Class of 2026 SG Jordan Smith Jr. (VA) Offered

[OrangeXtreme]

Nice to hear, but I doubt we hear our name called when he commits.

We WILL have a hat on the table. Along with the other 5 schools.

 

[bnoro]

We WILL have a hat on the table. Along with the other 5 schools.

Who cares if we have a hat if we aren't under serious consideration

 

[Cuseloyal]

Need to give this dude as much money as he wants (Yes I know we don’t have a real shot here)

 

[orangemass]

Need to give this dude as much money as he wants (Yes I know we don’t have a real shot here)

Are you ponying up?

 

[Gotothehole]

This is his agent

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[Capt. Tuttle]

Need to give this dude as much money as he wants (Yes I know we don’t have a real shot here)

If only…

 

[cuseallday]

FYI. Coach Straughn is expected to be at the Jordan Holiday Classic in Brooklyn this weekend, presumably for Jordan Smith Jr., Zion Green, etc.

 

[Dcuse]

Need to give this dude as much money as he wants (Yes I know we don’t have a real shot here)

Just a classic post. Love college sports now.

 

[OCESIP]

Need to give this dude as much money as he wants (Yes I know we don’t have a real shot here)

Why pay a high school kid when we can cherry pick an NBA player? We're entering the twilight zone of college athletics.

 

[Lukeyloo]

So is Jordan Smith the only top prospect that’s left on our board? If we miss on him (which seems likely), what are we going to do with the ‘26 class? All transfers?

 

[Bulldog04]

So is Jordan Smith the only top prospect that’s left on our board? If we miss on him (which seems likely), what are we going to do with the ‘26 class? All transfers?

Yes and everything relies on what this team does/red does to close out the year. There will be a lot of guys returning next year too. Donnie will go through the nba process, but don’t be surprised if he takes big bucks in NIL to come back. They will work on getting Kingz another year too and he wants to come back from what I was told. But again, this is all moot without knowing what happens with the coach

 

[Cusefan0307]

Yes and everything relies on what this team does/red does to close out the year. There will be a lot of guys returning next year too. Donnie will go through the nba process, but don’t be surprised if he takes big bucks in NIL to come back. They will work on getting Kingz another year too and he wants to come back from what I was told. But again, this is all moot without knowing what happens with the coach

Have to assume Donnie is gone if he plays like this. Kyle will be difficult to replace as well. Sadiq needs to make a Hakim Warrick like jump.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Yes and everything relies on what this team does/red does to close out the year. There will be a lot of guys returning next year too. Donnie will go through the nba process, but don’t be surprised if he takes big bucks in NIL to come back. They will work on getting Kingz another year too and he wants to come back from what I was told. But again, this is all moot without knowing what happens with the coach

I feel like having Donnie back, Red suddenly has an offense that doesn't look like trash. The team learned how to compete without him, and now we are better for it.

As long as the people on the team continue to get along, I think this is going to turn into a pretty good year, and Red will keep his job.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Yes and everything relies on what this team does/red does to close out the year. There will be a lot of guys returning next year too. Donnie will go through the nba process, but don’t be surprised if he takes big bucks in NIL to come back. They will work on getting Kingz another year too and he wants to come back from what I was told. But again, this is all moot without knowing what happens with the coach

Donnie's choice might be "end of the 1st round this year", but if comes back and this team stays mostly intact, and maybe adds a couple more good pieces, he could play himself into the lottery, and we might start the year in the Top 25, which would aid his draft profile all year long.

 

[sufan59]

Donnie's choice might be "end of the 1st round this year", but if comes back and this team stays mostly intact, and maybe adds a couple more good pieces, he could play himself into the lottery, and we might start the year in the Top 25, which would aid his draft profile all year long.

Or that happens sooner than later and he leaves this year in the lottery. The most important part of the season starts right after Boston College, have to win that.

 

[sufan59]

Yes and everything relies on what this team does/red does to close out the year. There will be a lot of guys returning next year too. Donnie will go through the nba process, but don’t be surprised if he takes big bucks in NIL to come back. They will work on getting Kingz another year too and he wants to come back from what I was told. But again, this is all moot without knowing what happens with the coach

Smith would be such a good fit for what Syracuse is trying to do. But I guess as the number 2 player everyone else is saying the same thing lol

 

[IthacaMatt]

Or that happens sooner than later and he leaves this year in the lottery. The most important part of the season starts right after Boston College, have to win that.

