Kansas’ Quentin Grimes in Transfer Portal
KU shooting guard Quentin Grimes has withdrawn from the draft and entered the transfer portal. Saw this last night on ESPN, was wondering if there is an expected landing spot for him and if there would be any chance that we could get in the mix for him? Or if he would be someone we would be interested in? Appreciate any discussion, go blue!
Can he shoot? - if yes go to next question
Can he meet entrance requirements at UM? - if yes go to next question
What's his background check reveal? If nothing, yes we want him.
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Looks like someone created it ~3 years ago: https://snoopsnoo.com/subreddits/search?q=mgoblog but there's no content
I'm assuming it has to do with revenue, but if that isn't the case I don't see why not. Would negate all the need for extra customization to Drupal.
I'd be with that
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Something worries me about him. From a talent perspective, he would be huge.
But something is a little fishy about that whole situation.
A 5* who went to KU and is currently transferring while the FBI sniffs around that program and Bill Self has been rumored to be bailing to the NBA?
I don't see why you would find any of that fishy.
I guess I misread the initial news of him transferring.
For some reason I thought Self spoke with the parents and they decided it was best he leave the program.
This may have just been the family's decision which is a good sign
NCAA doesn’t give a shit. More likely he was the only player not getting paid and he is pissed.
Eh I wouldn't err on the side of that. 8th ranked recruit at Kansas? That means bags.
I was being semi sarcastic. I am just disgustingly sick of the NCAA.
I do think someone should point out that at the time he came here, Charles Matthews would have also looked fishy as well.
5 Star
From Chicago where the bagmen rule
To Kentucky where the bagmen rule
To us.
And that seems to have worked out nicely, and Charles was a model citizen from day one forward.
True.
I was just worried because I misread the news and thought Bill Self was basically forcing him out of Kansas.
I don't care about bagmen. Grimes was a top 10 recruit at Kansas - he got money. I don't care about that. I just thought there was a deeper issue why he was leaving
Yeah the fact of the matter is that Charles Matthews got paid at Kentucky. And then his development there wasn’t going as planned so he moved on. I’m sure Grimes got paid at Kansas as well, but at this point he’s looking for somewhere to develop more and get his game ready for the NBA.
Good point.
It doesn't make sense to go from potentially entering the draft, to being willing to sit out a year at another school.
Sure it does. He wants out of Kansas one way or another. The NBA doesn't seem to work for him right now so he's going another route. Sitting a year will help him to get a degree. Maybe he prefers that to the money in Europe or elsewhere.
Maybe like Charles Matthews, he wants to develop as a player.
I heard he wants to play PG. He probably got feedback on that from the NBA. Devin Dotson pulling out of the draft means KU is set there.
Not sure of the fit then. X would be gone. DDJ presumably is his successor. One year sitting out might allow him to compete, though.
If Grimes wants to play in the NBA he at least has to have confidence he can beat out players like DDJ. Every school in the country has at least one PG on their roster. He can't do much better than a top 20 team with no returning starter at the position.
Good point and very true. And if he did not want to compete, we don't want him.
Sit out a year? Not if he transfers to OSU.
“Yeah it was definitely just a different kind of experience. I had to get adjusted to that Kansas lifestyle and that system and stuff. I feel like I only kind of showed about 50 percent of what I was capable of at Kansas,” Grimes said at the combine. “I feel like I showed a lot more in my first game here at the NBA Combine. So I feel like just getting here, getting into the flow, having the ball in my hands a lot more. I’m showing what I can really be doing out there, hopefully for an NBA team.”
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2019/05/30/kansas-moves-on-without-quentin-grimes/
seems he wants to be the main man. shot 34% from 3 and 8.4 ppg. also apparently the half-brother of NHL defender tyler myers, though they never lived together, thanks wikipedia.
sorry for the double post.
'it happens!
Here's my question.... Right now the NCAA is giving out waivers to football transfers like candy:
- Your school got cited for infractions? WAIVER!
- Someone was mean to you in the locker room? WAIVER!
- Big time program needs a QB and you want to go there? WAAAAIVER!!!!
I have yet to hear people apply for them in basketball. Why wouldn't Grimes call up Shea's lawyer and put a case together that talks about the current situation with Kansas and lobby for an immediate eligibility waiver? Seems like the NCAA would have a hard time denying it.
If that's on the table, and you'd think Michigan and other schools would actually encourage it, then I'm even more interested. I see no hard in asking either....as long as you can afford the legal fees.
I can hear now.
Grimes-“I am the only player on the team who did not get paid so please accept my waiver”.
NCAA-“Shit dude your not doing it right.”
If he is academically eligible, sign him up.
Do it.
Do we get to call him Grimey?
Where do we stand on scholarships right now?