The portal.
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@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?
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@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?
Leader, competitive, fiery kid and excuse my language but he gives a damn.
After what I just watched for 30 plus games…sign me up for that. No more smiling after mistakes or players wilting as soon as things get tough.
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@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?
Leader, competitive, fiery kid and excuse my language but he gives a damn.
After what I just watched for 30 plus games…sign me up for that. No more smiling after mistakes or players wilting as soon as things get tough.
Bonnie fans called him the marathon man because he never took himself out of the games man. ABSOLUTE DOG.
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@BShark said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?
Leader, competitive, fiery kid and excuse my language but he gives a damn.
After what I just watched for 30 plus games…sign me up for that. No more smiling after mistakes or players wilting as soon as things get tough.
Bonnie fans called him the marathon man because he never took himself out of the games man. ABSOLUTE DOG.
I want to go to war with that kid on my side. When you go play Arizona, Houston, Iowa State or little bro I want kids like that on my team.
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Is there any place I can get a thoughtful ranking of the commit + transfer classes for ncaam?
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I don’t know how thoughtful it is but there is this:
https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportaltop/
and this:
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@Jhawk69 I personally really like evanmiya and torvik for the analytics approach compared to the vibes of 247/on3 etc but all data points are at least interesting.
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Probably too expensive but Jamir Watkins come on down…
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Council released a top 4
KU, Miss St, UGA, Gtech
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@BShark hoping in that order?
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@BShark said in The portal.:
Council released a top 4
KU, Miss St, UGA, Gtech
Dunno much this guy. ha, i guess i could say that about all these mid major guys.
Is there a reason to be excited about adding him?
Certainly doesn’t look like the shooter we need.
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Has anyone else been noticing that we are not the only one’s kinda having hard go with the portal and NIL this Season ?Baylor took a Major Hit. = Possibly Iowa St losing vital people , and of Course can’t forget K/Sucks they are missing on portal targes, these are just some in our League this Poral and NIL crap is insane
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Visits and sucj should be picking up again now coming out of the dead period they saud
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@rockchalkjayhawk Reminds me of Tyshawn Taylor
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@BShark I always liked TT. He caught a lot of love/hate during his time here, but man he loved KU and he gave it everything he had. That 2012 squad was a lot of fun.
Hopefully he doesn’t shoot like TT in a dome though, ha!
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We like TT! Wasn’t he the guy that got caught doing some extra curricular activities at mid court?
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Tyshawn “f it the guy in the third row is open” Taylor. I loved Tyshawn but man he had some wild plays
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Any updates on Darrion Williams? Is there a chance?
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@rockchalkjayhawk you talking bout Elijah Nutpunch Johnson? Mitch Mcgary deserved it. https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1b9vme/elijah_johnson_racks_mitch_mcgary_in_the_family/?rdt=55842
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:
We like TT! Wasn’t he the guy that got caught doing some extra curricular activities at mid court?
Naadir Tharpe did that for sure lmao
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@approxinfinity Yeah… unfortunately the outcome out that game was pretty rough… Safe to say they got the last laugh :< - Always remember camping and he’d roll through - “PUT’CHA SHOES ONNNNNN”
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@approxinfinity he flopped
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@BShark Wasn’t his extra curricular some questionable photos taken after the season ended, lol?
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Ruined her marriage
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@Crimsonorblue22 Seriously? lol. I remember Frank’s last year my wife snapchatted him and he responded. I think I was more excited than she was.
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Wasn’t she a nurse, a school nurse? It was a bad deal for her and her family.
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@BShark said in The portal.:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:
We like TT! Wasn’t he the guy that got caught doing some extra curricular activities at mid court?
Naadir Tharpe did that for sure lmao
Bingo. Yup.
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Y’all trippin … point plankn
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=point plankn
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Council visit confirmed on this weekend
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So Diggy is gone to Maryland… any other of our last bunch committed? Seems like some might try to return to KU. I wonder if each are welcome back?
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@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
Council visit confirmed on this weekend
6’4 and 6’5 guards in the backcourt who can attack and create in iso situations who can guard…
I get what Coach is going for…just need an athletic wing and a backup 5
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@FarmerJayhawk As we were holding off OSU at the FF Tyshawn made a bad pass that went right to Bill Self!
