@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.

@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.

I think that we’ll have to fill six scolarships, and will nab Nnaji a 5, JRE a 4, Hurt a 3 and some 4, and - call me high - Stanley, a 2 who can play some 3. McBride and Braun waiting their turn, as they undoubtedly already know. Thought, anyone (and don’t call me high Lol)?

Prediction… With the mega-deal being signed watch - hocus pocus! - as, once again, the recruits begin to magically appear.

I’m telling you, I am more excited about '19-'20 than I was about '18-'19. Dok on a mission, a hungry Silvio wrecking havoc on the boards, and Enaruna bringing bigtime versatility. Hopefully Dotson (if he comes back, which I am now saying that he will) will be improved in all facets as will Agbaji - that is a great starting lineup. And what is wrong with a bench of McCormack, Mitch, Braun (bigtime shooter), Garrett (bigtime defender and distributor) and McBride (bigtime shooter)? How many teams in America would like to have those ten players? And how many teams have done more with less? I’ll say it again, Coach Self was very smart in signing Enaruna, Braun and McBride. The question now is, who should we pursue in '20?

To be honest, when I - not exaggerating - hear “based on a true story” in a movie commerical that is usually enough to keep me from seeing it - too often they feel patronizing.

@mayjay said in 2020-21 Season: Will it happen?:

It is going to take a long time to go away if we don’t find a vaccine. If it reduces here due to warm weather, it will increase in the Southern hemisphere, and return in the fall.

On March 19 (16 days ago) there were 244,000 world-wide cases. Now there are more than 4 times as many. There were 10,000 deaths. Now, 6 times that many. Of known cases with an outcome, the rate is 21%. If there are 10 times as many infections as officially counted (as many suspect), this thing is insanely burning a wide swath with no end in sight.

How can that all magically go away when we still have officials thinking they do not need to do everything in their power to fight it?

And that is not even taking into account the 2nd and 3rd waves that need no help from the rest of the world to begin, having been born from the 1st that is already here.

Not trying to be a bummer, but no I don’t. I don’t think there will be any football (college or pro) either - this next year is going to be a wash.

@nwhawkfan said in Games on tv:

And now CBS brings back bad memories…the 1997 final, Arizona (who upset overall number 1 seed KU) vs. Kentucky.

Shoulda been us in the final. What a loaded lineup, The Truth, Jacque, Pollard, LaFrentz, Haase.

Oh man, that was a heartbreaker.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Tyon Grant Foster commits to KU:

My guess right now for starters next season (assuming Dotson leaves) is Thompson, Garrett, Agbaji, Braun, Dave. TGF is obviously going to play next season based on that statement from Townsend. Does anyone think he’ll start ahead of Braun or any of the other projected starters?

You know me, all in on Braun. Question though, could he perhaps supplant Agbaji? Probably not. I know that coach doesn’t like to bench starters.

@KirkIsMyHinrich I think he will.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Marcus Garrett Defensive Player of the Year:

Yes!️🥰🥳️️️so happy! Rafters?

Are you happy?

…As I have been saying, I don’t think we’re going to get much of anything.

@jayballer73 everyone, it seems.

I added Reed on the bench for his outside shooting.