Landed our first transfer.

Jayden Dawson from Loyola-Chicago.

What do we know about this piece of shit?

Yay? Know nothing about him.

Just looking at his stats....

13.9 points, 1.9 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game. The next KJ Adams?

He shoots from further than a couple feet out, which is a plus. 2/5 of our starting lineup couldn't exactly do that last season.

True, but he wasn't exactly lighting it up according to the stats.

35.5% on 234 threes isn't too bad. Sounds like someone an opposing team will actually have to guard, which is useful.

This feels like at best a taller Coit and at worst Timberlake 2.0. The good news is he definitely isn't shy about shooting 3s and he had some big games when he was on. Unfortunately the bad news is he, like Coit, doesn't offer much in the way of assists or rebounds, and his games against actual good teams were....not good. They played 1 tournament team this year, VCU, and in 2 games he shot 4-24 from the field 2-14 from 3. Yikes. If you expand that to the top 2 teams in the league that somehow makes the numbers worse: 5-35 from the field 3-22 from 3.

As a deep bench guy I guess it doesn't hurt but he shouldn't be counted on to be a significant contributor to a title team.

Timberlake 2.0?

Ooooooooof

This is going to be a comeback like Kim Kardashian

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Shut your whore mouth :#

Tre White handed to KU.

We are so ****ing back

Unfortunately, he was not just handed to KU.

Kansas will have to pay for his services.

I know nothing about this guy but he's probably one of the best basketball players that's ever lived because he plays for KU now.

He's already passed KJ in my opinion.

He is the same height as KJ. And he has heart.

Man this really does not move the needle, either.

The White handed?

https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2...JkyCQ/200.webp

A perimeter player who routinely attempts 10+ threes and hits at a 37% clip is the next KJ Adams.

Yikes. I see why you laugh at reasonable takes.

You understand that they had about 8 spots to fill, right?

Yes I do and I don’t think they've got one good starter from the transfer portal yet.

Vernon’s latest on the bad player per BWillie

I’ve learned to ignore portal rankings. KU had plenty of highly ranked portal transfers who ended up underperforming.

Let’s see how the pieces fit when the puzzle is finished before we react too much to these guys.

Hell, some of them may get recruited over and leave anyway.

I love 29% 3PT shooters who have absolutely no playmaking ability...and has been to 3 diff schools in 3 years. Actually now 4 diff schools in 4 years.

Speaking of...AJ Storr had been to 3 schools in 3 years and averaged the same amount of assists as this guy.

Shot 33% from 3 last year and 82% from the line. He also started for a team that was better than KU last season.

26-6 now for KU baseball with another 9th inning win tonight. Omaha bound.

Drake is a great example

Bwillie is Sandfort any good?

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Is Omar Flory in this tweet

His percentage has gone up every year and was decent last year. If he continues that trend, he’ll be an excellent piece. Even if he doesn’t, he’ll still be a solid small ball 4 and a good fit for what Self wants to do.

Not near as good as Dix IMO. Sandfort more of a volume guy but he can do some damage when hes hot.

Yep. It will mean that KU didn't match Auburn's offer.

I'm aware of Vernon's rumors. Let's say they're true, and Bidunga's camp wasn't thrilled with how he was handled. Why are they automatically right? Do you side with every parent who bitches about his/her son's role on a sports team?

LMAO

You're right about one thing...the bar isn't set very high.

"The problem with this team is the 3x All American!"

"37% three pt shooting on almost 8 attempts per game? Sounds like a KJ clone!"

And if your team is only top 20ish by every computer ranking, you definitely need to stop concerning yourself with winning games in order to appease the handlers of a player who very well might go to the highest bidder anyway.

Brilliant stuff.

The minor differences between the staff and Bidunga's handlers aren't irreconcilable. This is/was about money. Not about sticking it to ol' Bill. As you'll see when it's announced that Bidunga's returning.

Til then, keep pretending you know what you’re talking about.

