The portal.
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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.
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@BShark IDK if this is included in that 3 million but honestly assumed most of his NIL money was coming directly from Adidas with them nudging him to KU.
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@MR11 that’s from only KU. He is getting even more from Adidas
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@BShark how 'bout adidas step in and get Williams and RJ?
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Not how it works but it would be nice
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ESPN’s portal top 100 fwiw
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Someone mentioned Pop Isaacs to Houston? Yay. 27 point night coming our way.
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@MR11 said in The portal.:
@BShark IDK if this is included in that 3 million but honestly assumed most of his NIL money was coming directly from Adidas with them nudging him to KU.
How does that work? That 3 mil wouldn’t come out of the KU NIL pot, right? I’m guessing that is private NIL.
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@dylans I didn’t see Council on the list. Or maybe I missed him.
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@HoraceZontal I didn’t notice him either. The rankings are likely mostly based on counting stats - points mainly.
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This makes me respect Hunter more and mercenaries less.
“I gave up money. I gave up six figures to help our team get better because obviously, everybody thinks Kansas has all this money," Dickinson stated. "We weren’t even in the Top 15. We probably weren’t even in the Top 25 in spending. But they came off the rumor that we spent $5 million last year, and [players] were all on the bus like, ‘S***, who got the $5 million?’”
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@dylans interesting
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@approxinfinity Makes me wonder if there will be transparency at some point. Most of what we have is speculation.
Hopefully a salary cap or the like will return a better competitive balance. - it probably doesn’t help KU, but whatever. I’d like to win over a level field.
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Guess we have been in contact within the last 24 hours according to the Agents Trai & Flaggs of OG 6 sports mgt- for Duke Brennen of Grand Canyon U , might be s back up for Flory averaging 10.5 ppg - - & 9.2 rpg , pretty solid guy , might be a bruiser- hits the boards 6’10 - -250.— other Schools are KU Okla , NW-- & S Carol mentioned
