Mailk not playing PG for KU...

[fishwater99]

Imagine that.

On ESPN3..

[Liverpooldawg]

What a surprise.

[BayouDawg]

He could be a solid college player if he would accept who he is. He still thinks he's John Wall 2.0

[fishwater99]

He did play PG in mop-up duty.. I stand corrected..

[Dawg61]

Per twitters it sounds like he got a little banged up tonight, didn't start the 2nd half but did play so it's nothing serious. He's softer than charmin.

[MCsMGs]

From the Kansas City Star...."Malik Newman (eight points, 3-of-9 shooting, 2 of 6 threes), who started the game but not the second half, returning to the court with 12:33 and 12:49 respectively, combined for just seven points with one assist against five turnovers in the initial half."

[MarketingBully]

He’s not going to like Bill Self’s offensive system either because he is going to have to learn how to get involved offensively off the ball. That was his complaint with Howland’s offensive system. He wanted the ball in his hands at all times and wanted the offense to go through him. He’s not good enough for the offense to go through him and it looks like Bill Self realizes that he has better options at both the 1 and 2. I still think he will be a good college player and will average 16 ppg or so. That probably should be good enough for 2nd team Big 12 I think.

[Homedawg]

He is he we thought he was.....

[yjnkdawg]

He?s not going to like Bill Self?s offensive system either because he is going to have to learn how to get involved offensively off the ball. That was his complaint with Howland?s offensive system. He wanted the ball in his hands at all times and wanted the offense to go through him. He?s not good enough for the offense to go through him and it looks like Bill Self realizes that he has better options at both the 1 and 2. I still think he will be a good college player and will average 16 ppg or so. That probably should be good enough for 2nd team Big 12 I think.

So maybe it appears that Horatio and Omhar aren't going to be happy campers again?

[Dawg61]

He is he we thought he was.....

[CarolinaDawgs]

What an overrated player. I cant believe we got sucked into the hype.

[Political Hack]

He's not overrated. He's good. He's just not better than everyone else once he gets in a floor with other big time players. That's not the problem though. The problem is he thinks he's better than all those other guys and refuses to play his role within a team.

[1bigdawg]

He is a very talented college 2 guard. Let's not dog the kid because he left. The unfortunate thing for him and for us is that he got bad advice.

[Political Hack]

He is a very talented college 2 guard. Let's not dog the kid because he left. The unfortunate thing for him and for us is that he got bad advice.

I agree. And I hope he becomes a big time NBA star. Hope he realizes before it's too late that he has to play within a system. Look at Monta Ellis. Stud, but he's a role player at the NBA level. Malik has to learn to play within himself and quit trying to be something he's not. I think sometimes when these kids get too much pub too early in life it sets them on a course that they're either the very best player ever or a complete bust. I hope that doesn't happen to him.

[Ezsoil]

Self called him out by name in the post game....lack of effort and poor shooting

[Dawg61]

Let's not dog the kid because he left.

He hurt our program in several ways. He wasn't some insignificant loss like Ndoye.

[Spiderman]

He's not overrated. He's good. He's just not better than everyone else once he gets in a floor with other big time players. That's not the problem though. The problem is he thinks he's better than all those other guys and refuses to play his role within a team.

He is very talented. But like Richard Williams said, he is a great 1 on 1 player. He also said he had tons of coaching, but it was all on individual skills. He said Malik needed to play more games, not all that individual stuff. Said he diidn't have enough team experience, understanding team concepts, and playing with in them.

[MCsMGs]

He hurt our program in several ways. He wasn't some insignificant loss like Ndoye.

He also helped our program...his signing set the tone for the class that Howland was able to sign. Not saying we wouldn't have gotten some or all of the talent we did, but his signing certainly started the ball rolling our way. For that, I am grateful.

As PH stated, he was set up for what has transpired by the hype. CL's "Malik Newman...Beyond the game" and a lot of other hype did the man a great disservice.

[louisvilledawg]

He’s not going to like Bill Self’s offensive system either because he is going to have to learn how to get involved offensively off the ball. That was his complaint with Howland’s offensive system. He wanted the ball in his hands at all times and wanted the offense to go through him. He’s not good enough for the offense to go through him and it looks like Bill Self realizes that he has better options at both the 1 and 2. I still think he will be a good college player and will average 16 ppg or so. That probably should be good enough for 2nd team Big 12 I think.

You think he'll be the 1st or 2nd leading scorer for Kansas?

[Ari Gold]

Camp Newman is Kansas and Self's problem now.. best of luck