Available centers in the basketball portal

[dasher]

You've caught wind of a potential target?

Yeah. Don't get excited.

 

[dasher]

I will be, we need good not great. Someone whe can defend and rebound. A solid 3 star with some size is fine.Olds. BTW this makes me very happy to hear. I like a 4/5 but anything is better than nothing.

You won't be happy. Believe me.

 

[ar inj]

You won't be happy. Believe me.

Any chance they might be able to get more rebounds than a dead man? And how about the corner 3?

 

[DaveT]

You won't be happy. Believe me.

Have you a name in mind. It doesn't take much to make me happy. The curse of the old.

 

[Cheriehoop]

These numbers are highly skewed by the Jaylen Bartleys of the world.
Actual high end scholarship athletes are not having issues finding teams.

Agree. The article he posted said that 50% enrolled at another school, it didn’t say they earned scholarships at another school.

 

[Windyfly]

You won't be happy. Believe me.

Somebody better than nobody??

 

[the villager]

If I recall not many people were happy with Torrence. Did not do much before transferring. With coaching or a better system he became an asset. Could happen again.

 

[dasher]

Have you a name in mind. It doesn't take much to make me happy. The curse of the old.

I do. Not a done deal. On the kids part.

 

[CardiacCuse]

You won't be happy. Believe me.

mannnn...gotta be a rough one if this is the way youre describing things lol

 

[orange79]

I do. Not a done deal. On the kids part.

He found one more year of eligibility!!!

 

[pearl31]

He found one more year of eligibility!!!

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#sleeper

 

[pearl31]

I do. Not a done deal. On the kids part.

cat rescuer II?

 

[pwong]

Yeah. Don't get excited.

Is he better or worse than Ballard lol

 

[tee1222]

We will get a back up center in the portal. No one on this board will be happy with it.

No one? I'm happy with fried crud on a stick.

 

[chugg21]

If I recall not many people were happy with Torrence. Did not do much before transferring. With coaching or a better system he became an asset. Could happen again.

Well he averaged 2 pts and 3 asts so that's still not much for a 3rd guard but we were all just excited to have an actual point guard, you know, play like a point guard.

 

[kingtidge]

We will get a back up center in the portal. No one on this board will be happy with it.

At least we finally have a legit starting center!

If the backup is a beanpole project with ping-pong paddles for hands, so be it... he's a backup. There's been too many recent years where we've had that type as a starter.

 

[pwong]

Honestly at this point, I wouldn't be opposed to someone like Kaosi Ezeagu from Kansas St to be our backup C. Big body from Canada and has played at the P5 level already.

 

[Sbucketball]

Did anyone see this? Is JB still planning on pounding the portal for a backup center?

While expressing that the recruit rankings don't mean a ton to JB, he said there's currently a recruit around 50 who will be a first round NBA draft pick, and another one around 70 or 80 who will be a first rounder. I assume he was talking about Judah, and maybe Chris Bunch (or maybe Justin Taylor, who I think will be more college ready but maybe not better in the long run). Love to hear it

 

[djorange1989]

You won't be happy. Believe me.

so what you are telling us is that Herm the Helicopter Harried isn't walking through that door? because that would make me happy.

 

[rrlbees]

Just reading between the lines of what dasher has said, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a D2/D3 kid.

 

[Cuse'91]

Man, so this is how it feels to be a fan of a mediocre program.

 

[Niastri]

Just reading between the lines of what dasher has said, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a D2/D3 kid.

It's tough to get a guy who is leaving his current team because he wants more minutes to come here and play no minutes. The sale has to be about something else. With Torrence, it was "you have always wanted to be Orange, haven't you?" I suspect the same pitch went to Ballard, who didn't buy.

A grad transfer center from a small school will be more about "Get a Newhouse grad degree and get to tell people for the rest of your life you played basketball at Syracuse." No to player is taking that pitch.

I only hope he can catch the ball and not get pushed around too much. It wouldn't be too much to ask for a Notre Dame type thick ground pounder who can hit an open jumper and box out effectively, would it?

 

[Gotothehole]

Let’s see if Clingan stays… Players, especially freshman, are always confident they can compete for time, that doesn’t always come to fruition.

It’s call using your bench

 

[AlaskaSU]

He found one more year of eligibility!!!

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Devin had a blown shoulder. Might have been a keeper.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Just reading between the lines of what dasher has said, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a D2/D3 kid.

I've attached the D2 transfer portal. There are a bunch of 6'10 to 7 footers but none that I see have made a name for themselves.

Verbal Commits

www.verbalcommits.com

I don't think D-3 kids have to declare for the portal, but they might need to get a release from their school. Skidmore has a 6'11" kid who puts up some good stats but why would a kid who has played for three years at a school transfer somewhere to sit on the bench.

Greg Skoric - 2022-23 - Men's Basketball - Skidmore College Athletics

Greg Skoric (11) Center/Forward - 2022-23: Team Leadership Award All-Liberty League Honorable Mention Led the Liberty League in rebounding with 10.5 per game

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