Hi. New contributor, but long term lurker here. Testosterone is an iffy guide to sex determination. There is a wide range of normal testosterone levels in people, with many women in the upper level of normal having higher levels than men at the lower level of normal. And suppressing testosterone can have serious health consequences; what might be a population-wide normal level may not be adequate for an individual. I often told my students that strict on/off, yes/no, this or that situations are rare in biology. The species concept, for example, is a human construct for making classification easier; in nature there are often intermediate forms between two species and where we draw the line is arbitrary. Likewise for testosterone (and many other hormones that can affect athletic performance), there is less difference between males and females than many suspect. While we need rules for who plays on which sports teams, any rules we make will be arbitrary and there will always be special cases that just don’t fit. And yes, I did study biology (immunology and microbiology) at KU!
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RE: Need Games To Start
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RE: Need Games To Start
@Crimsonorblue22 No, I did grad school in the KU microbiology department. Then spent 30 years teaching undergraduates, most of whom were planning on going to medical school. Had that dream job of teaching (mostly) highly motivated kids with excellent character.
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RE: Comparing KJ Adams and AJ Storr
A high flyer at the 3 and a freight train at the 4. Sounds like a fun combo.
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RE: Need Games To Start
@nuleafjhawk I have a bad case of professorial verbosity, not sure if it’s curable.
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Comparing KJ Adams and AJ Storr
I am not the student of basketball that many of you are so I need someone to explain to me why so many on this board seem be down on KJ Adams and so high on AJ Storr? I have not seen AJ play other than a few highlights but looking up their stats I see that AJ does score more, but not by a lot (16.8 vs. 12.6 pts/game). The other categories favor KJ: 4.6 vs 3.9 rebounds (both need to improve), 3.1 vs. 0.9 assists, 60% vs 48% shooting, 1.2 vs 0.6 steals. Others have mentioned that AJ has been questionable on defense while that’s KJ’s calling card. Even I could see his outstanding help defense in the paint when Hunter got pulled away. Does AJ have a much higher ceiling? Or is there some “the grass is always greener” thinking going on?
I have absolutely nothing against AJ, most happy to have him on board, and look forward to seeing both of them in action soon. While KJ will probably still not be much of a threat to score outside the paint, I think we’ll see him doing more dribble penetration for dunks, short passes to Hunter, and outlet passes to the new 3 point shooters. And I think he’ll be bringing up the ball more often on fast breaks; not many want to stand in his way at full speed. What new characteristics do you think AJ will be bringing to this team?