Nicolas Timberlake - Inconsistent playing time Timberlake is averaging 4.0 ppg across 13.2 minutes in six games to begin the 2023-24 season. Impact It was once thought that Timberlake's experience and outside shooting ability would allow him to push four-star freshman Elmarko Jackson for playing time, but that hasn't been the case so far this season. So far, the sixth-year senior has shot just 4-for-15 from distance and 33.3 percent from the field overall, and that showing culminated in a season-low three minutes last Wednesday against Tennessee in the Maui Invitational third-place game. He did log double-digit minutes in the season opener, knocking down a trio of three-pointers en route to 13 points -- a mark that still stands as his season high. Since then, Timberlake has yet to score more than five points in a game. The Jayhawks certainly need more outside shooting and will hope he can regain his form from Towson, where Timberlake had produced back-to-back years with at least 78 threes made, shooting greater than 40 percent from distance in each.
NOVEMBER 27, 2023 • ROTOWIRE