Elite Premium Portal Thread

[Mr. French]

i'm honestly a little surprised by all of this for st. john's. i guess one can't be sure whether it's player decisions or coach decisions, but still...

I think Pitino cleaning house with players for his style.

 

[Mr. French]

Also, Zack Edey!

(Did anyone catch that moron Dakich pretending to break news by getting duped?)

 

[August_West]

Was just gonna ask if Posh is considered “elite”

I wouldn’t say so. We couldn’t use him I don’t think, we already have a non shooter defensive minded PG off the bench. but Ive enjoyed watching the kid for a couple years. High motor tough minded player.

 

[Dove]

Thank you for this thread. I'm at a point in life where I simply read the upper crust ones.

 

[CL82]

I think Pitino cleaning house with players for his style.

Pitino went out of his way to say that any guy he didn’t keep was selfish, not a team player, etc. Kind of a crappy thing to do.

 

[Chief00]

Pitino went out of his way to say that any guy he didn’t keep was selfish, not a team player, etc. Kind of a crappy thing to do.

Good to see Pitino taking the moral high ground - LOL.

 

[runner11]

Quality thread but I have doubts on whether Fishy can make premium transfer posts. He needs to spend an off-season workshopping transfer takes and watching Jalen Gaffney tape.

 

[Mr. French]

Caleb Love from UNC is hitting the portal.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

Caleb Love from UNC is hitting the portal.

Hard pass!

 

[BIIIG]

Have an INSIDE SOURCE saying that Posh was very unhappy about how everything went down with Mike Anderson and plans on leaving St. John's, but would love to stay in the Big East and be close to home. Not saying its a done deal by any means, but with those requirements you have to think UConn will be a strong consideration. Bigger hurdle is getting him onboard with coming off the bench or at least understanding that he will not have a defacto starter spot

 

[WNConn]

Quality thread but I have doubts on whether Fishy can make premium transfer posts. He needs to spend an off-season workshopping transfer takes and watching Jalen Gaffney tape.

Portal will be important this year. We desperately need a true point guard.

 

[Magic32]

Let's open the other thread back up so people can name all the guys jumping in the portal that they like rather than clog this one again. Leave this only for players UConn reaches out to.

 

[August_West]

Portal will be important this year. We desperately need a true point guard.

Well considering we are the best team left and in the Final Four without one I think that notion has been challenged.

However, when we do and did falter in January Guard play was a primary factor. Going into the FF the worry is PG play. And (advice to the 'yard) don't bother yelling at me about that, Calhoun said the same before the Gonzaga game.

If Andre is back next year and paired with castle, we may just be able to overcome that CW again. They present their own unique challenges for other teams to have to try and handle.

a true PG coming in will most likely have to be OK with non starter minutes. That can limit our portal choices.

 

[runner11]

Let's open the other thread back up so people can name all the guys jumping in the portal that they like rather than clog this one again. Leave this only for players UConn reaches out to.

Tom doesn’t like the mega-threads so somebody can create a new premium thread every day and watch as it devolves into plebe talk.

 

[Storrs South]

Have an INSIDE SOURCE saying that Posh was very unhappy about how everything went down with Mike Anderson and plans on leaving St. John's, but would love to stay in the Big East and be close to home. Not saying its a done deal by any means, but with those requirements you have to think UConn will be a strong consideration. Bigger hurdle is getting him onboard with coming off the bench or at least understanding that he will not have a defacto starter spot

Posh and Diarra have very similar games so I don't think he makes sense especially when the thing the roster needs next year is shooting given who is going to the NBA and graduating

 

[runner11]

Well considering we are the best team left and in the Final Four without one I think that notion has been challenged.

However, when we do and did falter in January Guard play was a primary factor. Going into the FF the worry is PG play. And (advice to the 'yard) don't bother yelling at me about that, Calhoun said the same before the Gonzaga game.

If Andre is back next year and paired with castle, we may just be able to overcome that CW again. They present their own unique challenges for other teams to have to try and handle.

a true PG coming in will most likely have to be OK with non starter minutes. That can limit our portal choices.

I would like to get a true PG in the pipeline, or at least more facilitators. Fland please. But we are fine for next year. Obviously Andre is a tremendous facilitator but we also have guys like AK who always make the right pass. DC will be a good passer.

What we really need are guys that can break down a defense and draw fouls, and a lights out shooter to run around screens.

 

[runner11]

Posh and Diarra have very similar games so I don't think he makes sense especially when the thing the roster needs next year is shooting given who is going to the NBA and graduating

Ya if Posh wants to take the Diarra role maybe we can get Caleb Love to take the Joey C role.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Posh and Diarra have very similar games so I don't think he makes sense especially when the thing the roster needs next year is shooting given who is going to the NBA and graduating

Unless Andre dramatically improves his shooting, we can't have this out on the court at the same time and expect a 4-out offense to be anywhere near as effective as our current one:

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Portal will be important this year. We desperately need a true point guard.

Perfect post. Impossible to tell if serious or sarcasm.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I don’t see any way Posh would fit on this team, unless Diarra didn’t return, and if Posh would be willing to accept a backup role. Seems extremely unlikely.

Looks like the staff is laser focused on a Hawkins replacement. Any other portal targets would depend on if someone unexpectedly doesn’t return. We’re pretty strapped for schollies at the moment.

 

[BIIIG]

Realistically I'm not sure UConn can make any real moves on any transfers until they know who plans on leaving and who plans on coming back. Between Hawkins, Jackson, Sanogo, Newton, and Alleyne, you got 5 guys who are able to come back but no one knows for sure that they will. If I had to guess I'd think Sanogo and Hawkins will be gone and the other 3 will stick around, but can't really recruit until you know what you are missing. Then again, when you got a final four on the line, I doubt any of this is too too much on your mind anyways.

 

[MJKI]

I would vastly prefer Addae-Wusu over Posh if we had to take a St. John’s player. Shoots it at 36% from 3 with decent frequency and still plays good defense. We could do worse than him to take over the Alleyene role if he moves on

 

[Son of Robert]

Storr hit portal I see.

Yes please

Is this in print somewhere? AJ Storr would be a great addition!

 

[Samoo]

Assuming Andre stays, unless he dramatically improves his shooting, we can't have this out on the court at the same time and expect a 4-out offense to be anywhere near as effective as our current one:

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Dang, that's fugly.