I still love my Anthony Gill comparison, itās spot on with this guy. Stout but surprisingly good athleticism for his size.
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He needs to use his size and athleticism down low. Thatās the knock on him: he too often settles for 3ās and doesnāt score enough in the paint. Only 9% of his points have come on post ups but heās got the tools to tap into that part of his game. Thatās why I like the upside and feel SDSU fans were sad to see him go. Many thought he was ready to take a leap.
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So are we confirmed that UCLA didnāt lose anyone else? Still at 13 ships?
Can anyone confirm Trent Perry exists? Apparently thereās another Trent Perry out of Texas in like the 2026 or 2025 class. Maybe Tony got confused.
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Todayās manifestations.
Elijah Saunders as the 3/4 shooting wing (since he even played some 3 for San Diego St).
Ven Lubin as the 4/5 bruiser forward.
Kevin Patton Jr as a redshirt development/you pitch him as a Trey Murphy and Ryan Dunn hybrid (heās a better 3pt shooter than the Aussie was during his freshman year)
And then Perry is on board
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Also explains why Shaka was camping out in Northern Virginia for Adrien Stevens while no one else was even that heavily involved with HSers
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Lol at the random drive-by on the MWC, good work Shaka.
The full piece is pretty good:
I like this as a general summary of portal dynamics and how they intersect with coachesā incentives and preferences; obviously not true exactly as written at all schools:
What this shows is that thereās a very good reason why coaches love the transfer portal, even while dreading it. When you recruit a high school player, you know almost certainly you wonāt be getting much production from them right away. It will be a multi-year process. With a transfer, you already know what they are, for the most part, and how to integrate them into the existing roster right away. Most coaches always live in fear of getting fired, so it makes logical sense why they would focus on the āsurerā thing.
And with the ability to transfer freely, those same freshmen not getting minutes are more likely to take their ball and go find a place they will. Again, it is rational for all parties to act as they have. Thatās why we are seeing the environment.
Even just using the portal to āpatchā holes in the roster or make up for missed evals can become somewhat self-reinforcing. Iād like for UVA to be able to step out of that kind of transfer cycle for the most part. I donāt think itās a place where we have much of a comparative advantage, at least the kind we can get in HS recruiting. Iām kinda hopeful that this will be the case next off-season, but time will tell.
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Damn. Cant let him get to Clemson
Edit. Wait doesnāt Clemson still have Sheff and that other tall 4 that likes to shoot 3s?
Heād be behind Schefflin there. We still have the best overall opportunity for him.
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Itās never easy but I still like our chances. Heās a starter here
Saunders plays like BVP imo, Power is still more of a finesse/stretch 4 as well. Dellā is a three.
We still donāt have a bouncy 4 that I think we will need. Anyone still in the portal that fits the mold?
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And heās a better 3pt shooter than Dunn (27-80 33.8% vs 7-35 20%)
(donāt know about definite lottery next year LOL its just a random Twitter account gassing someone up)
https://twitter.com/frontofficefoc/status/1770576202119389439
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Well we do have Buchanan, Robinson, and Cofie, who have already decided they would like to play some basketball for UVAā¦
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Hereās a fun new one:
https://twitter.com/houston_wilson1/status/1786101474998587902
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It blows my mind they we have guys going into their 7th seasons while Warley only has 1 year left, I guess he was a freshman right after the covid year
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Hard pass. Canāt shoot. At all.
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Which means heās likely our guy. Canāt have guys that can shoot and score.
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He shot 72.5% on his free throws last year, so maybe heās a late-game insertion to protect the lead when weāre ahead.
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