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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
I too expect Graham is going to be quite good. Maybe as soon as next year.
I don't doubt his effort, but I don't see the same level of toughness there. Or even really the same athleticism.
I'd take Releford in a second with Selden at this point. We'd be lucky if he became that kind of a contributor.
In Travis' final year, he was one of the most efficient players in the country (shot 66% on his 2s) and a great wing defender game in and game out. Selden, in contrast, was horribly inefficient (shot a ridiculous 39% on his 2s this year) and took entire games off regularly. The odd thing with Wayne is he shot 53% on the same shots the year before, though. Such an enigma of a player.
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Graham was a LOT better at the end of the season than even the middle. He wasn't ever bad, but if he can get even close to that level of improvement, he'll crush souls. Hopefully there is no sophomore slump.
Lucas was the only one bringing nastiness the last few games. I'm with you on the athleticism though. Depending on what is coming in, we need his size. To be fair, Aldrich wasn't some athletic freak. Now, Aldrich was far more technically sound, and at this point, there is no comparison between the two. But he doesn't need to be Aldrich to be good. In other news, I miss Darnell. I loved watching that guy play. He had so many reasons to quit, and ended up being a really good college player.
Disclaimer: I'm the biggest Releford homer there is. But to be fair, he had a different role offensively. He benefited from B-Mac and Withey drawing a ****asston of attention, and a lot of his points came on the break (I recognize he really stepped up that portion of his game). He wasn't asked to force a score very often. However, if Selden was 75% the defender Releford was this year would have went far differently. Dude was a man machine.
On the last Jayhawk radio show, Self told a story about a recruit he visited that was unimpressed with Releford and told Self he should start over him. Self told this cat that if he told Releford not to let him touch the ball, he won't touch the ball. Kid scoffed. On his visit, he told Releford to D him up and he didn't touch the ball. I laughed. Hard.