2026 Vols Transfer Portal Thread

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B1G can't fade away fast enough for me. Multimedia three time zone Conference of Theseus garbage.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
JP has 2x offer over ours from two teams. We’re cautious about the foot and that may be that. We’ll see.
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We’re not sniffing a final four without a big with scoring ability like Estrella has flashed this season. If we move on due to his foot, then we’re going to have to pony up equal or more for his replacement
 
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In the pro's, you see trades fall through once a team gets a medical eval on a player and they see something they don't like. Is that a thing with these college NIL arrangements? Like, if some team offered Estrella $4M and he goes there, and they evaluate his foot and are like umm...that ain't good... are they stuck?
 
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If the numbers we keep hearing are true (and I have my doubts) the NIL market isn't up 20-25 percent as predicted, it's up 100 percent. AJ Dybantsa got 5 million from BYU as by far the highest paid guy in CBB last season. A couple weeks ago Dan Hurley said 4.5 million was the highest he'd even heard asked for from anyone. Now JP is supposedly getting 4 million offers? The same JP who is oft injured, and who struggles to defend, especially without fouling? I just have a hard time believing JP could command fringe NBA lottery pick money. If a team is willing to pay that, they're nuts.
 
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Is there a specific big we are targeting if Estrella leaves? Cyril doesn’t have the type of offense Estrella does and he’s the only one I’ve seen mentioned that we will be involved with.
 
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Once again, I like JP. A lot of talent. A lot of pitfalls as well. Id rather have a guy like Okpara at the 5 though. JPs offensive potential doesn't make up for the fouls and lack of rim protection especially if Carey and Brown are sticking and playing the 4.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
If the numbers we keep hearing are true (and I have my doubts) the NIL market isn't up 20-25 percent as predicted, it's up 100 percent. AJ Dybantsa got 5 million from BYU as by far the highest paid guy in CBB last season. A couple weeks ago Dan Hurley said 4.5 million was the highest he'd even heard asked for from anyone. Now JP is supposedly getting 4 million offers? The same JP who is oft injured, and who struggles to defend, especially without fouling? I just have a hard time believing JP could command fringe NBA lottery pick money. If a team is willing to pay that, they're nuts.
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Only legit number I’ve seen is SF’s “2 teams offering double our offer”. The other specific dollar numbers posted I view as internet guesses until a verified source confirms.
 
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omghulkhands said:
By all accounts it sounds like we’ve got the money this year to be pretty aggressive and if we decide that the bidding price on JP is too high, then I’ll trust the staff.

The concern is obviously you commit all this money to a guy who may get hurt again. We see these injury albatross players all the time in the NBA. You can’t win with 25% of your cap on the bench.

So I can understand why we might not match a huge number. I wouldn’t wanna risk my season on JP’s foot either. If this is our one big chance, then let’s be smart about it.
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This is all fair and I am reserving judgement on the roster till it becomes more clear how it will shape up, but given the short supply of talented big men, I just have concerns about where things are going if we’ve already lost Okpara (grad), Estrella (rumored portal), and Phillips (portal).

It’s been previously mentioned that one of the primary issues with the roster was the lack of continuity from year to year and how long it took for guys to gel. Well…..right now it’s looking like our returning core may be Amari Evans, Bishop Boswell, Dewayne Brown, and Jaylen Carey. And that’s assuming none of them defect as well.
 
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People are going to be pissed if Estrella leaves and we end up paying $1 million for a guy to give Carey 10 minutes to breathe every game.
 
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