2023-24 Hog's Basketball Portal talk

[jdcatty]

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When we get an announcement from Walsh, I will pay up.

[vegashog]

c j cryer (baylor) and max abmas (oru) hit the portal.

dead period ends thursday and the word is khalif battle (temple), jordan wright (vandy), and some big guy not named kel'el ware will be visiting.

[Barton Fink]

I like Battle and Wright.

[vegashog]

yeah, wright's stats don't really jump off the page but he averaged 24 minutes in 124 games. could be a steadying hand in the backcourt.

[Barton Fink]

He's a tough nose kid. Plays bigger than his size and can shoot the 3. He also hit some clutch shots this year.

[Barton Fink]

Another intriguing prospect
https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1643002119165755392?

[vegashog]

jaden bradley (bama), 5* and #3 pg from last year's class enters the portal.

[DirkPiggler]

jaden bradley (bama), 5* and #3 pg from last year's class enters the portal.

No thanks.  He was involved in the murder to some degree. 

[Sus-Scrofa]

No thanks.  He was involved in the murder to some degree. 

1st?

2nd?

[jdcatty]

So we got a kid from Washington -- 6-1, 170Lbs.  Under-whelmed by his stats:

https://www.on3.com/college/arkansas-razorbacks/news/arkansas-basketball-eric-musselman-lands-commitment-keyon-menifield-washington-transfer/

[Barton Fink]

His numbers are decent to be a freshman at a P5 school. He can play the 1 or 2. Shot 33% from 3 last year. Can shoot off the dribble. Highlights show he has good court vision and passes well in pick and roll.

[vegashog]

all-pac12 freshman team. would have had the best assist to turnover ratio on this year's squad.

got him for 3 years so i doubt he'll be asked to come in and start.

[jdcatty]

all-pac12 freshman team. would have had the best assist to turnover ratio on this year's squad.

got him for 3 years so i doubt he'll be asked to come in and start.

Yeah, I watched a little more video and it looked good.  But it was just highlights, so you would expect that.  I hope he can play without turnovers.

[vegashog]

harrison ingram (stanford) to the portal. a 5* forward in the 2021 class that muss recruited hard. a justin smith clone if there ever was one.

[animal]

all-pac12 freshman team. would have had the best assist to turnover ratio on this year's squad.

got him for 3 years so i doubt he'll be asked to come in and start.

well depends on what they get but certainly this fills a Chris Lykes type of role on the team...something we really didn't have on this past season's team. We sorely lacked an experienced facilitator at times throughout the season, our offense looked terrible at times. UCONN owned us with ball movement and our issues compared to them was glaring. Beyond it all the one thing these guys just never really looked like was a team. They didn't play well together. Several individual athletes were impressive but their games didn't complement each other and the coaching staff has to do a better job of figuring that shit out.

[Barton Fink]

harrison ingram (stanford) to the portal. a 5* forward in the 2021 class that muss recruited hard. a justin smith clone if there ever was one.

He's been a big disappointment at Stanford. Then again it's Stanford. He's from Dallas so I expect to play closer to home.

[Barton Fink]

well depends on what they get but certainly this fills a Chris Lykes type of role on the team...something we really didn't have on this past season's team. We sorely lacked an experienced facilitator at times throughout the season, our offense looked terrible at times. UCONN owned us with ball movement and our issues compared to them was glaring. Beyond it all the one thing these guys just never really looked like was a team. They didn't play well together. Several individual athletes were impressive but their games didn't complement each other and the coaching staff has to do a better job of figuring that shit out.

I was thinking like Notae's role his first year. Sixth man that can score. Kid seems to be a better passer than Notae.

[Cornhogio]

I still say the best transfers are going to be the older guys like Umude was coming from a smaller gig wanting to prove himself at the higher level of college. Taking kids from a higher level that have either already proven their worth or disproven it aren't necessarily going to get you anywhere. It's a delicate balance obviously.

More than once this year I found myself missing Umude and Notae.  Just a little range on this team and we would have been lethal. 

As far as Graham coming back.  I wasn't sure the invitation would be extended.  In Muss I trust though.

[vegashog]

k k robinson back in the portal.

[animal]

k k robinson back in the portal.

might be time to look at LR Trojans and stuff.