2024 Transfer Portal Thread

[SGMVols]

Felix doesn’t have to be an elite scorer. We need him mostly to rebound and protect the rim.

 

[Volprofch05]

 

[berryvol]

Trilly says he’s a vol. These signs all point towards some premature boomage

 

[TrippieRedd]

Trilly says he’s a vol. These signs all point towards some premature boomage

Yesssssssirrrrrr

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Trilly pretty much confirmed he is a Vol

 

[D3Athlete]

Wonder what happens with Tobe now

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Are we still looking good with Igor?

 

[CornbreadVol]

Is there a world where we get Okpara, Tobe, and Igor? Or is 2/3 best case?

 

[Tanner1010]

Is there a world where we get Okpara, Tobe, and Igor? Or is 2/3 best case?

if we get okpara and igor then tobe would definitely be leaving imo

 

[Volprofch05]

 

[Tanner1010]

Is there a world where we get Okpara, Tobe, and Igor? Or is 2/3 best .

.

 

[2EastTnVols]

GET THIS KID. Tell Awaka to GITTTTT

He would look great in orange, so I'm fully expecting us to whiff on him.

 

[VolOnthePlains]

I don’t think Igor and Felix would be competing for the same minutes in any sense other than you can literally only play 5 players at a time.

 

[CornbreadVol]

A post rotation of Tobe/Okpara/Igor/Estrella/Phillips would be stacked.

 

[CAVPUT]

He would look great in orange, so I'm fully expecting us to whiff on him.

Atta boy.

 

[Volprofch05]

Atta boy.

You trained your minions of sourpusses well

 

[T2P_Priceless]

I’m confused. He entered the portal, then posted this to stay. Now he’s coming here?

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Felix doesn’t have to be an elite scorer. We need him mostly to rebound and protect the rim.

Where is the scoring gonna come from though? The Hofstra commit and who?

 

[johnfnkelly]

Okpara > Awaka

And it’s not even close

Explain in your words how Okpara is better than Awaka.

His numbers nor his film really jump out to me.

 

[CAVPUT]

Trilly pretty much confirmed he is a Vol

Might be missing something, but aren't we reading a lot into this person's twits....and I mean a LOT?

 

[TrippieRedd]

Explain in your words how Okpara is better than Awaka.

His numbers nor his film really jump out to me.

Already did.

One is better offensively and one is better defensively.

 

[CAVPUT]

I’m confused. He entered the portal, then posted this to stay. Now he’s coming here?

Think the message is quoting a post from the kid but now he's in the portal? So until it closes, its like a verbal commitment.... meaningless. Having said that, I'm not seeing how we become the destination or that he's even considering us. I'm not on social media so I'm likely very poorly informed.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

A post rotation of Tobe/Okpara/Igor/Estrella/Phillips would be stacked.

That’s just unrealistic though. We aren’t rotating 5 bigs.

 

[Namorto1]

Yeah I’m most excited about him being a rim protector, no expecting a ton of offensive output.

Yeah, he looks raw offensively but has upside. I would expect a bunch of dunks and lobs as he is pretty athletic for 6'11 kid. May be a problem in close games if he can't dramatically improve his FT shooting. Comparatively vs Awaka, he is better shot blocker, but worse rebounder. Awaka is more developed offensively on the post in my opinion just based on clips. Okpara probably would be better on pick and rolls. Really would hate for Tobe to be wearing another uniform next year. Could use them both but if each are looking for 24-25 minutes per game that would be difficult to find, because you would think Estrella is going to be around 15-16 himself at minimum.

Tobe can play some minutes at the 4, but with potentially Milicic (if we get him) and Phillips, someone loses minutes on the frontcourt. I don't buy the argument that Tobe couldn't play the 4. There aren't that many good stretch 4's to defend and he would eat someone whose stature was 6'7 215 for lunch in the post if he had enough touches. I think he can extend game out to 15 feet if given the chance. Powerful dude and at 6'8 250 still has a place in college game. Heck Jarnell Stokes was a 6'8 260 post a decade ago and we were within a few points of the Elite 8. Surround a strong post player with a handful of great shooters and a good PG and you can do well. Stokes didn't have a good PG that year. Trey Townsend at 6'6 228 at Oakland has cooked teams (including high major teams) for years and barely lived outside the paint and 15 feet from basket. He barely took 1 three-point attempt per game the last 2 years.

Relative to shot blocking, our team averaged 4.7 blocks per game this season with Aidoo leading the way. In 2016, we averaged 4.6 blocks per game with 6'4 Armani Moore leading the way. Barnes best shot blocking UT teams were when Yves Pons was on the court and he was 6'7. Moreso about team positioning, weak side blocks and contesting everything at the rim. Now big guys more likely can change shots which isn't a stat we keep.

 

[Volprofch05]

I’m confused. He entered the portal, then posted this to stay. Now he’s coming here?

I was confused at first as well, but I think the Okpara post about coming back was earlier and now Trilly is reposting it to point out that things can always change when the portal is open.