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    • RE: Paging

      @BShark @Crimsonorblue22

      Definitely still lurking but took a break from posting all my negativity. After last year, I said I was going to enjoy every season moving forward and was getting way too frustrated over a stupid game.

      That and my Dad who’s already lost 1 kidney due to cancer has a not favorable report and will find out in the coming months regarding the 1 good kidney he has. Not looking for any pity but it puts things in perspective real quick.

      My Dad got me hooked on KU ball when I was 10 he took me to a game and we always go to Lawrence really early I’m talking like 2-3 in the afternoon before a 7 p.m. game. We’d eat at Taco Johns (it’s not the best joint in Lwr by any means but what we do) and then we go to Allen and just walk around as the students are all camped out. Well Wayne comes out and starts just shooting as we are the only people standing on the floor in AFH (students are in the halls outside camping). He asks me to rebound for him and after about 20-30 minutes ask me if it was okay to show me to the locker room in which my Dad of course goes, “go for it!”. I was hooked ever since.

      I’ll post another message on my thoughts about the team they are really looking good right now. We have some holes but so does everyone.

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    • RE: Payback Tech Game Thread

      Ochai and the miracles my word what arc

      They didn’t even try to guard Harris lol

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    • RE: Reasons to believe in next year’s team

      @wissox I am enjoying the fun. I can’t stop laughing at the fact they won when I was so down on them. I wasn’t around for 88 so this changed my entire mindset.

      100% agree things have to fall your way and they did. Nova kid hurt, bacot hurt ect we capitalized and made the plays though!

      All that but the thread is about next years team which I was referencing how last years March team was different than the entire year. Last years team with a healthy remy is a champ. Without probably lose to creighton or providence easy.

      Then with that frame of mind it’s so important to get someone who can score to play the 2 or eat into Juan’s minutes unless he improves offensively (which he could).

      I’m happy and enjoying it and still can’t believe they won it!

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    • RE: Paging

      @BShark @Crimsonorblue22

      We are playing REALLY good right now and that is even after the Harvard game. Typically that is a Sprint center loss and our guys still gutted out a 14 point win.

      Juan - Absolutely must play as many mpg at the 1 as possible. He was a stud in the IU matchup after coach woke him up. If he could just see 1 three drop I think he starts to average 1-2 a game which just opens things up more for him. He must play the most minutes at the 1 every night. Bobby is not what they’ve billed so far.

      Kevin - This is who’s changed this team. He’s an animal defensively just flat out taking the ball from guys even as they drive on a fastbreak. The difference and not sure if anyone noticed but his back injury was THE BEST for him. Here is why: MJ Rice got to get some confidence and score. This put just a little fire under Kevin and all of the sudden he is a WALKING DOUBLE DOUBLE. His stroke looks great and with him shooting it like that we have a 3 headed monster with JW, GD and KM.

      Gradey - I’ve seen neenyo on 247 talk about him needing more touches and I agree. When a guy goes 8-12 in a game and 5-5 or 5-6 from 3 then he needs more shots until proven he isn’t on fire. He is okay at driving, having some layups under the basket, his pull up game and just any way he can get a shot up in deadly. Neenyo at 247 views the game similarly to me and is as negative but does enjoy a good debate as someone finally analyzed why JW has skills for the nba. I feel as he posts reason and people just say he sucks instead of debating him.

      JW - Leader of the team but cooling off of late. He looks to drive but NEVER kicks opposite to Gradey (he does if KM is in the corner). He can mainly drive hard right but man he is GOOD doing it. Dude needs to look to penetrate and kick more but it’s difficult as a coach to say that without making him hesitant. JW needs to keep doing what he’s doing BUT when Gradey can’t miss get the guy more looks. JW and GD need to average the most shot attempts each game. I don’t like seeing 15-17 shots for JW and only 8-10 for Gradey especially when Gradey is so darn efficient.

      KJ - Draymond JR is money analysis from Self (he must know a thing about basketball). KJ is becoming great at the pick and roll, he gets off the floor so quick that he’s rejecting 6-10/6-11 guys. Now that we trap stud bigs like TJD (IU game) it shows we are going to be just fine moving forward. KJ is the starter and I’m 100% on board. He needs to learn JW’s hard drive right because no big can guard him from the top of the key or elbow.

