too many of them on the roster.

@Fightsongwriter what’s the percentage of players who dont hire an agent who come back to school? i dont know but it seems like its fairly high. If the player has doubts you can be sure the NBA has doubts. He isnt going to hear what he wants to hear next year either.

@bskeet umm no its not. as other posters have said. His minutes and point production might actually go DOWN next year because of all the new bodies being brought into the program. more competition is great for the coaches but sucks for the players.