Transfer Rumblings
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Was talking to a good friend last night who works in an AAC AD and is pretty involved with their hoops program. Said Battle was a hothead and can’t (won’t) play within an offense. Apparently almost started a couple fights this year.
Highly doubt he ends up here.
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Also re: Livingston. Bill loves him. Yeah his people fancy him a 2/3 but at least lately Bill hasn’t really distinguished the 2-4 spots in any meaningful way so not an issue here.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Was talking to a good friend last night who works in an AAC AD and is pretty involved with their hoops program. Said Battle was a hothead and can’t (won’t) play within an offense. Apparently almost started a couple fights this year.
Yeah seems like if the staff does their due diligence they would probably pass.
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Posting for no reason @FarmerJayhawk @Kcmatt7 @BeddieKU23
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Let’s get weird
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Temps are rising baby!
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
Temps are rising baby!
Uh Oh - - can you smelllllllllllllllll - what the Rock is Cookin - - -ROCH CHALK
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Big day tomorrow for portal entries I imagine.
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I’m hearing Kevin is considering returning, not sure what anyone else has heard.
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@kjayhawks said in Transfer Rumblings:
I’m hearing Kevin is considering returning, not sure what anyone else has heard.
Pretty sure he’s done but curious where you’ve heard it. I haven’t heard a whisper of it. Basically I had kept hearing that only Juan/KJ/Udeh/Zuby were expected back and that hasn’t changed.
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I can only deal with Livingston if he’s fine with being a 4. If he’s adamant on being a 3 I’d pass
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@TYOHawk the way we’re going to play it really doesn’t matter. We switch everything defensively so position is less relevant there, and change up action based more on personnel than position on offense. I’m actually not sure what the distinction between the 3 and 4 is for us now.
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Watched some Harrison Ingram tape finally. Saw a lot to like, and some bad. He’s a VERY gifted ballhandler and passer for his size. He’s a legit 6’8 with a long wingspan. As a result, he’s a strong positional and help defender and driver. His lack of suddenness really affects his ability to finish when he’s in an iso. His shot form is kinda broken. The lower half just doesn’t do a lot so everything is flat. Same thing happens at the line. Overall he’s just stiff. But he’s always in position and can make plays. I like him a lot as a wing.
We’re not going to replace Dick, McCullar, and Wilson 1:1. The mix of skills will be different. E.g. Ingram could replace Jalen’s rebounding, Jones Dick’s shooting and McCullar’s defense, and Ingram McCullar’s BBIQ. The mix will be different but these dudes can ball.
Tl;dr. He’s a 6’8 version of Juan. If you don’t like Juan you won’t like Ingram. However, Billy Eugene Self will love him and oh boy if you don’t think Juan is a great guard WHEW BOY you will hate Ingram. Player comp: Kyle Anderson.
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On Jones. Dude can fill it up. The shot is bad. But hey, it goes in A LOT. It actually might be so oblong that defenders can’t square it up. He also moves better than you’d think. Makes a lot of contested two’s. The three ball is obviously there. Is not just a spot up guy. Can take a step and bury one in your eye hole
Definitely a below the rim player but does ok sticking to his man.
Ingram and Jones are very complementary. Both big wings. Ingram is more of a point forward, Jones a 3 and D.
If we get them both, we’ll need a scoring guard/wing and an athlete at the 5 if we keep switching on D.
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@FarmerJayhawk Ingram is my most wanted as long as all the other guys we grab can shoot. He’d slay at the 4 for us.
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Besides some lacking athleticism I agree he’d do enough to earn his keep here. The shot also needs work. He can shoot, just inconsistent
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HEARINGS: Based on recent rumblings about how much our guys got this year, I ain’t too worried about finding dudes in the portal. That is all.
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Style wise I see a lot of Dave
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@BeddieKU23 Yep. He offers something none of our current bigs do and is Bill’s “type”.
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BeddieKU23 Yep. He offers something none of our current bigs do and is Bill’s “type”.
Just me babbling hee but for me I would like it would not be hearing any complaints from me if Graham landed here. - Guy cleans the boards which I think should be one of a majority priority for us as we gave up to many offensive rebounds during games. - -This guy averages 9.5 rpg -and he can SCORE - I think he would be a good addition
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Any updates on Self’s health? Hope his recovery is progressing.
