2024 Transfer Portal Thread

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TheMookieMonster said:
I will be concerned if we don’t land Lanier because it seems like we built a large portion of our off-season plan around landing him. If we don’t get him, we’ll have a lot of question marks at the 2/3 from a production standpoint.

Everyone hopes that Cam Carr is the real deal, but that’s expecting way too much. I wouldn’t be all to thrilled if our primary scoring options at the 2/3 were the group you listed above. Highly doubt Boswell is going to be ready to contribute.
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With Gainey & Shack, the 2/3 is where we return the most production outside of ZZ.

Dubar also can play the 3.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
With Gainey & Shack, the 2/3 is where we return the most production outside of ZZ.

Dubar also can play the 3.
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I can’t say I’m entirely confident if our primary scoring options at wing are Gainey and Mashack. Maybe that’s harsh, but just how I feel. I think everyone here has always liked the potential of Mashack to improve his scoring, but hard to say if he can provide the scoring punch needed for an entire season if that becomes asked of him.

He’s always been a glue guy with exceptional defense, leadership, and intangibles that is necessary for a team. But whether he can make the Josh Richardson type scoring leap for his final year is a huge question mark for this team if Lanier goes elsewhere.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I can’t say I’m entirely confident if our primary scoring options at wing are Gainey and Mashack. Maybe that’s harsh, but just how I feel. I think everyone here has always liked the potential of Mashack to improve his scoring, but hard to say if he can provide the scoring punch needed for an entire season if that becomes asked of him.

He’s always been a glue guy with exceptional defense, leadership, and intangibles that is necessary for a team. But whether he can make the Josh Richardson type scoring leap for his final year is a huge question mark for this team if Lanier goes elsewhere.
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We'll just revert to a strategy of holding opponents under 45 and scoring a few more than that
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I can’t say I’m entirely confident if our primary scoring options at wing are Gainey and Mashack. Maybe that’s harsh, but just how I feel. I think everyone here has always liked the potential of Mashack to improve his scoring, but hard to say if he can provide the scoring punch needed for an entire season if that becomes asked of him.

He’s always been a glue guy with exceptional defense, leadership, and intangibles that is necessary for a team. But whether he can make the Josh Richardson type scoring leap for his final year is a huge question mark for this team if Lanier goes elsewhere.
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Yep. And the staff prioritized that position and targeted one of the biggest fish in the portal for it. So it would be a huge concern if we miss and someone else doesn’t emerge as a backup option.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I can’t say I’m entirely confident if our primary scoring options at wing are Gainey and Mashack. Maybe that’s harsh, but just how I feel. I think everyone here has always liked the potential of Mashack to improve his scoring, but hard to say if he can provide the scoring punch needed for an entire season if that becomes asked of him.

He’s always been a glue guy with exceptional defense, leadership, and intangibles that is necessary for a team. But whether he can make the Josh Richardson type scoring leap for his final year is a huge question mark for this team if Lanier goes elsewhere.
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At least we've seen Gainey and Mashack against the SEC though and both are more than capable of scoring 12+ a night with more volume.

Our top 3 scorers all averaged 9 or more attempts a game. Gainey only shot 6.2 and Mashack just 3.5. Fans are putting all their eggs in one basket far more than the coaching staff on Chaz Lanier. Again I like him, and think he's talented enough to help us win next year, but he's still got his question marks as well. Despite playing 30+ games each of the last 3 years and averaging 20 mpg each season he only had one season averaging over 5 ppg. The only thing that change really was his attempts went from 3.4 & 3.8 a game to 13.1 a game. Mashack and Gainey both with that many attempts would averaged 14 ppg or more (projecting with previous numbers).

And we really don't know if Lanier's game will translate to the SEC or not.

This past year against the better competition on the schedule Chaz's numbers suggest he could play at this level though. But still an unknown.

at Iowa: 16 pts, 77.8% FG, 100% 3PT
at Miami: 12 pts, 40% FG, 44.4% 3PT
at FSU: 22 pts, 38.9% FG, 33.3% 3PT
vs Georgia: 16 pts, 54.5% FG, 50.0% 3PT
at LSU: 7 pts, 25.0% FG, 25.0% 3PT
 
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joevols89 said:
Yep. And the staff prioritized that position and targeted one of the biggest fish in the portal for it. So it would be a huge concern if we miss and someone else doesn’t emerge as a backup option.
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Is that true though?

Chaz wasn't even in the portal until the new legislation forced him to enter April 24th (just a week before it closed)...and we haven't been mentioned with any other 2 guard at all. Seems like the staff prioritized longer wing guys (Tyson, Dubar, Tucker) and frontcourt players (Felix, Igor) more than the guard spot.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
247sports.com

Transfer Portal Scoop: Latest Intel on top uncommitted players Chaz Lanier, Cam Christie, JT Toppin, DJ Wagner

Here's the latest intel we are hearing on some of the top available transfers including Chaz Lanier, Cam Christie, JT Toppin, DJ Wagner and more.
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Anyone with 247?
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What we are hearing:

North Florida's Chaz Lanier is the top guard available in the transfer portal. He is ranked No. 11 overall in the portal.

Lanier was expected to take visits to both Tennessee and Kentucky last weekend but when he received an invite to the G League Elite Camp, Lanier headed off to Chicago and put a pause on his recruitment.

However, Lanier didn't get an invite to the NBA Draft Combine after a bit of a disappointing showing at the Elite Camp. That means that coming back to school is the likeliest next step for the 6-foot-4, 199-pound guard.

Upon returning from Chicago, Lanier will move rather quickly with his transfer recruitment. We expect to see some rescheduled visits to go see the Volunteers and Wildcats in next week or two.

Tennessee opened the gates as the heavy favorites but Kentucky has made up some ground. The Volunteers remain the likely pick, but with the Wildcats making a strong move we aren't calling this race until after Lanier checks out Knoxville and Lexington.
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AngryButchJones said:
Kentucky thinks they're getting every great player and every great coach and that they're God's gift to basketball in the SEC.

We see how that's worked out for them so far in 2024.
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No inside info. But based on reading through the comments i think he is coming to Tennessee. He was either going to the NBA or Tennessee. He hasn’t committed because he was deciding on one of those two choices. I don’t think he is going to the NBA. He is not ready.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Maybe they update will calm down @TrippieRedd a bit, although somehow I doubt it
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Soooo basically 50/50…just like Trilly said? Lol

It’s money vs development. I’ve been saying that the whole time. He will get more money at UK, but will get developed better at UT.

I was just passing along info from another board earlier. I don’t usually lurk on other boards enough to know if they are legit or not.
 
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