3 ways Ernest Udeh’s decision to transfer negatively impacts Kansas basketball
3. KJ Adams might have to play off the bench as KU’s backup big man rather than playing at the four.
We did not think the KJ Adams at center experiment would repeat this upcoming year, yet here we are. If Kansas lands Mackenzie Mgbako today, KJ’s role with the team is in question again.
KJ is the only big — if you want to call a 6-foot-7 forward a big — on the roster besides Dickinson. Mgbako is a hybrid forward, so he could play the four, leaving Kansas with no depth at the five spot. If KU does not bring in another center, Adams will presumably return to the bench.
Whereas the Jayhawks are deep at guard spots, the same cannot be said at other positions. Adding Hunter Dickinson set off a chain reaction of players transferring, and one might wonder how Dickinson might have affected KU’s roster for future years.
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