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Message: [QUOTE="6Nattys4Us, post: 5201889, member: 13819"] A lot has been said here, so summing this up is like a 3 Body problem. This is so dynamic I will take a stab: 1. Highly recruited 5* players like Castle/McNeeley are OAD so you need a replacement player of same caliber, transfer, or 4* you have who is expected to get better. 2. Mid high 4* players can develop like Solo between Freshman and Sophomore year but typically Sophomore to Junior year. 3. Point-in-time need trumps everything else: We need to replace AK and HD next year and while we have Nowell we need to see more of him to declare him the starting PG as a Sophomore. Possibly Stewart can be a 4 because we have 3s galore: Stewart, Ross, Abraham, +Furphy next year. So we will either get a more classic 4 in the portal or move Stewart there. 4. Compounding this is the NCAA sanctioned CBB scholarships count rising from 13 to 15. Our coach likes 12 of 13 so will probably like 13 or 14 of 15. Our math heading into next year is something like -4 for AK, HD, SJ, LM +4 frosh so even which fits, but we have to see if anyone leaves into the portal or declares based on BET or March Madness campaigns (e.g., if Ball or Stewart go nuts). Thus if the portal exits and NBA declares are conservative, we have +1-2 coming in via the portal and our needs are PG and PF. [/QUOTE]