šŸ”„ The @HooandTrue General Portal 2025 Thread

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Man, hope lil slick doesn’t get nova

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Well…

This kid is either going to get $3-4 million in the portal or make the ridiculously dumb decision of following Richard Pitino to VCU because of loyalty or some bullshit

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Although historically total VCU type player no?

Maybe we can do 3 team trade and get Tahaad and Dent and we give the SEC the Rotunda

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Interesting number of mid- major guys on Florida’s roster. Shows that it can be done that way but I think that one needs luck along with great talent evaluations to pull it off.

There’s a huge emphasis on being to do quick evals on portal guys and get them right. I don’t think the prior staff was particularly good at it. While we had success with transfers, it came mostly from guys we had recruited extensively in HS (Gill, Hauser, Key, Murphy, etc). Odom has done a good job building rosters quickly so seems like he has a better knack for that type of skill.

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It is literally just in the order of the bracket lol

I would imagine once UVA get clarity on stay go decisions they’ll be on this list too. Odom recruited Lindsay at UMBC/Utah St

https://x.com/colbyghoops/status/1904590601397424256?s=46

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ā€œWill consider a returnā€. Oh wow way more than I was expecting

https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1904594145768882525

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Really good defensive guard. No idea if Odom is a two guards and a wing or a 3 guard guy (like peak Tony).

https://x.com/247hshoops/status/1904596262168772947?s=46

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That game against lil Pitino and VCU next season is gonna be crazy.

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TJ Power to Davidson smoke. Makes sense since he’s dating that Duke bball player.

Also BC getting shoved in a locker by a dead Davidson program is a tough scene.

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Maybe BC should follow Power’s lead and drop down a level. Or at least go back to the Big East

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Also, just wanna say, I think there’s a decent chance that Power does really well at that level and then transfers back for his senior season (where he proceeds to be benched)

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As a player or just a student?

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Fair question.

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Kind of surprised we’re not on this list even without stay/go clarity

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I do feel bad for the guy. He’s obviously been a massive bust so far, but it’s not his fault people thought he was good and he wasn’t.

Like paying him 600-700k isn’t his fault lol. He tried his best.

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I haven’t done the ā€œwho do I want to keepā€ thing, so here goes. Who I’d prioritize keeping:

  • A-Rob (so hard to find this skillset—or afford it—in the portal)
  • Cofie (young; still think he’ll be a great college player)
  • iMac (symbolic value)
  • Elijah G (still great potential; could be a huge bargain)

Torn:

  • Dai Dai (good player, but a funny fit. Not great at any one thing. Not a good defender. Not a pure PG. I’d like to see if we can do better, but maybe we can’t)
  • Elijah S (kind of similar to DD but at big forward. Stretch skills but can’t play big / can’t rebound. Not that functionally athletic for hoops. Yet might be best case scenario for a portal big forward)
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