I sat down with Sharron Collins (Charlotte Bobcat, former Kansas Player) in Chicago at Attack Athletics and he told me Elijah is a PRO probably the best guard KANSAS had including with him being there!!!!
Kansas may very well need Josh Selby to live up to its potential this season. In November, however, the Jayhawks seem to be limping along just fine without him.
The Morris brothers are having a field day against shorter teams like Longwood and Valpo, and an array of backcourt players are dishing out assists while the team waits on an NCAA ruling on Selby. Tyshawn Taylor dropped five dimes in last night's game, and ten in the season opener against Longwood.
Taylor was a point guard in high school while playing for the legendary St. Anthony's powerhouse, and is probably welcoming the chance to work at his natural position for a while. The longer Selby is out, the more chances Taylor has to showcase his lead guard skills for NBA scouts.
One somewhat mysterious outcome of the long wait for Selby is the absence of Elijah Johnson on the court. The Jayhawk sophomore saw more time backing up superstar Sherron Collins last season than he has so far in 2010-11. A hint of this came out in a J. Brady McCullough interview with Bill Self last week. "The thing that concerns me with Elijah is he's so careless with the ball," Self said. "Either we need to get him off the ball, or he needs to take better care of it. We're kind of at that fine line. He's not a point guard, he's a combo guard, just like we have a whole bunch of combo guards. I really wish there would be somebody who'd be more of a consistent handler back there."
If Selby's case still isn't settled by November 27th, Bill Self will get a good look at how his team plays against high-major competition with Taylor at point; the Jayhawks face Arizona, UCLA and Memphis in successive games over the New Year weekend.
- Eric Angevine
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