2023-24 Portal Options

[Mr. M]

Would expect that one to be all but wrapped up with Mike Jones to Maryland today. Recruiting the DMV just got much harder.

Mike Jones!?

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Would expect that one to be all but wrapped up with Mike Jones to Maryland today. Recruiting the DMV just got much harder.

Wasn't he already recruiting that area for Va Tech? Why would it be harder?

 

[Cuse4455]

First it was Pitino at St Johns that will make recruiting NYC much harder, now this guy to Maryland will make the DMV harder. I guess we'll just have to recruit kids from portugal...

 

[DilemaCuse]

Wasn't he already recruiting that area for Va Tech? Why would it be harder?

Fair question but MD is closer and perceived as a better program in that area than Vtech is.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Fair question but MD is closer and perceived as a better program in that area than Vtech is.

And MD has that UA money.

 

[JDubbin]

And MD has that UA money.

Haha I’m not sure UA even has UA money right now

 

[Melancer46]

If Dickinson wants to use next season as an NBA audition then he should do so on a team where he will get burn at the four next to a center who plays at the rim and in a league that isn't the Big 10. We fit that.

I hope we are involved.

I would say the opposite. I think Dickinson as an NBA power forward is a complete non-starter. He's bigger than most NBA centers as is and is less athletic than most of them too. Playing another big man with him in college may work just because their size would overwhelm most opponents, but it wouldn't help his draft prospects in any way IMO. His only path to NBA success is proving that he can survive defensively as a center, likely in drop schemes where his athletic weaknesses can be hidden a bit more.

 

[jdubs30]

I would say the opposite. I think Dickinson as an NBA power forward is a complete non-starter. He's bigger than most NBA centers as is and is less athletic than most of them too. Playing another big man with him in college may work just because their size would overwhelm most opponents, but it wouldn't help his draft prospects in any way IMO. His only path to NBA success is proving that he can survive defensively as a center, likely in drop schemes where his athletic weaknesses can be hidden a bit more.

He is what he is. He is unlikely to improve his draft stock next year regardless of where he plays (assuming he stays in school). He won’t show NBA teams anything new.

 

[50YRsofCuse]

Ok? What I was saying had nothing to do with Cuse

Didnt imply you were referring to the Cuse. I was comparing the recent hire of Syracuse’s new assistant coach who is an Experienced recruiter, has deep DMV Ties and has ties to former Team Takeover players who are looking to transfer.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Good thing Maryland isn't in the ACC that team that outmuscled WVU in the first round would have done extremely well in our conference. Stall ball Big Ten not so much.

Noone is doing less with more than Juwon Howard despite a couple of upsets last year when he should have been in the NIT Willard is a creep but he'll get improved coaching there.

Do you want to stay in that conference and be booed every time you touch the ball though when your a dominant player that the NBA simply isn't interested in?

 

[Melancer46]

He is what he is. He is unlikely to improve his draft stock next year regardless of where he plays (assuming he stays in school). He won’t show NBA teams anything new.

I would tend to agree. The only two things I think he could theoretically get more opportunities for to try to improve his draft stock would be (1) showing more than just flashes of passing, being more like a Sabonis type of offensive hub than a post-up scorer that occasionally passes and (2) significantly upping the 3 point attempts while continuing to be a knockdown shooter.

He's shown flashes of both of those things but probably not as much as NBA teams would like to see.

Realistically though, I agree; he'll be 23 years old next season and just doesn't seem to be athletic enough to survive defensively at any position in the NBA unless he just turns into an expert in defensive positioning.

 

[Sherman20]

Interesting if he stays in the Big 10.

Especially if his goal is to win a championship. Something the Big10 hasn’t done in 24 years.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[rrlbees]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just start listing players not in the portal?

 

[FrancoPizza]

First it was Pitino at St Johns that will make recruiting NYC much harder, now this guy to Maryland will make the DMV harder. I guess we'll just have to recruit kids from portugal...

If Red is the right man for the job we should be confident that we’ll secure our fair share of a-list targets. This off season - for better or worse - May be a foreshadowing of his longevity on the hill.

 

[qdawgg]

Downward trajectory……

 

[UpstateSM]

 

[Orangezoo]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just start listing players not in the portal?

It's dizzying

 

[pwong]

He’s going to get a nice bag from wherever he ends up

 

[kingtidge]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Jalen Carey in the portal. Dad good friends with Red. Just saying.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Jalen Carey in the portal. Dad good friends with Red. Just saying.

In the history of the portal has any player transferred back to their original school?

 

[Cuse1055]

In the history of the portal has any player transferred back to their original school?

Wahab (and then again)

 

[cliftonparksufan]

In the history of the portal has any player transferred back to their original school?

Yes. Didn't Qudus Wahab? Siena might have a guard transfer back.

 

[TheHaze315]

Hope Jalen finds a nice landing spot, but he’s not an ACC caliber player.