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@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
Council visit confirmed on this weekend
6’4 and 6’5 guards in the backcourt who can attack and create in iso situations who can guard…
I get what Coach is going for…just need an athletic wing and a backup 5
Doesn’t sound like we may be able to afford a top Wing at least from current info… Sounds like Council and a backup 5 are the next focuses. We’ll see, maybe they are still awaiting more portal entries or to see the fallout from the draft on what is out there.
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If we cannot afford a wing that is quite alarming, considering that we still need to fill about half of our scholarships
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Shooooooters!
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@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
If we cannot afford a wing that is quite alarming, considering that we still need to fill about half of our scholarships
He means a really high end guy like Darrion Williams. Like 3M plus types, they won’t take that swing for a few reasons I feel.
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We should just grab Melvin Council, Kyan Evans, Corbin Allen, Brandon Hausen, and a backup big or two. I think we have the money for that.
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@Jhawk69 sounds like a good group offensively. How do they stack up defensively?
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Melvin Council is supposed to be a good defender. The others I don’t know enough about to say.
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Br really weird to have the ksu guy. Has that ever happened, either way?
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@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
If we cannot afford a wing that is quite alarming, considering that we still need to fill about half of our scholarships
Yeah if we think we are getting the top available wings out there that are going to command top NIL that’s probably not in the bingo cards after the Flory/White/Dawson decisions. If they do find a wing it’s probably going to be someone that isn’t in a bidding war and likely isn’t a top end starter type. I do hope they get a wing because they need one. Your not roster balancing if you don’t.
It does sound like the next two bigger NIL spends will be a combo guard, if not Council then who knows and the backup big where there doesn’t seem to be a clear target at the moment. Sounds like the pool of those types is even commanding starter level NIL from last year and now the price is double etc
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Evans went to UNC for 1.5 milly
Allen should be the 14th guy as being reported by Swain currently
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We have to keep in mind having to basically pay Flory double what was perhaps expected has changed things. I still think it was the right decision but it’s making it harder for KU to pursue certain players we thought might be attainable
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@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
We have to keep in mind having to basically pay Flory double what was perhaps expected has changed things. I still think it was the right decision but it’s making it harder for KU to pursue certain players we thought might be attainable
Bill just last weekend went to get more money, which he did get. They definitely want to get a reasonable back-up big and you are right that the Flory stuff changed the calculus a bit.
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I assume Peterson has the biggest piece of the NIL pie and I’m guessing Elmarko’s NIL deal is over $1 million considered his projections out of high school and what he would’ve gotten at the time as a projected OAD.
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@BShark said in The portal.:
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
We have to keep in mind having to basically pay Flory double what was perhaps expected has changed things. I still think it was the right decision but it’s making it harder for KU to pursue certain players we thought might be attainable
Bill just last weekend went to get more money, which he did get. They definitely want to get a reasonable back-up big and you are right that the Flory stuff changed the calculus a bit.
We need more than a back-up 5 - we need a front-court rotation player with size/bulk who can set screens, rim protect, rebound and put back misses. All of the FF and most of the E8 played two bigs and rotated in others. Florida rotated 4 bigs with 2 on the floor, Houston 3 with 2 on the floor. Same with Auburn. Duke had a lot of size in the front court and on the wings. Flory, Tiller and a just a 10 mpg back-up isn’t going to measure up. And, while we now have depth on the perimeter, it’s a pretty undersized group and no one who can consistently shoot the 3ball.
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I’m still confused on how NIL is used… especially when it comes to enticing players to come here. I know schools are paying NIL and that is about to have caps to it. But then there is private NIL and that’s unlimited. For example… Flory has a deal with Freddy’s. And when he decided to stay here I saw several posts thanking Freddy’s. It seems to me… it’s the contracted school NIL used to get players here and then once they are here their private NIL might help keep them here? If someone knows more on this, please post it!
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was listening today and podcast was saying talking about Lewis as one and what it might take if we got involved.
Even though different positions comparing what it might take, compared and the Return of Jt Toppin at Tech was right around Four Million , so if your looking at Lewis and wanting to be considered serious probably would be right around same
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:
I assume Peterson has the biggest piece of the NIL pie and I’m guessing Elmarko’s NIL deal is over $1 million considered his projections out of high school and what he would’ve gotten at the time as a projected OAD.
I don’t know on Elmarko but the word on DP is he is getting 3 million from KU.
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Sounds like if the visit goes well for Council he will be a Jayhawk.
