The portal.
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@TYOHawk I think he WILL PLAY
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@TYOHawk I meant White and Dawson. But Calderon is another wing assuming he plays (knock on wood).
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Malique Ewin Florida St Forward averaged 14.2 ppg &–7.6 rpg is focusing on five Schools.— KU Arkansas , Auburn , Mississippi St- - & Virginia. Could be a solid piece. I know we need to find another solid Big , that’s for sure
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@BShark said in The portal.:
Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23
Not getting my hopes up but he’s a major ceiling raiser if we do get in this
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@DCHawker Rather have Ewin then Brennan shot 60 % from the field averages right at Eight rebounds a game and 14.2 big man from Florida St
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Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
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@SlimShaddy54 Agree. Against MD in the tourney, Brennan had 8 RBs, but only 2 pts as GCU got blown out.
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@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
Please be a big or a wing
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@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
Please be a big or a wing
Haven’t got the name yet. Swain on it too…
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@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
Please be a big or a wing
PG Xaivian Lee from Princeton. 1st team all-Ivy League last year while averaging 16.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.5 apg, and 1.2 steals per game. 22.7 PER last season and 24.7 as a sophomore and over 36% assist rate last season. Like other targets, not a great shooter, but gets to the line and he is a playmaker. 4.4 FTA as a sophomore and 3.8 FTA last season. Having spent his first 3 years at Princeton, we also know he’s very smart and should pick up Self’s system pretty easily.
I really enjoy how good of a passer he is in his highlights. He can create some pretty crazy passing angles and find lanes that shouldn’t be there. Him and DP in a little two man game would be insane.
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@BShark said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
Please be a big or a wing
Haven’t got the name yet. Swain on it too…
Still no word on this other possible visitor ?
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Couldn’t ask for a better weekend for visitors. LFK is positively gorgeous today
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@FarmerJayhawk Love it.
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@Woodrow said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
Please be a big or a wing
Haven’t got the name yet. Swain on it too…
Still no word on this other possible visitor ?
I would guess that Swain or Vern will be the first to get it.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:
Couldn’t ask for a better weekend for visitors. LFK is positively gorgeous today
Elite vibes.
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@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…
Please be a big or a wing
Ask and ye shall receive.
Kansas a possible destination for Malique Ewin and Shawn Phillips Jr.
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Malique Ewin being a backup 5 seems to good to be true. I’m just hoping we get Phillips for some depth lol
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@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
Malique Ewin is savage. Never seen a 7’-er’s moves like he does in college.
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A defense with him at the 5, Flory at the 4, White at the 3, Darryn at the 2, and Council at the 1 would be a wet dream for Bill Self
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Wow, yes please
This team could very much be the “not 2024-2025 Jayhawks”
Also, the url for that youtube video ends in KU. I will take that as a sign.
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The more I watch Ewin, the more I want him - this guy knows how to seal - what we miss from our bigs in the past decade. He can pass and has high bbiq. Def’ly worth 3mil. IMHO.
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@BShark said in The portal.:
Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23
Brick laying defensive juggernaut team incoming?
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Dammm , hmmm Xavion entered the portal with a do not contact tag and yet he has visited St Johns , and now visiting us ( KU )-- - that sounds kind of like either St John or Ku-- but has visited these two and has a do not contact tag–whoever has the most money maybe ?
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@BShark https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pd1ZpRtnIO0?si=Mjr140oME5UX84P- This dude is a stud. Ewin + Watkins will be early Christmas in Lawrence.
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@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23
Brick laying defensive juggernaut team incoming?
This appears to be the vision.
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@approxinfinity said in The portal.:
Wow, yes please
This team could very much be the “not 2024-2025 Jayhawks”
Also, the url for that youtube video ends in KU. I will take that as a sign.
KU is actually out on Ewin and Phillips imo.
Arkansas is the heavy favorite for Ewin.
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@BShark sucks. Stupid Nike money.
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College basketball…
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I may be the only one rooting for us to only have like 3 bigs on the roster and just be forced to play 4 out from necessity.
