Kelly Oubre is off the board.
“If he goes to Kansas, he’s a tremendous acquisition for them, tremendous,” longtime New York recruiting expert Tom Konchalski told SNY.tv.
“He plays with the metabolism of a hummingbird. He has extremely high energy. His motor is never off and he’s always in attack mode. He’s a left-hander who slices to the basket, has very quick second- and third- jump. Has a pretty good mid-game. He’s not a very consistent 3-point threat right now, and that’s something he has to work on. At his size, he’s a small forward, possibly even a two guard down the road. He has tremendous athleticism, which is only trumped by his energy level.
“He’s a winner. You look for holes in his game, but that’s like looking for blemishes in the Mona Lisa.”
Oubre had been down to Kansas and Kentucky and told SNY.tv this past weekend he hoped to decide soon after his Kentucky visit. He then opted to cancel that trip.
“Probably shortly after I go there,” Oubre told SNY.tv Saturday night from USA Basketball in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Oubre arrived in Colorado earlier Saturday after taking an official visit to Kansas for “Late Night in the Phog.”
“It was love , man,” Oubre said. “I loved it a lot.”
Asked what head coach Bill Self and the staff told him his role there would be, Oubre said, “Just filling in for Andrew [Wiggins]. Of course he’s going to the league this year so they just need another big wing to come in and just fill that spot. He pretty much told me everything’s there for me.”
