Joe Yesufu Commits

[Mjl]

See? Gold, Jerry, gold.

[ousdahl]

Yesufu is better than anyone considering Kansas, including Tyty, so yes, that's what I meant by best available.

I feel a lot better now.

[ousdahl]

See? Gold, Jerry, gold.

Dont even get me started about ovaltine

[CrimsonNBlue]

I think this is more of a taking-the-best-available-player thing, regardless of desire for length

By available, you mean players that would actually commit here right now.


Maybe so, but I still think we brought him in to compete for the point guard position. It is pretty clear that Bill acknowledges how much of an issue it was. We might bring in 3 point guards that were not even on our radar in January.

If he starts over Harris we again have the problem of having only one guy who can really create off the bounce (I guess two if you include Wilson). I don't doubt that Yesufu will play the point some, but I think we'll still see a lot of Harris.

Yesufu is better than anyone considering Kansas, including Tyty, so yes, that's what I meant by best available.

Easy, Drake.

[Mjl]

Sixth man of the year in the valley, then became a starter, and averaged over 23 ppg the rest of the year, including three games against tournament teams. That's against much better competition than what Tyty plays against.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Sixth man of the year in the valley, then became a starter, and averaged over 23 ppg the rest of the year, including three games against tournament teams. That's against much better competition than what Tyty plays against.

I certainly hope you're right. I was burned too bad by Charlie Moore, and the Valley is worse now than when you were there.

TyTy looks like a OAD but those don't always help out right away, either.

[JayhawkInIowa726]

I watched more Drake than anyone but KU this year, and every time they looked overmatched, Yesufu consistently stepped up with big shots and when defenses overcommitted he was athletic enough to beat them to the rim.

Certainly won't hurt the team, but I have a hunch too that he may play a big role on this team.

[CrimsonNBlue]

I watched more Drake than anyone but KU this year, and every time they looked overmatched, Yesufu consistently stepped up with big shots and when defenses overcommitted he was athletic enough to beat them to the rim.

Certainly won't hurt the team, but I have a hunch too that he may play a big role on this team.

Love that he's here for 3 years. Of Harris, Pettiford and Yesufu, Yesufu is easily the one to be most excited for.

[randylahey]

This guy is really really good. I know our starting back court seemed pretty locked in with harris braun and agbaji. but this guy might be better than all of them. I watched both his games against WSU and USC and he was incredible. reminds me a lot of kyle lowry

[twocoach]

I watched more Drake than anyone but KU this year, and every time they looked overmatched, Yesufu consistently stepped up with big shots and when defenses overcommitted he was athletic enough to beat them to the rim.

Certainly won't hurt the team, but I have a hunch too that he may play a big role on this team.

That is good to hear. After watching Baylor guards drive to the rim at will against team after team, it was apparent that KU didn't have anyone who could do that. It was a huge weakness for last year's team.

[Deleted User 89]

couldn’t? or wouldn’t?

[japhy]

The shot I saw him hit against USC sticks in my head. He went straight at Evan Mobley in the lane and put up a floater over him that went straight up and came down nothing but net. No one on this year's KU roster could have put that shot up and in. The comparisons to Mason seem legit to me. This kid wants the ball in his hands when the game is on the line. That mentality was in short supply for KU this year. This looks to be a very good pickup for next year.

[sdoyel]

I’m stoked. This kid is damn good.

[sdoyel]

This guy is really really good. I know our starting back court seemed pretty locked in with harris braun and agbaji. but this guy might be better than all of them. I watched both his games against WSU and USC and he was incredible. reminds me a lot of kyle lowry

He starts at PG as of now. No question.

[sdoyel]

Sixth man of the year in the valley, then became a starter, and averaged over 23 ppg the rest of the year, including three games against tournament teams. That's against much better competition than what Tyty plays against.

I certainly hope you're right. I was burned too bad by Charlie Moore, and the Valley is worse now than when you were there.

TyTy looks like a OAD but those don't always help out right away, either.

39% 3pt
83% FT

Will. Take.

[PhDhawk]

Good name too

[ousdahl]

Yes ah foo

[Mjl]

This guy aint coming in to back up. Remember this post.

He's a downhill scorer with athleticism and can shoot it a bit. It's a great fit.

He's also far and away better than Harris despite everyone's weird love for him.

Oh, 100% on board with Yesufu over Harris.

I think they may be better on the court together. He's more of an undersized 2 than a PG, hasn't shown to be a great distributor yet.

Here you go Qus, to answer your question from the other thread.

[Qusdahl]

23 minutes 7 points 5 boreds 4 dimes 2-7 fg 1-4 deep

Just wait til he has a hot shooting night

[Sparko]

Played a great game. Needed some run.