2026 Vols Transfer Portal Thread

[volinbama256]

I'd think any Big worth a 'ish left at this point, seeing the roster we're putting together, would jump at the chance to be part of the team...

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Brown has the same wingspan as Felix. He isn’t the athlete that Felix or Rubin are, but I don’t see any reason he can’t play the 5. And cool thing about him is his skill give him the flexibility to play 4 like we saw most of this year.

I think Haralson is a big key to this team. If he can play the 4 and be defensively good and do the little things required of the 4 position in a Rick Barnes offense (screening) it can unlock so much for us.

He needs to be a very willing and good screener, period. If he doesn’t go out there and do it, my expectation is he actually gets benched for Brown.

A few things I noticed watching the clips of the guys incoming.

1. Haralson was actually very good at setting screens and then rolling to the basket out of them, he can dribble/drive and create for himself but so often because ND was full of lethal shooters he would set screens to help them get open and quite a few of his easy dunks came from his man overhelping on the shooter as he rolled
2. Lundblade is amazing at using screens and with his height he can shoot over anyone that tries to dip under them. He also has a very quick release. He's not a "stand and wait" shooter at all, constantly moving and using screens to get his looks. As long as he can defend well enough I think he'll find plenty of minutes

I'm most interested in Lue of all the incoming guys. I'm curious if he's a true 6'9" guy or not, after Dunbar being so grossly over listed I'm weary of small school "bigs" now Conference USA is a step above the CAA though. But listed height aside, I'm curious if Lue is a true big or more of a 3 or stretch 4. He took around 33% of his shots from behind the arc and his rebounding is solid but under 6 a game in 68 games. The good news is he's got 2 years, so might be an off the bench guy who can play 3-5 as needed and then in his 2nd year becomes a starter at the 4.

There is also soooo much potential with this freshman class both in size and skillset.

My favorite part is the number of 6'5" and taller players now on the team at 9

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

They have several crafty (cagey?) players.

And they don't mind playing for a serial stalker.

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

A few things I noticed watching the clips of the guys incoming.

1. Haralson was actually very good at setting screens and then rolling to the basket out of them, he can dribble/drive and create for himself but so often because ND was full of lethal shooters he would set screens to help them get open and quite a few of his easy dunks came from his man overhelping on the shooter as he rolled
2. Lundblade is amazing at using screens and with his height he can shoot over anyone that tries to dip under them. He also has a very quick release. He's not a "stand and wait" shooter at all, constantly moving and using screens to get his looks. As long as he can defend well enough I think he'll find plenty of minutes

I'm most interested in Lue of all the incoming guys. I'm curious if he's a true 6'9" guy or not, after Dunbar being so grossly over listed I'm weary of small school "bigs" now Conference USA is a step above the CAA though. But listed height aside, I'm curious if Lue is a true big or more of a 3 or stretch 4. He took around 33% of his shots from behind the arc and his rebounding is solid but under 6 a game in 68 games. The good news is he's got 2 years, so might be an off the bench guy who can play 3-5 as needed and then in his 2nd year becomes a starter at the 4.

There is also soooo much potential with this freshman class both in size and skillset.

My favorite part is the number of 6'5" and taller players now on the team at 9

good comments. i do think lundblade has a chaz like release - it's gone before you can react to play defense once he gets it. and he is so accurate.

 

[barney]

A few things I noticed watching the clips of the guys incoming.

1. Haralson was actually very good at setting screens and then rolling to the basket out of them, he can dribble/drive and create for himself but so often because ND was full of lethal shooters he would set screens to help them get open and quite a few of his easy dunks came from his man overhelping on the shooter as he rolled
2. Lundblade is amazing at using screens and with his height he can shoot over anyone that tries to dip under them. He also has a very quick release. He's not a "stand and wait" shooter at all, constantly moving and using screens to get his looks. As long as he can defend well enough I think he'll find plenty of minutes

I'm most interested in Lue of all the incoming guys. I'm curious if he's a true 6'9" guy or not, after Dunbar being so grossly over listed I'm weary of small school "bigs" now Conference USA is a step above the CAA though. But listed height aside, I'm curious if Lue is a true big or more of a 3 or stretch 4. He took around 33% of his shots from behind the arc and his rebounding is solid but under 6 a game in 68 games. The good news is he's got 2 years, so might be an off the bench guy who can play 3-5 as needed and then in his 2nd year becomes a starter at the 4.

There is also soooo much potential with this freshman class both in size and skillset.

My favorite part is the number of 6'5" and taller players now on the team at 9

I feel like our average height might actually be taller this year even though our max is lower. And if we get the juco kid we'll even have our 7 foot unicorn.

 

[barney]

Is this tongue in cheek?

Juke played the 3 all year last year, and the 1 & 2 appear to be hill and Ames/Lundblade.

while I admittedly don't know ball, we are agreeing lol

 

[OrangeInKy]

Bishop and his mom seem so salty about getting pushed out.

Not to defend them, but I do get how it's tough on players who may have wanted to stay, to get forced out and then hear about upgrades. It's the way it is, but the human side of me gets how one could be salty about it. It is what needed to happen, and I'd be salty too if I was gonna have to play for Maryland next season.

 

[wtmvol]

Not to defend them, but I do get how it's tough on players who may have wanted to stay, to get forced out and then hear about upgrades. It's the way it is, but the human side of me gets how one could be salty about it. It is what needed to happen, and I'd be salty too if I was gonna have to play for Maryland next season.

He wasn't forced out. He thought he could get more money by going somewhere else, and it's likely he was right.

