Kur Kuath Transfering

[BoulderSooner]

There most likely wasn't a spot for him to come back to if Moser wants to use the last two spots on guards. right now we have 5 forwards/centers.

something that is a side effect of the portal the second a player enters the old school does not have to let them come back ..

 

[Max Power]

something that is a side effect of the portal the second a player enters the old school does not have to let them come back ..

yep. I'm in favor of the portal but also know that actions have consequences. Players will have to live with those consequences. He said he was leaving while Kruger was still the coach. Moser has planned this whole time for him to be gone and acted accordingly. So now he has no spot when he decides to return to school and has to go elsewhere.

 

[cvangild]

WOW! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KK has to be one of the nicest young men I have ever met. When he played...he gave it his ALL and at times DOMINATED the game down in the paint.

I wish him nothing but the best!

 

[steverocks35]

WOW! Gotta love some of the LOSERS dissing Kur! KK has to be one of the nicest young men I have ever met. When he played...he gave it his ALL and at times DOMINATED the game down in the paint.

I wish him nothing but the best!

Look out, the message board deputy is back again, writing tickets for unapproved negativity and lobbing personal insults at posters. He's a *real* fan, unlike the rest of us.

 

[lexusooner]

I wish Kur would have stayed - a 6’10 shot blocker to rotate with Groves and Chargois in the paint would have been really handy. Good luck to him at Marquette.

 

[vbdad]

WOW! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KK has to be one of the nicest young men I have ever met. When he played...he gave it his ALL and at times DOMINATED the game down in the paint.

I wish him nothing but the best!

He is a very nice young man. Certainly not very reliable though in his responsibilities.

 

[BanjoCharley]

He is a very nice young man. Certainly not very reliable though in his responsibilities.

Unlike everyone else at his age.

 

[OUSKINS]

WOW! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KK has to be one of the nicest young men I have ever met. When he played...he gave it his ALL and at times DOMINATED the game down in the paint.

I wish him nothing but the best!

At no point has KK ever dominated a basketball game in the post. Never. He had a few very brief stretches in games where he had a positive impact— especially blocking shots off the ball. But these were literally like 2-3 minute stretches in a handful of games here and there. I guess if you want to say a guy “dominated” for 90 seconds that might be accurate.

I have no doubt he is a nice young man. Probably a good teammate, hard worker. I too, wish him nothing but the best in the future and I hope he enjoyed his time in Norman. But in terms of basketball, losing him is a total non-issue. He was an inconsistent big man off the bench with minimal overall impact. Dime a dozen.

 

[BCSooners]

Unlike everyone else at his age.

If you don't want to be in the dog house on a full scholarship then go to class & show up on time to practice.

 

[AdaSooner]

Is KK destined to be the next Je’lon Hornbeak—a player who decides on his own to transfer, only to become a “what if he had stayed” legend of sorts? Is he one of those players whose career at OU somehow takes on a life of its own that doesn’t necessarily fit the player he was before he left?

For the record, I was a big Kur Kuath fan. I was familiar with his background and his story, and I wanted him to do well, still do for that matter. But, let’s be honest here. Kur was an athletic big man with potential, nothing more. His greatest strength was in blocking and changing shots. That’s it. He really wasn’t all that good in other areas of the game.

I’m one of a number of posters who thought he should have played more, even if it meant sharing the floor with Brady. Problem is, LK didn’t see it that way. That still doesn’t change the fact that if not for a special concession due to Covid, his college career would be over right now, and his final stats at OU would read 5.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 1.5 blocks per game.

Nothing would please me more than to see KK have a great season at Marquette that would serve as a launching point to a professional career somewhere. I wish him well in whatever he chooses to do!

 

[skyvue]

his final stats at OU would read 5.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 1.5 blocks per game.

I agree with your post, but given that those final season stats were accomplished in an average of 17 minutes a game, they're not so bad. If he averages 30+ minutes a game at Marquette, he might put up some good stats.

 

[thebigabd]

I agree with your post, but given that those final season stats were accomplished in an average of 17 minutes a game, they're not so bad. If he averages 30+ minutes a game at Marquette, he might put up some good stats.

