2025 Transfer Portal Thread

[walkenvol]

His future isn’t in basketball. UVA is an incredible school academically I’d bet he does take his education very seriously.

American Studies - doesn’t strike me as a major taken by a “serious” student?

 

[CamVol8]

Welp… Kentucky getting Alvaro Folgueiras

 

[omghulkhands]

American Studies - doesn’t strike me as a major taken by a “serious” student?

Apparently it was a pre-law track as I understand it.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Welp… Kentucky getting Alvaro Folgueiras

Fkn great…..can’t wait to get meh Carey.

 

[omghulkhands]

Fkn great…..can’t wait to get meh Carey.

If we get the Carey that whipped the hell out of us twice, it’s amazing.

But those two performances seem to be exceptions.

 

[Derek Reese's jumpshot]

If we're realizing our money is not enough, I don't see that just being instantly fixed. That money has to come from somewhere. With the amount of holes we need to fill with good (expensive) players, I think we might be in trouble. I think the fact that we're talking about a Vandy bench player as our next target says a lot. I'm sure he wasn't at the top of the list.

 

[Volprofch05]

Should we start scheduling open tryouts?

 

[CamVol8]

I don’t mind Carey, but i’m really concerned with the spacing. Okpara, Carey, Estrella, Phillips and Brown. Good depth but none of them can shoot which is going to once again limit us on offense

 

[TrippieRedd]

If we get the Carey that whipped the hell out of us twice, it’s amazing.

But those two performances seem to be exceptions.

I meant compared to who we are losing to other teams. He’s a fine player but compared to the guys we’re missing out on, he’s meh.

 

[CamVol8]

I meant compared to who we are losing to other teams. He’s a fine player but compared to the guys we’re missing out on, he’s meh.

Yup we needed someone like Alvaro who can hit shots from that 4/5 spot.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Yup we needed someone like Alvaro who can hit shots from that 4/5 spot.

Unless you got 2-3 million sitting around, it’s not happening

 

[AurantiacoFan]

None of them went to the Elite 8. Chaz did. DK did…each without the other. With each other, it stands to reason they’d have gone at least one step further.

True, but I suspect having Rick Barnes as coach was the even bigger difference. Allen Houston, Grant Williams, etc etc. There have been some mighty fine players that did not make the Elite 8 while at Tennessee. Coach Barnes is the difference, in my opinion.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Welp… Kentucky getting Alvaro Folgueiras

FWIW Pete Nakos also predicted Tennessee was getting McKneely, not saying it doesn’t happen, just that it isn’t official yet

 

[TrippieRedd]

The rest of our post board is abysmal.

 

[Rushin Orange Collusion]

We definitely have not adjusted to the current situation. Not many coaches could bring in DK, Chaz or Gillespie at the numbers we spent. Whoever the new guy is after CRB will ask for a huge NIL number. Wish we’d just give it up now.

…wish we would spend our way to the final four

We’re spending our way to the last four in.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

We’re spending our way to the last four in.

Yeah, no.

We’ll be in the tournament consistently as long as Barnes is still here.

 

[PowerT.]

Is Carey a 4 or 5 for us

 

[AurantiacoFan]

I am working with a family right now where the young man really wants to go to Arkansas. He is from there. It was all set, but then another school just stepped in and offered money that as his dad put it (paraphrasing, even though I am using quotation marks) "is more money for one year of playing a game than I made in my last 30 years of my career combined". It really is crazy for some of these kids.

 

[Rushin Orange Collusion]

I don’t mind Carey, but i’m really concerned with the spacing. Okpara, Carey, Estrella, Phillips and Brown. Good depth but none of them can shoot which is going to once again limit us on offense

And why is that? Can the position coach not teach them how to shoot?

 

[CamVol8]

And why is that? Can the position coach not teach them how to shoot?

I love Barnes but part of coaching is roster construction. Just doesn’t make sense to have that many post players where none of them can shoot and or handle the ball and get to the rim

 

[Jean-Claude van Manning]

Alvaro plays below the rim. I've pointed it out earlier in the thread but I'm not sure he translates as good as his ranking and price suggest.

And yes -- I know he scored 15/10 against Alabama in the first round. I watched.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

Alvaro plays below the rim. I've pointed it out earlier in the thread but I'm not sure he translates as good as his ranking and price suggest.

And yes -- I know he scored 15/10 against Alabama in the first round. I watched.

The way Alabama plays "defense", if you don't score a double-double it means you probably aren't even an average college player

 

[Chaz-Vol]

The rest of our post board is abysmal.

Better hope JP's foot heals up. Going to need that guy

 

[Reckoner84]

Better hope JP's foot heals up. Going to need that guy

Has there been any updates on his injury status? Comments in here seem to allude to the possibility of him not being ready for next season -- the injury would be over a year old by that point, how could he not be ready??

 

[Pawleysvol]

Is Carey a 4 or 5 for us

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