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Koby Brea entered the portal. Please please Coach Hurley

He is not coming here. Dad forced him to go in portal. He’s a strong KU from what I have heard from someone familiar with the Flyers.
 
superjohn said:
If we get McNeeley another point guard/combo makes more sense, someone who can really handle. We would be loaded with 6'7 wing skill guys in Karaban, McNeeley, Jaylin, Ross, Abraham.
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I agree - let’s do a Mahaney/McNeeley duo and add a little handles, passing, definitely shooting along with some good Irish vibes.

Couldn’t hurt with our staff.
 
AntG168 said:
Or a guy who can do both. Maybe a Joey C level transfer
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Mr. French said:
I agree - let’s do a Mahaney/McNeeley duo and add a little handles, passing, definitely shooting along with some good Irish vibes.

Couldn’t hurt with our staff.
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I like Irish people/Irish Americans and I like really good basketball players.

These Irish eyes would be smiling.
 
AntG168 said:
Or a guy who can do both. Maybe a Joey C level transfer
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Yesterday You said to me that Brea and McNeeley weren’t an either/or
 
navery12 said:
That would be nice but is anyone of significance gonna come in to play behind Diarra and Nowell?
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could be an SG with handles eg Spencer that would compete more with Ball for minutes
 
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bendm said:
Doesn’t need to be a third string PG what about an off guard with handles (like Spencer) that would compete more with Ball for minutes
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Then you're back to where I was in my original post of squeezing guys in at the 2-4 positions. I think it's possible but that seems to be a minority opinion
 
Here we go. Scheyer seems to have no plan except collecting all the shiny objects out there.
I guess we'll find out soon enough just how much Brea wants to work, develop further as a player and win championships or just get adulation from the kids in Cameron.......

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navery12 said:
Then you're back to where I was in my original post of squeezing guys in at the 2-4 positions. I think it's possible but that seems to be a minority opinion
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Well I agree there are no more minutes at the 1. Let’s say Karaban gets 30 at the 4. That leaves 90 minutes at 2-4 between Ball, Transfer, McNeeley and Stew. If split evenly that’s 22.5 mpg each. That’s plenty.
 
Mr. French said:
I agree - let’s do a Mahaney/McNeeley duo and add a little handles, passing, definitely shooting along with some good Irish vibes.

Couldn’t hurt with our staff.
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Blurb earlier today from On3 about Kentucky recruiting:

Aidan Mahaney (Saint Mary’s) So. G | 6-3, 180

  • Kentucky is one of many schools to reach out to Saint Mary’s transfer guard Aidan Mahaney, according to Recruits Zone. The likes of Duke, UConn, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, St. John’s, and plenty more have done the same. Mahaney officially entered the portal late Tuesday night. He holds a strong connection to Michigan’s new assistant coach Justin Joyner, who was previously at Saint Mary’s with Mahaney.
 
navery12 said:
I feel like we'd be able to fit both, even with Karaban. Plenty of minutes at the 2 through 4 spots

2: Ball 25 Brea 15
3: Stewart 15 McNeeley 20 Brea 5
4: Karaban 30 Stewart 10
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I disagree. I don't see Brea coming here to play 20 minutes a game. I also don't see Hurley boxing Abraham and Ross out of minutes like that.
 
Scrutiner said:
Here we go. Scheyer seems to have no plan except collecting all the shiny objects out there.
I guess we'll find out soon enough just how much Brea wants to work, develop further as a player and win championships or just get adulation from the kids in Cameron.......

www.si.com

Duke Basketball Eyes Premier 3-Point Weapon in Transfer Portal

In the era of the transfer portal, potential impact players enter their names at different hours of the day. If coaches want to secure the best possible rosters
www.si.com www.si.com
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Duke has some pretty insane turnover this year. They are losing their top four scorers (Filipowski, McCain, Roach, Mitchell). Two of them to transfer. They retain five (Proctor) and six (Foster), eight (Stewart), nine (Power). Then they lose seven (Young) to graduation. They pretty much lose everyone past that also to transfer (Reeves, Schutt, Blakes), or graduation (Begovich). So they lost 9/13 players.

And still they don't have PT if they want to keep the incoming freshmen happy but they have Maliq Brown (7-19 from three career) and perhaps Mason Gillis coming in also for visits. I just don't get those two. Someone is going to angry about PT if they pick up one of those two. Brea I kind of understand as he can fit in at the two for them off the bench.

