2024 Transfer Portal Thread

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knoxvol52 said:
Have you ever seen any school say the recruit had anything but a Unicorn and Rainbows visit?
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That would be awesome: Well, we intended to show him a good time, but his transportation broke down, the AC went out in the building (these are universities after all), and the strippers never showed up!
 
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therickbol said:
I really question what fans are seeing most of the time when they critique a player's shot. I spend lots of time viewing content and talking about the process of how to shoot a basketball. There has been massive leaps in collective understanding about how to best transfer energy into the basketball when you shoot and how to consistently make sure you only miss short and long, not right and left. Watching him shoot, he checks the boxes for how to shoot a basketball effectively. The only real critique most shooting coaches would have is his 2spot or load point is a little further in front of his body. But that is likely due to something about shoulder tension. He has his weight loaded and stacked really well in his base. The movement is very fluid without a noticeable pause at his 2spot. He has good alightment with his right shoulder turn. It's consistent and repeatable.
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What are your thoughts on his release point and being able to get the shot off effectively? That would be my bigger concern, not repeatability or even accuracy.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
What are your thoughts on his release point and being able to get the shot off effectively? That would be my bigger concern, not repeatability or even accuracy.
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My thoughts are that the shots that he will be asked to take will be fine. I think he won't have any issue getting off catch and shoot 3's. I think he won't have an issue getting off shots coming off of on-ball screens. I also think Barnes likely has talked to him about plans to make some minor tweaks that could help with the speed and height of his release. No major change. Not Kevin Punter type shot destruction and rebuild. Just minor. I do think he might struggle to get his shot off clean in late shot clock iso situations. But I do not think we will ask him to do that. I think it would be more likely to get Igor the ball in advantageous matchups late in the shot clock. That is an element that will be different with the team next season. We won't have that late shot clock safely net like we did with Dalton.
 
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VN Lanier progression:

1. Do we really want this guy?
(UK gets involved)
2. We absolutely need this guy!
(Money gets thrown around)
3. Complaints about the current state of college sports, Barnes, Spyre, and general gloom and doom
(Lanier makes it to campus after visiting UK)
4. Do we really want this guy?
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
Some of the PPG predictions/hopes I've seen here have been questionable imo. Outside of Knecht, our top scorers have been hovering around 12-13ppg over the last few seasons, with Chandler almost eeking out 14ppg at the top of that spectrum. I personally wouldn't describe 10ppg as "modest" on the '24-25 UT roster, but I am with you on your overall sentiment.

Additionally, I personally find it difficult to predict/expect exceptional performance from any low-to-mid major transfers at this time. The skill/effectiveness gap between Knecht and the next best transfer we've had in Barnes's tenure is immense. If Lanier winds up here, I would consider 10ppg a smashing success.
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If correct, then forking out huge NIL $ is not a wise investment.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Freudian slip. He's likely eating that during his show in the second hour. Incredible and somewhat disturbing that such an unprofessional, self-aggrandizing, pompous and annoying individual is still on the air. My word, let him finally get something...anything...right, and it's a 12 month self congratulatory tour. I can't take him for 2 minutes much less 2 hours. I'll sit through Hooker first.
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Tough scene
 
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TrippieRedd said:
It was hard to choose between Igor and Lanier as the leading scorer. ZZ will get his 10-11 points but if he’s our leading scorer, we’re in trouble.

I’m really really really really really high on Igor. Not many 6’10 dudes that can move like him while having the handling he does
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Some people are saying he's the next Lebron James
 
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Just want to say again for the 36463 time that if we land Lanier, I love that the guys we got all like to rebound.

Not sure on our numbers, but my memory tells me that we’ve struggled.

Lanier - 4.8 rpg
Dubar - 6.8 rpg
Igor - 8.5 rpg
Okpara - 6.4

Shack had 3.1 in 18mpg, I can definitely see him getting that up into the low 5 range.

With JP having a bigger role, I can him in the 4-5 rpg range as well.


I don’t need to go into defense because again all these guys play really nice defense.

May be overhyping a littler earlier, but I think defensively and rebounding, we will be a lot better.
 
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TrippieRedd said:
Just want to say again for the 36463 time that if we land Lanier, I love that the guys we got all like to rebound.

Not sure on our numbers, but my memory tells me that we’ve struggled.

Lanier - 4.8 rpg
Dubar - 6.8 rpg
Igor - 8.5 rpg
Okpara - 6.4

Shack had 3.1 in 18mpg, I can definitely see him getting that up into the low 5 range.