Agreed.... I thought he would have been a really good player if he got the right minutes. I would have been playing him a minimum of 25 minutes a game. He was always doing something with that athletic ability. He's a lob risk... Shot blocker... Etc.

He wasn't used properly here.

 

[Maverick008]

Agreed.... I thought he would have been a really good player if he got the right minutes. I would have been playing him a minimum of 25 minutes a game. He was always doing something with that athletic ability. He's a lob risk... Shot blocker... Etc.

He wasn't used properly here.

On the surface I agree with you but, and I could be wrong, I believe another poster closer to the situation has mentioned before that he didn’t always do what was expected of him as a student athlete whether that be not going to class or showing up late to meetings and/or practice or whatever. In that regard he’s lucky he got as many minutes as he did. If I am misremembering then again I won hundred percent agree that he was miss used. However if he didn’t uphold his end of the bargain then he got exactly what was coming to him.

 

[AdaSooner]

I agree with your post, but given that those final season stats were accomplished in an average of 17 minutes a game, they're not so bad. If he averages 30+ minutes a game at Marquette, he might put up some good stats.

You’re absolutely right, Sky! I was among those who thought Lon made a mistake by not giving Kur more minutes. But if what some are saying about his attention to being a good student athlete is correct, it’s hard for me to blame the coach for making that decision.

 

[WTSooner]

He wasn't going to get more minutes with Manek here.

Manek's offense COULD win games all by itself when he was on. There is/was nothing about KK's game that could win a game on his own. He might have been better at some things than Manek, but Manek, even with his warts, but was the much better player.

Goes back to recruiting. Lon wasn't very good at recruiting pieces that fit together correctly. I agree, there is a team and style of play where KK can probably be somewhat effective. But it wasn't last year's team under Lon, and it definitely wasn't going to be this year's team under Moser.

 

[okccpa]

Kur’s issue was consistency, his great plays were great, his bad plays were bad, not a whole lot of middle ground. With someone like Lon, I think that’s why he didn’t get more minutes.

 

[AdaSooner]

Kur’s issue was consistency, his great plays were great, his bad plays were bad, not a whole lot of middle ground. With someone like Lon, I think that’s why he didn’t get more minutes.

I agree with WT in that he would get fewer minutes not more with Moser.

That’s one of the things I like about our new coach. No one will have to ask what kind of offense we’re running, a question we heard fairly often when Lon was our coach. Moser’s offense and his defense are highly disciplined. Kur would be lost, so would Vic.

 

[CMSOONER]

Is KK destined to be the next Je’lon Hornbeak—a player who decides on his own to transfer, only to become a “what if he had stayed” legend of sorts? Is he one of those players whose career at OU somehow takes on a life of its own that doesn’t necessarily fit the player he was before he left?

I would say no. Once this offseason wraps up I bet he is rarely if ever mentioned again. I don't think is potential was ever built up like Hornbeak was.

 

[CMSOONER]

Agreed.... I thought he would have been a really good player if he got the right minutes. I would have been playing him a minimum of 25 minutes a game. He was always doing something with that athletic ability. He's a lob risk... Shot blocker... Etc.

He wasn't used properly here.

The problem is that for as good of a shot blocker as he was....he wasn't a very good defender. Great weakside shot blocker when he was in position, but he all to often didn't recognize defensive rotations and wasn't a good on ball defender. His length masked a lot of his deficiencies. He's a good backup big, but IMO, at OU he did not show that he was a starting caliber or high minutes player.

 

[WichitaSooner]

I agree with WT in that he would get fewer minutes not more with Moser.

That’s one of the things I like about our new coach. No one will have to ask what kind of offense we’re running, a question we heard fairly often when Lon was our coach. Moser’s offense and his defense are highly disciplined. Kur would be lost, so would Vic.

Lon looked for mismatches and did as well as just about any coach at exploiting them. But because it wasn’t a set system and depended on personnel (both ours and our opponents’), people didn’t always recognize it. Other people just didn’t like it because they didn’t think it was as pleasing to the eye as the basketball they grew up playing and watching.