Donnie Freeman in the portal

[eastcuse]

Souare too.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Bummer on Freeman.

Congrats to Souare.

 

[SUforme]

Good clean sweep this thing!

 

[SaveSUHoops]

Guess the cupboard was bare, after all. Not that I'm complaining. More than happy to clean house (Kiyan and hopefully Sadiq aside). New era, new roster. To the portal we go...

 

[capeorange]

Hope he can stay healthy wherever he goes.
I'm glad he decided to pursue other opportunities.

 

[orangepassion]

Just as a reminder, it is possible to come back after going in to the portal. So let's not close the door on anyone until they sign elsewhere and overly bash these guys

 

[Cuse House]

See ya, not worth 2-3 million. I am pleased with the complete overhaul. It is hard to turn a losing locker room into a winning locker room without removing certain pieces. Donnie is a talented player who lacks a motor and leadership.

 

[RF2044]

I don't harbor animosity toward Freeman, but I'm not disappointed to see him go. He needs to go somewhere else, where he'll be pushed hard. The tools are there, but he didn't do his professional chances any favors these past two years.

Best of luck elsewhere.

 

[ScriptCuse]

Sorry to see it didn't work out for him here. Wish him the best!

 

[PauliePeppas]

Good luck

 

[TheHaze315]

Would like to keep White. Doty and White isn’t a bad start to overhauling the entire roster.

 

[RF2044]

Would like to keep White. Doty and White isn’t a bad start to overhauling the entire roster.

Agreed. But if White leaves, too, then let's go get someone from the portal.

I hope White stays, because I think he'd be good in this system GMac wants to play. But I'm not worried about anyone on the current roster bailing.

 

[sufan59]

Would like to keep White. Doty and White isn’t a bad start to overhauling the entire roster.

I would be happy to keep White as well, but completely understand if it’s not meant to be. This is the new business. Expect to keep no one during a coaching change. Be surprised if you do and hopefully it’s the cream of the crop, which I believe Sadiq is out of the entire group. Kiyan aside, who has the fundamentals to break out at any point.

 

[CA Monk]

Does Benny Williams have any eligibility left?
As a friend of mine would say, "That's not even funny."

 

[tptcuse]

He’ll make a bunch of money and he should. I wish him the best and hope he stays healthy.

 

[Biaxtar]

Souare too.

Did not Sourare enter yet online

 

[Cusefan69]

Good luck to him. Guy is talented but highly injury prone and questionable effort. Perhaps new surroundings will help. Presumably we replace his talent with an equivalent. We have the money supposedly. Go out and get it!

 

[007]

Guess the cupboard was bare, after all. Not that I'm complaining. More than happy to clean house (Kiyan and hopefully Sadiq aside). New era, new roster. To the portal we go...

Or, the staff thinks he has the talent (cupboard isn't bare part) but didn't feel the value was there relative to the NIL part of the equation. Or, Freeman was asked to stay, but wants to test the market.

Presupposing that GMac was deliberately misrepresenting the talent in the cupboard seems like the least likely assumption.

 

[tptcuse]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I don't harbor animosity toward Freeman, but I'm not disappointed to see him go. He needs to go somewhere else, where he'll be pushed hard. The tools are there, but he didn't do his professional chances any favors these past two years.

Best of luck elsewhere.

I watch a bunch of NBA and watch all these young guys coming into the league busting their butt for some playing time. Donnie is so far down the line as far as being a potential NBA player. I really don't know what he has done the last two seasons that screams to pay him two or three million in NIL.

 

[Orangefizz]

I’d rather have Hill and Djokovic from VCU than Donnie

 

[Irishsecra1]

I wish him well but his late season swan song made me want to see him move on.
He should have been an on court leader but his personality just wouldn't allow it.

 

[Bulldog04]

What a weird tenure at cuse for Donnie

 

[LAorange44]

Not crying over Dinky. His player efficiency according to Bart Torvik would have made him a 6th man on Michigan. Not the player we were rooting for him to become.

 

[RF2044]

I watch a bunch of NBA and watch all these young guys coming into the league busting their butt for some playing time. Donnie is so far down the line as far as being a potential NBA player. I really don't know what he has done the last two seasons that screams to pay him two or three million in NIL.

Nothing.

But he's a legit 6-10 with stretch four capabilities. He has not fully "grown" into his physique yet, either.

On the other hand, he shies away from contact, has yet to prove that he can be an inside-out player, and doesn't defend. At all.

Which is why he needs to go somewhere like Alabama [just for example, since they recruited him heavily out of HS] where he is going to get pushed to work hard, and play within a structured offensive concept.

If he does, then I would see him in the NBA. He's a former McD's all american -- so some team out there will take a chance on him in terms of NIL.

Tools are there, not sure about the attitude.