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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4304609, member: 1329"] You're advocating bringing someone random in as a transfer who would also be an unknown (at least insofar as team chemistry and possibly play at the high major level is considered) to save us lol. My remark was snide because we literally have 2 guys who were recruited with exactly the skillsets and pedigrees you are looking for and they've been in the program since last year now. It's their time. To quote Al Maguire, "The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores." Karaban will still technically be a freshman, but from reports he seems to be less raw than most (certainly less raw than Johnson last year) and had that early arrival to get him up to speed quicker (Akok was ready to go right from the jump). I do expect Johnson and Karaban to be B-level stretch 4 types, which is exactly what you were asking for. I don't expect either to be a star, but solidly in the rotation. These are your portal options for people that are at least 6'8 that attempt a decent number of 3s and hit at least 35%: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Player[/TD] [TD]Team[/TD] [TD]3PA/100[/TD] [TD]3PT[/TD] [TD]3PT%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Felipe Haase[/TD] [TD]Mercer[/TD] [TD]9.6 [/TD] [TD]69-169[/TD] [TD].408[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Emmanuel Akot[/TD] [TD]Boise St[/TD] [TD]8.8[/TD] [TD]52-137[/TD] [TD].380[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Michael Henn[/TD] [TD]Denver[/TD] [TD]6.9[/TD] [TD]35-90[/TD] [TD].389[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Haase is intriguing but more of a 5. Akot is basically Jackson and I don't trust his shooting (but he is a beast defensively). Henn isn't good enough. But if you bring in somebody, you're losing at least one of Karaban or Johnson at the end of the year. I don't think any of those guys are putting us over the top enough to mortgage the future. As to Johnson/Diggins last year... Before the season I projected: Johnson 10 minutes as the 3rd option at the 4 and Diggins spot minutes. [/QUOTE]

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