2026 Vols Transfer Portal Thread

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Jpcisco said:
Tennessee should just stay away from high schoolers unless they are 5 star, one and dones like Ament. They either transfer due to lack of playing time or want crazy money if they are small contributors. I would rather just fill those spots with portal players who have already played some college ball and can contribute when called upon.
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Perhaps player evaluation for high school
talent becomes even more important. Many will be needed immediately for depth and in rotation.

For instance I really like Evans upside but $2M is a ridiculous amount when he hasn’t proved that worth yet, when someone like Ralph Scott walks in the door and can potentially provide comparable minutes/stats, etc…

The NBA pays on potential because they have contracts and time to evaluate rookies. College basketball doesn’t have that luxury. It’s free agency for everyone.
 
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I'm wildly out of touch with the market value because some of these price tags being thrown around sounds ridiculous. Evans for $2million? Are you serious? I mean I thought he had some raw talent and he hustled but he was wildly erratic with his shooting and ball handling.

But I'm also the one that is still shocked when my soft drink is now like $5 that I remeber paying like $1 for.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
When has a buyout ever done anything but go into the AD coffers when a school loses a head coach to another job? There is no stipulation that a buyout that gets paid to a school for losing their coach has to be spent anywhere.

NC State got paid to lose their coach. They hired an assistant from Tennessee who likely had next to nothing in terms of buyout for leaving his assistant role for a head coaching gig. If you are Gainey, you telling NC State to take that $4m and add it into their NIL pool to make it bigger for his first year.

NC State can take that $4m and buy $4m worth of ice cream cones if they wanted to. It is theirs to use however they want.
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IIRC, athletic departments can’t pay NIL which is why organizations like SPYRE (sp?) were created?
 
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orangejuice said:
I don’t think Rice proves anything either way. Using his injury to justify not paying him is outcome bias. At the time, nobody passed on him because they expected him to get injured. Once he gets hurt, you can’t evaluate his ROI vs his NIL anymore, so he’s basically a non-factor in judging that decision.

You can say the allocation worked out in our favor with Ament, but you can’t use Rice's injury as proof he wasn’t worth it.
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Post outcome bias is not more or less real to Volnation than the Time Machine required to prove it.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Sorry, it’s a popular reel lol, just popped in my head this AM…as discussed on here they obviously like Tanner, but he needs to enter the portal. There are a couple other guys too. I know this isn’t something you’re going to like or enjoy but they’re likely to be quieter this year than any other year in hopes of keeping interest and prices down.
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This. Deals will preferably get done before we hear about them.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
This. Deals will preferably get done before we hear about them.
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Yea, if we hear about a guy on campus there’s a pretty good chance that thing is at the finish line…there might be a high profile guy or 2 that we throw our hat in the ring and its known, but for the most part they’re trying to keep stuff quiet.
 
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The answer to this is simple, binding, multi-year NIL deals with buyouts both ways. It requires some risk from both sides, but it would be a way to keep a player in a place for more than one year. Standard coaching change, discipline issues etc nullification clauses, and an NBA only nullification clause. Make a player agree to be available in Knoxville for whatever type of appearance, every home game Saturday and Tuesday/Wednesday throughout the season. Which I believe was how NIL was originally binding to a school anyway, since they couldn't sign directly with a school.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
The answer to this is simple, binding, multi-year NIL deals with buyouts both ways. It requires some risk from both sides, but it would be a way to keep a player in a place for more than one year. Standard coaching change, discipline issues etc nullification clauses, and an NBA only nullification clause. Make a player agree to be available in Knoxville for whatever type of appearance, every home game Saturday and Tuesday/Wednesday throughout the season. Which I believe was how NIL was originally binding to a school anyway, since they couldn't sign directly with a school.
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Sure, but when another school is offering not multi year deals which do you think a player is taking?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yea, if we hear about a guy on campus there’s a pretty good chance that thing is at the finish line…there might be a high profile guy or 2 that we throw our hat in the ring and its known, but for the most part they’re trying to keep stuff quiet.
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So I can leave the Nashville Cracker Barrel bc I won't be seeing Barnes their recruiting this year?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yea, if we hear about a guy on campus there’s a pretty good chance that thing is at the finish line…there might be a high profile guy or 2 that we throw our hat in the ring and its known, but for the most part they’re trying to keep stuff quiet.
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Fingers crossed this is how it goes. In that case, here's to hoping we don't hear TN associated with any top tier talent. How fun would it be if every transfer is a BIG GET that we know nothing about!! That would make for a great portal week! Hard to keep the loose lips from sinking ships nowadays, though!
 
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For the opening day of the transfer portal, this thread sure has screeched to an absolute crawl. I caught up this morning and checked back after 30 min to see like 2 new post... come on team, get it together and give me some reading material to get me through my afternoon workday.
 
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Flogballs said:
Over 30% of their minutes came from returning players, which is in the top 3rd of college basketball. Seems there’s still some value in that - they didn’t get an entirely new roster
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The 5 leading minutes guys are all first year guys; 1 FR and 4 transfers. I’m not sure what you’re looking at but if you look at the avg min played per player and total that up, the top 5 guys avg 48% of the minutes played.
 
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