2026 Vols Transfer Portal Thread

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bleedingTNorange said:
If that happens my guess is they look at any guys who also withdraw from the draft and return to school, hope for 5th year to pass, scour the portal, look overseas at options.
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I guess the question would be is there a guy who you could get now that, while not Juke, is a good player…don’t want to end up again with an Abram or Burg….🤷‍♂️
 
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Col_Cathcart said:
If the correct stat agrees with you, use it. Don’t try and draw conclusions from stats that don’t show what you’re wanting to measure. If you’re talking about individual contributions, use the stat that controls for team context. Otherwise you aren’t proving anything.

I’m not the person you were arguing with, but for me, this is an issue of process. If you reach the right conclusion for the wrong reasons, it’s worthless imo.
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Agree with your point although both are relevant to the discussion that was being had...one has JP #2 and the other #5. The implication that JP is pretty good on offense is the same either way which was my only point.
 
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In business, you interview, decide who is the best candidate and make them an offer. That person who we offered is almost certainly chasing multiple interviews and offers. So, actually getting your top top choice is always a little bit of a gamble.
Juke (and his agents) is/are conducting multiple interviews and getting multiple offers ... it is not a failure on our part (Tennessee's part) if he signs with another 'business'! It happens.
People interviewing don't always take the most money. Sometimes, they shoot for what they believe is the best quality of life.
I'm suggesting we stop rubbing our hands together and worrying. Pick up a good book and read it. Go play pickleball. Go swim some laps or play a round of golf. We made a good faith offer. We'll find out Juke's decision ... when he makes it.
 
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SN-A-C Orange said:
In business, you interview, decide who is the best candidate and make them an offer. That person who we offered is almost certainly chasing multiple interviews and offers. So, actually getting your top top choice is always a little bit of a gamble.
Juke (and his agents) is/are conducting multiple interviews and getting multiple offers ... it is not a failure on our part (Tennessee's part) if he signs with another 'business'! It happens.
People interviewing don't always take the most money. Sometimes, they shoot for what they believe is the best quality of life.
I'm suggesting we stop rubbing our hands together and worrying. Pick up a good book and read it. Go play pickleball. Go swim some laps or play a round of golf. We made a good faith offer. We'll find out Juke's decision ... when he makes it.
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You lost me at pickleball (tennis for non-athletes or glorified ping pong)
 
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Barnes mentioned filling out the roster - obviously Juke is one player we are waiting on, and it seems like another big is gonna take that last spot. Anybody have an idea on timeline or hearing mutterings of who/when? For the money/role, Bamgboye (played with Hill at VCU) probably not a bad one.
 
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I got my worry wart-ness from my mother so I come by it honestly, but I am seeing some reporting that since Blackwell Duked up, Louisville has pivoted back to pursuing Juke; I hope their resources are getting low.
 
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walkenvol said:
One minute the narrative is “our big donors will come up with whatever money is needed to assemble a roster to give Barnes a final four roster - there is no set budget” to comparative pricing narratives like above? Which narrative is correct?
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I was ruminating on how the comments from the same people have changed from “Barnes’s staff knows how good JP is” to “Barnes’s staff made a mistake when they let JP go”. The attitude is always: Barnes’s staff knows better than you, but not better than me.

I see we often overlook that our coaching staff simply works with what it can get and we’ll never have a perfect situation.
 
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Vols410 said:
The way I see it, if your perimeter is loaded with scorers that can shoot and slash to the rim it’s not worth spending $$$ on a guy that has to take up space in the lane to get his production in. That can hurt you more than it helps you.
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I think Michigan, Michigan St, Illinois, Indiana and several other big 10 teams would disagree.
 
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sami said:
That's the point. The bigs are clearly not being relied on as much for scoring with this roster construction, especially if Juke is aboard. Rim protection, rebounding on both ends, and finishing lobs are going to be the primary requirements.
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Yes, that is exactly the point, and many of us are wondering if this is the right approach given that the last four NCAA championships were won by teams with big, strong, formidable front courts as well as with quality, good-shooting guards and forwards. In other words, BALANCE. We seem to have put together a team with a high-quality backcourt and an undersized, mediocre frontcourt. I guess time will tell if this works out. We will see how the frontcourt players do against the high quality bigs of the top-rated teams.
 
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Col_Cathcart said:
I also think guarding a big stiff like Edey is probably a favorable matchup for him (stylistically). Even early on, he never had the foot speed to stay in front of people on the perimeter.
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I’m not sure why anyone is bringing up Edey. We never had an answer for him on defense. Our only defense was Knecht on offense.
 
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adam.vol said:
I’m not sure why anyone is bringing up Edey. We never had an answer for him on defense. Our only defense was Knecht on offense.
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Turn the audio up so you can hear them talk about how Freshman Estrella is doing better than most of his older Big Ten Competition. The point has nothing to do with whether an eight foot Frankenstein with a ref immunity scored. The question was whether a healthy JP had defensive potential. Yes, he did.
 
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joevols89 said:
Honestly they need to hold off on this until fall. You can’t be doing this in middle of portal season. Will suck for these group of seniors but someone has to get screwed. ZZ/Gainey will be the ones who got screwed if this goes through now.
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If they pass this, then they are setting themselves up for a ton of lawsuits from past players.
 
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