Transfer Portal 2025

[NorthCarolinaSooner]

If he gets anywhere close to this...tell me again that the direction we are going is gonna be easily sustainable.

 

[cvangild]

If he gets anywhere close to this...tell me again that the direction we are going is gonna be easily sustainable.

Exactly my thoughts. It just seems like “average” b-ball players are commanding $1MM+. I’m not talking about haggerty..but like that Florida guard. $1.5?? No thanks. In my mind a guy like that would be worth maybe $250k! I guess I’m waayyy out of touch, but I was never of the opinion that NIL was supposed to set up avg players for the rest of their lives. Game needs a total reset imo.

 

[thegreyghost]

His agent can ask for whatever, doesn’t mean they will get it

 

[jdizzle34]

OU is robbing from the football program to pay for their basketball transfers.

 

[cvangild]

OU is robbing from the football program to pay for their basketball transfers.

I was wondering how long it would take you to chime in. Quicker than I thought actually.

How much do you donate?

 

[BossFan64]

OU is robbing from the football program to pay for their basketball transfers.

Can you post a link with info to back that claim?

 

[Moneyball]

Can you post a link with info to back that claim?

Reckon it was a joke

 

[BossFan64]

Reckon it was a joke

Really? Ok…

 

[cmdsooner]

I’ll say this… if you read the reactions in those football threads, most of those people wouldn’t last half a day following the basketball portal

 

[mict085]

If schools don’t get together to set some limits, this sport is done. The end of college athletics. Without some change and reform, it’s over. This is not sustainable.

 

[cowboysooner]

Nobody makes or can make a school lose money. Kid is worth whatever a school will pay him. I will be shocked if it makes sense to anyone that haggarty is worth anywhere near 4 million. Walton, jabbar or shaq maybe. Jordon maybe. Watched haggarty a bunch. If he or anyone else thinks he’s worth 4 million they are delusional. He is just a good solid college player. Nothing more. Not taking any team to a championship that wasn’t already going there.

I can’t think of a single game changing or program changing player innthe portal this year.

 

[ouboomer]

I’ll say this… if you read the reactions in those football threads, most of those people wouldn’t last half a day following the basketball portal

new reality production vs potential...Stone could live up to the hype this season or still be another year of development before having a breaking out year. I trust the coaches and Nagy on what they see at practice each day and they still see him as a backup right now and its hard to justify paying him as a top player and not be a starter.

 

[colston15]

We need some good portal news to inject some life in this thread…

 

[TEvans4Three]

Updates through twitter and Trilly:

Christian Coleman - visiting ASU Monday. Nebraska talk as well
Desmond Claude - no clue
Rodney Rice - Villanova or Gonzaga (visit)
Ezra Ausar - USC commit
Mackenzie Mgbako - Texas A&M commit
Moustapha Thiam - visiting Xavier
Kennard Davis, Jr. - Ohio St, Iowa, and LSU (visit) seem to be the leaders here
Derrion Reid - UGA or NC State seem to be the favorites here
Jacob Dar - Memphis visit, Santa Clara after that
Rakease Passmore - visits to Miami, UVA, and Tennessee

Sidenote: USC may have my favorite portal class, they have done really well.


Updated the board, lots of the list:

 

[pnkranger]

Will be interesting to see who the next person is. We desperately need one more guard and one more post, but I could see us taking best guard and then picking up someone late in the frontcourt.

 

[cmdsooner]

As things currently sit (assuming Brown is coming), here’s a rough minute breakdown for what we might see as we get to conference play:

5 - Wague 20, Rogers 15, Davis 5

4 - Davis 25, Nwankwo 10, Atak 5

3 - Nwankwo 15, Jones 25

2 - Pack 20, Forsythe 20

1 - Brown 30, Pack 10

Totals

Brown - 30
Pack - 30
Davis - 30
Nwankwo - 25
Jones - 25
Wague - 20
Forsythe - 20
Rogers - 15
Atak - 5
Holst - depth
Blair - depth

My hope would be that we get one more that can play both 4 & 5 (maybe a 15-20 min total guy), and one more that can play both 2 & 3 (don’t love the current depth in the event of an injury).

