2021 Target List

#476
#476
bleedingTNorange said:
I don’t think he’s a back up plan, the staff has made him a priority.
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Probably right. And I don't mean to knock Mashack at all. As I said, I know he is a very good player. I think the potential of Banchero and Chandler has just overshadowed this kid's recruitment a bit and it's affecting my POV.
 
#477
#477
TheMookieMonster said:
Probably right. And I don't mean to knock Mashack at all. As I said, I know he is a very good player. I think the potential of Banchero and Chandler has just overshadowed this kid's recruitment a bit and it's affecting my POV.
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I get that, but not as if you can’t have more than 2 guys. As I’ve stated before I would definitely look to sign at least 4 if I was Barnes, and wouldn’t totally be against 5 if it was the right combo.


These seem to be the main guys...

#2 Paolo Banchero - (6'9" PF)
#4 Jabari Smith - (6'10" PF)
#5 Brandon Huntley-Hatfield** (6'8" PF)
#9 Caleb Houstan (6’8” SF)
#10 Kennedy Chandler (6'1" PG)
#22 Charles Bediako (6'11" C)
#30 Daron Holmes ll (6’8” PF)
#48 Jahmai Mashack (6’4” SG)
#50 Micawber Etienne (6'10" C)
#86 Ryan Mutombo (6'11" C)
 
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#478
#478
bleedingTNorange said:
I get that, but not as if you can’t have more than 2 guys. As I’ve stated before I would definitely look to sign at least 4 if I was Barnes, and wouldn’t totally be against 5 if it was the right combo.


These seem to be the main guys...

#2 Paolo Banchero - (6'9" PF)
#4 Jabari Smith - (6'10" PF)
#5 Brandon Huntley-Hatfield** (6'8" PF)
#9 Caleb Houstan (6’8” SF)
#10 Kennedy Chandler (6'1" PG)
#22 Charles Bediako (6'11" C)
#30 Daron Holmes ll (6’8” PF)
#48 Jahmai Mashack (6’4” SG)
#50 Micawber Etienne (6'10" C)
#86 Ryan Mutombo (6'11" C)
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Chandler
Mashack
Banchero
Smith


Or

Chandler
Mashack
Holmes
Etienne (don’t know how hard we are recruiting him)
 
#480
#480
bleedingTNorange said:
I don’t think he’s a back up plan, the staff has made him a priority.
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Yeah, they have invested some time in him and it appears to have paid off. He seems to be a lot like Keon Johnson. If his offense catches up as quickly as KJ's seems to have, he could be a steal. Much like Mashack, KJ didn't have a crazy stellar offer list, either.
 
#481
#481
bleedingTNorange said:
I get that, but not as if you can’t have more than 2 guys. As I’ve stated before I would definitely look to sign at least 4 if I was Barnes, and wouldn’t totally be against 5 if it was the right combo.


These seem to be the main guys...

#2 Paolo Banchero - (6'9" PF)
#4 Jabari Smith - (6'10" PF)
#5 Brandon Huntley-Hatfield** (6'8" PF)
#9 Caleb Houstan (6’8” SF)
#10 Kennedy Chandler (6'1" PG)
#22 Charles Bediako (6'11" C)
#30 Daron Holmes ll (6’8” PF)
#48 Jahmai Mashack (6’4” SG)
#50 Micawber Etienne (6'10" C)
#86 Ryan Mutombo (6'11" C)
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Oh I didn't mean it in the sense that we're signing a small class. I just meant more like the star power behind Banchero and Chandler has just captured my focus and I really haven't looked too much into Mashack as a player.

I 100% agree it will be a large class. I'm actually fairly confident we'll sign 5 players. You're guaranteed to lose 3 this year (Pons, Anosike, and Fulky) and then I don't think it's a stretch to say we'll see one transfer with the way attrition has played out the past few years (so one of ORN, Gaines, Pember). And I think it's safe to say, if a season occurs, one of Keon, Jaden, or Josiah might leave.

That's a lot of if's but it's not an outlandish scenario by any means.
 
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#482
#482
I hope there is a 2020-2021 season so that we get to see Johnson, Springer, Walker and Anosike and the rest of the team play.
 
#490
#490
bleedingTNorange said:
Banchero and Smith are almost certainly one and done, Chandler would be 50/50 probably, I think Mashack is a multi year college player.
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I think an argument could be made that Smith is more 50/50 as a one and done. He has Kevin Durant potential, but is still pretty raw as a player. The NBA drafts a lot on potential, but he may be a guy that decides that the difference in staying 1 year or 2 is the difference in being a late 1st rd pick and a lottery pick.
 
