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Starting point is 00:00:00 Kansas is on the board. Bill Self got a perfect fit for KU with this transfer portal edition in the form of Jaden Dawson, a transfer from Loyola, Chicago. You are Locked on Jayhawks, your daily podcast on the Kansas Jayhawks, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. What's going on, Derrick Johnson here, this is Locked On Jhawks, thanks for making it your first listen every day. Thank you to the every dayers catching each and every episode of the show, you can find it anywhere you get your podcast, including on our YouTube page, like and subscribe as well on YouTube. On this episode of Locked On Jhawks, we are talking about Jaden Dawson, the Loyola Chicago

Starting point is 00:00:47 3-and-D player that I think is a perfect fit for KU and becomes the first transfer portal edition for Belfast this off season cycle. We're going to get into his scouting report on his game. We're going to get into how he fits with the team, why I think it's such a good fit for KU, all that and more on today's episode of the show, which is brought to you by 5-Hour Energy. Head to 5hourenergy.com to find over 15 flavors to choose from. Need one right now. Grab a 5-Hour Energy shot at your local grocery or convenience store. Stock up today and stay energized with 5-Hour Energy.

Starting point is 00:01:21 That's a bit of a bonus episode today with the transfer portal news. It's been all exits. Now it's an entrance for KU and Jaden Dawson becomes the newest member of the Jayhawks for the 2025 to 2026 season. So Jaden Dawson, he was a second team, all Atlantic 10 selection. He helped Loyola Chicago win 25 games this season. And you know, obviously people are familiar with Loyola Chicago win 25 games this season. And, you know, obviously people are familiar with Loyola Chicago, Sister Jean and the run making it to the final four and having some good tournament success in recent years. You know, they've continued to be they haven't quite hit that level, you know, since Porter Moser left, but they've been a consistent team.

Starting point is 00:02:01 Twenty five and twelve this season. Last year, they won 23 games. And the Atlantic 10 is a solid conference. It's not, you know, the Big 12 or the SEC, but it's very close to the West Coast Conference. It's, I don't know, you know, if you're ranking the top 10 conferences, it's it's certainly in there, you know, maybe it's in that same tier with the West Coast Conference and the conference USA and the Missouri Valley, which are solid conferences and maybe the tier behind like the Mountain West and the ACC. But point being, it's not this huge

Starting point is 00:02:34 jumping competition, like if you're coming from the MIAC, and they went to the NIT semi finals, he just had like a 35 point game in the NIT. It's crazy how quiet this recruitment was for KU. We've seen other ones out there where we've seen Kansas as a team who is interested in whether that's coming from the agent. It's true or not. Who knows? We've seen ones where it seems like Kansas definitely is interested because they've had a

Starting point is 00:02:56 kid visit, although I think Josh Dix is the only one there, or they've done a zoom call with someone or had phone calls or whatever it is. Certainly, there are other players they've been interested in. But like, this is one we heard nothing about with someone or had phone calls or whatever it is. And certainly there are other players they've been interested in. But like, this is one we heard nothing about until all the sudden he was a pickup for KU. He was a commitment for Kansas. And it definitely I think is encouraging because obviously with, you know, kids losing all these portal players and not

Starting point is 00:03:21 feeling like there's a ton of activity outside of Oh, Josh Dix, who picked another school or, you know, Keishon Hall, who quickly diverted to another school. It makes you feel like there's still work being done behind the scenes. You just don't entirely know about it and makes you feel like, okay, at any moment there could be a big surprise pickup from somebody who we haven't heard linked to KU. And I think that's probably a good thing. And that maybe Kansas is working in the shadows, so to speak, a little bit more, especially when it feels like a lot of these agents are trying to use Kansas to prop up their players, individual NIL value. So if you're working from this standpoint, it just feels like a better way to kind of do things. I feel like it is very interesting though that I mentioned Josh Dix and he commits to Creighton earlier today and you make this move later in the day. I don't know if that

Starting point is 00:04:13 is correlated at all. Like maybe you had moved on past Josh Dix, you know, several days ago, right? But I do find it interesting because the same type of player you look at Josh Dix, he would come in and he would be somebody who could play the shooting guard or the three for you. You look at Jade and Dawson, he's somebody who can come in and play the shooting guard or the three for you. That's what he did at loyal Chicago. In fact, he actually played a little bit more three than he did two but obviously coming up to Kansas, maybe it makes more sense to play the two Darren Peterson at the one.

