2023 Transfer Portal Thread

[GSII]

Big fan of Deon, but I'm looking for more of a Peterson.

Yea, Deon Cooper was Mr. Basketball In Tenneseee. Has nothing on Peterson though.

 

[gmujim92]

If Walker comes here, he's a four, where we need another player (that and a two is where I'd like to see two of our three remaining schollys go) At 6'7" he's not playing minutes at the 5 in the A-10

Walker is 6-9, but you’re right that he is a 4 and we do need somebody else at that spot.

 

[thebiasedannouncer]

Walker is 6-9, but you’re right that he is a 4 and we do need somebody else at that spot.

Yea I totally meant Foster here, big ole brain fart.

Either or would be nice

 

[GMUMiked]

Toledo G RayJ Dennis has entered the portal. Averaged 19.5 pts, 5.8 ast, and 4.3 reb last year. Will have lots of P5 offers. Good for us come Dec when we play at Toledo.

 

[TweederGMU]

Bama out paying big bags of money to Estrada from Hofstra. The program had to throw triple figures at him guaranteed for his services.

 

[Old Ram]

Toledo G RayJ Dennis has entered the portal. Averaged 19.5 pts, 5.8 ast, and 4.3 reb last year. Will have lots of P5 offers. Good for us come Dec when we play at Toledo.

I think the goal is for Toledo to be as good as possible when we beat them.

 

[EXpatriot13]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1652030510665723910

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[gmujim92]

Polite 6-2
Billups 6-4
Maddox 6-5
Hall 6-8
Newton 6-9
Henry 6-8
Kelly 6-9
Pavrette 6-11

That is a long, athletic and versatile 8-man rotation. 2 more spots left to fill, or 3 depending on Peter Oduro’s status.

Holy bleep.

 

[The Great PATSby]

Polite 6-2
Billups 6-4
Maddox 6-5
Hall 6-8
Newton 6-9
Henry 6-8
Kelly 6-9
Pavrette 6-11

That is a long, athletic and versatile 8-man rotation. 2 more spots left to fill, or 3 depending on Peter Oduro’s status.

Holy bleep.

I think our defense is going to be elite. These are long and atheltic players. Of our remaining spots, 1 needs to be someone that can run the point. Dinkins is our only backup to Polite.

 

[GMU79]

Polite 6-2
Billups 6-4
Maddox 6-5
Hall 6-8
Newton 6-9
Henry 6-8
Kelly 6-9
Pavrette 6-11

That is a long, athletic and versatile 8-man rotation. 2 more spots left to fill, or 3 depending on Peter Oduro’s status.

Holy bleep.

Two reactions from OK ST fans:
"No way!" "Never to be heard from again."
Guess we'll see, won't we?

 

[FreeGunston12]

Polite 6-2
Billups 6-4
Maddox 6-5
Hall 6-8
Newton 6-9
Henry 6-8
Kelly 6-9
Pavrette 6-11

That is a long, athletic and versatile 8-man rotation. 2 more spots left to fill, or 3 depending on Peter Oduro’s status.

Holy bleep.

A lot of mouths to feed, but I like the way the roster is shaping up. Competition in the frontcourt, and some proven guys in the backcourt.

Minutes per game last year:
Polite (32 )
Dinkins (11)
Billups (33)
Maddox (30)
Hall (11)
Newton (17)
Henry (11)
Kelly (23)
Pavrette (17)
P.Oduro (1)
Ball

I'm hoping we can still add a shooter, like Zarzuela. That might put this roster on another level.

 

[KAOriginal]

A lot of mouths to feed, but I like the way the roster is shaping up."

I am HUGELY concerned there will be no walk ons to hope they get in and cheer for........

What... Im just supposed to root for like the same 10 guys who all get playing time?

 

[GMU79]

A lot of mouths to feed, but I like the way the roster is shaping up. Competition in the frontcourt, and some proven guys in the backcourt.

Minutes per game last year:
Polite (32 )
Dinkins (11)
Billups (33)
Maddox (30)
Hall (11)
Newton (17)
Henry (11)
Kelly (23)
Pavrette (17)
P.Oduro (1)
Ball

I'm hoping we can still add a shooter, like Zarzuela. That might put this roster on another level.

Yes, a shooter, my kingdom for a shooter!

