2025 Transfer Portal

[D-West & PO-Z]

was Foster supposed to be a starter? Assuming Traore was available, suddenly we have Hunter, Swain and Foster as potential starters at 3. my guess is that he was meant to be a sixth man.

Foster was the first guy we got. at the time we had lost Q, and still had Claude. we needed shooting deperately. foster was not at all what we needed…at that time. later, dez left and conwell showd up and fosters fit made more sense. good pick up, but not my priority.

lets land our priority guys. scoring guard & scoring big

This literally makes no sense, lmao.

We have a roster of 2 and both didn’t play last year and you want to ignore the addition of a starter with size on a tournament team that was on the team of our new coach?

Some people are insufferable.

[D-West & PO-Z]

What the fuck!?

Did you just say what you said? Another worst case scenario about NIL that hasnt come true?

What fucking world are you living in?

I was the ultimate alarmist about NIL and the Portal and even I’m shocked at how quickly it has rocked this game.

It has all come to fruition. It’s a fucking disaster. Are you just fucking dumb, or perpetually optimistic?

Yes. More fear mongering for the sake of fear mongering.

Also, I keep waiting for you to give up college basketball. You’re on here more than ever! When will the ruined sport finally be rid of you???

[D-West & PO-Z]

And not surprised by hetts comments. The guy posts something positive once a decade.

100%

[D-West & PO-Z]

What the fuck!?

Did you just say what you said? Another worst case scenario about NIL that hasnt come true?

What fucking world are you living in?

I was the ultimate alarmist about NIL and the Portal and even I’m shocked at how quickly it has rocked this game.

It has all come to fruition. It’s a fucking disaster. Are you just fucking dumb, or perpetually optimistic?

Surely since it’s so obvious that all college basketball locker rooms are a toxic mess of jealousy and resentment you can point of a handful or examples of where this has been the case and show how it derailed their season. Right?

[Xavier]

This guy is on campus today

https://x.com/pdtscouting/status/190...pouy3B6BA2rQBg

Evansville's Gabriel Pozzato is entering the transfer portal per multiple reports

The 6'7 Italian freshman averaged 15.3 points per game this season, was all MVC freshman team and one of the most prominent players in the nation

HM Prospect+ NBA upside

[D-West & PO-Z]

This guy is on campus today

https://x.com/pdtscouting/status/190...pouy3B6BA2rQBg

Evansville's Gabriel Pozzato is entering the transfer portal per multiple reports

The 6'7 Italian freshman averaged 15.3 points per game this season, was all MVC freshman team and one of the most prominent players in the nation

HM Prospect+ NBA upside

Nice. Seems like we have a lot of young talent visiting which is great bc we will need guys with multiple years.

[xubrew]

What the fuck!?

Did you just say what you said? Another worst case scenario about NIL that hasnt come true?

What fucking world are you living in?

I was the ultimate alarmist about NIL and the Portal and even I’m shocked at how quickly it has rocked this game.

It has all come to fruition. It’s a fucking disaster. Are you just fucking dumb, or perpetually optimistic?

Almost no one wanted the portal and/or NIL to be totally unregulated and almost everyone knew this is what would happen if it became that way. The problem wasn't that no one knew that. The problem was they didn't think it would ever happen and never put any guard rails up or made any concessions before it happened to keep it from happening.

It went from "They'll never take us to court!" to "Well, we'll never lose in court!" to "Damn! The courts really fucked this up!!" Acknowledging that things could have done to mitigate all this is just not in their DNA.

How alarmed are you about the possibility/probability of NCAA's eligibility rules being declared illegal by the courts within the next few years?? I mean...imagine that world! 28 year olds playing in their tenth season at their ninth school who have never even taken a single class!!

[Xville]

Nice. Seems like we have a lot of young talent visiting which is great bc we will need guys with multiple years.

Yep. It certainly was a point of emphasis by Pitino in the press conference to get guys in and develop/retain them. How much of that is realistic in this day/age? who knows we will see, but i have said it repeatedly for the last 2-3 years that we need to start developing a culture again, getting guys in and retain them. That's either thru young portal guys, or freshmen recruiting. That was probably my favorite part by Pitino yesterday...his emphasis of attract and RETAIN. Miller didn't give an f because he wasn't going to be here long enough, but with the dollars that X has (which isn't peanuts but isn't Louisville/Duke etc either) that's the way we compete. Retain the guys you want, go to the portal for 2-4 guys a year instead of 8-9, and freshmen recruiting. This is the way.

[nickgyp]

[QUOTE=Olsingledigit;802828]You put your right foot in you put your right foot out then you shake it all about[/

Are you next suggesting the program will “turn itself around”? it sounds kind of hokey….😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

[MHettel]

We need a roster. We have 2 guys and you’re saying we really shouldn’t be looking for a 6th man type like Foster, who turned out to be a reliable starter. You can’t just tell rotational pieces to hold off with a roster size of 2. Seems weird at this point you’re turning down in your opinion a foster type: a 6th man who can be a reliable starter. We have two guys! lol

Plus, you kind make my point for me. We got foster when you think we shouldn’t have because the fit was off and he would be a 6th man. Once roster filled out, he turned out to be a good fit after all. Why can’t that be the same for what’s going on here?

Foster didn’t have a real fit. We desperately needed a shooter. And we got Foster who was a rebounding guard on a team that played about the fastest pace in the country. We had Claude at the 3. We needed a 2 and Foster was it. Did Miller already know Claude was leaving? He didn’t enter the portal for about another month. Was the presence of Foster a reason why Claude left? Foster ended up fitting on the final roster but his addition at the time was questionable. No way that Miller knew exactly how the chips would fall.

Back to Filip. I realize that we need a whole roster. On most teams, starters play around 70-75 of the total minutes. I’m not sure that Anderson is a starter. Traore probably is, but he’s injury considerations. I’d be most excited when we land a couple starters that fit a need. Traore is mostly a defense and rebounding big, so we’re on the hunt for a big that can score in the post. I assume Filip is a 4. Maybe he’s a 3 but his size and stats suggest a 4. Did he come here to be a backup? Maybe. Or maybe he’s here to start. Well that underwhelms me if so. And if he’s here to be a backup we still need to recruit a starting 4 and that could complicate things when the coach brings a starter from his last team and now he’s recruiting a guy to that same position.

I’m planning to gauge the roster when we are done in the portal. Last year it worked out fine and I was excited about it. The Traore injury wrecked that.

This is just a weird start is all I’m saying. We need a key piece in place to build around. We have 3 guys now but not that key piece