Daily Bullets (Mar. 26): Let Eddie In, Jawun to OKC

If you’re interested in pulling for Big 12 Basketball – TCU takes on Creighton tonight at 8 for a trip to the NIT Championship. 

Bullets Rundown

• #LetEddieIn – his best teams weren’t scandalous
• Jawun is headed to Bricktown
• Dunn’s receivers do more than catch

OSU Bullets

• Jenni Carlson looks at the college basketball environment and how that could be impacting #LetEddieIn.

The truth is, the hall has welcomed plenty of college coaches with scurrilous behavior in their past. Jim Calhoun. Jim Boeheim. Denny Crum. John Calipari. Rick Pitino. Jerry Tarkanian. Bob Knight.

If the basketball hall of fame has looked past all of that, why not look past Eddie Sutton’s transgressions? Why not include him when others like him are already in? [NewsOK]

The hardest things for me is that Eddie’s best teams – his Final Four, Elite Eight teams – aren’t the least bit fogged with controversy. If his argument was staked on a well-paid Kentucky team, it’s understandable to hold him out. But there are 750 other reasons to put Eddie in.

• Jawun Evans-to-OKC is happening per news yesterday.

Evans is in his second season in the NBA and he’s had an interesting path to get here. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers at No. 39 overall in 2017, but was subsequently waived after the team found itself full at his position. The Phoenix Suns picked him up and used him sparingly, but they too recently waived him, clearing the path for him to join the Thunder. [PFB]

You stand a better shot of seeing him play for the OKC Blue than the Thunder but the real value in the deal is the possibility that Evans gets Raymond Felton’s third point guard spot as he finishes up his 15th NBA season.

It’s a little bit of a bummer as Evans was rumored to be closing in on a deal with the Houston Rockets – a great move to be an understudy for Chris Paul.

• One of the unique things about OSU’s offense is the dominant blocking receivers.

…and Stoner clears out the SS Lewis and even shoves him into middle safety Eisworth to clear the outside for Landon Wolf.

One thing that OSU has always done well is block at WR on perimeter screens, go back and watch Justin Blackmon highlights and you’ll see the same thing. [Concerning Sports]

Chris Lacy is still floating around NFL rosters (as far as I know) on talent and making plays like blocking downfield. When you don’t have premium athletes (which OSU obviously does in some aspects but not all), doing the little things right make all the difference.

• I enjoyed this appetizing preview of some of college football’s best games ahead in 2019.

• Ranking the traditions of the Sweet 16 teams – I’d be genuinely curious to see where OSU would rank in this group.

Non-OSU Bullets

• It’s a fine line between persuasion and convincing

• Liked the idea laid out about taking notes at the end of chapters to help retention

• Working my way through the Lincoln Lawyer series – the fourth installment was more graphic, less about the hero than the earlier versions but still a fun read.

Props to Carson for tweeting this – gosh this would be awesome.

The Playoffs we need. Mr. Silver tear down this wall. https://t.co/J2tGNlYkDJ pic.twitter.com/DHVYXXtK4V

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) March 25, 2019