2026 Recruiting: Transfer Portal

[HW611]

Alex shot 48/40/82. Your irrational disdain for Karaban is so bizarre.

His FG% is also the second lowest of his career.

 

[aburks41]

I hear ya loud and clear but then what happens to County? He needs to be the backup SG/9th in the rotation. There’s no easy fix…

Eh. We thought the same thing about Furphy this year. My new philosophy is to assume any freshmen that aren’t 5* stud guards/wings like Castle/Mullins/McNeeley/Landrew won’t play rotation minutes. Big men are a different story but we don’t have any frosh big men coming in next year

 

[superjohn]

6’4, 6’5, 6’6, 6’7 and 7’ is small?

Yes, small and without any elite physical athletes. The starting lineup you want would be a disaster and also wanting County as our only backup point guard is ridiculous.

 

[HW611]

Yes, small and without any elite physical athletes. The starting lineup you want would be a disaster and also wanting County as our only backup point guard is ridiculous.

You know that lineup is pretty much the same size as both the 23 and 24 rosters right?

 

[RuffRuff]

Eh. We thought the same thing about Furphy this year. My new philosophy is to assume any freshmen that aren’t 5* stud guards/wings like Castle/Mullins/McNeeley/Landrew won’t play rotation minutes. Big men are a different story but we don’t have any frosh big men coming in next year

I think he'll get minutes, maybe just not as a primary PG backup.

With these OAD frosh, if we are to keep that going, you really have to make sure that if you're starting them, they are firmly in a role position or absolute stars.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Why two PF's?? One yes and another center, okay.

Redundancy. For one thing UConn usually has a couple of injuries at the start of every season and they are held out til mid-Dec.

 

[bendm]

Gimme Pettiford and Diop.
Tahaad can start at either G spot or backup both. Diop can start at PF and split time at C with Reibe. They’d give us a lot of looks with their versatility.

 

[HuskyHoosier]

Pettiford shot less than 30% from 3 this year - don’t think that would work for us

 

[DCKembaFan]

Beyond the top 20 guys, guessing how freshmen will look on campus is a crapshoot. Hopefully the new guys will be long term players, but they might also be the next Ahmad Nowell or Isaiah Abraham and leave for greener pastures. We won't know until we know

 

[bendm]

Pettiford shot less than 30% from 3 this year - don’t think that would work for us

Now Pettiford isn’t good enough for us?? He was at 37% last year and auburn was a mess this year. He’s exactly the kind of secondary ball handler/shot creator we were missing this year. Plus he’s from Jersey.

 

[navery12]

Gimme Pettiford and Diop.
Tahaad can start at either G spot or backup both. Diop can start at PF and split time at C with Reibe. They’d give us a lot of looks with their versatility.

I'm not opposed to Diop but I think his shooting/ability to stretch the floor is being a bit exaggerated. He took 26 3's all year and shot 30.8%. Reibe took 13 at the same percentage in half the minutes so pretty similar abilities in terms of stretching the floor

 

[superjohn]

Pettiford shot less than 30% from 3 this year - don’t think that would work for us

Yes, he shot 30% from three and 40% from the field. He also scored 30 against Arizona, 29 against Arkansas, 28 against Tennessee, 27 against St. John's, 25 against Bama, 25 against Georgia, 21 against Vandy, 16 against Michigan.

He would be an incredible pickup for us.

 

[superjohn]

I'm not opposed to Diop but I think his shooting/ability to stretch the floor is being a bit exaggerated. He took 26 3's all year and shot 30.8%. Reibe took 13 at the same percentage in half the minutes so pretty similar abilities in terms of stretching the floor

We don't need 4 guys starting shooting threes all the time. We do need a physical freak athlete.

 

[navery12]

We don't need 4 guys starting shooting threes all the time. We do need a physical freak athlete.

Sure, I'd love to have him here. Just saying he is not a shooter the way some here have alluded to