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An under-the-radar guy I think could be a key role player (e.g. Stewart minutes) is the Bosnian xfer from Pitt, Amsal Delalić. I saw a number of his games with Pitt and believe he was underutilized there. LIsted as an SG, he could probably also play some SF. Can shoot the 3, decent defender, played sparingly in his one year at Pitt but got some run in a few games due to injuries to others. Has international pro experience. I would think 10-12 minutes/game with a competitive team and Hurley practices would be appealing to a guy like this. However, he's getting interest from several P4s, not sure if as a starter.

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Semi OT but the would-be #2 pick in the upcoming WNBA draft is going back to college for her extra year and transferring. Extremely clear on the women's side that salaries are higher in college than pros right now. Gotta imagine there will be situations like this on the men's side too for fringe first/second round picks
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Semi OT but the would-be #2 pick in the upcoming WNBA draft is going back to college for her extra year and transferring. Extremely clear on the women's side that salaries are higher in college than pros right now. Gotta imagine there will be situations like this on the men's side too for fringe first/second round picks
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Who?
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Semi OT but the would-be #2 pick in the upcoming WNBA draft is going back to college for her extra year and transferring. Extremely clear on the women's side that salaries are higher in college than pros right now. Gotta imagine there will be situations like this on the men's side too for fringe first/second round picks
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Started happening last year with guys opting not to be a 2nd round pick/potential 2 way for NIL dollars instead. Olivia Miles situation is kinda unique because this is the last year of the WNBA's current CBA so probably makes more sense to see what rookie scale contracts are after the new CBA.
 
storrsroars said:
Which is probably why he replaces Flagg, IMHO.

I think he'll wait till after the tourney is done to announce. Duke is the last of the five teams on his list still standing.
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They need some bodies for sure.

They should be big players in the portal, but a lot depends on if Proctor goes pro for them but I imagine they lose their 3-5 (Maluach, Flagg, Knueppel) and they definitely lose their 2 (James). Gillis is done.

Hard to imagine they don't go after 3-4 portal players though with only four freshmen coming in in Boozer (PF), Boozer (PG), Henderson (SF) and Khamenia (PF).

So four freshmen, Brown, Ngongba and maybe Foster/Evans/Harris with the big question being Proctor. That just screams portal.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Pitino is starting to stack paid for talent. We thought Squid was bad. Give the vampire a blank checkbook and watch him do this with a roster.

He already has decades of experience doing it when it was against the rules. Now it’s right in his wheel house.
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I know. This grabbing players from other teams is crazy. I was reading about some team that won it all in 23/24 where their starting backcourt and key back up were transfers. This has got to stop. /s
 
In my mind recruiting out of HS is now more important than ever. If you have a culture where guys want to come play here, the best way to tie up guys is out of high school. Plug in as needed with portal guys, but if you’re building an entire team from the portal every year like SJU, that just isn’t going to work. You need to have program guys like AK, Stewart, Ball, etc who absorb that culture and keep it going. It’ll be interesting to map the percentage of portal guys starting on championship teams over the next 5-10 years. I’m guessing most will have at least 3 of their 5 starters that are not from the portal.
 
Hurleyman216 said:
In my mind recruiting out of HS is now more important than ever. If you have a culture where guys want to come play here, the best way to tie up guys is out of high school. Plug in as needed with portal guys, but if you’re building an entire team from the portal every year like SJU, that just isn’t going to work. You need to have program guys like AK, Stewart, Ball, etc who absorb that culture and keep it going. It’ll be interesting to map the percentage of portal guys starting on championship teams over the next 5-10 years. I’m guessing most will have at least 3 of their 5 starters that are not from the portal.
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Yeah it’s hard to build a championship roster with guys who played together for one year. St John’s may be a good regular season team but they’ll get thrashed by any team with legit NBA talent and size come tourney time. Which will be made through HS recruiting.
 
bendm said:
Heck yeah If he’d play as a stretch 4 but hasn’t he said he wants to be a wing? Mullins and Furphy will be competing for minutes at SF as is.
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I don’t think Ament is realistic, and I’m irrationally high on Furphy. Still, I don’t think Furphy would deter us from going after a kid who is protected to go in the top 5 of a loaded 2026 draft.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Yeah it’s hard to build a championship roster with guys who played together for one year. St John’s may be a good regular season team but they’ll get thrashed by any team with legit NBA talent and size come tourney time. Which will be made through HS recruiting.
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Here’s a pretty strong indication that roster continuity was important this year.

 
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