#491
#491
cncchris33 said:
I think an argument could be made that Smith is more 50/50 as a one and done. He has Kevin Durant potential, but is still pretty raw as a player. The NBA drafts a lot on potential, but he may be a guy that decides that the difference in staying 1 year or 2 is the difference in being a late 1st rd pick and a lottery pick.
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That possible, I would be curious how many Top 5 guys that are 6’10”+ weren’t projected lottery picks after freshman year...I doubt very many.
 
#492
#492
Last 5 classes...Labissiere(28), Simmons(1), Giles(20), Porter(14), Bagley(2), Ayton(1), Bamba(6), Bol(44), Wiseman(7*) and Carry(22*)...all went one and done, the * is projected in upcoming draft, obviously Bol Bol had the major injury concerns.
 
#493
#493
bleedingTNorange said:
Last 5 classes...Labissiere(28), Simmons(1), Giles(20), Porter(14), Bagley(2), Ayton(1), Bamba(6), Bol(44), Wiseman(7*) and Carry(22*)...all went one and done, the * is projected in upcoming draft, obviously Bol Bol had the major injury concerns.
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And Smith might be the next in line. I just don't think he is currently skilled enough to automatically assume he'll be one and done. Watch his film and watch Banchero's and convince me there isn't a significant difference in skill levels.
 
#494
#494
cncchris33 said:
And Smith might be the next in line. I just don't think he is currently skilled enough to automatically assume he'll be one and done. Watch his film and watch Banchero's and convince me there isn't a significant difference in skill levels.
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Absolutely there is, but there’s also a big different between a Top 3 draft pick and guys 12-15.
 
#495
#495
bleedingTNorange said:
Absolutely there is, but there’s also a big different between a Top 3 draft pick and guys 12-15.
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Agreed. My contention, I guess, is that if he isn't projected to be in that top 15, does he come back to improve his stock into that lottery area. That is what I think a 2nd year in college could do for him. Because I don't think he's a slam dunk top 3-5 pick like Banchero, I dont think it is safe to assume he'll automatically be a one and done guy like I think its safe to assume PB will.

Long story short, I wouldn't lump the two of them together as sure-fire one and dones. PB, yes, definitely. Smith, I think there is at least a case for him staying 2 years.
 
#496
#496
cncchris33 said:
Agreed. My contention, I guess, is that if he isn't projected to be in that top 15, does he come back to improve his stock into that lottery area. That is what I think a 2nd year in college could do for him. Because I don't think he's a slam dunk top 3-5 pick like Banchero, I dont think it is safe to assume he'll automatically be a one and done guy like I think its safe to assume PB will.

Long story short, I wouldn't lump the two of them together as sure-fire one and dones. PB, yes, definitely. Smith, I think there is at least a case for him staying 2 years.
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If we land Banchero, Smith and Chandler I would put the percentages above 50% that at least 2 are gone after one year...that’s all my point was.
 
#497
#497
Paolo has mad skills and game, but he's not an elite jumper/athlete, imo. Despite that, I'm 90% sure, his all-around game, leads to, One and Done, borderline lottery pick, at a minimum.
 
#499
#499
Where do we stand w SF/wings in this class? If Josiah and Keon both go pro, we’d have Ticket and probably Walker? If that’s a possibility I think that actually sounds pretty good. What’s the deal w Randy Brady? Are we actually pursuing him? Would he have the ability to contribute as a freshman?
 
#500
#500
golfballs said:
Where do we stand w SF/wings in this class? If Josiah and Keon both go pro, we’d have Ticket and probably Walker? If that’s a possibility I think that actually sounds pretty good. What’s the deal w Randy Brady? Are we actually pursuing him? Would he have the ability to contribute as a freshman?
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Brady has really fallen off the radar. Once thought of as the top 2022 kid in the state of Tennessee, he just never really developed any further and was passed by others. Transferred to McEachern HS near Atlanta, and not even sure he's a kid who ends up playing P5 ball. Maybe a Mizzou, Ole Miss, Vandy type kid if he ends up in the SEC, but possibly even an MTSU type, as well. I'd bet most of his prior "offers" are no longer commitable.

As for other SF/Wing types, I thought that Harrison Ingram cutting us from his list and saying that "Tennessee didn't seem to want him as much as he wanted Tennessee" [paraphrasing] was peculiar. My only guess is that Tennessee felt that Stanford and Purdue would be too difficult to overcome and decided to pursue others instead. Caleb Houstan is one who could play the SF position who just reclassified into the 2021 class. Not sure how serious Tennessee is with him.
 
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