Starting point is 00:04:39 Either way, you're talking about somebody who when you were looking at getting Josh Dix, it was the idea of somebody who is this good three-point shooter. He's going to be a low turnover guy who doesn't always need the ball in his hands to make an impact on the offensive end of the court. And that describes Jaden Dawson as well. Obviously, Dix did it at a power five level or power four level, whatever you want to say. At Iowa, Dawson, you know, little lower points per game and stuff

Starting point is 00:05:05 at not that level. But I also think there's been more proven defense from Dawson. Now, some of the stuff with Dix is that he's a better defender than he gets credit for. And it's just a bad system with Iowa. And that stuff might be true. But still, Iowa has been a disaster defensively Dawson is somebody who is a little bit more proof in the pudding in terms of what he brings to the defensive end of the court that he's been able to show it on the floor. And you look at what Loyola Chicago has done. And this has been a team in Loyola Chicago, whether it's back to the Porter Mosier days or with their current head coach, with Valentine, like this is a team that typically relies on their defense. And if you're not playing good defense, you're not going to get out on the court.

Starting point is 00:05:46 And so like you look at defensive rating, Loyola Chicago this year, just raw D rating, 79th percentile in defensive rating. So that has to make you feel good about that there. So I feel like it's a response to that in terms of, oh, we weren't getting Josh Dix. Who else can we find that can fill that kind of role, that kind of position?

Starting point is 00:06:04 And I think they found a good one here in Dawson. The fact too, that he's committing now before April 7th, I think tells you two things because that's something we kind of talked about that this, you know, the revenue share is planned to be signed off and start to go into place on April 7th. One, it probably tells you he's not breaking the bank. Now he's probably still getting a good amount of NIL money, right? I mean, he's, he's a transfer who had really good season at Loyola, Chicago. And now you're going to Kansas, like you're going to get some sort of level of paid. But from the kids perspective, even if Kansas is

Starting point is 00:06:40 one of those teams that has one of the super high end, you know, NIL dollars or revenue share dollars to spend. Even if you are one of those schools, there still is a limit. You know, we're not talking like these schools are having 100 million dollars to spend on a basketball roster, and they can just offer every single player on the team seven million dollars. That's not how this works. So even then, you do have to find certain areas that, you know, you can save money. And

Starting point is 00:07:07 so let's say Josh Dix went for I don't know, two million, I have no idea if that that's how much you went forward, could have been two and a half could have been one and a half. I have no idea. Then let's say with Dawson, he gets 1 million, right? He are you able to allocate that extra million dollars that you saved at this position, to get what could end up being a better defensive version of Dix with maybe a little less three-point consistency and a little less

Starting point is 00:07:31 offensive punch, can you use that extra million to get a better center or get a better format, right? That's where some of this stuff comes into play. So that's number one. Number two is that KU did really want him, right? I mean, the fact that you would bring on a player and the first day that he entered into the portal, apparently Kansas called him. That's what he told J. Oxlant. I mean, that tells you that KU did really want this kid, which should make you feel better about where they're at. And that doesn't guarantee everything, right?

Starting point is 00:07:58 Because they wanted a lot of the kids they got last year, and that didn't work. But this is why I think this one is different, right? Because of the kids they got that last year and that didn't work. But this is why I think this one is different, right? Because of the fit. I think when you look at it, like if you're just talking, who is the better basketball player in a vacuum? Maybe you would say Rylan Griffin is the better basketball player than Jaden Dawson, right? Because he can be a better three point shooter

Starting point is 00:08:20 and he was the former high level recruit and all these things, right? And if Rylan Griffin goes to the right fit and right system around him, you know, he can maybe give you the higher ceiling there. But if we're talking just to fit for the University of Kansas for a Bill Self team, I think Jayden Dawson, like if you're just comparing what Ryland Griffin gave you on the floor this season for Kansas based on maybe not being the best fit because you know, if Bill Self wants you to be more than just a scorer, he wants you to, okay, what else can you give me? Can you give me rebounds?

