2026 Vols Transfer Portal Thread

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bleedingTNorange said:
Trying to get some clarity on that, I’m not sure. I’m leaning towards they’ll roll with Hill, but again I’m not positive, spots are gonna start getting tight.
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Would love to hear, but I guess we'll find out sooner rather than later regardless.

If Hill is the PG and we get Juke and a big, could see something like this:

Hill
Harris
Lundblade
Haralson
Rubin
-
Ames
Brown
Hastings

That's a great rotation - would feel best if we had a 9th guy we could count on, and in this configuration that would hopefully be a guard/PG.
 
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VolsNetClippers2025 said:
Would love to hear, but I guess we'll find out sooner rather than later regardless.

If Hill is the PG and we get Juke and a big, could see something like this:

Hill
Harris
Lundblade
Haralson
Rubin
-
Ames
Brown
Hastings

That's a great rotation - would feel best if we had a 9th guy we could count on, and in this configuration that would hopefully be a guard/PG.
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Got one coming. Nate ament lol
 
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VolsNetClippers2025 said:
Would love to hear, but I guess we'll find out sooner rather than later regardless.

If Hill is the PG and we get Juke and a big, could see something like this:

Hill
Harris
Lundblade
Haralson
Rubin
-
Ames
Brown
Hastings

That's a great rotation - would feel best if we had a 9th guy we could count on, and in this configuration that would hopefully be a guard/PG.
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We need another big, if only for fouls alone.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Well that is disgusting
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I think they may just be looking at “hey he started on an elite eight team, shoots a good percentage from 3, plays good/great defense and has experience playing in a good/great defense, and can cover PG if needed”. I can kinda get with that line of thinking.

Of course, then there’s the FT% that shows the 3PT shooting might be a mirage based on the number of attempts especially if usage is increased, the turnovers, and creation not being shown as a skillset on film…
 
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Lankykong said:
I think they may just be looking at “hey he started on an elite eight team, shoots a good percentage from 3, plays good/great defense and has experience playing in a good/great defense, and can cover PG if needed”. I can kinda get with that line of thinking.

Of course, then there’s the FT% that shows the 3PT shooting might be a mirage based on the number of attempts especially if usage is increased, the turnovers, and creation not being shown as a skillset on film…
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That all seems like surface-level stuff, though. I would like to think that people willing to spend $2 million on a player are more willing to deep dive more than that. I'd love to know what Tennessee (the team that knows him better than anyone) was willing to pay him? If I am a school paying more than that, I'm probably wondering why?
 
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Orangeblooded615 said:
Love to see Barnes and Co take a different approach after last year's portal mess.
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Not sure Id say last year was a mess. Got outbid for one by UsC, didnt have a major one guy wanted. I don’t think the approach last year was the issue. Hes got more money this year. More money makes it easier.
 
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cncchris33 said:
That all seems like surface-level stuff, though. I would like to think that people willing to spend $2 million on a player are more willing to deep dive more than that. I'd love to know what Tennessee (the team that knows him better than anyone) was willing to pay him? If I am a school paying more than that, I'm probably wondering why?
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Yeah…I don’t see a lot of reasons other than surface level reasons to be depending on him as better than your 4-5th best player on an NCAA tournament making team, really
 
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Lankykong said:
Yeah…I don’t see a lot of reasons other than surface level reasons to be depending on him as better than your 4-5th best player on an NCAA tournament making team, really
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Seems like Barnes never mentioned Boswell without glowing over how hard he works every day. If you don’t already have leaders like that on your roster then I could see a lot of value in that.
 
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OrangeInKy said:
Not sure Id say last year was a mess. Got outbid for one by UsC, didnt have a major one guy wanted. I don’t think the approach last year was the issue. Hes got more money this year. More money makes it easier.
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Eh, missing on both McNeely and Rice was not ideal. Turned out ok but that would hang given us another shooter getting one of them
 
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