Transfer Rumblings
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
How do we feel about Chris Livingston
Talented but have hear there isn’t a lot going on upstairs which is a bad fit for Self. He should be entering soon. There was a ton of smoke before and it looks like the UK players are all starting to announce their decisions.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
How do we feel about Chris Livingston
An athletic player…I might shed tears of joy. BLOB lob plays will be back.
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Livingston and Ingram let’s get weird.
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@FarmerJayhawk Yes absolutely no questions from me.
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Good stuff my dudes. Be patient on it, since he’ll go through the draft process as well. I wonder with science and AI can we implant Harrison Ingram’s brain in Livingston?
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As the wheel turns https://twitter.com/ebosshoops/status/1643688752378781719?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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The film on Primo is very Remy Martin. When he’s hot he’s hot. He’s going to shoot a lot. He’s going to shoot awful shots all the time.
So, a spark bench role for Primo would intrigue me. Do not want to see him here starting at all.
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Does Tshiebwe have eligibility left? I thought he had a Covid year left.
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@Kcmatt7 He does
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@BShark Lol sounds like he won’t be on that Uk roster then…
Personally I’d take him tomorrow. Word on if he’ll go pro instead? (inserts better learn Chinese Buddy meme)
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@Kcmatt7 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark Lol sounds like he won’t be on that Uk roster then…
Personally I’d take him tomorrow. Word on if he’ll go pro instead? (inserts better learn Chinese Buddy meme)
I would not want him, but I can understand liking him.
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Oscar is a phenomenal college player, but he is what he is now. Give me Udeh instead. Higher ceiling.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Oscar is a phenomenal college player, but he is what he is now. Give me Udeh instead. Higher ceiling.
Oscar couldn’t hold Udeh’s jock strap defensively if I’m being honest.
ETA: Obviously would love for Udeh to become even half the rebounder he is.
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@FarmerJayhawk gag what does the staff even like
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@kuballin10 players specifically designed in a lab to make you mad while we win
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Oscar is a phenomenal college player, but he is what he is now. Give me Udeh instead. Higher ceiling.
He’s one of the worst P&R defenders I’ve ever seen. Hard pass
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
How do we feel about Chris Livingston
buzz buzz
Talk to me Farmer
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
Livingston and Ingram let’s get weird.
@TYOHawk I think it would work.
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I’ll just dump this whole shebang out there re: the 4 spot. Ingram was flat down our board a ways. I probably like him better than the staff but hey, hoops opinions are like arseholes it that we all them. There were things with other dudes that have fallen through (so far). None of which I feel comfortable sharing because some enterprising jackwad (likely dressed head to toe in purple) could go to the NCAA and claim tampering. Anyways, the lack of KU caliber 4s in the portal has the staff on the hunt. I’m not going to say scrambling or anything like that because my dudes it’s April 5 and the portal doesn’t close for another 5 weeks and the draft deadline is like 3 months out. So they’ve been hard at work hunting DUDES. Hence Ingram back on the board as a possibility. The shine has worn off Cal for guys in the program (see their transfers page, and Oscar passing up 7 figures to play pickup ball in some backwater) so there’s opportunity to be had if certain things go right. We have PT, an appealing NIL program, and the undisputed king of college hoops at the helm. They aren’t hurting for guys interested. It’s working to find the best 3-4 we can because last year’s talent was unacceptable and Billy Eugene Self is over that shit. The king has returned.
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@FarmerJayhawk haha win it all with bad shooters and I will have no leg to stand on
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@FarmerJayhawk good staff views Ingram like I do
Hmmm massoud to KU but can’t because what they’d claim?
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@kuballin10 Massoud sucks he wasn’t good enough for new era KSU lol
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@BShark lol dude was big in tourney
My question is why purple would claim tampering if it wasn’t one of their players
Nowell….Johnson?
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If you get busted for tampering you can no longer recruit the player and he can’t go to your school
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@kuballin10 You have to look beyond the scope of the tournament. He had his best game ALL YEAR against MSU. It’s an outlier. Tang made some very candid public comments about the situation that basically he doesn’t think Massoud as a starter gets them to where they want to be and he wants to start in his last season hence the transfer.
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@FarmerJayhawk yeah so we we’re interested in someone over there
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@BShark yeah I’ve followed it he wouldn’t start at ksu and he wants to start
I get scope is more than 1 game sample size
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@kuballin10 we are unequivocally not interested in anyone playing for KSU
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@FarmerJayhawk i read head to toe purple and assumed that’s what you meant
Them claiming tampering on some player from ole miss or md wouldn’t hold one ounce of water
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@kuballin10 given the NCAA wants our scalp it’s the last thing I’d put past them. There’s literally no upside to dropping those names except message board fodder.
