I took my 78 year old mother to get her first shot last week, no ill effects. Just wanted to put that out there for an FYI.

@wissox You are important to this site, and contribute alot. Don’t sign off.

The guy was great… I have fond memories of being overseas eagerly awaiting VHS tapes being sent my way once basketball season started - everytime I got one it felt like Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone! Be safe.

With all of the hardworking wings at our disposal he just couldn’t find the court, but he has talent and seems to be a team player. Hope he finds a good landing spot.

@drgnslayr Agreed. The guy is as rotten as they come, but it is now all but guaranteed that the charade is over. There is no way, unless they want to appear to be totally paid off - and they very well may be - that the NCAA will not now look into Nike and their schools.

Saw the Sportscenter bottom line the other day. “But no evidence of improprieties regarding Zion Williamson or his family in regard to Duke University,” said the NCAA as soon as the story broke. Lol!

drgnslayr said:

I liked the video, but would have preferred the less-stylized version… without slo-mo… and choppy cuts. I’ve been claiming for quite some time that Devon would be a completely different player this year. His first year was about playing cautious, trying not to mess up. This year it is all-out ballin’!

Looks like he is a bit stronger, and he’ll have to be if he wants a decent draft spot next summer. Strengthening is all about now. Once the season starts guys usually lose a bit of it because they aren’t pushing heavy weights and they run off some of their mass.

Devon has a lightning fast crossover. Something I always look for in a guard. Can he blast by any defender? In this case… YES he can! Then… will he drive past all defenders? I believe he will. It’s one thing to have the ability to drive. It’s another thing to have the drive to drive. My money says Devon has both and we are in for a rocket season!

We are all worried about trey scoring. I’m not. I hope we have a few guys who bust a good percentage. But I’m fine if we have a PG who will drive it to the rim every other play and score or feed one of our dunk monsters.

Trey shooting will always fail eventually. The only time the drive fails (from the right setup) is if the defense has a monster blocker. Not sure who is out there in D1 this year to fill that title. But if he’s out there… let’s hope that is the night we smack down some treys to offset.

I’m having fun dreaming about Devon out-driving all those who came before him… Devonte… Frank… Tyshawn… Sherron…

That’s a mighty tall order, but Devon has the tools and a razor-sharp mind. I just hope he stays focused on playing with all-out aggression!

I think he sometimes deferred to Grimes last year. I think, in some sense, they all did trying to get him involved. That won’t be the case this year.

BShark said:

@Marco I think his potential is fantastic. I would bet on him starting to play as a RS SO then possibly starting the year after.

I’m pretty excited about our frontcourt future, no doubt. I like Braun, Enaruna and Muscadin alot, their ability (Enaruna is only going to get better) to run and handle, stretch the floor. It is all good in Bill Land. A damn shame about Wilson, it will be interesting to see what his role might be come next year.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

https://missouri.rivals.com/news/tragedy-averted-we-just-saved-someone-s-life-

Thanks for sharing that. I too saved someone’s life, though it was on a train platform in another country. I didn’t do it to be a hero or because I wanted to feel good - I did it because I should.

Hell, shoot me, but Braun might already be better than Svi.

@mayjay said in Vaccine:

Soon you both will be able to go outside without masks. Of course, 99% of Americans have done so all along when not in crowds, but now you don’t have to worry about pissing off some rabid antimasker or some proselytizing masker!

. Right! Just whip out your vax card, baby!

@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:

There will be a spot to fill, and Self will fill it. Wheeler seems most likely right now @Marco

Starting line-up would likely be Harris, Braun, Ochai, Jalen, Dave to start the season. Believe me though when I say I would prefer Braun in a bench role.

Maybe Braun would be better in that role, we shall see.

I guess the question is (since we screwed around too long, chasing a prima donna instead of picking up another solid transfer) what will our team be if both Wilson and Agbaji return? And we don’t need Wheeler unless we want Harris to transfer. And I’d take Harris over Wheeler any day.

Wilson and Agbaji will both be back.

@Woodrow said in 2021 Recruiting:

If Ochai and Wilson both do not come back next year is not going to be very much fun. I am pretty dissapointed in how Self handled the portal. Seems like we should have been able to land much better talent then we did.

I think they are both coming back.

I don’t claim to be any type of seer per se, but I do have eyes, ears and intelligence. There were red flags as soon as he stepped on campus waiting to play (cooked high school books to name just one), but when he picked up that chair I knew what he was - someone that we did not need on the team.

@BeddieKU23 said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

@BShark

Not impressed with how this has gone. Let a lot of talent go elsewhere

Yeah, while chasing a player that just wanted to be chased.

@Kcmatt7 said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

TyTy to announce May 12. That will get the dominoes going

I mean, for real…? Come on, man. You already know, just announce.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in IARP update:

@drgnslayr KU has acknowledged money changed hands during the recruitment of players mentioned in the report so they aren’t fighting very hard on those allegations, probably just that KU wasn’t aware of the payments. The biggest thing KU is fighting and why they wanted this case to go to the IARP is because of Adidas being ruled a booster. KU is hoping the IARP rules that because the NCAA has never accused a school of this before (along with Louisville and NC State) despite shoe companies being corporate sponsors of programs for decades now, that the NCAA can’t begin to selectively apply that rule and overturn those infractions which would have the most serious consequences.

At the end of the day, KU is going to receive some punishment because of Silvio, Preston, and Diallo. Forfeiture of games those guys played in, scholarship reductions, and probation all seem very likely. KU is trying to avoid a postseason ban which is much more likely to happen with the IARP ruling on the case than the NCAA.

The NC State case is the one to watch because that case went to the IARP before ours so will likely be ruled upon before ours. The reason to pay attention to that case is because NC State has a lot of similar accusations against them including Adidas being considered a booster. However the IARP rules on that charge against NCSU is also likely how they’ll rule it for KU as well.

Yahtzee! And if Adidas is a booster then what about Nike and Under Armor? And was it KU that gave the money? What about Zion, what about Ayton? I don’t think the NCAA really wants to open this can…