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Certainly would have value here. Hope he has a clean bill of health since he missed the season
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@BeddieKU23 said in Transfer Rumblings:
Certainly would have value here. Hope he has a clean bill of health since he missed the season
me too and stay healthy - - -just thinking how much help he would be on the boards AND Score the ball- -his rebounding would take Jalen’s place - -not sur if he Scores quite as much in a higher conference but got a feeling he would be just fine
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@BeddieKU23 not a medical opinion by any means but greg gurley was on a podcast where he thought Bill was probably back to about 80%
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@MR11 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BeddieKU23 not a medical opinion by any means but greg gurley was on a podcast where he thought Bill was probably back to about 80%
This was as of last week I believe. Said he felt he could have coached in Vegas if we made it there too.
ETA: I think there is a Hawk Talk tonight.
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Yet nothing still out of MJ or Kyle ?
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@BShark Are we officially portaling?
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@Kcmatt7 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark Are we officially portaling?
Soon. The guy that asked me to not mention him just put his name out there elsewhere so I’m good with making this public.
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@BShark The guy moves really well to get open and doesn’t need much time to make a trey, reminds me of Och in his senior year.
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@BShark Sick. Glad it is finally “out there.” @Woodrow
Yea to me this is like absolutely the #1 choice for rumored transfers. LOVE his game. Perfect fit next to Juan.
Starting rotation based purely on rumors:
- PG: Juan
- SG: Murrell
- Wing: Ingram
- Wing: Jones
- C: Udeh
Gives you a bench of KJ, Elmarko and MAdams. I think they’ll either find a way to keep MJ or add another wing who can contribute.
Hawks would be VERY back with this team, imo. Good shooting. Solid rebounding. Athletic. Very high on the BBIQ. Bench should theoretically be better than this season by some margin.
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So Ole Miss? - -nice stroke. - -Now just convince him to come to Jay Hawk Nation - -come to the Phog.- – - -What is his classification BShark ?- Jy ? SR ?
Other hopeful target Jones --Jr ? Sr ?
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Murrell is a bucket. And contra Battle has started a ton of games and doesn’t have character questions
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@AsadZ said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark The guy moves really well to get open and doesn’t need much time to make a trey, reminds me of Och in his senior year.
We are selling him on the Gradey/Ochai role.
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Don’t know anything about Murrell , but his 3% dropped drastically this year from last
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@Woodrow was forced into playing PG last year. Definitely not his strength
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@Kcmatt7 I like this lineup A LOT. Very balanced, very high BBIQ. And old, but not necessarily at the expense of talent. Probably not much NBA talent that’s a trade off we have to make these days
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@Kcmatt7 Synergy agrees btw. 92nd percentile in spot up threes as a Sophomore (in his correct role that he would be reclaiming at KU) and grades out as a very good defender. Can’t stress enough how shitty the Ole Miss coaching staff was.
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We still need some athleticism sans Udeh, KJ and Elmarko.
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@TYOHawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
We still need some athleticism sans Udeh, KJ and Elmarko.
Marcus, Murrell. Other than that not sure we will have a ton. Jones and Ingram don’t really pop there nor does the big man we are pushing to get a visit from.
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Believe we’ll hear early this week on MJ and Cuffe
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Believe we’ll hear early this week on MJ and Cuffe
EOD tomorrow on MJ. RUMBLINGS.
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So is the rumor Murrell done deal to KU?
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@Woodrow said in Transfer Rumblings:
So is the rumor Murrell done deal to KU?
Need to see Win Case not retained in any fashion by Ole Miss. Beard will be putting his new assistants in place soon.
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Boom!
Murrell a former top 40 kid from IMG.
140 made 3’s. Career 77% FT shooter, got to the FT line 200 times in the last two years. Harris for example has been to the line just 81 times in 3 years.
Shooting numbers and PER definitely impacted by playing out of position and on a bad team.
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https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1640719433189699584
More pointing towards Bill wanting another big.
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@BShark Gotta wonder what the system is for “contacting” guys in the portal. Hard to tell what REAL interest looks like. If we are looking at 20 players but have 4 spots, who is really at the top of the pecking order? Same for the player. If you are listing 25 schools, might as well not list any, right?
When is the deadline to transfer? Like, when does the portal CLOSE?
I think another big is probably a good idea with both Cam and Zach leaving. Udeh and Zuby are both unproven and KJ is really more of a 4 than a 5. Wouldn’t be my TOP priority though.
