NBA-bound Devon Dotson will be mighty difficult to replace at KU. This site explains
Former University of Kansas point guard Devon Dotson is included on Rivals.com’s list of college basketball’s “most difficult to replace early entries” to the 2020 NBA Draft.
Dotson, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound guard from Charlotte, North Carolina, elected to enter his name in the 2020 NBA Draft after spending two seasons at KU.
“Dotson was a first team all-Big 12 guard, a second team All-American and the guy that the Jayhawks turned to for offense,” wrote Eric Bossi of Rivals.com. “His ability to get into the lane opened space for KU shooters and his speed was a major issue.
“Bill Self is lucky in that he can give returning senior Marcus Garrett even more minutes and more ball-handling responsibility. But, he’s not the scorer that Dotson was and while the Kansas staff is high on redshirt freshman Dajuan Harris, he’s not Dotson either. Five-star Bryce Thompson should help with the scoring load and a jump from Ochai Agbaji would help,” Bossi added of life without Dotson.
Other players on Rivals.com’s difficult-to-replace list: Dayton’s Obi Toppin, Memphis’ Precious Achiuwa, Creighton’s Ty-Shon Alexander, Arizona’s Zeke Nnaji, Louisville’s Jordan Nwora, Auburn’s Isaac Okoro, Maryland’s Jalen Smith, Washington’s Isaiah Stewart, Stanford’s Tyrell Terry and Kentucky’s Immanuel Quickley.
Omaha’s Sallis in no hurry to commit
Hunter Sallis, a 6-5 senior guard from Millard North High School in Omaha, Nebraska, had recent Zoom conference calls with coaches from KU, North Carolina, Iowa State, Oregon, Alabama, Creighton, and Arkansas, he told Stockrisers.com.
Sallis, the No. 11-ranked player in the recruiting Class of 2021 by Rivals.com, also is being pursued by Nebraska, Florida, Alabama, Louisville, UConn and others.
“I plan on trying to wait to see if I can take visits because I really want to get a feel for the campus in person before I commit somewhere so that’s why I’ve been waiting so long,” Sallis told Stockrisers.com.
Kentucky is trying to get involved in his recruitment, Sallis told the Website.
“This past season, I can’t name 10 players who watched their stock rise more than Omaha native Hunter Sallis,” wrote Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers.com. “The 6-5 guard has a very solid skill set. He is an elite athlete with major upside and an explosive offensive game.”
Keyonte George impresses
Keyonte George, a 6-5 junior point guard from Lewisville (Texas) High School, who is ranked No. 8 in the recruiting Class of 2022 by Rivals.com, played well for “Basketball Means More” in an AAU game in Texas on Friday night.
“He left the game early due to an injury but he was spraying smooth-looking jump shots from all over before going down,” wrote Bossi of Rivals.com. “Offense just comes easy to him and at 6-5 with a handle, it’s easy to see why he’s picked up offers from Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Cal, Florida, Kansas, LSU, N.C. State, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M and others.”
Tech up to 15 scholarship players?
Texas Tech’s basketball team, according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, has 15 scholarship players on the 2020-21 roster — two more than the NCAA limit of 13 — following the decision of 6-9 UNLV transfer Joel Ntambwe to return to college rather than turn pro.
Ntambwe’s brother, Jonathan Kuminga, has decided to skip playing in college and compete in the NBA G League next season. Ntambwe, who practiced but did not play in games last season at Tech, averaged 11.8 points and 5.5 rebounds during his freshman season with UNLV in 2018-19.
According to Carlos Silva, Jr., of the Avalanche-Journal, the Red Raiders return Ntambwe, plus Kyler Edwards, Terrence Shannon Jr., Kevin McCullar, Clarence Nadolny and Avery Benson, who played last season as well as Tyreek Smith, who was out all year with a foot injury. Coach Chris Beard’s Red Raiders have added three transfers, in Jamarius Burton (Wichita State), Mac McClung (Georgetown) and Marcus Santos-Silva (VCU).
Tech signed five players in the Class of 2020, including Nimari Burnett, a guard from Prolific Prep Academy in California, and Vladislav Goldin, a 7-1 center from Russia who played last year at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut. Jahmi’us Ramsey, the league’s freshman of the year, has entered the NBA Draft.
This story was originally published August 6, 2020 at 12:20 PM with the headline "NBA-bound Devon Dotson will be mighty difficult to replace at KU. This site explains."