 

[jessej]

Polite 6-2
Billups 6-4
Maddox 6-5
Hall 6-8
Newton 6-9
Henry 6-8
Kelly 6-9
Pavrette 6-11

That is a long, athletic and versatile 8-man rotation. 2 more spots left to fill, or 3 depending on Peter Oduro’s status.

Holy bleep.

i'd like 25 mins/game per player and 10 point per player per game

 

[gmujim92]

A lot of mouths to feed, but I like the way the roster is shaping up. Competition in the frontcourt, and some proven guys in the backcourt.

Minutes per game last year:
Polite (32 )
Dinkins (11)
Billups (33)
Maddox (30)
Hall (11)
Newton (17)
Henry (11)
Kelly (23)
Pavrette (17)
P.Oduro (1)
Ball

I'm hoping we can still add a shooter, like Zarzuela. That might put this roster on another level.

Here’s the thing, Maddox’s calling card is his shooting. Hall can really shoot it and Newton was a 40% 3-point shooter at Syracuse before transferring to Okie State. And that doesn’t even include Polite’s improvement last season.

We’re gonna put plenty of shooting on the floor, it’s just that these guys can do lots of other stuff too.

 

[EXpatriot13]

This is exactly why I’m so intrigued by how the roster is shaping out. We’ve got multiple guys who can score from all levels.

It’s looking like this will be one of our most balanced rosters in awhile.

 

[Where's the party?]

At a minimum we will have a bench that is capable of playing real D and maybe even putting up some points. We won't be having our usual heart attacks like when Oduro got his second foul 4 mins into the game. I'd love to see a resurrection of the old Green and Gold teams. The A-10 is not going to know what the "F" happened to the milquetoast team of the league.

 

[FreeGunston12]

Here’s the thing, Maddox’s calling card is his shooting. Hall can really shoot it and Newton was a 40% 3-point shooter at Syracuse before transferring to Okie State. And that doesn’t even include Polite’s improvement last season.

We’re gonna put plenty of shooting on the floor, it’s just that these guys can do lots of other stuff too.

I like what they bring so this is not to knock them, but I don't think they've all proven they can shoot it at this level yet. Maddox yes. Let's hope Polite keeps up his shooting from last year. But. . .

Hall has made 10 career 3s, albeit at an impressive 50% clip. Shot 68% from the foul line.

Newton made 7 3s at Syracuse. 33 total threes made on about 30% shooting. Career 59% from the foul line. He also banked a few in on his highlight tape.

Billups has 20 3s on about 25% shooting. Better (~73%) from the line.

I've only seen these guys highlights, but I'm hesitant to declare them shooters. Reminds me of when people thought Saquan would be a good shooter because he hit 36% of his threes two season ago.

 

[tblack33]

I like what they bring so this is not to knock them, but I don't think they've all proven they can shoot it at this level yet. Maddox yes. Let's hope Polite keeps up his shooting from last year. But. . .

Hall has made 10 career 3s, albeit at an impressive 50% clip. Shot 68% from the foul line.

Newton made 7 3s at Syracuse. 33 total threes made on about 30% shooting. Career 59% from the foul line. He also banked a few in on his highlight tape.

Billups has 20 3s on about 25% shooting. Better (~73%) from the line.

I've only seen these guys highlights, but I'm hesitant to declare them shooters. Reminds me of when people thought Saquan would be a good shooter because he hit 36% of his threes two season ago.

Completely agree, and it’s not a knock on those guys whatsoever, just shouldn’t build them up to be something their numbers don’t say they are. Not to say they can’t improve, or won’t do better with more volume, but there’s nothing that suggests that outside of Hall and Maddox that any of our incoming transfers are huge outside threats.

 

[psyclone]

Completely agree, and it’s not a knock on those guys whatsoever, just shouldn’t build them up to be something their numbers don’t say they are. Not to say they can’t improve, or won’t do better with more volume, but there’s nothing that suggests that outside of Hall and Maddox that any of our incoming transfers are huge outside threats.

We better hope that if any of our team is fouled, it better be Polite or Maddux. Cooper and Bailey were around 80% as well and unfortunately most of the new recruits are no better than Josh-level from the line.

Not that I'm complaining about who we're recruiting....this appears to be a way-better rebuild than what DP was facing in the pre-transfer portal era. These new guys at least have some Div 1 games under their belt and some at a high (B12, ACC, MW) level.