2024 Transfer Portal Thread

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Stoerner Fumbles said:
There is no standard protocol, except that the NIL meeting is a discussion (officially) outside the purview of the University. In this particular instance, we adjusted our offer from the one previously discussed due to the offers made by UK and BYU. He has not signed anything nor committed to anyone, but the visit went as well as it could go. Barnes and ZZ told Lanier he was a necessary part of a team that could win a championship with him. It’s interesting because apparently Barnes talked a lot about team and the selfish culture we live in, and quoted a Bible verse about that. I think Lanier and his mom are exhausted after all the hoopla and travel. Everyone involved said the last meeting with Barnes went very well, and was emotional. After the meeting, Lanier posted the verse. Nothing is guaranteed in recruiting, but I think the coaches will be very surprised if he isn’t a Vol by the weekend. I can probably share more about the twists and turns after this is over.
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Well, based on what's being said about Lanier and his family, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that BYU ain't happening. It's a tool for the agent to bid the NIL up, but Lanier ain't going there. It's UK or UT. Gotta believe Lanier and his mom can spot someone who's genuine and a circus barker. I'd be floored if it's anyplace other than UT. Guess that's the kiss of death for UT in this one?
 
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CAVPUT said:
Well, based on what's being said about Lanier and his family, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that BYU ain't happening. It's a tool for the agent to bid the NIL up, but Lanier ain't going there. It's UK or UT. Gotta believe Lanier and his mom can spot someone who's genuine and a circus barker. I'd be floored if it's anyplace other than UT. Guess that's the kiss of death for UT in this one?
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I guess you had to jinx it.
 
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VolOnthePlains said:
I’m aware of the tax distinction, I’m saying UT (or any other school) isn’t cramming 300 students into an auditorium to learn Biology from a TA because money is tight, it’s because they’re run like a business, ie for profit
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Yep, Have to pay more administrators and DEI office.
 
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Got the following about Chaz from a sports writers article on another site. Gives a different opinion: (not sure of Freaks rule on listing who).
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Tennessee Basketball won’t benefit significantly from landing Chaz Lanier. In fact, he won’t affect the Vols’ system next year at all.

Lanier, who stands at 6’4″ 175 pounds, has averaged just 8.9 points for his college career. He’s a combo guard, and regardless of whether or not Tennessee Basketball adds, him the Vols already have a backcourt rotation of Zakai Zeigler, Jordan Gainey, Jahmai Mashack and Cameron Carr.

Carr’s development throughout the season and Rick Barnes’ preference toward him, based on reports, is what sent Freddie Dilione and D.J. Jefferson into the transfer portal. Now, you might say the backcourt involves three positions, not just two, but Mashack can move over to the wing, and Rocky Top already added next year’s version of Dalton Knecht in Darlinstone Dubar. What’s wrong with a rotation where five players move around for three spots, or three for two?

This isn’t to say Lanier wouldn’t add value. However, the key to them going further, assuming a guy like Dubar can replace Knecht, actually comes in the post, and that’s where they upgraded.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Got the following about Chaz from a sports writers article on another site. Gives a different opinion: (not sure of Freaks rule on listing who).
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Tennessee Basketball won’t benefit significantly from landing Chaz Lanier. In fact, he won’t affect the Vols’ system next year at all.

Lanier, who stands at 6’4″ 175 pounds, has averaged just 8.9 points for his college career. He’s a combo guard, and regardless of whether or not Tennessee Basketball adds, him the Vols already have a backcourt rotation of Zakai Zeigler, Jordan Gainey, Jahmai Mashack and Cameron Carr.

Carr’s development throughout the season and Rick Barnes’ preference toward him, based on reports, is what sent Freddie Dilione and D.J. Jefferson into the transfer portal. Now, you might say the backcourt involves three positions, not just two, but Mashack can move over to the wing, and Rocky Top already added next year’s version of Dalton Knecht in Darlinstone Dubar. What’s wrong with a rotation where five players move around for three spots, or three for two?

This isn’t to say Lanier wouldn’t add value. However, the key to them going further, assuming a guy like Dubar can replace Knecht, actually comes in the post, and that’s where they upgraded.
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Definitely don’t see Dubar as next seasons Knecht. I guess he could be though.
 
