Kansas Crimson

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 8:49 am

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 8:45 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 8:38 am

I rate this post 4 on a scale of 10!

(Which is higher than that weakass Walgreens post you made in the Politics forum earlier.)

Damn! Thank you! I'll consider that the highlight of my day so far.
Learning I am getting a decent free lunch today comes in a close 2nd.

Does "decent" mean there are only ~ 7 - 8 slices of bacon?

mjl2 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2024 10:18 pm That's a good pick for the Boston Pdubs

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 7:44 am

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 7:34 am

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 7:05 am

Interesting to see Knecht fall because of his age.

Furphy is one that I can't quite figure out. I think it's possible he could have stayed in school and still never been "sexy" enough to go first round.

Selden stayed, and it didn't work out. So it's not always a lock that staying in school = developing into a first round pick.

Do I think Furphy could have become a better player than Selden? Maybe. Probably. Better shooter. Significantly less physical tools.

Watching those first 10 picks was sort of eye opening this year. I hadn't really heard of several of those guys. The best NBA prospects aren't playing in college as much as they used to.

Show me examples like Selden and I will show you player after player after player who boosted their stock under Self...Furphy was in a prime position to be such a player.

Oh, no doubt. I just think Furphy had a rapid rise to where he's at now, which makes it harder not to strike while the iron is hot. 12+ months ago I don't think he thought the NBA was a realistic outcome for him in the near term.

I don't know enough about next year's class to guess where he'd end up. 8 of this year's 1st rounders didn't even play in college. I do think he'd go higher next year than he is going to go this year. AND he'd be a better basketball player.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:16 am His current path leaves a lot less room for error.
If he played even below average for a 1st round pick after his sophomore year at KU, he'd still have a good shot at his 4th year getting picked up.

Now if he doesn't pan out?
Maybe little to no guaranteed money.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:16 am His current path leaves a lot less room for error.
If he played even below average for a 1st round pick after his sophomore year at KU, he'd still have a good shot at his 4th year getting picked up.

Now if he doesn't pan out?
Maybe little to no guaranteed money.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:29 am It's also - without getting into value judgments one way or the other - the case that as best as we understand things, the financial math for returning is possibly different for Furphy than it is for American-born players.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:36 am Right.
But his decision leads me to believe he wanted first round NBA draft pick kind of money.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:36 am Regardless of all that, the bottom line is, most likely Furphy will be making substantially more money in the NBA this upcoming season than he will have made if he returned to KU.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:45 am

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:36 am Regardless of all that, the bottom line is, most likely Furphy will be making substantially more money in the NBA this upcoming season than he will have made if he returned to KU.

If he signs a two way contract, I doubt it.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:00 pm "Hey Mr Booster, it's Mass Street Collective. We want to keep Furphy. Can we get 500k from you?"
"Yea, sure, my stocks have been going through the roof as I find more and more ways to distance myself from the middle class without paying taxes. 500k no problem."
"OK, great."

"Hey Marketing Agency in Australia. We want to partner with you - and make Furphy a star. We'll pay you 500k but 300k of that needs to be earmarked to go to Furphy as your exclusive business influencer. Now find potential partners in Australia, it doesn't matter at all what they pay you for the partnership, and have Furphy do his thing with them for a day or two, whatever."

You know, fun loopholes that are easier than hopscotch.

pdub wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:00 pm "Hey Mr Booster, it's Mass Street Collective. We want to keep Furphy. Can we get 500k from you?"
"Yea, sure, my stocks have been going through the roof as I find more and more ways to distance myself from the middle class without paying taxes. 500k no problem."
"OK, great."

"Hey Marketing Agency in Australia. We want to partner with you - and make Furphy a star. We'll pay you 500k but 300k of that needs to be earmarked to go to Furphy as your exclusive business influencer. Now find potential partners in Australia, it doesn't matter at all what they pay you for the partnership, and have Furphy do his thing with them for a day or two, whatever."

You know, fun loopholes that are easier than hopscotch.

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:06 pm Question of the day:

Who is on a roster for more NBA games:
A. Furphy
B. McCullar
C. Bronny

?