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Lots of movement yesterday. Portal past 1250 and likely at 1300 by end of week.

Marcus Santos-Silva & Kyler Edwards are returning to Texas Tech after entering the portal.

TCU lands Vanderbilt transfer guard Maxwell Evans

South Carolina lands George Mason SF transfer AJ Wilson

Xavier Johnson picked Indiana.

Myreon Jones picked Florida, big pickup for them.

Dallas Walton of Colorado to Wake Forest

Cameron Tyson- Houston- in the portal

Kevin Easley Jr- TCU- in the portal

Drew Buggs- Methzu- in the portal

Ethan Henderson- Arkansas- in the portal

Yesufu, Thompson, Agbaji, Wilson, McCormack.

Harris & Braun first guards off the bench. Pettiford sprinkles in for experience.

Clemence & Martin as first bigs. Sprinkle in Adams & Lightfoot behind.

If Self lands another big- ala Bishop this is a Top 3 team that could go 10 deep

@drgnslayr said in Okay I Know but Hear Me Out:

@BeddieKU23

Can we still buyout his contract?

I'm sure we can get momma Preston to figure out the details

Getting Yesufu could be a game changer for next years team.

Can we still get Ayton?

@Oldmanhawk

Welcome!

Competition!

But seriously having 3-4 guards is a great thing, we just saw Baylor win the championship on guard play. I hope we never see another year lacking playmakers at the guard position like we just saw this season. However the cards fall I think we are seeing Self pushing to correct some mistakes

His PER, 21.5 or 4 pts better then any guard KU had this season.

Another cool aspect here, even if he doesn't start he's used to it. Was Drake's 6th man but really played starter minutes and in the tournament he was by far their best player

Wired to score, exactly what the backcourt needed. And if you get the replay of the Wichita ST dunk HELLO

@Kcmatt7

Was Brown any good this year? I honestly can't remember seeing him this year but I don't think I watched more then 1 AZ game either

Woo love this addition!!! Kid's a bucket

@BShark

Mathurin is the only prospect I liked from that team

Arkansas lands its 2nd impact guard, landing tiny but mighty Chris Lykes of Miami. Joins Au'Diese Toney of Pitt

@rockchalkwyo

Thought we saw his impact with Doke in his first offseason here. Excited to see what he can do with Dave/Dajuan/Bryce this summer especially

Kim Aiken of Eastern Washington going to Arizona

Kadary Richmond ended up at Seton Hall.

Leading scorer for Iowa St, Rasir Bolton transferring. Going for that 3rd school club

He can go pound all the sand in the desert. And that's being nice

@BShark said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

@Kcmatt7 said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

@BShark Would be interested to see how Bill would use Yesufu - since he is sort of a small SG more than a PG.

But the guy can flat out score the ball.

"Bill Self guard"

Agree with 3 yrs to play. I'm okay with the staff grabbing this kid if Washington is going elsewhere for whatever reason

@Kcmatt7

Scored 26 against USC. our entire team had trouble scoring 26.

Yep Askew never looked comfortable either. One thing Calimari always wants is athletic guards and Askew wasn't that, he struggled shooting as well which just made it worse for him

@BShark

I saw that reading their board. They seem pretty upset he's leaving. Terry was tied to him, now he can get his 2nd payday

@Kcmatt7

Character issues I think. Real risk for those 4 programs that they are not getting what they think

I have to say, Gonzaga probably never wins a championship at this point. They've had some great teams over the years but hard to imagine them every having a roster that good again.

Xavier Johnson down to Baylor, Indiana, St Joes & Houston as a transfer destination.

Hmm what's goin in Oregon.

First Chandler Lawson transfers, his brother Jonathan asks out of his LOI. Now freshman PG Jalen Terry transferring (former Top 100 kid). From Michigan so look for the midwest to be an option

Kristian Lander staying with Indiana, maybe Woodson can fix that broken shot

Congrats to Baylor. Bout all I got

Dane Fife leaving Izzo to join Indiana as an assistant coach. big loss

Maryland's Darryl Morsell is leaving, good defender/good athlete/can't shoot. -Self's kinda guy

West Virginia landed Florida International big Dimon Carrigan. Either Culver is leaving or this is depth

@jayballer67

Askew wasn't good as a freshman. He needed to be a rotation piece instead of a starter.

@BShark said in 2021 Commit Stats Tracker:

They run absolutely zero plays for Zach.