Starting point is 00:08:51 Well, if you can't do that, can you give me defense? Right? With Dawson, he's not really a big rebounder like Griffin is either, but what Dawson does bring to the table is that defense and that's why it is a better fit theoretically, because in the days where Rylan Griffin wasn't hitting his threes, you know, Bilsauf might have him only play 12 minutes, because he's like, what else are you going to bring out there? With Dawson, if he's not hitting his threes that specific game, then it could be a scenario where, okay, but you're still, you know,

Starting point is 00:09:20 providing a good amount on the defensive end of the floor. And that is where it becomes important. So I think this is a good fit for KU. Let's break down more though on his strengths, questions, scouting report before we get into that fit on this episode of Lockdown Jayhawks. Today's show is brought to you by Fabric. Life moves fast, especially when you have a family. One day you're watching your kids take their first steps and before you know it, they're off to college. That's why securing their future is so important. Fabric by Gerber Life makes it simple to get term life insurance that fits your family needs.

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Starting point is 00:11:31 campus so maybe we have to be a little more careful, but that feels like more of the rare scenario so we're going to get into his scouting report. Then we'll finish up with his fit at Kansas here and make sure you subscribe to the show because anytime there is a commit, we'll break it down at some point in time here was locked on Jay docks. All right, Jayden Dawson. He is a guy who can play the shooting guard or the three, which I definitely continue to think it's interesting that Kansas you don't see them linked and I guess you didn't see him linked to this kid either.

Starting point is 00:11:58 So maybe that's not a great indication, but it does feel like they're more interested in the two three wings and the wings in general than they have been in the point guards. Right. It feels like because you could still use Darren Peterson as a point guard. But we've seen a lot of Bill South teams have two point guards on the floor at all times, right. To where you could have another combo guard point guard.

Starting point is 00:12:17 But it feels like with with Kansas, I wonder if they're going for more positional size where you have Peterson at the one, this kid at the two, maybe a bigger wing at the three, another wing at the four possibly, or power forward and maybe a little bit of what Duke's doing in terms of their size and versatility. Obviously, you can't really replicate what Duke's doing because they have some like lottery picks and stuff. But regardless, Jayden Dawson, he's six foot four,

Starting point is 00:12:40 195 pounds, he'll be a senior this season three years at Loyola Chicago, which side note, I think we're to a point where like, I don't hold it against a player if they've been at two or three different schools, because that's just kind of the nature of the beast now. But I also at the same point in time, even if I'm not gonna hold it against a player for doing that,

Starting point is 00:12:58 even though it does make me a little bit more wary if it's been, you know, if Kansas is your fourth school in four years, that might make me a little bit more wary. But at the same point in time, it makes me even if I'm not going to hold it against you in a negative way, I am going to elevate the guys who little bit more who are willing to do that. And I think that's cool that he stayed at one school for three years and is now like, okay, now I'm a senior. Now let's go get paid my last year of basketball and see what we can do. And I think that's kind of cool

Starting point is 00:13:31 that they get out of this. Obviously it's no guarantee that it'll work or won't work or whatever, but I don't know. I just kind of like that in a weird way, even though, yeah, like if Kansas lands, you know, Trey White, who's been at three schools in three years, like I'll be like, okay, well, that's cool, too, right? But anyway, 13.9 points per game for Dawson last year at Loyola Chicago. And Loyola Chicago is a team who really spreads out the love on the offensive end.

