2024 Transfer Portal

[glv98]

Oh I really like her it’s just questions she’ll have to answer

And that's exactly what visits are for. And why they seem to be making up for lost time with lots of visits and possibilities. Won't get them all, don't need them all. Just need a few of the right ones.

 

[SGMVols]

Kim isn’t building this team around one player, she is building it around 1 goal. To win championships. She’s looking for young women who want to do that and want to be part of a team concept and scheme that she knows works.

We are not going to be a one dimensional team. And Kim is definitely a “bad shot is better than a turnover kind of gal” would rather see us get shots up and give ourself a chance.

Shot volume wins games. She designs her system to create offensive rebounds and defensive turnovers. Both of those create superior shot volume.

 

[dazzleme]

Vs Florida

38

6-20

3-12

5

1

1

21

Vs Texas Tech

36

6-14

1-5

8

0

4

20

Vs Arky

36

8-14

3-5

6

4

0

21

Vs MsSt

27

8-22

3-10

2

1

1

23

Vs Clemson

37

11-28

3-16

5

4

1

26

Vs Illinois

29

9-21

1-7

4

2

4

19

Vs P5 average
34 mins | 40-119 fg (33.6%) | 14-55 3pt (25.4%) | 5 rpg | 2 apg | 21.7 ppg


Not very efficient I could see that being an issue.. she also is used to never coming off the floor. Those are 2 very big questions to her game

I wonder if that’s because she was really the only thing her team had going on so she was carrying that team on her shoulders?

 

[VolFuture]

Shot volume wins games. She designs her system to create offensive rebounds and defensive turnovers. Both of those create superior shot volume.

And that’s a big reason I think she is a fit! Just will be such a change for her. Especially for a 1 year

 

[VolBall09]

Not a good fit at all… I pray she doesn’t. They are run and gun I don’t see it. Beers is one of the best halfcourt players in the country

Eh I think she’d do well there, they really need a post. I’d much rather see her there than UConn haha

 

[VolFuture]

I wonder if that’s because she was really the only thing her team had going on so she was carrying that team on her shoulders?

They were a good team. 1 player going 6-20 isn’t beating an SEC team

 

[VolFuture]

Eh I think she’d do well there, they really need a post. I’d much rather see her there than UConn haha

I’d rather see her at Indiana or Texas or Oregon State or Stanford or idk there’s just so many better fits imo… she’ll do good anywhere but where will she do the best. Uconn is a good fit lmao

 

[dazzleme]

They were a good team. 1 player going 6-20 isn’t beating an SEC team

Just thinking that given the pieces Coach Kim is assembling here she would just be one part of a dynamic group of shooters so not so much pressure. The stat sheet doesn’t tell us what percentage shot she was taking.

 

[VolFuture]

Just thinking that given the pieces Coach Kim is assembling here she would just be one part of a dynamic group of shooters so not so much pressure. The stat sheet doesn’t tell us what percentage shot she was taking.

Yeah I agree I love this fit. I’m concerned about her feelings about it. Bc it will 100% be a reduced roll for her last year.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Kim isn’t building this team around one player, she is building it around 1 goal. To win championships. She’s looking for young women who want to do that and want to be part of a team concept and scheme that she knows works.

We are not going to be a one dimensional team. And Kim is definitely a “bad shot is better than a turnover kind of gal” would rather see us get shots up and give ourself a chance.

So if she has a chance on a generational talent she won’t take her and build around her?

 

[lfvol]

She’s a beast man, I love her game. I do hope we can get in with her.

Agreed regarding Lazo, the portal guards from Miami and AL are pretty mediocre by the numbers. Hope we get the best we can for one year and make a splash with a couple of difference makers in the 2025 class.

 

[LV renaissance]

I would love it if we got Spearman and Pondexter to go along with Latham. We are so thin for Centers and forwards, and will be even more so after next year. So, great plan to get some of the better youngsters who can play those positions for at least two more years but also to get a real experienced one. With Pondexter, we get such an offensive threat that we are not getting with Spearman if we get her, so they will complement each other beautifully. If we get all three bigs and Nye, this is much better than I was expecting this year.

 

[Rocky Knocksville]

The Vol Vault is posting that Lazaria Spearman has committed

 

[VolFuture]

So if she has a chance on a generational talent she won’t take her and build around her?

Her system> one player

 

[J-Dog 1313]

The Vol Vault is posting that Lazaria Spearman has committed

Wow. Let's make it so. GBO

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Her system> one player

So she won’t go after the best players because of her system?

 

[House|RockyTop]

If she is landing some of the best players and that have starter experience at their former schools out of the portal, what makes anyone think she will not sign those same type of players out of HS?

Nothing will be good enough for certain fans. If you feel this strongly about being a part of a team and their decision making then why not purse a career in coaching?

 

[kell7517]

They don’t read this forum. One of my besties is on the softball team. They could care less about this space. Aren’t you the one that contacts recruits and says stuff?

Yep!!

 

[Volfan2012]

The Vol Vault is posting that Lazaria Spearman has committed

Spearman is a really high level talented player. Only flaw is free throw shooting. Miami had a lot of bigs and they only played her 18 minutes guess trying to keep everybody happy. I'm really liking our potential in the post with this sophomore and the freshman Latham.

 

[ttharp]

So she won’t go after the best players because of her system?

That was never the point.

The INITIAL point made was CKC won’t build her system around one player. That doesn’t mean she won’t pursue generational talent.

You can pursue a generational player without building your system around them, especially if other talented players are on the roster.

Ask Dawn Staley and Milaysia Fulwiley.

 

[ttharp]

Spearman is a really high level talented player. Only flaw is free throw shooting. Miami had a lot of bigs and they only played her 18 minutes guess trying to keep everybody happy. I'm really liking our potential in the post with this sophomore and the freshman Latham.

She has so much upside! I do think Spearman can develop some back-to-the-basket moves. In the limited film I’ve seen on her, I haven’t seen her make post moves.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

That was never the point.

The INITIAL point made was CKC won’t build her system around one player. That doesn’t mean she won’t pursue generational talent.

You can pursue a generational player without building your system around them, especially if other talented players are on the roster.

Ask Dawn Staley and Milaysia Fulwiley.

Juju Watkins is the type of player I’m talking about, but we will see because none of us know what the coach will do, too much talk about system when every team has a system they run. Once the season starts we will see how the team plays

 

[Volfan2012]

She has so much upside! I do think Spearman can develop some back-to-the-basket moves. In the limited film I’ve seen on her, I haven’t seen her make post moves.

She would've been a double double player with more playing time. They kind of split it three ways with Oldacre getting about the same amount of minutes and another post getting a few. Overall she shot 51 percent from the field and had a 1.23 scoring efficiency rating even with a very poor free throw shooting season. If she could get that free throw percentage up to 70 percent she becomes really efficient on offense in the coming seasons.

 

[Volfan2012]

Juju Watkins is the type of player I’m talking about, but we will see because none of us know what the coach will do, too much talk about system when every team has a system they run. Once the season starts we will see how the team plays

I'd much rather have a balanced scoring team than one player trying to do to much. They won a lot of games, but lost several they should have won when she went 6 of 30 from the field. I know she is going to get better, but hopefully for USC she stops taking so many shots and tries to get everyone involved more.

 

[ttharp]

Juju Watkins is the type of player I’m talking about, but we will see because none of us know what the coach will do, too much talk about system when every team has a system they run. Once the season starts we will see how the team plays

Juju wasn’t surrounded by other elite players. She had to be option number one every night. I’m sure CKC would take a player like her in a heartbeat.

As for the system, I see what you’re saying. We haven’t seen her coach at this level.