I went to the Red Lyon for a brew and to watch some ball and talked with the rando next to me. Turns out he was the executive chef for the Dallas Cowboys at one point and is in town planning the menu for… a new restaurant in Allen Fieldhouse. It’ll be mostly a big donor spot but he told me the menu was going to be super high end and Kansas themed. Smoked meats at AFH for everyone! @approxinfinity i nominate it for the KU Buckets holiday party
@Jhawk69 high upside guy for sure. Great measurables, FCS freshman All America last year.
@kuballin10 said in Recruiting Notes:
@FarmerJayhawk Give me William’s - doesn’t seem like Stokes is reclassifying
Your comment on KJ and the 5/5 has me worried because that is the last thing we need is another year of KJ starting in mid-February
Same. But there’s almost no chance KJ can play next year. Definitely not as a big piece. He just won’t be in shape.
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
@kuballin10 said in Recruiting Notes:
Sounds like Stokes is 2026 still
Williams we want but will be out of his price range….hed be perfect here
If he’s all in on his last year, make some calls, get the money for Williams. Build a monster roster.
Yep, the money is there for the right guy
Really hoping the 5/5 rule happens. Zeke is the only player from last year it would affect. (KJ is hurt, Hunt and Juan already played 5)
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
@TYOHawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Staff is working…
Bill Self on his shit
Making the hardest pivot. Which, if it’s Williams or Stokes for a year, that’s a really close call.
@TYOHawk oh yeah, my point is just everyone should chill if that’s how it starts to go down
I wonder if they’d pull the ole switcheroo. If we get Stokes there’s a non-zero chance Tre White would look elsewhere. So that would give us some extra scratch to pursue maybe a better fit at the 3. We could definitely make White and Stokes work but the fit isn’t amazing. Both in the low 30% from 3 range. We might need a more knockdown guy who isn’t scared to shoot it, but he could be a Coward.
@Crimsonorblue22 in this case, you’re way ahead 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
@DCHawker that’s why I added the disclaimer. We’re not done adding.
@kuballin10 too early to say. 4 more roster spots to fill. Another starter and a backup big are the main priorities right now. But as of 11:28 PM 4/16 it’s DP, Council, Dawson, White, Flory.
Stokes shoots it a little better than given credit for too. 30% on 2.6/game last year. The FT% is a little concerning but he took almost 10/game. Just silly
Very little chance Avery goes anywhere this offseason. His compensation is really competitive nationally.
There’s been some good reporting that it’ll be hard for Stokes to get eligible academically by fall. Might take all summer if that’s the road they decide.
Beard is notorious for allowing poor effort and bad defense /s
Grass is on the way back, I’m not sure more than a couple MLB teams use an artificial surface. I know it’s better for injury prevention to play on grass. It’s just expensive to maintain so especially at the college level artificial surfaces are more common.
Couldn’t ask for a better weekend for visitors. LFK is positively gorgeous today
Tyshawn “f it the guy in the third row is open” Taylor. I loved Tyshawn but man he had some wild plays
@approxinfinity I’m open to taking him for the right price and role. My guess is his expectations are much higher than a rotation piece
Bill has always done best when the team reflects him
The perfect wing. He and Tre at the 3/4 would straight up bully everyone
Remaining needs and who I think we get. Big: Dunter Hickinson Wing: JA Tsorr Guard: Harris DeJean
It’s been a trip knowing A) my folks are very proud of me going to graduate school for economics and teaching it at a good school and B )saying everything I know about macroeconomics and trade is wrong
@Crimsonorblue22 first I heard it was from a good friend who works at KU
Tre is a really nice role player. Guard, rebound, be a threat from deep. Exact role TBD by other additions. But he’s a really smart player who will embrace his role. He’s much much more McCullar than Storr.
I respect the hell out of Sampson
Dook studied our Houston tape lmao
@kuballin10 most KU players (especially freshmen) are in all online classes. Even if they’re in the portal guys finish out the semester or they jeopardize being eligible at their next stop
What a bizarre turn of events if the rumors are true
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
@FarmerJayhawk DaJuan caliber defender?
Probably comparable. Their defensive stats are pretty similar
Florida is just so tough and well coached
@Jhawk69 he’s a notch below but plenty good enough
@DCHawker said in The portal.:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
Film looks good. 86 made 3s on the season. Deadly spot up, off the dribble, pull up. I like the addition
Diggy with defense is the kind of vibe I’m getting on him from based on Loyola-Chicago fans comments.
Okay, but a lower end 3* per 247. Multiple other 4 and 5* commits over the past two days.
That was his high school ranking. He doesn’t have a transfer rating since he went in the portal just a couple days ago
It’s an old video. You can see ushers in the background
Today’s absolutely bonkerstown tariff announcements won’t help. I’ve already seen GDP forecasts significantly downgraded for the year. It’ll be a bloodbath.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Does anyone know what the actual expectations are for Jaden Nickens next season? Is he still going to be allowed to play with new scholarship rules and if so, would he actually be good enough to contribute, or would this be more of a Noah Shelby situation he’s more of a practice body than anything else?
I don’t think he’ll be part of the program since he has to take a scholarship.
@Crimsonorblue22 stranger things have happened but it would be a massive surprise
@BShark yeah he checked his NIL value and was like nah I’m good lol
#23 again this week. Fitz has us in a good spot
Heard a destination for Diggy could be Bama. Which is wild
Contracts are coming very soon (in some cases already signed in football). Revshare will change the game
And FYI, Golden’s buyout is $13m, Oats’s is $18m. Neither is prohibitive especially when we won’t have to pay them Self type money