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TrippieRedd said:
Definitely don’t see Dubar as next seasons Knecht. I guess he could be though.
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Doubtful. We'll replace him by committee. Aidoo will be tough to replace, but I do like Okpara and Estrella there. Loads of potential and much more toughness I suspect. JJJ and Vescovi replaced by Dubar, Igor and perhaps Lanier. Never say never, but that sure looks like a potential upgrade to me....especially last years version of Vescovi. If Carr, Estrella and Phillips continue to develop as hoped, I like this team...a lot. The only possible deficiency is at backup PG. Boswell, Gainey and Mashack are fine to spell ZZ, but if we lose him for any real length of time, I don't like that "solution". Nope. Not at all. Really looking forward to next season due to the new faces.
 
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Who is Sean Sparks? I don't think I've ever paid attention to Vol Vault, so I have no clue who he is or how connected he is?

Is he actually Tony too?

In all seriousness, who is this guy lol
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Got the following about Chaz from a sports writers article on another site. Gives a different opinion: (not sure of Freaks rule on listing who).
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Tennessee Basketball won’t benefit significantly from landing Chaz Lanier. In fact, he won’t affect the Vols’ system next year at all.

Lanier, who stands at 6’4″ 175 pounds, has averaged just 8.9 points for his college career. He’s a combo guard, and regardless of whether or not Tennessee Basketball adds, him the Vols already have a backcourt rotation of Zakai Zeigler, Jordan Gainey, Jahmai Mashack and Cameron Carr.

Carr’s development throughout the season and Rick Barnes’ preference toward him, based on reports, is what sent Freddie Dilione and D.J. Jefferson into the transfer portal. Now, you might say the backcourt involves three positions, not just two, but Mashack can move over to the wing, and Rocky Top already added next year’s version of Dalton Knecht in Darlinstone Dubar. What’s wrong with a rotation where five players move around for three spots, or three for two?

This isn’t to say Lanier wouldn’t add value. However, the key to them going further, assuming a guy like Dubar can replace Knecht, actually comes in the post, and that’s where they upgraded.
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That's a weird way to frame Lanier, by his career point average and not his most recent season. We wouldn't be getting the collective average of him, but the player he actually is now. The player he is now scored 20 a game last season.
 
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Unimane said:
That's a weird way to frame Lanier, by his career point average and not his most recent season. We wouldn't be getting the collective average of him, but the player he actually is now. The player he is now scored 20 a game last season.
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It's probably wisest to split the difference. It's unrealistic to expect him to waltz into the SEC and average 20ppg. I always reserve judgement on transfers until after we've played some decent competition in the regular season, but I'm expecting something like 9-12ppg at this time if we land him.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Got the following about Chaz from a sports writers article on another site. Gives a different opinion: (not sure of Freaks rule on listing who).
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Tennessee Basketball won’t benefit significantly from landing Chaz Lanier. In fact, he won’t affect the Vols’ system next year at all.

Lanier, who stands at 6’4″ 175 pounds, has averaged just 8.9 points for his college career. He’s a combo guard, and regardless of whether or not Tennessee Basketball adds, him the Vols already have a backcourt rotation of Zakai Zeigler, Jordan Gainey, Jahmai Mashack and Cameron Carr.

Carr’s development throughout the season and Rick Barnes’ preference toward him, based on reports, is what sent Freddie Dilione and D.J. Jefferson into the transfer portal. Now, you might say the backcourt involves three positions, not just two, but Mashack can move over to the wing, and Rocky Top already added next year’s version of Dalton Knecht in Darlinstone Dubar. What’s wrong with a rotation where five players move around for three spots, or three for two?

This isn’t to say Lanier wouldn’t add value. However, the key to them going further, assuming a guy like Dubar can replace Knecht, actually comes in the post, and that’s where they upgraded.
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There’s some scorching hot takes in here, my word.
 
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I think we all need to be honest with ourselves about how good Knecht was. It's just unrealistic to think any transfer is going to come in here and impact our team like Dalton did. I think he had the best single season of any men's Tennessee basketball player that we've ever seen. His performance is the exception, not the rule.

