Morbidly curious who will announce first

[orangenauburn]

No. Go after elite transfers. If we can get McCord on the football side we can get an elite basketball transfer.

Fran expects the fan base, donors, and alums to pony up, up to $8m per year on top of what the school allocates for NIL - and that's probably for retention and recruitment of what, 15-20 guys

What does Red need for 4-5?

 

[djcon57]

To be fair, JJ was a highly rated McD all-American and first-team all-ACC freshman. That's at least as "elite" of a pedigree as Kyle had coming in. It just didn't work out with JJ (and injuries may have at least something to do with that).

Kyle started for a one loss Ohio State team
JJ was a starter on a losing Notre Dame team.

It’s not close

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

 

[PauliePeppas]

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Hopefully Qadir wont be his study partner

 

[Red2003]

Hopefully Qadir wont be his study partner

Hahah. Comments like this are why I come here.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Hopefully Qadir wont be his study partner

Quadir doesn’t even know who is coach is gonna be next year.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Quadir doesn’t even know who is coach is gonna be next year.

What if Quadir and Bell end up with Wade at NC State next year? Would be juicy.

 

[Fly Rodder]

What if Quadir and Bell end up with Wade at NC State next year? Would be juicy.

I can definitely see that happening.

 

[tptcuse]

What if Quadir and Bell end up with Wade at NC State next year? Would be juicy.

That seems quite possible.

 

[cusefan88]

I see Bell going back to the West Coast but who knows.

 

[jsshap]

Glad 'Cuse paid for his elective season ending procedure. Donnie should have to pay all expenses back with his entrance into the transfer portal. Complete exploitation

For the love of God...

 

[jsshap]

Because JJ is horribly inefficient, can't shoot, and can't defend - not the attributes you want from a shooting guard.
I should have stipulated "as long as he's less of a head case" for Bell, because when he's not a head case he is an elite shooter and those are good to have on hand.

People would say otherwise if he's 4th best player on the team. Seems like good guy and good teammate and plays hard I'll take him all day and root for him wherever he goes

 

[ar inj]

Maybe Red is going all in on our current players. Retain
Cuffe
Petar
Donnie
Moore
JJ
Bell.

Add a top 5 and PG and roll.

Perhaps Red should check w/the GM first

 

[sufan59]

Mike Waters just posted a tweet saying Chris Bell dad told him that his son hasn’t made a decision yet because end of season interviews with the coaches hasn’t even taken place yet…. Maybe they told the players to take a week off for spring break? Anyways we just seem very nonchalant for a program coming off the worst season in 60 years. Maybe that isn’t a bad thing though because they know our position financially is good compared to the competition (whoever that may be) and don’t need to be aggressive early with the players we plan to target.

 

[Niastri]

Maybe Red is going all in on our current players. Retain
Cuffe
Petar
Donnie
Moore
JJ
Bell.

Add a top 5 and PG and roll.

With that same core backed up by White, Anthony, Fennell and Womack, we are a lot better than with Taylor, Davis, Carlos and an injured McLeod and Westry.

Then it all depends on the center and point you’re able to get.

 

[ar inj]

Mike Waters just posted a tweet saying Chris Bell dad told him that his son hasn’t made a decision yet because end of season interviews with the coaches hasn’t even taken place yet…. Maybe they told the players to take a week off for spring break? Anyways we just seem very nonchalant for a program coming off the worst season in 60 years. Maybe that isn’t a bad thing though because they know our position financially is good compared to the competition (whoever that may be) and don’t need to be aggressive early with the players we plan to target.

Does not mean things are not happening...

 

[Dinkyspond]

Just read on X née Twitter, that Donnie will enter the Portal.

https://x.com/bvillecusetakes/status/1901701962569007600?s=61

seems like a reliable source, not!!!!

 

[Niastri]

People would say otherwise if he's 4th best player on the team. Seems like good guy and good teammate and plays hard I'll take him all day and root for him wherever he goes

People would say otherwise if our entire offense wasn’t giving Starling the ball in isolation.

Some games he can dominate, some few games they can guard him straight up, but almost every team can scheme to guard one guy effectively.

The Starling 12-23 games where he scores 27 are his upside, but if he even had anybody else who was a significant perimeter threat, he’d be so much more effective.

That, or an offensive scheme.

 

[FrancoPizza]

We have money to get players this year. Whether they want to play for this staff is another story.

It’s probably why we won’t fare well. We’ll have to overpay and i can hear the spin now. “We didn’t expect those numbers, bla bla bla”

 

[FrancoPizza]

What if Quadir and Bell end up with Wade at NC State next year? Would be juicy.

Might get me up to the dome for that Jerry Springer grudge match.

 

[McCuse]

Agree not winning with just Frosh. We need to use the portal to have a solid squad. But that won’t get you to the Sweet 16 consistently. You need elite talent. There is only one place we can get that.

We need to portal the hell out of the portal!

 

[bballbeadle]

Mike Waters just posted a tweet saying Chris Bell dad told him that his son hasn’t made a decision yet because end of season interviews with the coaches hasn’t even taken place yet…. Maybe they told the players to take a week off for spring break? Anyways we just seem very nonchalant for a program coming off the worst season in 60 years. Maybe that isn’t a bad thing though because they know our position financially is good compared to the competition (whoever that may be) and don’t need to be aggressive early with the players we plan to target.

Is our financial situation good? When did that happen?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Mike Waters just posted a tweet saying Chris Bell dad told him that his son hasn’t made a decision yet because end of season interviews with the coaches hasn’t even taken place yet…. Maybe they told the players to take a week off for spring break? Anyways we just seem very nonchalant for a program coming off the worst season in 60 years. Maybe that isn’t a bad thing though because they know our position financially is good compared to the competition (whoever that may be) and don’t need to be aggressive early with the players we plan to target.

I stand by The Chris Bell Experience™.

If Chris decides to end his career as a 4 year Orangeman, we should celebrate it. That will be a true rarity in this era of college basketball.

 

[sufan59]

Is our financial situation good? When did that happen?

Idk just speculating. If you didn’t feel confident about the situation, I would think that you would want player interviews done asap and the decisions made, so that you can be aggressive early before the big money teams come calling.

 

[Cusefan69]

I stand by The Chris Bell Experience™.

If Chris decides to end his career as a 4 year Orangeman, we should celebrate it. That will be a true rarity in this era of college basketball.