Yeah he's a high screen and pop guy in that offense. Chandler seemed like he wanted to be option 1-5 in this tournament..

@jayballer67

Montverde hadn't lost a game in 2 years before Sunrise beat them earlier this year. That was their 3rd meeting of the year. Sunrise has 3 5 star players in their starting lineup, filthy. Last year's team might produce 4 first round picks

@BShark

Disappointing but expected tbh. Gave myself a day or two to dream it was possible here but knew it was a pipedream

@BShark said in 2021 Transfer Talk/List:

Bill is dealing right now, mercy.

TyTy gonna end up in the GLeague so I wonder who we pivot to.

Really? Where you seeing this?

Starting 5-

Mason, Dotson, Jackson, Robinson, Doke.

For 9 man rotation-

Withey, Graham, B-Mac, Marcus M

@Kcmatt7

Can't upvote this post enough.

@jayballer67

Playing top competition and neither Zach or Gradey are option 1, 2 or 3 &4. Options 1 and 2 are Chandler and Brown and then Chandler is option 3 and 4 before the ball goes anywhere else LOL.

In each game Zach showed the ability to hit the 3, Chasen at 247 noted he was open several times on the perimeter and teammates missed him. Also showed he could wall up inside, force misses, rebound and guard the perimeter.

Gradey didn't shoot well from 3 this tournament but played aggressive on both ends, showed his strengths in transition and around the basket. Remember he's got another year of HS to go.

For those wondering about Gradey Dick and Zach Clemence who lost in the finals at the High School Championships.

Zach- was in foul trouble in game #2

Game 1 (vs. No. 7 Prolific Prep): 12 points (4-for-5 FG, 2-for-3 3PT), 6 rebounds, 1 assist

Game 2 (vs. No. 3 IMG Academy): 6 points (2-for-3 FG), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 19 minutes

Game 3 (vs. No. 1 Montverde): 6 points (2-for-3 3PT), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks

Gradey

Game 1 (vs. No. 7 Prolific Prep): 7 points (4-for-5 FT), 3 assists, 1 rebound

Game 2 (vs. No. 3 IMG Academy): 8 points (3-for-6 FG), 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 turnover, 28 minutes

Game 3 (vs. No. 1 Montverde): 9 points (4-for-11 FG), 1 rebound, 1 assist

@BShark

whoa!

Interesting reading Auburn's board in regards to TyTy.

They got a transfer guard in Zep Jasper, reliable scorer/defender from College of Charleston.

They made the top 4 for Methzu transfer guard Xavier Pinson and it looks like Auburn is favored to land him.

They have been recruiting 2022 5 star point guard Scotta Henderson for a long time, favored in the crystal ball to land him and he's possible to reclassify in 2021. It sounds like they want Scoot the most, given the time invested in the recruitment. Not saying that sways TyTy one way or the other but I think its significant that Auburn is heavy after guards and it isn't just TyTy

@Kcmatt7

The tea leaves say so, he won't get much if any playing time here with the way things are going. When Self took Martin I thought this was likely, now with the pursuit of Bishop it seems cemented. It seemed like a decent take in November but 5 months later + Curry's so-so season, I think we've moved on.

Joseph Yesufu- yes please (if we can't win the TyTy sweepstakes)

Portal hit 1200.

Should add another 100 this week or so

@Kcmatt7

Maybe some scheme tweaks as well. I can't imagine Self watches film of games this year and thinks what these guys ran was good offense. As the game continues to change, maybe we see some more wrinkles to the offense. It's not just personnel that struggled.

I like getting Christian Bishop. Big time athlete, lob guy, plays hard, well coached. Self said he wanted to get more athletic, well Pettiford and Bishop give him that. Cam Martin likes to dunk.

Wouldn't be surprised if Curry wasn't in the cards anymore, remember he hasn't signed. Just a thought and connecting the dots of why Self has gone hard after bigs as well

@Kcmatt7

Agree 100%. No chance he starts besides injuries

@Kcmatt7

Good points. I've watched all of his games this week and several others this year and he is solid defensively, walls up and makes it hard for guys to score over him and he's playing d1 kids left and right. I'm not expecting he starts here year 1 but man he does strike me as a player who might take to the program quicker then we expect. Self has to find a way to get that guy a 3 or 2 a game until all of his game comes around. Guess I'm higher on him then some but its never an exact science. I thought Grimes was the bees knees, yikes