2024 - Portal Tracker

[Cusesky8214]

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[MSOrange]

Guess we reached out to Bryce Pope

Ugh definitely not a point guard and can't say I'm all that excited about his shooting stats.

 

[Cuse1055]

If there’s not a top tier PG available/affordable then I’m all about bringing in versatile talent like Roddy. He’s an all-league capable performer and brings more toughness to the backcourt.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Ugh definitely not a point guard and can't say I'm all that excited about his shooting stats.

I assume we are just doing due diligence. Or at least hope so.

 

[Cusesky8214]

I assume we are just doing due diligence. Or at least hope so.

Doesn't really make sense though for our staff to just reach out for due diligence...we seem to be pretty selective in who we reach out to compared to other schools who are linked to many more players in the portal. Whatever their vision is he must fit. It's definitely a little strange though considering the pieces we already have and the ones we still need.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Doesn't really make sense though for our staff to just reach out for due diligence...we seem to be pretty selective in who we reach out to compared to other schools who are linked to many more players in the portal. Whatever their vision is he must fit. It's definitely a little strange though considering the pieces we already have and the ones we still need.

Still need backup options if Leffew doesn’t come through.

 

[Melancer46]

Doesn't really make sense though for our staff to just reach out for due diligence...we seem to be pretty selective in who we reach out to compared to other schools who are linked to many more players in the portal. Whatever their vision is he must fit. It's definitely a little strange though considering the pieces we already have and the ones we still need.

It really only makes sense if (1) we were interested in selling him on being a 6th man, microwave scorer type off the bench or (2) plan on playing JJ at PG or moving JJ to the bench.

#2 doesn't feel likely to me. #1 maybe, but I doubt Pope goes for that.

 

[rrlbees]

Ugh definitely not a point guard and can't say I'm all that excited about his shooting stats.

I don’t get our interest in all these 2Gs. We have JJ and his backup is Moore. That doesn’t even include Westry if healthy. I had a gut feel a couple months ago that people got mad at me about. But maybe our PG is JJ. Then you can sell a starting 2G spot to a Pope, a Reynolds, a Gayle, etc.

 

[Giants1973]

I don’t get our interest in all these 2Gs. We have JJ and his backup is Moore. That doesn’t even include Westry if healthy. I had a gut feel a couple months ago that people got mad at me about. But maybe our PG is JJ. Then you can sell a starting 2G spot to a Pope, a Reynolds, a Gayle, etc.

If that is the case . Pope , Reynolds and Gayle needs to be a knock down 3point shot!!!!

 

[Cusefan0307]

I don’t get our interest in all these 2Gs. We have JJ and his backup is Moore. That doesn’t even include Westry if healthy. I had a gut feel a couple months ago that people got mad at me about. But maybe our PG is JJ. Then you can sell a starting 2G spot to a Pope, a Reynolds, a Gayle, etc.

That would be a signal of doom and desperation IMO.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Maybe it looks like we are unlikely to get a point guard better than JJ?

 

[Melancer46]

I don’t get our interest in all these 2Gs. We have JJ and his backup is Moore. That doesn’t even include Westry if healthy. I had a gut feel a couple months ago that people got mad at me about. But maybe our PG is JJ. Then you can sell a starting 2G spot to a Pope, a Reynolds, a Gayle, etc.

I view the current roster at 1-3 as basically:

• JJ: Primarily SG, some PG
• Cuffe: PG/SG
• Westry: Primarily SF, some SG/PG
• Bell: Exclusively SF
• Moore: Primarily SG, some SF

We know JJ and Bell will have big roles. The other three are all question marks for one reason or another. There's a lot of minutes to go around 1-3 IMO. Best of luck to the staff selling guys like Gayle on coming off the bench though. It is definitely odd that we're potentially pursuing guys like him, Pope, etc. Leffew has at least shown some flashes of PG skills but I'd throw him in that category too.

I agree with the overall point; I can't help but wonder if the staff intends to give JJ a lot more minutes at PG than we originally thought. I think there's plenty of bench minutes to go around for off-ball guys too but I don't really envision the guys that we're reaching out to accepting a bench role. Maybe a chance that Pope could go for that.

 

[Orangezoo]

Still need backup options if Leffew doesn’t come through.

Also wondering if maybe Westry is never going to be healthy and/or Cuffe could decide to leave too..

 

[dasher]

I don’t get our interest in all these 2Gs. We have JJ and his backup is Moore. That doesn’t even include Westry if healthy. I had a gut feel a couple months ago that people got mad at me about. But maybe our PG is JJ. Then you can sell a starting 2G spot to a Pope, a Reynolds, a Gayle, etc.

I think our pt guard is Leffew

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I think our pt guard is Leffew

I hope you're right. I think he'll be sneaky good.

 

[Jake]

you can’t bargain if no one wants you. “Portal reach outs” are yesterdays “has offers from”. We’ll let our names be associated with lots of players we have very little interest in.

It’s good long term business…

 

[Jake]

I think our pt guard is Leffew

So do I.

 

[ssbriefcase]

I don’t get our interest in all these 2Gs. We have JJ and his backup is Moore. That doesn’t even include Westry if healthy. I had a gut feel a couple months ago that people got mad at me about. But maybe our PG is JJ. Then you can sell a starting 2G spot to a Pope, a Reynolds, a Gayle, etc.

JJ isn't good whatsoever at distribution. Can't happen.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Leffew or Davis? Or maybe a surprise? I'm going with Davis.

 

[Cuse181]

I think our pt guard is Leffew

He’s got a rough assist to turnover ratio

 

[rrlbees]

I think our pt guard is Leffew

Wouldn’t be a bad pickup but he’s more of a combo too. Good enough to probably demand a starting spot.

 

[dasher]

Leffew or Davis? Or maybe a surprise? I'm going with Davis.

Jyare? I think we get both.

 

[two3zone]

He’s got a rough assist to turnover ratio

Maybe Im reading it wrong but his defensive metrics are in line with Bell and Starlings. This could be a disaster.

 

[Cuse181]

Maybe Im reading it wrong but his defensive metrics are in line with Bell and Starlings. This could be a disaster.

Worse than starling… yikes. I guess defensive prowess is just going to be optional for the next few years.