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Wang Chun
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I also think Barnes gave an unequivocal endorsement to A) Boost Ament's draft stock and B) signal to Juke that he needs to jump on boardI’m not sure how anyone could map how the Ament story could go any other way given the situation. Barnes loves Ament. Ament loves Barnes and UT. Ament has an undeniably valuable opportunity to evaluate his position in the draft by entering. Barnes encourages that and goes on record saying the obvious that the kid is a rare talent and should enter the draft. Ament enters the draft without any stated equivocation because that would be perceived as a negative. The likely outcome is a high grade and a potentially higher draft position. He stays. In the (much) less likely scenario, he’s given a lower grade, and he contemplates a return. Everyone is doing and saying the only reasonable things to do and say given the situation. Barnes is not stupid and of course he didn’t cause or even affect this decision. Ament entering the draft was obviously the ONLY path.
Easy to read layout from VQ…
Tennessee basketball's 2026-27 roster so far
1 G Tyler Lundblade (Graduate)
2 G Dai Dai Ames (Senior)
3 F Miles Rubin (Senior)
4 G Terrence Hill Jr. (Junior)
5 F Braedan Lue (Junior)
6 F Jalen Haralson (Sophomore)
7 G Troy Henderson (Sophomore)
8 F DeWayne Brown II (Sophomore)
9 G Marquis Clark (Freshman)
10 G Manny Green (Freshman)
11 G Ralph Scott (Freshman)
12 F Chris Washington Jr. (Freshman)
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15 G Campbell Duncan (Junior)
16 G Gavin Paull (Junior)
That’s the other big question. What do we do with the final scholarship assuming we land Juke?
Millhouse:Easy to read layout from VQ…
Tennessee basketball's 2026-27 roster so far
1 G Tyler Lundblade (Graduate)
2 G Dai Dai Ames (Senior)
3 F Miles Rubin (Senior)
4 G Terrence Hill Jr. (Junior)
5 F Braedan Lue (Junior)
6 F Jalen Haralson (Sophomore)
7 G Troy Henderson (Sophomore)
8 F DeWayne Brown II (Sophomore)
9 G Marquis Clark (Freshman)
10 G Manny Green (Freshman)
11 G Ralph Scott (Freshman)
12 F Chris Washington Jr. (Freshman)
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14
15 G Campbell Duncan (Junior)
16 G Gavin Paull (Junior)

I agree with youI don’t see Henderson coming off shoulder surgery being much of a factor (I could be wrong). There’s a solid 7-man rotation there right now, but really need Juke and another depth piece to round out the roster. I would like any freshmen impact to be a “nice to have” and not really need to rely on them to be part of the rotation.