 

[colston15]

As things currently sit (assuming Brown is coming), here’s a rough minute breakdown for what we might see as we get to conference play:

5 - Wague 20, Rogers 15, Davis 5

4 - Davis 25, Nwankwo 10, Atak 5

3 - Nwankwo 15, Jones 25

2 - Pack 20, Forsythe 20

1 - Brown 30, Pack 10

Totals

Brown - 30
Pack - 30
Davis - 30
Nwankwo - 25
Jones - 25
Wague - 20
Forsythe - 20
Rogers - 15
Atak - 5
Holst - depth
Blair - depth

My hope would be that we get one more that can play both 4 & 5 (maybe a 15-20 min total guy), and one more that can play both 2 & 3 (don’t love the current depth in the event of an injury).

My opinion on the final two spots is that one of them — be it a guard or front court player — needs to be a useful, productive player.

I can live with the other being more of a depth piece.

 

[cmdsooner]

My opinion on the final two spots is that one of them — be it a guard or front court player — needs to be a useful, productive player.

I can live with the other being more of a depth piece.

I just think it should be a frontcourt guy because a) not sure how much we should rely on Rogers or a guy like Atak, b) we don’t need Davis playing 5 for extended minutes, and c) you run into foul trouble at these spots more than any other. Plus we know Wague is going to foul plenty and the other 5 is a freshman. The wildcard would be someone like Holst showing he’s capable of playing some minutes at 4/5 but I wouldn’t count on that. I do like his potential because he moves really well for a guy with that length but it’s hard to know whether it’ll translate, or how quickly it’ll translate.

 

[colston15]

I just think it should be a frontcourt guy because a) not sure how much we should rely on Rogers or a guy like Atak, b) we don’t need Davis playing 5 for extended minutes, and c) you run into foul trouble at these spots more than any other. Plus we know Wague is going to foul plenty and the other 5 is a freshman. The wildcard would be someone like Holst showing he’s capable of playing some minutes at 4/5 but I wouldn’t count on that. I do like his potential because he moves really well for a guy with that length but it’s hard to know whether it’ll translate, or how quickly it’ll translate.

I think that’s very reasonable.

 

[MJSooner]

If he gets anywhere close to this...tell me again that the direction we are going is gonna be easily sustainable.

If schools don’t get together to set some limits, this sport is done. The end of college athletics. Without some change and reform, it’s over. This is not sustainable.

While I agree with the premise, philosophy, and most of all frustration, of NIL and the ridiculous deals and long for the day it wasn't like this, I'm not sure I agree that this is not sustainable and is the downward spiral of college athletics.

Popularity, TV ratings, and the willingness of BMDs and businesses to pay all tells a different story. And our willingness as fans to fund it all.

In this new era, NCAA ratings, specifically the CFP, were the highest ever. The FF was the most watched in 7 years . College baseball's popularity and viewers are at an all-time high, women's basketball has never been more popular, and college softball is a new major sport. More people are excited about college sports than ever before in terms of popularity and viewership, and more dollars are being thrown at it from TV contracts and BMDs.

No one thinks the NFL, NBA, and MLB contracts make sense either. When Daniel Jones signed for $34M a year, it was stupid. But now Trevor Lawrence is at $57M a year, Dak Prescott, $61M a year. Guys that play for the Cardinals and NYG, terrible teams, are the highest AAV at their position. That doesn't even touch on guys like Kevin Love and PJ Tucker making $16M a year MLE and don't get me started on MLB contracts at $600M or $700M. For one player.

Bottom line- as long as we pay the donor fees, watch the games, fork over $75 (or more) for a ticket, pay $7 for a water, $120 for jersey, $40 for a hat, etc, etc., this model IS sustainable because, just like pro sports that has been out of hand for a while, we are indirectly funding this model with our support of it.

But- there is a need for collaboration and agreement, like in pro sports and player's associations, to put in guardrails and it starts with contracts.