Starting point is 00:13:54 They move the ball, they don't play at a fast pace, 207th nationally in tempo. So that's a team where, you know, your numbers are going to get dragged out a little bit by some of that stuff, but still 13.9 points, 31 rebounds 1.9 assists per game, one steal per game good block numbers point six blocks per game for kind of a shooting guard three man 41% from the floor, which is a little lower from the field. But the reason why is because the majority of his shots are threes. So if you're taking a majority of shots from three, obviously, your field goal percentage is going to be closer to your three point percentage with a thirty six point three three point percentage. That is a solid number. Like, for instance, Kansas this past season as a team shot thirty five point four percent, which honestly feels higher than I remember being. But they finished season strong there.

Starting point is 00:14:38 Thirty five point four percent as a team for Kansas put them eighty eighth in the country in terms of three point percentage. So like that's solid. That's the top quarter of college basketball. And this kid shot 1% higher than that. And he did it on very high volume 7.43 points per game. What does that tell you with the high volume? It tells you two things. One, it tells you that this guy is capable of getting off threes in a multitude of ways that can be different areas on the court. That can be different actions, right?

Starting point is 00:15:05 Coming off a screen, coming off a curl, catch and shoot, whatever it is, it tells you he is able to get them off in a myriad of different ways, which is important. But also it tells you something else. The fact that you're able to shoot 36, you know, it's a lot easier to shoot 36% from three if you're taking two three-point attempts per game, right? If you're taking that much volume,

Starting point is 00:15:24 it becomes a lot harder because now defenses are keen on you as that being the main part of your game. And they are going to try to take that away from you, right? But he was still able to shoot a good percentage from three on very high volume, right? It's the same way that the guys who, if you lead your team in scoring, you'll probably have a lower field goal percentage

Starting point is 00:15:41 than the guy who's fourth on your team in scoring, but is just hitting set shots on the outside, right? It's harder to be the guy with high volume, and he does that at a high rate. Now, 74% at the foul line, two and a half attempts for a game there. Overall, the effective field goal percentage, 52.7, it's fine. 55.1 on the true shooting is good. His odd off numbers, the team was about three points better on offense when he was on the floor. Team was about a point better defensively when he was on the floor and then Mark Torvik gives him a plus 2.4 on his transfer rating scale, which like I said, like the five is kind of like the the

Starting point is 00:16:15 superstars out there. Some of the more interesting in depth numbers here. This guy who not a great rebounder 13th percentile for offensive rebound rate. That's not great, but is more average on the defense event. 49th percentile for defensive rebound rate. So that's at least important there. Hakeem rate, which is a combination of your steel rate plus your block rate. 87th percentile Hakeem rate. So very good defensive numbers there.

Starting point is 00:16:40 That should tell you a lot. Again, one steel per game, 0.6 blocks. Those are solid. They don't jump off the page, but again, that's where you keep in mind. Keep in mind the tempo and stuff, right? So if you're looking at just the rates, very good block plus steel numbers.

Starting point is 00:16:52 92nd percentile and turnover rate on offense, meaning he does not turn the ball over. I think part of that is his usage, but that's going to probably be his usage of Kansas. So great. Doesn't get to the free throw out of time. 31st percentile, but that just tells you more about

Starting point is 00:17:05 his usage and being an offball player and being a catch and shoot guy. He's in the 97th percentile and three point attempts per 40 minutes so great Kansas needs guys to shoot threes right. You look at him he took 2.7 shots inside the paint or at the rim per game so you're not getting a ton there he'll get the occasional cut here there but but a good mid-range shooter, almost 43% on mid-range, which was 75th percentile nationally. Interestingly enough, he's above the break threes, 33.1%,

Starting point is 00:17:34 which was slightly above average nationally, 55th percentile. It's the corner where he really took off, 47.1% from three, from the corner. That was 84th percentile. But interestingly enough, if you go back to his prior season at Loyola Chicago when he was a sophomore, averaged about eight a game that year, 36% from three in about 19, 20 minutes per game.

