Transfer Portal - June

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Transfer Portal - June

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Gonzaga is having having itself quite a week:

• Rasir Bolton surprises by returning for a fifth year
• Timme and Swarther return from draft
• Add Malachi Smith

I’ve watched a few Chattanooga games over the last two years and Smith is 100% a high-major guy. Aggressive bucket getter.

Between Bolton, Smith, Hickman and Sallis…quite a backcourt!

Overall TEN players return from their roster.

 

[bendm]

spoke too soon (earlier this morning) about them not being a final 4 contender. this could be as good a team as theyve had the past 2 seasons.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Arguably the best transfer available, Mosley signs with Missouri, who grew up in Columbia, MO.



I've written about it here over and over, but just WOW, Dennis Gates is doing an amazing job this offseason. Four of his seven transfers averaged 14+ ppg last season.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

God Bless America:

 

[Jholla2183]

Keion Brooks from Kentucky transfers to Washington

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Justin Powell to Washington State.

He had a meh season at Tennessee (3.7 ppg in 14 mpg), but was a 11.7p, 6.1r, 4.7a, 44.2 3p% player at Auburn (albeit against their OOC schedule).

Looking at Washington State's lineup, he's likely to start at PG. Washington State's coach is Kyle Smith, former San Francisco coach, who is not afraid to put out some unconventional lineups.

Powell needs a more free flowing system and I think he'll flourish in Pullman.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

A Sean Paul article about three key transfers points to:

• Former UConn target Courtney Ramey is between Arizona and West Virginia for his grad transfer year. There appears to be a heavy lean for Arizona, which makes a ton of sense since Arizona only have 9 schollies filled as of now. West Virginia added Erik Stevenson and Joe Toussaint, plus Arizona is just such a fun system to play in.
• Joey Baker has visited Michigan and Georgia. Michigan makes a ton of sense since they have a ton of talent at the wings, but are super young.
• Jacob Grandison visited Duke. Perfect landing spot for him as Duke is in dire need of veteran depth and their transfer haul so far (Ryan Young from NW, Kale Catchings from Harvard and Max Johns from Princeton) are more depth pieces while Grandison can start for Duke as a stretch forward (9.6 ppg, 41 3p%).

 

[Storrs South]

 

[bendm]

Arizona Wildcats land Texas transfer Courtney Ramey

 

[bendm]

Did anyone even know we were recruiting him? I like the idea of going after a grad transfer to keep the scholly open for ‘23

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Big pickup for Duke as Grandison will be plugged into the 3 spot to play along with freshmen Lively/Whitehead/Filipowski (#1, #2, #4 prospects of '22) and returning junior Roach at a point.

 

[Kenny11]

spoke too soon (earlier this morning) about them not being a final 4 contender. this could be as good a team as theyve had the past 2 seasons.

It feels crazy that they still have never won a championship. It’s not easy, I know. But they have had a bunch of loaded teams

 

[bendm]

ESPN 100 guard Johnson commits to Capel, Pitt

ESPN 100 guard Dior Johnson, who was "looking for a coach to challenge me and hold me in high account," committed to join coach Jeff Capel's Pittsburgh Panthers after he recently decommitted from Oregon.

www.espn.com

decommit from oregon. even a blind squirrel can find a nut.

 

[BGesus4]

ESPN 100 guard Johnson commits to Capel, Pitt

ESPN 100 guard Dior Johnson, who was "looking for a coach to challenge me and hold me in high account," committed to join coach Jeff Capel's Pittsburgh Panthers after he recently decommitted from Oregon.

www.espn.com

decommit from oregon. even a blind squirrel can find a nut.

He’s super talented. I wonder if he has trouble qualifying or something else because no reason Oregon wouldnt have provided all cash necessary, and his final schools after decommitting were Pitt, Washington St and maybe miss st. Just based on talent, most schools would want this kid. Former sewer commit too

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

ESPN 100 guard Johnson commits to Capel, Pitt

ESPN 100 guard Dior Johnson, who was "looking for a coach to challenge me and hold me in high account," committed to join coach Jeff Capel's Pittsburgh Panthers after he recently decommitted from Oregon.

www.espn.com

decommit from oregon. even a blind squirrel can find a nut.