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@approxinfinity Doesn’t really work that way in the portal per se.
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@BShark my assumption is that shoe co money is very much driving the bus, when it comes to sweetening deals, a bit above the table and a lot below.
I guess my question would be “whats stopping it from working like that?”
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@approxinfinity said in The portal.:
@BShark my assumption is that shoe co money is very much driving the bus, when it comes to sweetening deals, a bit above the table and a lot below.
I guess my question would be “whats stopping it from working like that?”
Just seems to not matter after highschool. For example Flory signed an under armor deal while coming back to an Adidas school. The main pursuer Auburn, will be a Nike school as of June.
So these kids will take shoe money and money from the schools. Pretty good gig right now.
ETA: Funniest thing might be Flagg signing with New Balance after Nike invested so much into him.
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@BShark lol thats fantastic about Flagg. I may just root for the kid in the pros.
Im sure New Balance stroked a pretty healthy check.
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Also just a gut feeling but I still think Council is a fair bit more likely than Lee.
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Ewin was good for FSU but their fans complained of effort with him which you won’t see in highlights but apparently was there in a lot of their losses. I wouldn’t read so much into it based on how negative the situation was there overall.
Look they had a coach who was on his way out after a great career there and it took them 2 yrs too long to make a change.
Watkins was fantastic his JR yr and while he scored more this yr his efficiency dropped due to the above and having to carry such a big role. I think he’s a very good Robin to someone’s Batman and that’s what I potentially like about him here but again no reason to care unless it heats up. Just a different perspective from a FSU football fan that ends up lurking on their basketball program at times.
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@BeddieKU23 nice insights.
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Do still swinging for fences and coming end up striking out if Phillips & Erim both out. We need that 2nd quality big or were in Trouble
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@BShark said in The portal.:
Also just a gut feeling but I still think Council is a fair bit more likely than Lee.
Honestly Lee is a great add if you can get him as a bench role, in that microwave role. Like when he’s in the game give him the ball and let him cook.
Otherwise I think it’s a bad fit.
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@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Also just a gut feeling but I still think Council is a fair bit more likely than Lee.
Honestly Lee is a great add if you can get him as a bench role, in that microwave role. Like when he’s in the game give him the ball and let him cook.
Otherwise I think it’s a bad fit.
Yeah I can’t envision him going anywhere to come off the bench but I agree.
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@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:
Do still swinging for fences and coming end up striking out if Phillips & Erim both out. We need that 2nd quality big or were in Trouble
Pretty sure Phillips committed to MU
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@CasterTroy ya he did. we got to get better at closing , lot of misses
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How can other Schools compete with this type of NIL.- - -BYU handing out reported - -3.5 Million for Wright== =& qre you ready ? --Reported 7 Million for AJ- - B.- -no kid that hasn’t stepped a foot on the floor at the College level is worth 7 Million. – This is why NIL has ruined College Sports
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KU will be making a run at Cedric Coward as well it sounds like.
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Better be - dudes a stud….
Council, Coward and an athletic backup big
Reload and let DP handle the ball at point every possession
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Zach Clemence to Texas A&M
Higher level than I would have guessed.
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@kuballin10 said in The portal.:
Better be - dudes a stud….
Council, Coward and an athletic backup big
Reload and let DP handle the ball at point every possession
Not the portal but kind of like the portal for the back-up big potentially…
Paul Mbiya will visit. 20 years old, from Africa currently playing in France. Declared for the draft but is not really good enough for that. Very large human being at 6’11’’ 260. 7’8’’ wingspan…
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Sounds like a heacache eligibility wise
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As for Coward, looks like he is injury prone. I have no problem with taking a flyer on him but I hope he is not a projected starter
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Paul Mbiya is another name to watch. 20 yr old is looking at visits to KU and a couple others. 6’10 is a backup big target perhaps. Also declared for the draft
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@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
As for Coward, looks like he is injury prone. I have no problem with taking a flyer on him but I hope he is not a projected starter
He played every single game his first two years of college basketball. He is coming off a serious injury that he should be recovered from.
