Re: B12 2024
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:41 am
McCullar is 1st team AA candidate so that's not an entirely wrong narrative.
There's a conversation about KJ that surprisingly is never had. He's very likeable, unselfish hard working team player, high flying dunker, etcDeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:34 am Last night made me nervous for next year. Kj is a liability on offense if he has to be looked at as option #1 or #2 and the ball movement stagnates. He can hit that little mid range shot occasionally, but when he has to force it the success rate goes way down. When the ball moves he becomes very effective and gets great looks, but he's a system player.
Even if we lose 3 more games I still think we are a 2 or 3 seed.
It's always interesting when DH gets bashed for not being a shooting threat even though he is a pretty good shooter, but nobody cares that Kj isn't capable of scoring consistently outside of the paint.randylahey wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:42 amThere's a conversation about KJ that surprisingly is never had. He's very likeable, unselfish hard working team player, high flying dunker, etcDeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:34 am Last night made me nervous for next year. Kj is a liability on offense if he has to be looked at as option #1 or #2 and the ball movement stagnates. He can hit that little mid range shot occasionally, but when he has to force it the success rate goes way down. When the ball moves he becomes very effective and gets great looks, but he's a system player.
But he's also 6'6 with a short wingspan and no perimeter jumpshot, an awkward fit in modern basketball
Defenses ignore him on the perimeter vastly more than they do DH it looks like to me.KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:05 am we’ve talked plenty about KJ’s limited offensive repertoire (despite being so much improved)…not sure how that’s a conversation that’s never been had
Probably because he scores so much in the paint that it more than makes up for it. Go look at the advanced stats for this team. KJ is ahead of Harris in everything except steal % and assist % including defensive metrics. Harris' numbers are shockingly mediocre.DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:03 amIt's always interesting when DH gets bashed for not being a shooting threat even though he is a pretty good shooter, but nobody cares that Kj isn't capable of scoring consistently outside of the paint.randylahey wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:42 amThere's a conversation about KJ that surprisingly is never had. He's very likeable, unselfish hard working team player, high flying dunker, etcDeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:34 am Last night made me nervous for next year. Kj is a liability on offense if he has to be looked at as option #1 or #2 and the ball movement stagnates. He can hit that little mid range shot occasionally, but when he has to force it the success rate goes way down. When the ball moves he becomes very effective and gets great looks, but he's a system player.
But he's also 6'6 with a short wingspan and no perimeter jumpshot, an awkward fit in modern basketball
Which I would expect from every PF in the game compared to that team's PG. What are we doing here?DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:08 amDefenses ignore him on the perimeter vastly more than they do DH it looks like to me.KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:05 am we’ve talked plenty about KJ’s limited offensive repertoire (despite being so much improved)…not sure how that’s a conversation that’s never been had
You missed the point, or more likely I was unclear.twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:10 amProbably because he scores so much in the paint that it more than makes up for it. Go look at the advanced stats for this team. KJ is ahead of Harris in everything except steal % and assist % including defensive metrics. Harris' numbers are shockingly mediocre.DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:03 amIt's always interesting when DH gets bashed for not being a shooting threat even though he is a pretty good shooter, but nobody cares that Kj isn't capable of scoring consistently outside of the paint.randylahey wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:42 am
There's a conversation about KJ that surprisingly is never had. He's very likeable, unselfish hard working team player, high flying dunker, etc
But he's also 6'6 with a short wingspan and no perimeter jumpshot, an awkward fit in modern basketball
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sc ... /2024.html
Huh?twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:11 amWhich I would expect from every PF in the game compared to that team's PG. What are we doing here?DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:08 amDefenses ignore him on the perimeter vastly more than they do DH it looks like to me.KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:05 am we’ve talked plenty about KJ’s limited offensive repertoire (despite being so much improved)…not sure how that’s a conversation that’s never been had
Standing on the perimeter during the play isn't the same. KJ has to be accounted for. EVERY team scouts KU and knows to keep track of where KJ is because of the threat of lobs, how well he passes and how good he is at that short roll. Harris doesn't have to be guarded at all on the perimeter and is terrible at finishing at the rim. He is a great passer except for the three times a game he throws mind bogglingly stupid passes.DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:32 amHuh?twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:11 amWhich I would expect from every PF in the game compared to that team's PG. What are we doing here?DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:08 am
Defenses ignore him on the perimeter vastly more than they do DH it looks like to me.
Kj plays on the perimeter a ton. In fact last night he was the 2nd ball handler quite a bit.
It's about spacing. Not the letters next to their name in the box score (PG, PF, Etc.)
Yes. He is great in the system.KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:36 am KJ’s efficiency is a product of the system though, and having guys around him that get him the ball in scoreable (not a word) situations. that didn’t seem to happen last night. too often he was getting the ball out on the wing and was trying to create for himself…that’s not his game