@BeddieKU23 Did KU ever get MoKan players before the past few years?

Vick had little to do with that start last year. He put up numbers against the cupcakes and no showed to good teams like he always did.

Doke was the difference maker. KU made a Final Four the one season he was “healthy” all season. Keeping Doke healthy is the key for the season since he’s so big that nobody else has an answer for him.

@drgnslayr Josh had off court issues at KU as well. The incident at the Yacht Club I think with the women’s bball player centered around Josh damaging a vehicle and resulted in Josh getting suspended. You can’t blame Duke for Allen and absolve KU of Josh when they each had incidents in college as well. Either both schools are absolved because each were damaged good entering each school or each school is guilty because each player had incidents at their school.

@kjayhawks OKC is talking to teams about Paul. The two most likely deals if one happens would be Miami that would include Dragic or to Minnesota in a deal that would include Wiggins.

@approxinfinity Pat Beverly was also included in the CP3 deal and he was the one I was more frustrated about giving up at the time. Losing Harrell doesn’t bother me too much because there wasn’t room for him and Capela and they had to make a choice. Morey has never been big about keeping draft picks, I think the next one they haven’t traded yet is 2026.

@kjayhawks Westbrook will be fine without the ball in his hands. His scoring was down a little bit last year because of PG13 and that’s a good thing because Westbrook is probably the worst shooting perimeter player in the NBA. Having Westbrook off the ball will allow him to do other things he does well and he’ll still get his assists and rebounds.

I think the Rockets either stay where they’re at or a small step forward. I still don’t see them winning a title because of D’Antoni and his system though and they never will.

Personally, I’m not crazy about the deal because Harden only has this upcoming season left on his deal and if Houston couldn’t beat GS with home court or without KD, they aren’t winning a title with this group. I would’ve traded for as many draft picks as possible since the Rockets have very few for the next several years and gone through a rebuild.

KU doesn’t even make it to that Oregon game without Landen. Landen’s rebounding is why KU made it that deep in the tournament because without it, KU isn’t a 1 seed, may not have been in KC, and probably doesn’t reach the E8 because someone else would’ve out rebounded and bounced KU.

@kjayhawks Harden and Westbrook get along pretty well. I don’t see the chemistry being a big issue with those two.

@Kcmatt7 OKC is going to have a very hard time moving CP3. I seriously doubt they want to spend the money to buy Paul out who still has 3 years and $124 million left on his deal. The only two teams that can realistically trade for CP3 would be Miami or Minnesota.

Personally, I think Minnesota is the more likely option because they can get rid of Wiggins who is busting big time on his max deal. OKC would also acquire more picks from Minnesota because Wiggins still has 4 years left while Paul has 3 years left.

OKC has the draft picks to rebuild fairly quickly if they do it right.

@KUSTEVE I would bet 2-1. Sparty is better on paper than KU and Self has always struggled against Izzo.