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Give me Brandon Murray, from The Athletic, “Now, Murray is more of a reclamation project for a team that can slot him into the role that worked best for him at LSU: an off-ball wing who can shoot from distance, attack when advantages present themselves, and defend.”
Or Bamba, "Bamba blossomed in 2023. He averaged 15.2 points per game operating mostly as a slasher that excels getting downhill toward the rim. His game is very uncomplicated in that way. If he can’t get to the rim, he’s comfortable shooting from 3, particularly off the catch. He made 43 percent of his catch-and-shoot 3s this season, per Synergy. Where he struggles is when he has to actually create his own jumper off the bounce. Washington State preaches 3s and layups, but even in the opportunities Bamba took from midrange, they weren’t all that successful. Basically, Bamba looks like a perfect fourth option on a legitimately good team, or a solid second option on an average team. "
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@FarmerJayhawk 2 dogggggs
I know we like Bamba a lot. Not sure if we contacted Murray.
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Let me play the what IF. the what if these were the one’s that turned out to be the one’s we landed how bad would it be? - or how good I’m just babbling tossing these out sooo What If :
Harrison Ingram DID land here - - -What IF Kevin Mc , goes through the NBA waters and then decided - that ya he wanted to come back with that NIl Deal - - What if Hunter did end up landing here ? - And then we get that Wing - -nice scoring wing. - -How would that be - -would that make ANY SENSE ? - --just asking and me throwing around some combinations
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As I understand it
Full court press: Hunter, Timberlake
High targets: Hart, Primo
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
As I understand it
Full court press: Hunter, Timberlake
High targets: Hart, Primo
that would be a nice group huh - especially IF he hit 1000 with them all. - -Did I hear right Timberlake at KU right now today ? - -I think Hunter is either to have a zoom or visit right ?- - Spears supose to visit next weekend right ? - - don’t know much about Hart
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@jayballer67 Timberlake visit starts Friday. Commit watch on that one.
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
@jayballer67 Timberlake visit starts Friday. Commit watch on that one.
fingers crossed
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@BShark when the heck is Cuffe gonna make a decision?
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@kuballin10 early May is the deadline to enter the portal. By all accounts he doesn’t want to leave and you can’t make him soooooo we’ll see what happens
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@kuballin10 early May is the deadline to enter the portal. By all accounts he doesn’t want to leave and you can’t make him soooooo we’ll see what happens
Self was hilarious about him in the presser today. It’s very clear what he WANTS to happen.
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@BShark for sure. And tbh I’m on Cuffe’s side here. He and KUAD signed a 4 year deal in effect. He’d be losing the very nice KU housing, NIL money, and apparently he has a gf at KU too. He’s upholding his end of the deal.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@kuballin10 early May is the deadline to enter the portal. By all accounts he doesn’t want to leave and you can’t make him soooooo we’ll see what happens
Cuffe to SFA seems like it could be a good fit for all involved. SFA’s coach Kyle Keller is a former Self assistant and wouldn’t ve the first KU player to transfer to SFA. And that player was also a PG who just so happens to have entered the portal again leaving SFA with a hole at PG. I imagine that’s something Self is trying to make work and that’s a move that makes sense for all parties involved.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Yeah we even had a walk-on end up there before.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 So…maybe some KU NIL provider decides to boost the recruiting efforts of their new-found obsession, SFA?
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark for sure. And tbh I’m on Cuffe’s side here. He and KUAD signed a 4 year deal in effect. He’d be losing the very nice KU housing, NIL money, and apparently he has a gf at KU too. He’s upholding his end of the deal.
Just put him on a “Bill Self” scholarship and have him be a regular student then.
If he isn’t going to play but wants to stay absolve him of the basketball duties.
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@Kcmatt7 Wish they could do that……frustrating really
If we only can land 3 portal guys I’m out on Timberlake as we need three starters not a shooter off the bench
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It’s unfortunate that part of this is because we lost that scholarship. I don’t think anyone would care about Cuffe using the 13th scholarship
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@Kcmatt7 agreed but so be it let that third party finally make a decision so we can move on
Self said we need a 20 and 10 big - Hunter
2 big wings who can shoot - not sure who they are yet
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark for sure. And tbh I’m on Cuffe’s side here. He and KUAD signed a 4 year deal in effect. He’d be losing the very nice KU housing, NIL money, and apparently he has a gf at KU too. He’s upholding his end of the deal.
If Cuffe had suffered some catastrophic injury I’d be upset if KU pulled the scholarship. As is he’s not holding up his end of the contract if he can’t help the team. With lack of player loyalty in this era of free agency I don’t know why the university should be expected to honor scholarships beyond one year. - that being said, I hate the current environment, I love watching players develop over a four year career. If things don’t stabilize KU basketball will be harder to enjoy with the Kentucky like yearly turnover - yuck.
