Transfer Portal

stjohnnie75 said:
One already committed to UNC while the other hasn’t committed anywhere yet
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It was only a verbal commitment and Jackson like Fland is a High School junior, plenty of time to change his mind. It happens all the time. I recall a junior by the name of Maurice "Mo" Harkless committing as a High School junior to UConn only to his mind at the beginning of the summer and by the end of the summer/early fall he had committed and signed with us.
 
I think you can take it to the Bank that Clayton jr will transfer here from Iona . Likely he will be a starter for Pitino from get go . Rick’s comments about brining in 6-8 new Players refutes the posts and comments of a few days ago that insisted the existing Roster would be a NCAA team next year with Rick Coaching . Clearly he quickly determined that only Soriano was a must retain . Everyone else ? Who knows . His qualification about wanting Shooters and kids who want to win is telling .
 
Rocket said:
After the Pitino presser, I think you all now realize that the roster was flawed beyond the ability of even Rick Pitino to salvage.
He wants 6 "new" players to fit his style of coaching.
Ergo, I stand by what I had posted and feel more confident about the changes that need to be made.
As I said, we won't miss certain players with experience because they were part of the bad experience as a team of "individuals".
When I said everyone was expendable except Joel Soriano I am glad both Van and Rick agreed.
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No we don't agree. No one ever said the roster wasn't flawed (most college rosters have a flaw or two). Many felt it was good enough to be competitive in the BE and go dancing. It was. Several players not fitting his style is a different story. Its equal parts ability and attitude (both on and off the court) which is what he talked about his press conference (players who can shoot, character etc.).

Every coach wants players that fit their style. With the portal and one free transfer, it is easier now than ever to turn things around with players that fit that style and Pitino will use it to his advantage. I would expect nothing less. It does not mean all of the players who leave don't have talent.
 
SJU85 said:
It was only a verbal commitment and Jackson like Fland is a High School junior, plenty of time to change his mind. It happens all the time. I recall a junior by the name of Maurice "Mo" Harkless committing as a High School junior to UConn only to his mind at the beginning of the summer and by the end of the summer/early fall he had committed and signed with us.
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Not to mention, Hubert Davis may likely find himself unemployed this time next year if he has a similar season as he had this season.
 
Johnnie4L said:
Soriano Storr Drissa Gardner. I think that's it
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If he is able to upgrade on every other player that's fine with me. Soriano, Storr and Gardner are obviously the only top level talents on next year's roster. But that means he's either going to have a short roster or bring in 8 or 9 guys, that's a lot. At this point I thought that might be difficult and it might be possible to resurrect some otherwise high potential players, specifically Posh and Jones, if they're willing to buy in and maybe reduce minutes. Alternatively having King and Keita as 12/13 on the bench and over the next year assess if he can make them contributors as upperclassmen.
 
I know nothing, but Yaxel would also seem to be a guy you give a shot to also...a banger.
And I agree with Austour, it's late in the game to be able to get more than 6 solid guys for next year from 'wherever'.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
Iona G Walter Clayton, Jr. has entered the transfer portal. http://verbalcommits.com/players/walter-clayton-jr

And here we go!
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Not that it matters, but was curious and looked up WC Jr's HS rankings. 247 Sports didn't rank him but had him getting 'some kind' of interest from Cincy, FL, GA, NB, and ND, and Rivals ranked him a 3* with mid major interest.
Rick obviously saw the kid can play which is plenty good enough for me.
 
Wolfie said:
Not that it matters, but was curious and looked up WC Jr's HS rankings. 247 Sports didn't rank him but had him getting 'some kind' of interest from Cincy, FL, GA, NB, and ND, and Rivals ranked him a 3* with mid major interest.
Rick obviously saw the kid can play which is plenty good enough for me.
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question, while good enough for Iona, will he be for SJU?
 
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