Starting point is 00:17:54 And that year he shot 36.4% from the corners. It's still good, but not as scorching as this year, but he shot 36.6% from three on above the break. So he's shown that he can shoot even higher than that above the break. What actually is really year, but he shot 36.6% from three on above the break. So he's shown that he can shoot even higher than that above the break. What actually is really interesting, if you go back to his sophomore season, his Hakeem rate, which I just mentioned, was 96th percentile. And his steel rate as a sophomore was in the 92nd percentile. His block rig for his position as a sophomore was 91st percentile.

Starting point is 00:18:25 So this is back to back years. This guy's put up huge defensive like chaotic stat making numbers and that defense is key, right? Because it's good numbers. He's a solid athlete. There's some fun highlights of him throwing down dunks as well. He played for a coach that demands defense. The defense is kind of the key here. And when you're looking, like,

Starting point is 00:18:47 we'll get to the role on the team and stuff like that in a second here, but like, you want guys who are going to be two-way players. And Kansas didn't have enough of those last season. And so the response here is saying, hey, maybe Jayden Dawson isn't as much of a flamethrower as Josh Dix from three. Maybe he's not as much of a flamethrower as Ryland Griffin was coming in from Alabama, right? But he's still a good shooter and he's more complete of a player on the defensive end than some of those other guys like Nick Timberlake

Starting point is 00:19:15 or Ryland Griffin that we've brought in. And that's why I think it makes him a good fit. So let's talk specifically about what that fit looks like. I will say the one, I guess, guess other negative possibly he has had to deal with injuries through his career. Loyola Chicago I think 14 games played his freshman year which don't know could you work that back and get a medical redshirt and get another year I don't think so I think it's usually like I forget what the number is

Starting point is 00:19:40 on the cutoff but anyway that'll be something to keep an eye on but kids able to manage that at least the first year with Kevin McCuller obviously wasn. But anyway, that'll be something to keep an eye on. But Kansas was able to manage that at least the first year with Kevin McColler obviously wasn't able to manage that the second year. So that'll be something to keep an eye on as well. All right. What does this fit with KU? I think he's a perfect player to pair with Darren Peterson. This episode of locked on Jayhawks is brought to you by

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Starting point is 00:21:39 I think the big guy in that will be Darren Peterson. And that is where this becomes interesting because as you look at it, Darren Peterson is this, he is, he's the son, right? Everything else for Kansas is in orbit around Darren Peterson this upcoming season, right? What can you find that is going to stay in orbit and not have one planet crash into another, right?

Starting point is 00:22:01 What can you do that's going to make the best solar system you can around Darren Peterson? Well, this is the type of player that works around that. So you look at it right now, returning players, Elmarco Jackson, Jamari McDowell, Noah Shelby at this point in time, I guess Bryson Teller since he redshirted. Other incoming freshmen, Samice Calderon and then obviously Darren Peterson. And then Jaden Dawson becomes your first transfer pickup. He kind of becomes your your lone wing at this point on the roster. He's more of a two three wing

Starting point is 00:22:27 right there's two three wings, there's three four wings, different types of wings, they're more of a two three wing but he does give you that that ability to where you know you could play Peterson Jackson and Dawson at the 123 if you wanted to, obviously Katie wouldn't have many other options if they had to roll out the ball right now. But he because of Peterson's length that like six five with a 610 wingspan, you could have Peterson be the point guard on offense but guard the three on the defensive end of the floor and then Dawson's guarding the two and Elmarco's guarding the one on the defensive

Starting point is 00:22:57 end right and then on the offensive end Peterson's the main ball handler Elmarco the secondary guy and Dawson is on the wings three on the shooter on the offensive floor and just that specific lineup, right? But you can play around with them at the two and three. So that's important to have. Four K. I don't really think you want him sliding down to the four. I think he's more of a two three and that specific aspect. I'll be interested to see how big the role is. And that's going to be part of this, right? Is he going to be a bench wing for Kansas or is he going to be a starter? I'll be honest, though, this is not one of those where you know, there are certain guys where I come away from this saying, you know,

