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If the current system leads to a lack of interest from fans and causes the revenue to dry up, then sure. But the one-and-done schools haven't lacked fan interest in the past, so it isn't clear that yearly transfers will affect things that much. And the previous system involved state school...

Marcus was an excellent scorer before he came here. I personally think he isn't a good comparison to White and Booth.

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The accuser's friend stated "she and [accuser] had just gotten their first drink, but had not consumed much of it." That could just mean first drink at the Jayhawk, or first drink of the evening. Would be helpful to clarify.

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Is it possible that this motion by TSJ's lawyers is partly/mostly an attempt to force the prosecution to show its cards a bit?

No, she didn't say her back was to him. She said she saw him from across the room, he called her over to him, she left the room, talked to her friend about it, went back in the room and went over to him, he pulled her to him and goped her. She may be lying or mistaken (could've been someone...

It isn't clear that the absence of DNA is surprising given the nature of the alleged assault. Perhaps the case is unwinnable without DNA, but the accuser does "count" as a witness and could conceivably be convincing on her own. Edit: for the record, I think the case is likely weak based on...

2024 is not 2023

One nit to pick is that for a potential game winning shot with time expiring, you don't care about points per shot. You care about likelihood of getting enough points to take the lead (with some value to tie the game). Durant also draws some fouls on mid-range jumpers. That requires a decent...

FG% is not a good stat to look at. Even splitting it out into 2pt%, 3pt% and FT% doesn't tell you how often a player gets to the line or what a realistic shot selection for them might be. TS% is better, but even that doesn't account for things like piling up fouls on the other team, how likely...

Regarding (2), in pro sports, teams don't want to give large guaranteed long-term contracts to unproven players. In college, proven players who are going to stick around for more than another year are rare. Teams (I mean NIL collectives) will only offer multiple years in return for less $ (at...

Others already mentioned his assists and high 3pt% before this year, but he also averaged 2.2 steals, so he had fewer "turnovers minus steals per 100 possessions" than TSJ or Domask. Plus high rebounding %s for his size/pos and some blocks, so he's still valuable even if his 3pt% isn't much...

If he's a bench piece, I don't necessarily have an issue, but since you mentioned ball protection, his turnover rate has been high his entire career. Is that something we think we can change?