{"id":24581,"date":"2025-07-20T21:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24581\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T21:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:06:11","slug":"what-council-taylor-think-about-being-compared-to-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24581\/","title":{"rendered":"What Council, Taylor think about being compared to each other"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Wagner’s Melvin Council Jr. gestures during the first half of the team’s First Four college basketball game against Howard in the men’s NCAA Tournament on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Dayton, Ohio.<\/p>\n


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If you have heard anything about the 2025-26 Kansas men\u2019s basketball team, you have probably heard that Melvin Council Jr.\u2019s play style is reminiscent of former Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor\u2019s.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a cross-decade comparison KU coach Bill Self has made on several occasions, equating the incoming fifth-year transfer from St. Bonaventure with the respected former All-American point guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelvin will remind our fans physically and athletically of Tyshawn Taylor,\u201d Self said in a press release when he announced Council\u2019s signing in April. <\/p>\n

As it turns out, he had in fact pointed out the same resemblance to Council himself, both on phone calls and when Council visited KU, before he ultimately picked the Jayhawks over Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mississippi State: \u201cSo I looked into it a lot,\u201d Council said, per JayhawkSlant. <\/p>\n

\u201cI seen a couple clips of him,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe (is) long, athletic, he just got that heart and dog in him. That\u2019s what I got.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yes, Taylor has heard it too from plenty of people. Not only that, he had the chance to meet Council recently as part of festivities for the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to go stand by him,\u2019 and I thought that was pretty cool,\u201d Taylor told the Journal-World.<\/p>\n

The two have plenty in common on the court, for one. They\u2019re long and athletic guards, about the same height, who can get downhill and play a high-intensity style on both ends of the court. Council helped lead Wagner to the NCAA Tournament in 2024, then last season at St. Bonaventure averaged 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals; as one of the most experienced players on KU\u2019s 2025-26 roster, he\u2019ll undoubtedly figure prominently into the Jayhawks\u2019 plans for the year ahead.<\/p>\n

But Taylor, for his part, hasn\u2019t had the chance to watch his younger counterpart play much at all yet. He\u2019s instead noticed an off-court similarity between the two: \u201cHe\u2019s an East Coast guy, which I feel like there\u2019s maybe some relatables there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Council has spoken with pride about representing his home city of Rochester, New York: \u201cA lot of people from Rochester, they\u2019re good at basketball. Some people went Division I, Division II \u2014 nobody really came to this stage. Coming from Rochester, that means a lot. (I) got the city behind me, and I just want to prove to everybody, inner-city Rochester kids, that you guys can make it out of Rochester just like me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor, meanwhile, hails from Hoboken, New Jersey, a city whose local Patch site he once told, \u201cBeing where I\u2019m from gave me my attitude and hunger \u2014 always wanting to be the best and be great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor, who now trains young athletes, believes Council can be great, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him, I\u2019ve said, \u2018Bro, you\u2019re better than me. You\u2019ll be better than me,’\u201d Taylor said. \u201c\u2026 If the kid is anywhere as good as they say he is, he\u2019ll be fine. If he works as hard as they say he does, he\u2019ll be fine. So I\u2019m looking forward to actually watching him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"articleNick Krug<\/p>\n

Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor signals three after a bucket against Iowa State during the second half on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at Allen Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n

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\n Henry is the sports editor at the Lawrence Journal-World and KUsports.com, and serves as the KU beat writer while managing day-to-day sports coverage. He previously worked as a sports reporter at The Bakersfield Californian and is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Linguistics) and Arizona State University (M.A., Sports Journalism). Though a native of Los Angeles, he has frequently been told he does not give off “California vibes,” whatever that means. <\/p>\n

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