MBB TPT2 TRANSFER PORTAL THREAD 2

[WichitaSooner]

I didn't bring them into the conversation. You were already discussing them. 4s are typically considered bigs, and clearly that's what the other poster was referring to.



Hill and Groves were our starting bigs last year. How dysfunctional is your brain to think that's an abstract comparison to make?



There's a huge difference between not having a spot like Noland in the rotation of a 15-17 team behind guys that are transferring to medicore mid-majors (or worse) vs these guys at Auburn that are backing up NBA and all-conference guys. Talk about clueless.

I didn’t discuss them. Someone else specifically said he didn’t play because they had a stacked rotation of 4-5 bigs. I pointed out that they actually only had two good front court players, and you then cited these two and their recruiting rankings and said Hill would have had a hard time finding time in their rotation. And if you think Jalen Hill, a guy who averaged nearly 10 points and about 5.5 boards and played elite defense, couldn’t have cracked that rotation ahead of two stiffs who can’t play dead, I don’t even know what to say. And my point about recruiting rankings stands. It would be like referring to a kid’s 4.0 high school GPA when he is set to graduate college with a 1.5.

 

[Seymore Cox]

I assume OU is looking for more than 1 big in the portal - we need a starting center and a player to replace Hill. If Traore is one of them I’m all for it, but I agree that adding a complementary PF type that is a proven scorer would make a lot of sense.

Big picture, we have 6 spots open and need bodies.

If you get this Traore guy with Godwin you have to legit backups. The hope is to have the kid from Pitt as your starter.

 

[CoachTalk]

Nvm.

 

[jackson_supersooner]

Nvm.

Did you hear we are actually interested in the Boones?

 

[CoachTalk]

Did you hear we are actually interested in the Boones?

They’ve contacted Kalib.

 

[Eielson]

I didn’t discuss them. Someone else specifically said he didn’t play because they had a stacked rotation of 4-5 bigs. I pointed out that they actually only had two good front court players

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discuss

 

[WTSooner]

They’ve contacted Kalib.

It sounds like they've contacted dang near everybody.

 

[Seymore Cox]

It sounds like they've contacted dang near everybody.

The other Boone doesn’t handle the ball well enough on the big 12 level. That’s why he took a lot of bad shots.

 

[Seymore Cox]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/247hshoops/status/1645456497718050821?s=46&t=sVFNX871uWyLv1qveCAGbg[/tweet]

 

[NorthCarolinaSooner]

saw a tweet from On3 that said over 20% of the overall DI scholarship players have entered the portal?!!!

WOW

those are pretty big numbers

 

[TarheelstateSooner]

saw a tweet from On3 that said over 20% of the overall DI scholarship players have entered the portal?!!!

WOW

those are pretty big numbers

Yeah. Would argue it's worse than football.

 

[mict085]

Yeah. Would argue it's worse than football.

There’s no argument. It’s absolutely worse than football.

 

[BoulderSooner]

not ideal

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/HeatCheckHoops/status/1645649218684563456?s=20[/TWEET]

 

[WichitaSooner]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JTheSportsDude/status/1645848229731356678?s=20[/tweet]

Hill getting lots of attention, as expected.

 

[Soonerb98]

I find it funny that national folks are writing about how many players are in the portal. Meanwhile, as an OU fan I'm thinking "only 20%, that sounds nice!"

 

[WichitaSooner]

WSU has landed two portal guys today, including Jacob Germany. The other is a kid who had a good start to his career at Miami, but has been slowed by injuries the past two years.

I just keep hoping that we will sign someone (good) soon.

 

[skyvue]

Hill's list of interested teams is certainly an impressive one. If we were bringing in a player who had been pursued by such a roster of teams, we'd be pretty darned excited.

 

[KC Sooner]

Hill's list of interested teams is certainly an impressive one. If we were bringing in a player who had been pursued by such a roster of teams, we'd be pretty darned excited.

You hit the nail on the head. Right now we would be ecstatic for someone of Hill's skill level/team pursuit interest level...not a good sign.

 

[Eielson]

WSU has landed two portal guys today, including Jacob Germany. The other is a kid who had a good start to his career at Miami, but has been slowed by injuries the past two years.

I just keep hoping that we will sign someone (good) soon.

An empty roster spot has more value than Germany.

 

[allday92]

An empty roster spot has more value than Germany.

An empty roster spot also has more value than Harlond Beverly.