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Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:19 am
by ousdahl

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:44 am
by pdub
Do people not pass in Spain?

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:56 am
by RainbowsandUnicorns
pdub wrote: Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:44 am Do people not pass in Spain?
Yes, they do. Just not the Americans. ;)

By the way, Alec Wintering is an American and he averages 3.9 assists per game - so unless I am missing something - clearly that chart/graphic is wrong.

https://www.proballers.com/basketball/l ... ld/leaders

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:43 am
by RainbowsandUnicorns
"He's heading to UK". Not necessarily wrong but.......


Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:21 am
by pdub
Remember when Pierce got stabbed all over his body and face busted in with a broken bottle and had lung surgery but then, a month later, started for the Celts and played every game that season?

fwd: Ben Simmons.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:04 am
by twocoach
RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:43 am "He's heading to UK". Not necessarily wrong but.......

Man, that was awful. I'll be if you would have placed a $100 bet on him becoming an NBA Hall of Famer at that point that you would be a very wealthy person now as the odds would have been astronomical.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:20 am
by twocoach
https://m.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tai ... tes=mobile

Not the NBA but professionally. "Turkey-based basketball club Besiktas JK announced Wednesday that it had signed former Kansas forward David McCormack to a contract for the upcoming season."

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:04 pm
by pdub
He's probably looking at 2 to 3 million a year.
Gotta live in Turkey but access to Europe is a plus.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:12 pm
by Deleted User 863
Turkey?

Could have made 2mil at KU.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:16 pm
by KUTradition
pdub wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:04 pm He's probably looking at 2 to 3 million a year.
Gotta live in Turkey but access to Europe is a plus.
check out Cappadocia

compared to most of Kansas, Turkey is pretty spectacular

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:19 pm
by pdub
Oh, i'm sure.
And honestly, if they weren't so close to Russia at this time, ( and i'd include Syria here ) they might beat out US in total quality of life.

Unless, of course, you are MICH, then nothing compares.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:51 am
by RainbowsandUnicorns
There is some good comedy in here.
Kuwait University.
McDonalds Employee.
Jihawk.
In boots.
Fourth Final.

David McCormack signs a contract with an outdoor basketball team
Leave a Comment / nba games today / By folobooks

Former senior basketball man at Kuwait University David McCormack He heads outside to play professional basketball. And the Turkish club Besiktas announced, on Wednesday, that McCormack had signed an agreement with the organization. The team is located in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. While in Besiktas, McCormack can team up with his former classmate at Kuwait University Dedrick Lawsonwho spent the 2021-22 season playing for the Turkish club.

Besiktas plays in the “Basketball Premier League”, which is the premier division of basketball in Turkey. It’s a 16-team league that also has relegation rules, where the bottom two teams go down to a division and the top two teams from the lower division jump. Last season, Besiktas finished the season in 10th place with a record 15-15. For reference, Fenerbahce won the title last season with a record 24-6.


Most recently, McCormack played for the Minnesota Timberwolves during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. McCormack signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the organization, which gave him an invite to the summer league and training camp. But after trading Timberwolves Rudy Gobert To go with Karl Anthony-Towns, the road to a role on the Timberwolves is getting busier.

During the NBA Summer League, the big man scored seven points and six rebounds while shooting 42.9% from the field. He averaged 18.9 minutes per game over four games as Minnesota went 2-3. He went without drafting in the 2022 NBA Draft.

During the initial draft process, McCormack got an invite to the G League Elite Camp. During camp in May, McCormack measured a power of 6-9.25 barefoot and just shy of 6-11 (6-10.75) with boots, pairing that size with a 7-2 wingspan. He weighed 260.6 pounds with 12.80% body fat, the second highest body fat percentage in camp.

McCormack capped his first season in the best way possible. McCormack was a key player for KU last season and played a huge role in achieving KU’s national title. He went up in the big games against Texas to win the Big 12, against Miami to win a place in the Final Four and in both games in New Orleans. In the semifinals and final, McCormack averaged 20 points from a 63 percent shot while earning 9.5 rebounds per game. Although he did not win the best player in the fourth final, bell self He said McCormack was the rightful winner. For his first season, McCormack averaged 10.6 points on 50.8 percent of shots from the field, while receiving seven rebounds per game.


Back in the day, McCormack was a McDonald’s employee the first American and four stars of Oak Hill Academy. Choose Kuwait University across 23 other offers. He finished his class fifth and No. 35 nationally, at 247Sports Composite.

As a freshman in 2018-19, McCormack started 13 of 34 games and averaged 3.9 points and 3.1 rebounds. During KU’s successful 2019-20 season, McCormack played a key role. He started 18 out of 29 matches at Kuwait University that season. As a deputy to Odoka Azubuike, he averaged 6.9 points and 4.1 rebounds in 14.7 minutes per game. As a rookie two seasons ago, McCormack was named the Big 12’s Most Improved Player and a big group of 12. He was in control of the second half of the season, averaging 15.4 points for 56.8 percent of shots, while getting 6.3 rebounds in 25.2 minutes during The last 19 games of the season.

During his time as Jihawk, McCormack was an exemplary student. He is a multi-time academic honoree of all 12 Big Big and earned his diploma after the junior season.

For his career, McCormack played 132 games, averaging 17.7 minutes per game. During his time on the ground, McCormack scored 8.7 points per game on shooting 52.7 percent from the ground and 76 percent on shooting from the free-throw line. He also achieved 5.2 rebounds per game in his career.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:37 pm
by DrPepper
That is a good read. "12 Big Big" is a good conference name.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:08 pm
by pdub
Bell Self don big things ya digg.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:04 pm
by randylahey

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:00 pm
by Deleted User 863
What a strange/random collection of players.

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:18 am
by ousdahl

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:52 pm
by ousdahl

Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:38 am
by RainbowsandUnicorns
ousdahl wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:52 pm





Re: Jawhawks in the NBA

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:42 pm
by JayhawkInIowa726
Och to Utah