Posts made by BShark

@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:

@drgnslayr said in The portal.:

For the first time I now watched tape on Council. Thought I was watching TT. It doesn’t appear that he can finish with his left hand. His jump shot is like TTs first 3 years… shuffling his feet and not establishing his lower body form. TT went to shooters camp before his senior year and started to correct his form. To me, he looks like a 6th man candidate. Maybe his defense can earn him more PT.

Very much agree. Feels like a guy who comes off the bench but stays on the floor.

Yeah Bill is going to love him I feel.

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

Mini Peja in the portal yes pls

I wouldn’t tbh

Oh and this info comes from the best possible place. I won’t have access this directly very often.

@Kcmatt7 so first of all Bill made a lot of minute and role promises to guys last off season that didn’t end up happening. The talk to Rakease and his people this off-season was that while they would love to have him back they are in win now mode with Bill being near the end of his career. Kease was told that he would be battling with Jamari for 9th or 10th man if their portal plans came to fruition.

@dylans Self did like him and I think his interest is telling as well. Heck of an athlete for sure. Still a young kid and Self’s substitution patterns did him no favors. I felt this way when Zuby left as well. He is one the staff would have taken back but with our plan and commits so far I understand his decision.

Rakease visited Miami and will now visit Tennessee. Working on one to Auburn as well. I think of all the guys that left this will be the one that ages badly for us…

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@DCHawker that’s why I added the disclaimer. We’re not done adding.

They have the #1 player in the 2026 class (who could potentially reclassify) visiting

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

Tyran Stokes come on down…

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Council news to tonight

Signed. Kansas.

The rumor about how much Zach Clemence got is WILD.

850k…

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

I’ve seen KU make it happen for a football player I grew up with. I have no doubt they could make things work with Tyran.

Light work

@BigBad said in The portal.:

Self is going to go out with a BANG

He’s making sure

Bill Self baaaang

Already told my guy @TYOHawk days ago but now that word is spreading… KU is making a run at Tyran Stokes.

Just getting out in front of this one, to land Xzayvier Brown you have to hire his dad. Sounds like OU is the favorite for that atm.

@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.

@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…

Zach Clemence to Texas A&M

Higher level than I would have guessed.

KU will be making a run at Cedric Coward as well it sounds like.

@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.

Also just a gut feeling but I still think Council is a fair bit more likely than Lee.

@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.

@approxinfinity Doesn’t really work that way in the portal per se.

@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.

@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.

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

Couldn’t ask for a better weekend for visitors. LFK is positively gorgeous today

Elite vibes.

@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.

@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…

Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well…

Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23

I still think they take Council and Lee ends up at Florida. Just my opinion.

Bill Self is unreal lmao

Not how it works but it would be nice

@MR11 that’s from only KU. He is getting even more from Adidas

He won’t contribute

@dylans said in Recruiting Notes:

Any interest in Acaden Lewis? The PG recently decommitted from Kentucky. Not a wing but another ball handler might be nice. (I keep forgetting about Elmarko).

Georgetown probably. He is from DC and his dad is likely headed to prison for embezzlement

@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.

@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.

@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.

@BigBad said in What tandem will be better than Flory / Peterson:

I’m interested in Flory becoming a serious shot-block threat. If he does the perimeter defense will improve massively. Its easy to pressure the ball when you have a shot blocker behind you.

Obviously there is a sample size caveat but as a freshman that is the one thing he was phenomenal at. 98th percentile block rate, 96th percentile in blocks per game despite his limited playing time etc

Needs to get his fouling under control and I wouldn’t hate if he passed it out a bit more but other than that, I like him quite a bit.

@TYOHawk said in Transfer Rumblings:

If they get Council this weekend then the focus should be on a 3/4 wing and a backup 5

Yep that has to be the plan. Just makes so much sense. I think they go back-up 5 next.

@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

@rockchalkjayhawk Reminds me of Tyshawn Taylor

Council released a top 4

KU, Miss St, UGA, Gtech

@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.

@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 love the Tyshawn comp for this kid. Slightly worse shooter, but turns it over less.

Council should visit this week