Olivier Nkamhoua Enters the Transfer Portal

[BernardKingGOAT]

It does effect more than one player. I watch every single game that comes on every single year. I watch closely and am observant of body language.

Barnes’ system for playing time is his sole “motivator”. You make a mistake, he yanks you. Especially when you are new in his system.

Here's the list of players that left Tennessee and were better at the next school:

Chris Darrington - scored 200 pts here- left for Toledo and scored 528 next season.
Derrick Walker - received All Big Ten honors. Walker led Nebraska with 13.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. 10th in Big Ten. We needed more inside presence.
DJ Burns - won Big South Player of the Year at Winthrop and then transferred to NC State where he averaged 12/4/1.5
Drew Pember - BEARDEN NATIVE - transferred to UNC Asheville only to average 20.9/9.1/2.3 shooting 37.3% from 3. He was a big reason why UNCA only lost 7 games that year!
Davonte Gaines - went from 1ppg at TN to 10 ppg at George Mason shooting 40% from 3 during his junior year


EJ Anosike - huge VFL - sister went here -he was the #2 Transfer in the portal - was supposed to be a huge post presence - nope, came in worse
Victor Bailey Jr - looked the most nervous of all. Dude was an athletic freak and had a redshirt season to prepare himself for much needed PT at the 2 spot. Came in and just couldn't get it together
Tyreke Key - comes in worse than his previous school
Justin Powell - comes in worse than his previous school

Hold on I’m on mobile and I’ll update the list of players who either succeeded after they were out of Barnes’ system or were way better before they came to Tennessee. The list is bigger than you’d think.

EDIT: I updated the list. I gtg back to work, but that covers it minus 2019-2023.

Considering Barnes encourages his players to take open shots, much of your take is a false narrative.

And my goodness, this list is silly. Of course they were better at lower levels. The "looks nervous" claim is ridiculous

 

[AurantiacoFan]

Are you seriously going to tell us that Darrington, Pember, and Gaines got better because they got better coaching and not because they took a step down in competition? Common sense.

Walker and Burns have been discussed as to why they left- don't think it was strictly by the coaches. Burns went to Winthrop for 3 years and was still out of shape his final year at NC State. If he had been in shape, he would have averaged 12 and 4 at UT. If we want to go there, then we can counter that with Grant Williams, Admiral Schofield, Jordan Bone, Jordan Bowden, Keon Johnson, Jaden Springer, Yves Pons, Kyle Alexander, Kevin Punter, and Kennedy Chandler who all came through and have played some type of pro ball. Doesn't even include John Fulkerson, who certainly improved.

I am really not spending my time on responding to much more of this, because it's nonsensical. Sure, Barnes hasn't had the greatest track record with incoming transfers, but it's real easy to see why guys have left and played better basketball.

Outstanding post

 

[cncchris33]

There’s a reason he got PT. Barnes’ is always keen on saying you earn PT in practice! ON had to do something right to get that consistent PT.

And those reasons are certainly not rebounding and extraordinary hustle.

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

It does effect more than one player. I watch every single game that comes on every single year. I watch closely and am observant of body language.

Barnes’ system for playing time is his sole “motivator”. You make a mistake, he yanks you. Especially when you are new in his system.

Here's the list of players that left Tennessee and were better at the next school:

Chris Darrington - scored 200 pts here- left for Toledo and scored 528 next season.
Derrick Walker - received All Big Ten honors. Walker led Nebraska with 13.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. 10th in Big Ten. We needed more inside presence.
DJ Burns - won Big South Player of the Year at Winthrop and then transferred to NC State where he averaged 12/4/1.5
Drew Pember - BEARDEN NATIVE - transferred to UNC Asheville only to average 20.9/9.1/2.3 shooting 37.3% from 3. He was a big reason why UNCA only lost 7 games that year!
Davonte Gaines - went from 1ppg at TN to 10 ppg at George Mason shooting 40% from 3 during his junior year


EJ Anosike - huge VFL - sister went here -he was the #2 Transfer in the portal - was supposed to be a huge post presence - nope, came in worse
Victor Bailey Jr - looked the most nervous of all. Dude was an athletic freak and had a redshirt season to prepare himself for much needed PT at the 2 spot. Came in and just couldn't get it together
Tyreke Key - comes in worse than his previous school
Justin Powell - comes in worse than his previous school

Hold on I’m on mobile and I’ll update the list of players who either succeeded after they were out of Barnes’ system or were way better before they came to Tennessee. The list is bigger than you’d think.

EDIT: I updated the list. I gtg back to work, but that covers it minus 2019-2023.

And this list proves your point how?