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LOOK AT ALL THIS INCIVILITY!

Jesse - two questions:

1. Have you ever seen a more uncivil site than kubuckets.com?

2. (My actual questions): How many games until Embiid starts & Is it too early to perhaps lower expectations for Black? I see him as a relatively “unskilled” big body that has been hurt by the rule changes on D.

Thanks!

I didn’t realize Wiggins scored 21. I was trying to guess while walking back from scrimmage, and figured about 14. What impressed me most was his defense, particularly at the beginning of the day. Oh, and if you blink, you’ll miss him finding his way to the rim.

I had pegged Ellis as the leading scorer this morning, and to me at least - he’s still the most likely candidate to lead the team in scoring this season.

Selden did a lot of little things but was more quiet than expected. He did have the highlight of the day though: Wiggins had the ball on a 2-on-1 fast break and gave Wayne a nice oop.

Andrew White III was the most pleasant surprise for me. He had a couple nice steals->dunks, a couple of putbacks, and just made plays.

I thought it was interesting that the first (of three) scrimmage(s) featured the Starting Five, along with White and Traylor, against the rest of the team. Given that, and the way he played in Late Night & this morning…I’ve gotta think he’s earned PT this year rather than a RS.

Nothing too unexpected from Frank or Connor - both looked liked they moved well with the ball. Frank had a couple nice pick & rolls where he found Ellis late. Connor hit 2 of 3 threes, I believe. Brannen Greene was okay, but nothing to write home about.

Another mild surprise for me was Hunter Mickelson. He played like he belonged. Had a couple nice buckets and a block, seemed to move around okay & I think will really bring something to the table next season–or at least more than people might expect.

JoJo is raw, but not for long. I could see him having some issues with foul trouble this year. Got whistled a few times, and had one possibly ill-advised hard-ish foul by coming up from behind Greene on a fast break. Brannen hit the deck and limped off to the sideline & didn’t return.

Who else? Naa and Tarik held their own. Looked good but nothing out of the ordinary…

That’s about all I’ve got. It was nice to see the crowd go nuts when Okafor entered the gym.

The whole “greene slamming doors” rumor posted on KUsports.com stemmed from the night he went to the hospital. I forgot if it was on that site or Rivals, but people reported hearing doors slamming in AFH right around that time.

Zero clue if the door-slamming was Greene or related to his injury situation somehow, but that’s where the rumor came from initially.

Also - great to see Jesse here. In addition to adding the TCJ to my list of news spots to go to, I’m looking forward to potential Q&A here!