They were playing like one of the best teams in the country? Based on what? Beating three bad teams and barely escaping UCF at home?

Torvik rating during that stretch: 26.

Torvik rating for the full season: 22.

Josh Jefferson in the portal.

I would go get that one.

Well rounded player.

A Dawg if you will.

Are you a child? You think a parents opinion decides on playing time on any Div. 1 basketball team?

Everyone agrees that Flory should have had more playing time at the expense of KJ. That obviously includes the team because everyone left. For chrissakes, the student section who love Self totally were chanting, at home, We want Flory.

Self is still a top notch BB coach. When you coach as long as he has, you have to adapt to the mentality of the current era's players. They can leave after a year if you mistreat them. So you make the wrong choice as in the KJ fiasco, it bites you in the ass and call into question if Self can coach this eras players successfully.

Apparently Flory is deciding this weekend.

What do you make of his Omar tweet

That plus his VIP text this morning are a positive.

I think KU’s movement so far indicates the same. No big splash and no bigs so far.

That sounds like KU has NIL money reserved for him to get a big pay raise.

Just my speculation.

Fingers crossed....

And I like the White signing....
Dude can play defense....
Unlike the previous turds we had in Dick, Mayo, Juan, Storr, Griffen....

I hope you’re not calling Gradey Dick a turd here

We’re back boys

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KU is back

We are going to the Super Bowl!

:clap:

ALL IS FORGIVEN BILL STILL GOT DA FASSEST FASSBALL IN THE WEST

Weak Troll....
We all know who I am referring to

Ok carry on

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Flory is back baby!

Peterson and Flory could well be the best guard-big combo in the nation.

On par with Sherron and Aldrich, Tyshawn and T Rob, or Dotson and Doke.

Let’s ****.

Okay I'm getting horny again

Great to hear. Only player I wanted back.

Let’s drink to ****ing!

Here’s to your ****, Frank…

He’s back. After entering the transfer portal on March 29, Kansas big man Flory Bidunga is returning to the Jayhawks, Bidunga said in a phone interview witih The Star on Sunday. Bidunga picked KU over Auburn and others. Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self now has five open roster spots. “I want to finish what I started,” Bidunga said in a brief phone interview. “I had a talk with the coaches. Next year will be different, for sure.”

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/co...#storylink=cpy

No more benchings. More wins.

Wellll I’m sure a couple of million more from NIL greased the forgiveness of Bill. Plus, if he continues to grow, he could be a lottery pick by this time next year.

Fran can’t wait to bring up how much the team misses KJ Adams with every struggle

Now a shooter and Josh Jefferson

Need a bench big too.

Heard speculation that Tiller might leave, but that hasn’t happened.

Doesn’t need to be anyone great, but just can’t rely on Bidunga and Tiller as the only bigs.

I guess Jefferson would make 3 bigs. Duh.

Nijel Pack is in the portal and somehow has eligibility remaining. That doesn’t sound possible.

Well, well, well.

Looks like Flory Bidunga won't be entering the draft after all.

;)

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Glad to hear Self saw the errors he made this year.

I love this idea.

I’d sign up for a lineup of:

Pack
Peterson
Tre White
Jefferson
Bidunga

Tiller, Elmarko, McDowell, Dawson, and whoever else fill out the bench.

Beautiful. I feel like Pack would be a perfect fit with Peterson who is going to be having the ball in his alot.

How many years of eligibility left does KJ have?

Self is on a lifetime contract and he worked in a lifetime scholarship for KJ

100 years in my heart.

Mitch Lightfoot is coming back for his 11th year of eligibility. It’s his PHD year.

It would be nice to have some experience in the lineup too

Vernon:

LMAO LMAO

Here's to Bidunga dominating next year and becoming an even HIGHER lottery pick next year.

I think I read that he needs to get a medical redshirt but he only played in like 7 games this past year so likely

I feel like we're talking about MJ in the royals thread like we've been talking about KJ in these threads. Can my team's please quit with guys with two letter names where the second letter is J, please?