Starting point is 00:23:28 like I'm fine with it if that's the eighth guy, if that's the Diggie Coy roll, the Jaylen Coleman lands roll, if he's your seventh or eighth guy, if he's your backup center, I'm fine with that. Don't really love him as a starter. That's the case for some guys. I'll be honest. I feel comfortable with Jayden Dawson, whether he's a starter or not. And I don't think this is one of those guys where Bill Self, like this is not one of those guys where it's like, I'm going to expect him to start, but I'm not going to necessarily expect him to come off the bench either. Like he's going to be one of those guys who,

Starting point is 00:23:53 when the offseason comes or close, will be like, okay, these guys are probably the starters for KU, and then maybe that fifth spot is between these two or three players. And Dawson could be in on that. And so if he is a bench wing, who's able to come off the bench and give you three point shooting and a good spurt of defense. Great. Right.

Starting point is 00:24:10 That's a good place to be. And if you're Kansas, you can never have enough depth of players who can shoot threes and play defense. Right. But it really wouldn't surprise me on the offensive end of the starts. Because think about it. You're not building an all star team. We saw Kansas kind of try to do that last year. It didn't work. You were trying to build a team that fits around Darren Peterson. And yes, you need another player that can be somebody who can score with the ball in their hand

Starting point is 00:24:34 and create with the ball in their hand. Maybe you look to that at the three and he would start at the two or maybe you look at that at four. Whatever it ends up being, you could use another one of those players. But let's say you get one of those players. I know Keyshawn Hall committed to Auburn, but just for the sake of like using a player, let's say you had a Keyshawn Hall type player at the four, right? That would give you two players with Peterson and Hall.

Starting point is 00:24:56 And again, I know the Hall already committed to Auburn, but that would give you two players who are more on ball type of players that can create a bucket for themselves offensively. You don't want to fill that out with three other players in the starting lineup that need the ball in their hand to make something happen. No. What do you want? You want guys who can make shots to space the floor for them.

Starting point is 00:25:16 You want guys who are comfortable playing off-ball, and you want guys who are going to defend at the other end of the court. Hello Jaden Dawson, who kind of fits that to a T. And so I know there are certain fans that are freaking out, like, okay, you know, what's going to stop this from being Ryland Griffin and this and that? Again, I'm telling you, it's the defensive end of the court. That is what is different about these.

Starting point is 00:25:36 And sure, could there be more transfer flops for KU? Yeah, of course there could. That's the nature of this business, right? There are hits and misses. And as much as these last two years were not great Okay, yeah, of course there could. That's the nature of this business, right? There are hits and misses. And as much as these last two years were not great, and there were some poor roster decisions and stuff like that, it's almost like two years has completely scrapped like 25 years of what Bill Self has done.

Starting point is 00:25:57 Then it's like, okay, sometimes you just don't hit on a group of players like you think you would for a couple of years. It happens, right? Like people are acting like it's impossible hit on a group of players like you think you would for a couple of years. It happens, right? Like people are acting like it's impossible for these, these transfers to come in and like be good players or be good fits. It's like, Oh my goodness. Can we watch them?

Starting point is 00:26:15 Can we, can we let it breathe? Can you have some hope at least now? And then we figure out what happens when it gets there, right? It's still a small sample size of some of those things not working. And there's still some recent transfers that worked really well. I know Hunter Dickinson had certain flaws that we talked about here on the show. He still was a two-time All-American. Kevin McColler was an All-American his last year at Kansas, right? And he was a really good player the year before when he got a one seed. So let's chill on this, have some hope, and Jayden Dawson

Starting point is 00:26:40 should provide that. And I think he's a great fit for KU. And that's exciting to that the staff to me, this is telling you they are going for players who are fit necessarily over somebody with more flash, right? You could have got a lot of players in the portal with more flash, with more just in a vacuum, you know, more, I don't know, 17 points per game, like yada yada. This is a fit play. And I absolutely love that for Bill self and KU. I don't know if for this episode of Lockdown J-Hawks. You can find our show anywhere you get your podcast, including on our YouTube page.

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