This is going to be a very interesting portal cycle with Odom having some uncertainty around who is coming from VCU and staying from UVa as he determines his portal needs and makes offers. I have to imagine that outside of a couple players there wont be much time to commit if you are on his former or current rosters.
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It would be dumbā¦and itās not like Baby Pitino didnāt extract plenty of value personally for taking the chance on him at NM.
Dent should absolutely go chase his somewhere.
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Honestly UNC and Louisville are both building from scratch close to as much as we are. Canāt hurt with iMac.
Louisville has proof of concept at least, but Iām not sure what about UNCās basketball situation is markedly better than ours at the moment.
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Exactly what Iām thinking. A lot of portal dust needs to settle before itāll be at all clear which school presents the best opportunity for him.
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Donovan Freeman back to Syracuse.
700 kids in the portal but the ones i want suddenly care about Loyalty and commitment. Makes me sickā¦ hope you stay at UVA though mckneely
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Louisville will bring back a decent chunk of its front court (as of today, obviously pending any surprise transfer departures):
- SF JāVonne Hadley (Grad) - 12.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 38% 3P%
- F Khani Rooths (So) - 3.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg
- PF Kasean Pryor (Grad) - 12.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg before shoulder surgery ended his season
- F/C James Scott (Jr) - 7.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg
- C Sananda Fru (Fr) - #25 2025 recruit at 247
- C Aly Khalifa (Grad) - 5.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg at BYU in '23-24
At guard they add:
- PG Mikel Brown Jr. (Fr) - Top 10 2025 recruit
- CG Kobe Rogers (Grad) - 9.7 ppg, 2.2 apg, 45% 3P% at CoC in 2023-24
CG Koren Johnson (Grad) - 11.1 ppg, 2.7 apg, 37% 3P% at Washington in 2023-24
So really iMac would be walking into a pretty ready made roster, maybe just needing another guy at the 3-spot, some young depth, and then backfilling any of the above guys who either choose to leave or donāt come back cleanly from injuries/surgeries (Rogers, Johnson, Hadley, and Khalifa).
Koren Johnson is in the portal, FWIW.
Thanks for clarifying. Updated.
Realize my post is a bit of a debbie downer one, yeah they lose a lot of key pieces but theyāve got at least a few 2025-26 key guys already identified, probably moreso than UNC in terms of being able to show iMac how heād fit into the roster.
Not the strongest shooter but id take him. High level pg
Brogdon is represented by Klutch. Bring him home
Edit:Uconn team to watch for him
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Yeah feels like a take. 2 years left which is great.
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On a separate note, I see a lot of these announcements except itās like āhad this one game where he scored 10 in 10 minutesā
Imagine taineās NIL stock chart after the Iowa game
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Taine should absolutely announce that he is entering the TP joke show
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Can someone find out if players pay NCAA a fee to Portal? Imma guess they charge something
https://nkal11.shinyapps.io/portal_database/
Isaac Mckneely only $600k based on play? Too bad actual demand, not performance determine value
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That guy did a really good job with that, developing some kinda formula. I donāt know of any others out there?
Not saying itās accurate. Heās got mid major guys getting $600K. And I think heās overdone the big man bonus, Blake is near the top of the list. But Iād say for most high major recruits, itās in the ballpark.
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Noticed Cofies agency is called PNW Sports Group. Based in theā¦ Pacific Northwest.
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Pretty sure Jacob Cofieās handler is straight up Jamal Crawford
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Itās funny. Iāve been playing around with making my own model. But my earlier iterations put IMac at $420k and Rohde $200k. So yeah, need to go back to the lab 
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