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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
How can the NBA have seen enough to take him high enough in the draft to make it worth it to leave?
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Originally Posted by RealSNR
Will the Jayhawks ever find a one-and-done player who does what other guys do for schools like UK and Duke?
I know that's easier said than done, and it might be that Self's system takes longer for young players who adapt to.
It's just getting frustrating going hot on the recruiting trail like this, and the best we've ever been able to come up with is McLemore and Wiggins, who were two fairly good college players, but were also top 3 recruits in the country.
Like, how did we find Thomas Robinson? Or Aldrich? What's stopping us from getting players like that who need more time in college to really grow into what they could become? Same thing with Withey-- remember what a trainwreck his first games for us were and what he eventually became?
Landen Lucas appears to be taking that same path. That's why his growth has been so important. He's got multiple years at KU, and he's largely a "known" positive we have going into next season.
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Embiid and Wiggins were sick. Wiggins was better than Winslow and Okafor was better than Embiid, had Embiid stayed healthy. We were probably as good as that Duke team. If Embiid wasn't Moiaki on the hardwood we may have had something.
McLemore was a damn fine college player but he wasn't a take over a game guy. He fit well in a system.
And Brandon Rush was supposed to be one and done. But he stayed and won hardware.
The big thing is that Self preaches team ball. Teams that one and done kids excel on is hero ball teams. I mean Dukes game was iso Okafor. Look for A cutter. Self doesn't do hero ball. If you hero ball you sit.