      Bobby - Needs to penetrate WAY more and look to dish or finish those layups (as he did against IU but was back to average against Harvard). When he’s in the team just doesn’t run the same. The Juan & Bobby lineup I absolutely hate especially when Juan doesn’t look to score. Bobby needs to ATTACK and try a 3 one of these days and he will be okay. Curious how he does next year with some stud guards we have in.

      Joe - He’s a good defender but I’m seeing what Bill probably has seen for 2 years now. He’s hit some 3’s in limited minutes so that’s all we can expect.

      MJ - Needs more minutes but still lost out there at times. Bill has to let him learn in-game to grow through it. He’s a better athlete and defender (when he knows what he’s doing) than Joe and Bobby. He needs to be the 6th man and scorer off the bench as many have said. His interviews he’s saying all the right things.

      Zuby/Udeh - Neither are where they need to be but getting better. Zuby should be 1st big as Self mentioned Udeh was “whipped” 1st defensive possession in the post against Harvard. They are the future though just need to be patient and give us good spot minutes for KJ.

      Clemence - Not seeing it and will probably transfer this offseason if I had to guess

      IU game was perfection, the guys played great and dominated. IU is a solid team but not as good as their ranking was. I’d love going at Tenn again to see how our adjustments work. When you double the ball you are daring guys to shoot wide open 3’s.

      Our D is nasty with Juan & Kevin. Gradey is getting steals (had what 4-5 the other day) and JW pulls more boards than Barkley.

      This team can get to a final 4 just need some breaks like last year. We can hang and beat any team in the country.

      Ready for this big 12 slate to see how tough we are. Us dominating missery on the road was awesome and after watching them dominate ILL (who’s in a free fall but still) it shows these older guys + stud frosh in GD can get it done.

      Self will dominate continuously with the portal. Get older guards like KM and then some good big here or there.

      RCJH

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    • Puke

      7-1 Williams will give Dave problems - he’s the size Dave can’t score over and Dave was a BEAST TONIGHT

      Jalen meet your nba version Paulo - good luck hope you D him up like Svi on Bagley

      Where we win: Och goes off like tonight

      Braun the same can’t wait until second half but he was huge let em hang

      Remy stay hot from deep

      Hope they miss

      Last but not least Harris just shut down roach. Harris played like an all American tonight can’t believe I’m typing that.

      That story was a tear jerker and yes, he isn’t a score first but I see what Self sees

      Rock chalk they are 1 game away win or lose what a season for a team I loathed and has now stood up in every way …they AINT SOFT!

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    • RE: Tarheels Game Thread

      Alpha guard won us 3 games…creighton, providence and tonight

      Rock chalk remy

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    • RE: Dook Game Thread

      @jayballer67 Zuby is a rebounding machine - did it in high school and circuit against legit bigs

      Bill should be forcing minutes his way

      When game slows down for him he’s gonna be nasty T rob jr

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    • RE: Duke Kills Kansas... Kansas Wins Game!

      @BeddieKU23 I’m curious when we lose if Bill whips out the soft word. I don’t think this team is soft and I don’t think Bill does either.

      Normally it’s bad loss and out comes “we are uh uh uh so soft it’s pathetic” - then Christmas break we improve and are ready for big 12 run.

      Not sure we hear that word all year. Maybe we hear labor offensively or just plain bad offensively but soft

      Nah this group ain’t soft after last nights W!!!

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    • RE: Paging

      @nuleafjhawk thanks for the encouragement about how your Dad keeps on living - that’s awesome to hear!

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    • RE: Game Day Chat room

      DoubleDD said:

      ouch man what a terrible way to end the season

      Not even close…that woulda been against penn or seton hall

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    Latest posts made by kuballin10

    • RE: Other games

      @jayballer67 I know you weren’t but it’s also why he wouldn’t come here. Wouldn’t want the remy treatment

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    • Stop the streak

      What would you change or adjust to stop this losing streak and get back on the W train?

      Without Juan we’ve looked bad (TN) yet he’s been bad lately because teams aren’t guarding him on the pick and roll. They go under and make sure to cover KJ so he doesn’t have 15-20 pg. Ever since this change the O has been bad.

      Joe can attempt to be Remy but isn’t the same.

      Bobby has 1-2 bright spots and otherwise been underwhelming.

