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Originally Posted by DJay23
Kevin hardly rates as Jayhawks go. He could have endeared himself to KU fans by fighting through it in the tournament. It's not like we watched him grow into an All American. Hell he even came from a conference rival so for half of his career I rooted against him.
It's easy for us old guys behind our keyboards saying stuff like, "I would have played through the pain for the glory of Old KU!" It's a matter of perspective. I would do that (I think).
From his perspective, if he thinks he has a shot at a payday, he can't afford to play at less than 100% and continue to look as bad as he has since he was first hurt. Especially under the brightest lights. I don't blame him for his decision. I'd be much more upset if we were a higher seed and his injury was only marginally hampering his performance.
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Good post and that's where I am at too. I also think your last paragraph has been kind of lost on the KU fanbase. He's been really bad since the game at kstate and is clearly hobbled. He's shooting 32% from 2 and 24% from 3 and he has basically stopped going to the ft line other than some random plays against a Kstate team that had quit. Even if he tries to play through this, this isn't the same guy we had when we beat all of those other good teams. Are we going to remember him far more fondly if he plays thursday and goes 3-14 and we lose by 5? Not really. The situation sucks and it just is what it is at this point.