2025 Transfer Portal Thread

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Want. He’s a great 3 and D guy with an insane engine. Barnes could do so much with Mo D.

Bonus we don’t have to worry about Bob butchering his name

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Both. We made very decisive offers, and also gave deadlines for answers.

Things you love to hear.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Both. We made very decisive offers, and also gave deadlines for answers.

 

[IUGradVol]

Both. We made very decisive offers, and also gave deadlines for answers.

Awesome!

 

[HypeVol2020]

So

Gilespie, Rodney Rice, Freeman, Carey and Nate Ament

Added to Estrella, Okpara, Phillips, Boswell, Troy Henderson, Evans, and Brown. Looks pretty good to me. Maybe add another guard likes Burries if we are spending money. Or is that too greedy? Lol

 

[McGeesPub]

We are having a legitimate conversation with Ament and his agent. It’s a real thing, but he’s been working this for weeks with others. Some developments made him rethink where he wants to be. Rice is a real probability too. The McNeely loss woke up some people to the reality that the market is different, and we’ll move faster and more deliberately to get this wrapped up. I can’t talk about anyone’s health. I said as much as I can say on that topic. Obviously there’s concern given the moves they’re making.

May Larry Pratt live until he is a million.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

If we do somehow land Ament, that’s definitive proof we’ve changed our ways on the portal/NIL era. It’s going to require a massive NIL, if not the highest bidder, to land him, so getting him would mean a mindset has shifted in our donor base.

 

[HypeVol2020]

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Boom on Ja’Kobi!

 

[StPeteVFL]

For the people sleeping on Jaylen Carey….

Stats below are per 40 minutes and in SEC conference play only



And he was only a sophomore.

 

[Batman1948]

You guys are nuts if you believe this guy can't play for us. He moves guys off the block and goes to the rim in a big way. We need this type of toughness on the team badly

 

[Batman1948]

Carey cannot be your center. He’s 6’8”.

He plays bigger than 6'8

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

You guys are nuts if you believe this guy can't play for us. He moves guys off the block and goes to the rim in a big way. We need this type of toughness on the team badly

I 100% want this dude; to me he's a more refined Tobe Awaka with the potential to become the closest thing to Grant Williams we've had in 5 years (say what you want, but we've never truly replaced Grant's physicality and attitude).

 

[TrippieRedd]

He plays bigger than 6'8

Worked out for Houston

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

He plays bigger than 6'8

Houston's biggest guy was 6'9 and they were constantly out jumping our taller players for ORebs. Physical height is less important than athleticism and physicality, and Carey has both IMO.

 

[tev.sm]

Houston's biggest guy was 6'9 and they were constantly out jumping our taller players for ORebs. Physical height is less important than athleticism and physicality, and Carey has both IMO.

Their 6’8 and 6’9 guys, Roberts and Tugler both had a 7’6 wingspan.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Their 6’8 and 6’9 guys, Roberts and Tugler both had a 7’6 wingspan.

That does help haha

 

[Batman1948]

A lot of this is exciting but if this means Estrella is struggling to get healthy that’s a real bummer. For one thing I really liked his potential, but more importantly just hate it for a talented kid. But maybe it’s just a longer than expected recovery, but still ultimately expected

Didn't he have surgery for a stress fracture in his foot? That's a tough surgery for a big man to have. If he can't go, I hope he has a path to coaching if that's what he wants to do.

 

[Milehigh_Vol]

Just heard we maybe getting a package deal.. trying to figure out NIL.

 

[CamVol8]

Both. We made very decisive offers, and also gave deadlines for answers.

Love to hear this. Who else besides Rice are we are going after at SG?

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Just heard we maybe getting a package deal.. trying to figure out NIL.

A package deal you say? Gimme the deets

 

[Jimmy Football]

A package deal you say? Gimme the deets

Assuming Gillespie with a side of Rice.

 

[CornbreadVol]

Assuming Gillespie with a side of Rice.

And Ament for desert

 

[walkenvol]

Why? Weekly has been the HC for years. She’s wasted a ton of pitching talent. Don’t think they can score enough runs to win a Natty.

Why? - pitching

 

[TrippieRedd]

The best part about Rice is that he has 2 years left