With JP having a bigger role, I can him in the 4-5 rpg range as well.


I don’t need to go into defense because again all these guys play really nice defense.

May be overhyping a littler earlier, but I think defensively and rebounding, we will be a lot better.
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I’d be happy if we can match our D and rebounding numbers. Weren’t we consistently in the top 5 defensive teams last season?

JJJ and SV were both good defenders & rebounders. Awaka was a rebounding machine. Aidoo was a good rim protector, rebounder, and defender (except as has been noted repeatedly he struggled against big bodied post players). If we get “a lot better”, then we’re final 4 bound!
 
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walkenvol said:
I’d be happy if we can match our D and rebounding numbers. Weren’t we consistently in the top 5 defensive teams last season?

JJJ and SV were both good defenders & rebounders. Awaka was a rebounding machine. Aidoo was a good rim protector, rebounder, and defender (except as has been noted repeatedly he struggled against big bodied post players). If we get “a lot better”, then we’re final 4 bound!
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Okpara and JP can easily surpass Aidoo and Awaka rebounding wise.

Okpara is a better defender than both. I’d be willing to bet he will end up a better rebounder. Jonas averaged one more rebound in more minute of play. Call it even if you want.

Igor is just all around good player. (Bigger JJJ) Shooting, handling, distributing, rebounding. Nearly averaged a DD. Also 1.7 blocks and nearly 1 steals per game.

Dubar is the same as Igor imo, just smaller. Can score, and he rebounds well. 1.2 steals to go with 1 steal per game.

I think Mashack will provide more than Santi did this past season. (Defensively and rebounding wise)
 
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TrippieRedd said:
Okpara and JP can easily surpass Aidoo and Awaka rebounding wise.

Okpara is a better defender than both. I’d be willing to bet he will end up a better rebounder. Jonas averaged one more rebound in more minute of play. Call it even if you want.

Igor is just all around good player. (Bigger JJJ) Shooting, handling, distributing, rebounding. Nearly averaged a DD. Also 1.7 blocks and nearly 1 steals per game.

Dubar is the same as Igor imo, just smaller. Can score, and he rebounds well. 1.2 steals to go with 1 steal per game.

I think Mashack will provide more than Santi did this past season. (Defensively and rebounding wise)
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Defensively I think the team will be top 5 next year again. ZZ and Mashack will provide potentially best defensive backcourt in country and Okpara guarding the rim. Offense as is with Barnes teams will be the question. Okpara needs to spend all summer at FT line and get that percentage above 65%.
 
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Chaz-Vol said:
Defensively I think the team will be top 5 next year again. ZZ and Mashack will provide potentially best defensive backcourt in country and Okpara guarding the rim. Offense as is with Barnes teams will be the question. Okpara needs to spend all summer at FT line and get that percentage above 65%.
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Oh absolutely! I think we COULD be a better team overall.

This was Igor’s and Dubar’s stats against top 25 matchups throughout their careers. Igor’s is a little messed up because I also only did games where he played 25+ minutes. So these games were mostly this previous season.

Dubar
14ppg, 6rpg, 1.1apg, 1.5spg, 0.7bpg

Igor Milicic
9.6 ppg, 5.3rpg, 1.3apg, 2bpg, 1spg

Didn’t include Chaz because he didnt play any top 25 teams, but he lit up a bunch of SEC teams and Miami, so I’m not concerned about him. Same with Okpara he’s proven he can play D1 ball.
 
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therickbol said:
That was a skillset that Dalton possessed. Different players bring different skillsets to the table. Lanier is not now, and will not become, that TYPE of shot taker. He is not a rise up over a defender, high-release pull-up off the dribble shot taker. I guess if that is what people are expecting when they watch his shot then that would be an issue. The shots that you watch him take when you watch video of him are catch and shoot and some off the dribble around screen types of 3 point shots. That type of shot is different. I do not think his shooting mechanics/form will fundamentally affect his ability to take the shots he will be asked to take for this team. If we ask him to take the shots DK was taking after multiple dribble/backdown crab dribble moves and just elevate and shoot over the top of the defender then the coaches would be putting him a position to not be successful.
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The low release means you don't want him to have the ball late in the shot clock and there are limits to his ability to beat defenders in isolation. It makes him less useful as a primarily ball handler late in a possession, so he'll have some benefit to working on a higher release for his own sake.
 
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