Other reason for redshirt, that free 5th year of education. If Mitch chooses the red shirt you would have to think that played into his choice. Watching his long range stroke another year might turn him into that long range big that JB says KU needs. He isn’t half bad now tbh although real game shots might be a bit tougher. The longer he stays at KU the better, his enthusiasm and knowledge benifits the team both on the floor and on the bench.
I like his attitude, Coach could say “Mitch go play point” and Mitch would do his damned best to pull it off and then be upset he didn’t match Franks stats and let down the team!
@BShark I fear that goes along with the tired of school thought. Why bother keeping up if you don’t plan on coming back is a common thought, but not a good choice.
The most likely scenario for Vicks departure to me would be lack of interest in school on his part or on KU’s part encouraging him to leave to make a bit of room for a top recruit by mentioning potential loss in playing time. Now that he’s seen the lack of interest from the NBA and KU not landing a recruit there is a possibility Lagerald coming back would be a win for both parties.
Having a senior around could be nice but as previously mentioned Vick is a quiet guy that is unlikely to jump into a vocal leadership role. He could however provide some stability if the younger crowd gets a bit to wound up during a game. I like Vick, and wherever he ends up I’ll be rooting for his success.
Quoting Lulufulu
@Statmachine machine made a great point about Silvio that I didn’t consider. Basically if Self thought he would have been ineligible then he would have had him declare for the draft by now. Personally Im not sold on Silvio coming back either but we shall see. And, Garrett. I really think that this summer he works like mad on his shot from deep and from FT. He will get much better. I’ll bet on it.
I don’t believe Silvio can declare for the draft, isn’t the rule one year past your HS class graduation? So no reason to screw up your GPA by sending him packing before school ends even if ineligible.
Article on the other site today about Garrett working on his shot. Seems it is felt that is connected to left hand placement and he didn’t want to screw with it during the season. If he can fix that his entire game could step up a notch.
@BShark true in the past he has been a shoot first guy. What we, or at least I, don’t know is if that was the expectation and he did what he was asked. If that is the case perhaps if asked to be a pass first guard he will once more do what is asked of him.
Too soon to tell and mostly I hope he does the job well enough we don’t end up with a 40 minute a game point guard again.
I got to see Charlie in a camp for a couple of days last summer. He is an anti-tharpe personality wise and hung out with the team when they had free time and was eager to help the kids. That seems trivial I know but each year I keep an eye on how the guys get along and how they participate in the camp. Last year Billy was standoffish and spent more time on his phone then anything else for example. Not that I took that as an indicator of future problems, more that it showed a lack of interest in bonding with his teammates something I rarely see so it stood out.
I can’t get a true judgment of skills of course but Moore’s ball handling sharp and very fast and he looks pretty nimble laterally. I agree with the previous poster that HCBS calling Charlie not a point guard right now was probably more motivational than accurate. He’s quick enough I am looking forward to seeing how he buys into and plays D which we all know is the ticket to playing time with Self.
@approxinfinity Fox was out and Frank was on a minutes restriction so they had little choice but to play Vince. I do agree with you otherwise.
Frank is probable for the kings thunder game tonight. With Hill gone he is the only other point guard behind Fox. That’s showing some confidence in the young guys