 

[omghulkhands]

There is a chasm between what Bishop and his family believe his offensive ceiling/ability is, and what Barnes and staff believe it is.

This is not weird, uncommon or unique. Plenty of players and parents are this way. It’s normal.

The part that is bad form is to go on social and do crap like this. In only reflects poorly on them.

 

[wtmvol]

I will say, I can envision a world in which Bishop becomes a really solid college basketball player. He showed flashes last year, and considering I had nearly as much impact on the team as he did his freshman year, I could see him taking another step this year, especially when he doesn't have an Ament or JG to defer to. I want to pull for him, but he and his mom are making that really difficult.

 

[PowerT.]

Interesting on3 ranked us at 15 after landing Juke

 

[JRVOL11]

Tell Duke run back that exhibition again, i’m tryna see something

 

[buriat]

BIshop hustled and gave us more than I expected. He however played out necessity. I don’t think he would have had much of a role based on who we brought in .

 

[Sugaray13]

A few things I noticed watching the clips of the guys incoming.

1. Haralson was actually very good at setting screens and then rolling to the basket out of them, he can dribble/drive and create for himself but so often because ND was full of lethal shooters he would set screens to help them get open and quite a few of his easy dunks came from his man overhelping on the shooter as he rolled
2. Lundblade is amazing at using screens and with his height he can shoot over anyone that tries to dip under them. He also has a very quick release. He's not a "stand and wait" shooter at all, constantly moving and using screens to get his looks. As long as he can defend well enough I think he'll find plenty of minutes

I'm most interested in Lue of all the incoming guys. I'm curious if he's a true 6'9" guy or not, after Dunbar being so grossly over listed I'm weary of small school "bigs" now Conference USA is a step above the CAA though. But listed height aside, I'm curious if Lue is a true big or more of a 3 or stretch 4. He took around 33% of his shots from behind the arc and his rebounding is solid but under 6 a game in 68 games. The good news is he's got 2 years, so might be an off the bench guy who can play 3-5 as needed and then in his 2nd year becomes a starter at the 4.

There is also soooo much potential with this freshman class both in size and skillset.

My favorite part is the number of 6'5" and taller players now on the team at 9

Lundblade should be really good coming off the floppy action that Barnes liked to run. Kinda surprised we didn't see Ament more in that role last season. 6"10" coming off that curl would have been really hard to defend.

 

[JRVOL11]

Boswell showed some improvement & knocked down some key 3s/mid ranges at times. But overall, he is really a big reason why this team didn’t reach full potential & loss games we should’ve won. He hustled i give him that, but his defense was mid at best. You just can’t have your starting 2 guard scoring 4-8 points a game, i’m sorry.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Interesting on3 ranked us at 15 after landing Juke

I think this is actually more of the consensus in the media than what our fans view as a Top 10 roster. 15 is about right with what the metrics say right now.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I feel like our average height might actually be taller this year even though our max is lower. And if we get the juco kid we'll even have our 7 foot unicorn.

Yeah if they add the 7' kid then average height should be taller.

 

[cncchris33]

BIshop hustled and gave us more than I expected. He however played out necessity. I don’t think he would have had much of a role based on who we brought in .

Yes, this is an inconvenient truth for some. Had we landed Rice or McKneely last offseason, Bishop Boswell's impact and opportunity are much less and he's transferring to UAB for $50k this year instead of Maryland for $1.5 mil (or whatever he's making).

His jump in production was as much born out of necessity meeting opportunity as it was a jump in ability. To expect another huge jump could be fool's gold.

 

[i2amavol]

Yeah if they add the 7' kid then average height should be taller.

Unfortunately, he is 7'1", and not a true 7 foooter.

 

[Adam2014]

There is a chasm between what Bishop and his family believe his offensive ceiling/ability is, and what Barnes and staff believe it is.

This is not weird, uncommon or unique. Plenty of players and parents are this way. It’s normal.

The part that is bad form is to go on social and do crap like this. In only reflects poorly on them.

That's fine. He and his family can have fun watching us play in the NCAA tournament from the couch next March.

 

[WaywardVol]

Yes, this is an inconvenient truth for some. Had we landed Rice or McKneely last offseason, Bishop Boswell's impact and opportunity are much less and he's transferring to UAB for $50k this year instead of Maryland for $1.5 mil (or whatever he's making).

His jump in production was as much born out of necessity meeting opportunity as it was a jump in ability. To expect another huge jump could be fool's gold.

Yep. The 2 spot was by far the weakness of this team, esplecially after the hat we’d gotten out of it the previous two years.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Lundblade should be really good coming off the floppy action that Barnes liked to run. Kinda surprised we didn't see Ament more in that role last season. 6"10" coming off that curl would have been really hard to defend.

I think part of that is just that Nate was usually guarded by quicker/smaller players and if our bigs tried to screen for him the defender just got around them...and our guards were honestly all terrible at screening this season.

 

[Volpatine]

The media is currently looking at storylines this far out imo. Tennessee (while of interest to us) does not move the needle nationally (think Duke Kansas UNC Kentucky). Therefore it’s not in their best interest to rank us high. Clearly they haven’t calculated what we have as fans, which is the Barnes effect. The Deacon has time and time again proven to do more with what he’s got than maybe anyone in the country. This year we decided to give him a roster on par with the teams he’s been beating. We know that. The country will soon find out.

 

[cardvolfan]

while I admittedly don't know ball, we are agreeing lol

You do know being a deputy, though. More important than basketball.

 

[ThatVolGuy]

I think this is actually more of the consensus in the media than what our fans view as a Top 10 roster. 15 is about right with what the metrics say right now.

What other rankings are available post-Juke commitment?