A player who can’t commit to anything and a coach that runs half his team off every year. Boy, I can’t wait to see how this story ends

 

[MDHuskFan]

A player who can’t commit to anything and a coach that runs half his team off every year. Boy, I can’t wait to see how this story ends

Give me $100 on the U/Christmas Break transfer

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I forgot that Akot is still available. A "point-forward" who was originally an Arizona commit.

Looking at that list, I'd go to NC State. A chance to finish his career in the ACC, they have holes to fill at the 3 (Seabron) and 4 spots (Hellems) and they have a fun collection of guards to play with.

 

[MDHuskFan]

I forgot that Akot is still available. A "point-forward" who was originally an Arizona commit.

Looking at that list, I'd go to NC State. A chance to finish his career in the ACC, they have holes to fill at the 3 (Seabron) and 4 spots (Hellems) and they have a fun collection of guards to play with.

How could he pass up a chance to play for Penny tho….

 

[auror]

That's a guy trying to get paid lol. Those 3 schools have nothing else in common.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

A player who can’t commit to anything and a coach that runs half his team off every year. Boy, I can’t wait to see how this story ends

For how bad Pittsburgh has been during the Capel era (51-69), I'm actually surprised how decently Pittsburgh's offseason has gone:

• Top-two scorers return (Hugley 14.8) and Burton (12.4) returns for his fifth year
• Added Dior Johnson (#37 in 247 composite)
• They had a solid three-man transfer haul
  • Nelly Cummings, grad transfer PG from Colgate, 14.7p, 3.4a, 36 3p%, arguably one of the better guards available in the portal
  • Greg Elliott, grad transfer SG from Marquette, 7p, 38.6 3p%
  • Blake Hinson, PF from Iowa State, had injury issues but was a 10.1 ppg player at Ole Miss
• Two interesting JC pieces
  • Guard Cashius McNeilly, was the #131 prospect of '20
  • Forward Federiko Fedoriko, 8 D1 offers including St. John's and OK State
• Added the Diaz Graham brothers from Spain, two seven footers who played at IMG last year. Guillermo had offers from Maryland, Utah and Georgia Tech
• Nike Sibande, who tore his ACL last year, was granted a waiver to play this year for his fifth healthy year of college basketball. Averaged 6.9p, 43.6 3p% in 14 games at Pitt during the 20-21 season. Prior to that, he was a 15.1 ppg player at Miami (OH) over three seasons.

In summary, I'm not looking at that offseason and saying "wow, they will get out of the gutter of the ACC", but it was a pretty decent offseason for a team that has been consistently bad for five straight years.

 

[M.S.G.]

Any talk of us getting in the mix for Pete Nance from Northwestern?

7. Pete Nance, 6-10, 225 lbs., PF, Sr., Northwestern

Nance, who withdrew from the NBA draft, checks a lot of boxes for teams in need of a frontcourt player. He's 6-10, but shot 45.2% from 3 last season, averaging 14.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

 

[bendm]

Any talk of us getting in the mix for Pete Nance from Northwestern?

7. Pete Nance, 6-10, 225 lbs., PF, Sr., Northwestern

Nance, who withdrew from the NBA draft, checks a lot of boxes for teams in need of a frontcourt player. He's 6-10, but shot 45.2% from 3 last season, averaging 14.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

if there's talk it's not happening on this board

 

[auror]

Any talk of us getting in the mix for Pete Nance from Northwestern?

7. Pete Nance, 6-10, 225 lbs., PF, Sr., Northwestern

Nance, who withdrew from the NBA draft, checks a lot of boxes for teams in need of a frontcourt player. He's 6-10, but shot 45.2% from 3 last season, averaging 14.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

He's going to UNC.

 

[Storrs South]