I don't think he's got much of a chance at the lottery this year unless we made a run to the Final Four.

So much of who the stars are has already been established by the media this year. Nobody really knows yet how much better we are playing, because we haven't really beaten anybody.

If he wants to make the lottery THIS YEAR, he has to have monster games on national TV and beat Duke and Carolina on the road, has to match up to Boozer head to head.

Next year, if he were back, he would come into the season as an AA, All-ACC candidate, and then would be competing for lottery spots all season long.

 

[sufan59]

I don't think he's got much of a chance at the lottery this year unless we made a run to the Final Four.

So much of who the stars are has already been established by the media this year. Nobody really knows yet how much better we are playing, because we haven't really beaten anybody.

If he wants to make the lottery THIS YEAR, he has to have monster games on national TV and beat Duke and Carolina on the road, has to match up to Boozer head to head.

Next year, if he were back, he would come into the season as an AA, All-ACC candidate, and then would be competing for lottery spots all season long.

Yeah you listed out the scenario of how that happens. Will it? I don’t know, but you bet I hope it does. But it’s not like the games have happened yet.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Yeah you listed out the scenario of how that happens. Will it? I don’t know, but you bet I hope it does. But it’s not like the games have happened yet.

Yes, we have a puncher's chance, and while we almost beat Houston and Kansas WITHOUT Donnie, we are going to have a really hard time winning with the refs on Tobacco Road.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Smith would be such a good fit for what Syracuse is trying to do. But I guess as the number 2 player everyone else is saying the same thing lol

Kingz, Kyle and JJ are seniors. Not sure how Kyle or Kingz could come back, unless they have an unused redshirt year.

If we could hold on to guys one more year (while Kiyan and Melo are $till around ...), we could have this as a core:

Donnie
Sadiq
Betsey
Soare
George
Anthony
Fennell

Add a really good center, another wing, and a combo guard, and that's a really good looking team.

 

[Bulldog04]

Kingz, Kyle and JJ are seniors. Not sure how Kyle or Kingz could come back, unless they have an unused redshirt year.

If we could hold on to guys one more year (while Kiyan and Melo are $till around ...), we could have this as a core:

Donnie
Sadiq
Betsey
Soare
George
Anthony
Fennell

Add a really good center, another wing, and a combo guard, and that's a really good looking team.

Kyle can’t come back but they are confident kingz will get another year. The offense is humming with Donnie now and it frustrates me because he missed so much time. This roster has always been good but they need him for his leadership and abilities obviously. They were lost without him. And it looked like Red was lost too. They catered their whole offense around Donnie and to lose him for that time stunk for everyone

 

[2B20Again]

Kingz, Kyle and JJ are seniors. Not sure how Kyle or Kingz could come back, unless they have an unused redshirt year.

If we could hold on to guys one more year (while Kiyan and Melo are $till around ...), we could have this as a core:

Donnie
Sadiq
Betsey
Soare
George
Anthony
Fennell

Add a really good center, another wing, and a combo guard, and that's a really good looking team.

. Womack drop
Dead shooter, Diawa?

 

[Cappy3]

I don't think he's got much of a chance at the lottery this year unless we made a run to the Final Four.

So much of who the stars are has already been established by the media this year. Nobody really knows yet how much better we are playing, because we haven't really beaten anybody.

If he wants to make the lottery THIS YEAR, he has to have monster games on national TV and beat Duke and Carolina on the road, has to match up to Boozer head to head.

Next year, if he were back, he would come into the season as an AA, All-ACC candidate, and then would be competing for lottery spots all season long.

The NBA doesn’t make draft decisions based on who plays well on tv, or who the media thinks are the top stars. They are aware of Donnie as they are of every McDs AA, and will make their decisions based on their own evaluations.

 

[littlereg]

Have to assume Donnie is gone if he plays like this. Kyle will be difficult to replace as well. Sadiq needs to make a Hakim Warrick like jump.

I mean if puff Johnson can play maybe we just come up with some fake spiritual being that “possessed him” last year at ucla thus he should be granted another year!