Kansas Basketball: Most disappointing one and done players
By Chris Taylor
Cliff Alexander probably needed six more years at Kansas
Cliff Alexander couldn’t have spent six years in college, but it sure would have helped his cause. He was yet another casualty of a full college season. Cliff started fairly hot, but over his last eight games at Kansas, he never scored more than eight points, coming up empty in three of those games.
He averaged 7.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game during his tenure with Kansas basketball. Again, those numbers are not the type of numbers that jump out and scream NBA.
When he announced he was leaving you could hear the disappointed moan flow over the amber waves of Kansas grain. Not because Kansas fans didn’t want him to go, but because he wasn’t ready.
Alexander went undrafted, which is the clearest sign of all signs that the kid wasn’t ready. He played an entire eight games for the Portland TrailBlazers averaging 1 point per game. On July 7th, 2016, he was waived by Portland.
In March of this year, he was signed to the French Pro team ASVEL Basket.
His decision to leave early not only cost him millions of dollars in the long run but caused a trainwreck of signings and waivers between 2016 and this year.