We can only replace Knecht in the aggregate, and hopefully, Dubar and Lanier can do that combined.
 
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hotcypress said:
I think we all need to be honest with ourselves about how good Knecht was. It's just unrealistic to think any transfer is going to come in here and impact our team like Dalton did. I think he had the best single season of any men's Tennessee basketball player that we've ever seen. His performance is the exception, not the rule.

We can only replace Knecht in the aggregate, and hopefully, Dubar and Lanier can do that combined.
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Yeah, certainly the best season of anyone in my remembrance. I only go back as far as Houston, so I don't remember Bernard King.
 
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TrippieRedd said:
Definitely don’t see Dubar as next seasons Knecht. I guess he could be though.
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The beauty is that he doesn't need to be with the depth and amount of scoring options we will have, especially with Lanier on the roster. DK was a one-off, a generational talent the likes of which we may never see again.

We all loved SV and JJJ, but truth be told last year's team was essentially 'Knecht or die', especially in the biggest spots. Between Dubar, Igor, ZZ, Lanier, and hopefully Carr, Mashack, and/or Estrella, this group is going to be loaded with offensive contributors and should be better equipped to avoid those shooting lulls that killed us every season other than last year.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Got the following about Chaz from a sports writers article on another site. Gives a different opinion: (not sure of Freaks rule on listing who).
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Tennessee Basketball won’t benefit significantly from landing Chaz Lanier. In fact, he won’t affect the Vols’ system next year at all.

Lanier, who stands at 6’4″ 175 pounds, has averaged just 8.9 points for his college career. He’s a combo guard, and regardless of whether or not Tennessee Basketball adds, him the Vols already have a backcourt rotation of Zakai Zeigler, Jordan Gainey, Jahmai Mashack and Cameron Carr.

Carr’s development throughout the season and Rick Barnes’ preference toward him, based on reports, is what sent Freddie Dilione and D.J. Jefferson into the transfer portal. Now, you might say the backcourt involves three positions, not just two, but Mashack can move over to the wing, and Rocky Top already added next year’s version of Dalton Knecht in Darlinstone Dubar. What’s wrong with a rotation where five players move around for three spots, or three for two?

This isn’t to say Lanier wouldn’t add value. However, the key to them going further, assuming a guy like Dubar can replace Knecht, actually comes in the post, and that’s where they upgraded.
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175lbs? Lanier weighs 200. If he’s off by that much, that tells me all I need to know about the rest of the article. BS take there..
 
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hotcypress said:
I think we all need to be honest with ourselves about how good Knecht was. It's just unrealistic to think any transfer is going to come in here and impact our team like Dalton did. I think he had the best single season of any men's Tennessee basketball player that we've ever seen. His performance is the exception, not the rule.

We can only replace Knecht in the aggregate, and hopefully, Dubar and Lanier can do that combined.
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Yeah that was my take on the article was that a lot of TN fans seem to be treating Chaz like he is the second coming of DK and will be the key to a final four season and he is saying not true. The inside game is what really needs improvement to make that jump. We have good guards already and that Carr is Barnes first choice.
 
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Agree with the sentiments of some
previous posters including @sami. I’ll go a bit further; having an offensive phenom like DK can be a handicap of sorts. We saw it in multiple games, including the Purdue EE matchup. I think it was a mistake to allow the team to some extent to fall into a mindset of largely relying on one guy for offensive production, and we know this was a criticism CRB directed at DK at least once during the season. It was counterproductive in some critical games. We don’t need to “replace Knecht” even if that were possible. Consistent, balanced scoring will serve us better than a superstar imo.
 
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VolOnthePlains said:
I’m aware of the tax distinction, I’m saying UT (or any other school) isn’t cramming 300 students into an auditorium to learn Biology from a TA because money is tight, it’s because they’re run like a business, ie for profit
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Ace said:
Yep, Have to pay more administrators and DEI office.
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We do have too many administrators, as most colleges do. We generally do not have TAs teaching lecture courses. We no longer have a DEI office after the state legislature banned it. If we are being run as a business, then it is not one that is particularly adept at profiting, seeing as our tuition is very low relative to other universities, as is our general income (the state provides less than half of our operating budget).
 
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