Seriously where is the PT for Brown or Gillis though. Neither is anything but a 3 or a 4.

PG: Proctor
SG: Foster
SF: Evans, Knueppel, Harris
PF: Flagg, Power
C: Maluach, Stewart, Ngongba

If anything they need a backup PG/SG
 
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bendm said:
Well I agree there are no more minutes at the 1. Let’s say Karaban gets 30 at the 4. That leaves 90 minutes at 2-4 between Ball, Transfer, McNeeley and Stew. If split evenly that’s 22.5 mpg each. That’s plenty.
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Like I said, I agree with that but the consensus appears to be there's not room since Abraham or Ross will need minutes too
 
aceboon said:
I see bold declarations on the boneyard are still being tossed around
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And you are surprised by that? It's like you don't know us at all anymore.
 
Conndog said:
It’s going to be really hard to replace Newton. Offense when you absolutely needed it, his rebounding, his driving to the hoop and ability to get to the line, his 6’5 height, and his defensive quickness were so important these last two years
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Agreed. There are not a lot of Newtons, Spencers, Clingans, or Castles in the country. If there are, they are already being paid handsomely and probably aren’t in the portal

I think most of this forum is on the same page about our needs going into next season. Question is - are those exact needs available and interested? It’s a gamble to fill out your roster before the portal technically closes, but a gamble that seems worth it

Reed is a GREAT start. If we could get 2 of McNeeley, Brea, Hausen (in that order), that’s a super successful offseason
 
AntG168 said:
They aren’t
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So McNeeley, Brea, AND a combo guard?? I don’t think so that’s a 10 man rotation not counting Ross and Abraham
 
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husky429 said:
I think we add a wing and a pure shooter. Seems to be the two types we're after.
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Can the wing be a good ball handler? Are you comfortable with only Hass and Nowell?
 
bendm said:
Can the wing be a good ball handler? Are you comfortable with only Hass and Nowell?
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Our system doesn't really require a bunch of elite ballhandlers. I need that wing to be a high IQ guy who can pass intelligently vs a press and pressure. If he's not, we may get feasted on by teams like Marquette that get all up in your grill.
 
Conndog said:
It’s going to be really hard to replace Newton. Offense when you absolutely needed it, his rebounding, his driving to the hoop and ability to get to the line, his 6’5 height, and his defensive quickness were so important these last two years
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Totally agree on this. My biggest concern for next season is that the team is losing all of its shot creation between Newton, Spencer, and to a lesser degree Castle.
 
eastern14 said:
Totally agree on this. My biggest concern for next season is that the team is losing all of its shot creation between Newton, Spencer, and to a lesser degree Castle.
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Its an issue, ball and diarra will have to step up
 
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We aren't going to replace anybody per se, we are starting anew. Who on this years squad was the same as Sanogo, Hawkins or Jackson? Looks like 4 maybe 5 new starters. System will adapt to the players, more than the other way around. Reed looks like he might be able to do Sanogolike things. both ends of the court.
 
bendm said:
So McNeeley, Brea, AND a combo guard?? I don’t think so that’s a 10 man rotation not counting Ross and Abraham
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I didn’t say we needed another combo guard. I was responding to someone saying we needed someone who could handle the ball and shoot it. I said you could probably find that in one player.

I still don’t think Brea and McNeeley are an either or. Nowell would just need to be ready to take Hassan’s role off the bench
 
AllHusky said:
We aren't going to replace anybody per se, we are starting anew. Who on this years squad was the same as Sanogo, Hawkins or Jackson? Looks like 4 maybe 5 new starters. System will adapt to the players, more than the other way around. Reed looks like he might be able to do Sanogolike things. both ends of the court.
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It's starting to look like this is the most accurate assessment
 
AntG168 said:
I didn’t say we needed another combo guard. I was responding to someone saying we needed someone who could handle the ball and shoot it. I said you could probably find that in one player.

I still don’t think Brea and McNeeley are an either or. Nowell would just need to be ready to take Hassan’s role off the bench
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I guess that’s the disconnect then. Even assuming Nowell is ready I think we need a third ball handler, and we don’t have room to add 3 rotation players to the current roster. Meaning it’s either McNeeley or Brea and the third ball handler.
 
bendm said:
I guess that’s the disconnect then. Even assuming Nowell is ready I think we need a third ball handler, and we don’t have room to add 3 rotation players to the current roster. Meaning it’s either McNeeley or Brea and the third ball handler.
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Correct
 
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