      Bigs stink besides KJ

      JW is a stud

      Kevin hasn’t been good but hopefully Baylor he got his mojo back

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    • RE: Other games

      @jayballer67 he wouldn’t have played in front of Juan so I wouldn’t have came here either if I were him.

      After McCullars committed, not surprised we didn’t land anyone else impactful. I’m surprised we could get a legit transfer big.

      Juan will be the starting pg the next 2 years even if he averages 7 ppg and 6 apg and 2 turnovers/game

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    • RE: ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion

      @FarmerJayhawk said in ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion:

      @kuballin10 so maybe consider some of your emphases when you see the game similarly to such a clown.

      On this we pretty much agree. The pieces are almost there, just need a few tweaks. If it were me, I’d ride Udeh as the backup big, swap Yes for Bobby as the off guard, and play Juan just 2-3 minutes per half less and let Bobby run point. Nothing crazy, just a few minor tweaks.

      @Jethro - please refer to the above for how to have a basketball discussion. Here is farmer saying what he’d tweak. Now we don’t need to act like we are 12 and assume farmer thinks he knows more than Bill. We all know we don’t but proper bball discussion on how to get a team out of a funk is 100% why I come to this board. It’s a “if you were Self what would you do”.

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    • RE: ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion

      @Jethro you hate to interrupt good board discussion to interject with more useless crap - I’m shocked

      No duh Self knows 100 times more than anyone on this board

      Post of the year - put it in the hall of fame - Jethro - just bringing in earth shattering news

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    • RE: ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion

      @FarmerJayhawk Changed my mind nah but want to explain what I agreed with sure. He’s going off the rails and more I read he’s probably 65-75 with nothing better to do but stir up that board

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    • RE: ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion

      @FarmerJayhawk yeah that was in relation to JW not looking to kick out to Gradey which he wasn’t doing.

      JW changed that and Gradey isn’t shooting it like he did.

      The JW distribution yes, the rest of his tangents no.

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    • RE: ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion

      @FarmerJayhawk what part do I see similarly to neenyo?

      Your tweaks are exactly what I’ve outlined minus the udeh part. Playing udeh now is Bill admitting he should have been playing him earlier in my opinion because we got no choice and need standing height.

      I do agree with udeh or Zuby but prefer udeh due to his height. Zach doesn’t need to see the floor.

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    • RE: Baylor Game Tonight

      @approxinfinity Yeah we view Juan differently. Juan was the sixth most impactful player on that roster last year. He sat the final 8-10 minutes for a reason. Both are true we don’t win a title without Juan yet Juan wasn’t a top 3 reason we won a title.

      He is billed this year as the most underrated guard in America yet averaging 7 ppg. He has to score for this team to be good and he isn’t good at scoring. He has Chris Paul vision but even Chris Paul in college can go get 20-30 when his team couldn’t throw it in the ocean.

      Self’s blind spot is evident with his comments raving about Juan and how he doesn’t lose in all their summer games lol.

      Juan is a phenomenal kid and overcame a lot. Me outlining him playing poorly isn’t a knock on his character or as a person, just talking about the hawks and the game. Juan could care less what I or anyone thinks except his teammates and coaches.

      Bobby billed as the next great KU guard has not been good. Juan doesn’t have the stamina to play every minute yet Bill doesn’t trust the bench or want Bobby running the show (can’t blame him). Yet we keep losing with Juan playing almost the entire game. This has to change and he needs to let Bobby run the show more even though he is clearly worse than Juan.

      Fresh Juan the final 5 minutes is better than a tired Juan who turns it over, has a loose handle and is out of control.

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    • RE: ok guys now that I have let reason play in more then emotion

      @FarmerJayhawk let’s discuss em’.

      Pro’s

      Bill Self

      JW being a stud

      Gradey shooting earlier in the year

      Kevin shooting earlier in the year

      Juan and KJ carrying us a few games especially KJ

      We got some decent pieces to make a run but it’s going to be tough. Pick and roll with Juan and kj teams know how to defend. Gradey they face guard, Kevin’s too scared to shoot and our bench is atrocious. JW does his best Superman attempt and we almost beat the kitties.

      We got some tough losses ahead but if we can get back to how we played against mu or iu we will be just fine in March

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