Pistol Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Kyler Edwards (Texas Tech) is going to Houston. Ismael Massoud (Wake Forest) is headed to K-State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Transfers are a big part of recruiting now. I'm noticing traction of a "stay old" philosophy using the portal. You recruit sparingly amongst HS and fill needs with experienced transfers. This is in contrast to a previous way to "stay old" using red-shirts and players waiting their turn to start. Also (knock on wood) SLU has done better getting players that transfer eligible to play. In the 90s and 2000s it was always such a crap shoot. Now it is assumed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 It's a seller's market for decent power forwards. Everybody's looking for one and there aren't many to go around. Frankly, we have a better chance of landing a college-ready PF in the 2022 high school class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVBilliken Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said: It's a seller's market for decent power forwards. Everybody's looking for one and there aren't many to go around. Frankly, we have a better chance of landing a college-ready PF in the 2022 high school class. Landed Francis Okoro in the transfer market. Landed Linnson. No reason at all, that SLU can't lure a PF. Oh, and that combo guard. The question, who is SLU pursuing currently besides Madsen for the two open slots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 minute ago, WVBilliken said: Landed Francis Okoro in the transfer market. Landed Linnson. No reason at all, that SLU can't lure a PF. Oh, and that combo guard. The question, who is SLU pursuing currently besides Madsen for the two open slots? We got Okoro because he is a fomer Beagle. And we already have Linssen. In order to break into the rotation, a PF would have to be better than Linssen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 George Mason's Tyler Kolek, is transferring to Marquette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Just now, 3star_recruit said: We got Okoro because he is a fomer Beagle. And we already have Linssen. In order to break into the rotation, a PF would have to be better than Linssen. Also, neither Okoro or Linssen are suited to play next to each other (or another big like Bell or French). SLU has had two players in recent memory who are big enough and skilled enough to play as a “power forward” in modern basketball: Cody Ellis and Carteare Gordon. These types of players are so difficult to come by. That’s why I think it’s a real stretch that we could find one in the portal. It’s a safer pick to have Perkins play there or hope Lorentsson grows into that role. Zink likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 49 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: We got Okoro because he is a fomer Beagle. And we already have Linssen. In order to break into the rotation, a PF would have to be better than Linssen. I like Linssen's game and I think his smart movement without the ball and screens can compliment a more perimeter focused team. So maybe HS is the place to look for a PF to develop behind our current crop. In a pinch we have big enough Guards and Wings to go with 4 G/Wing line up. Billiken Pat likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Torrance Watson to...Elon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 34 minutes ago, thetorch said: Torrance Watson to...Elon. Former 4 star guards who didn't produce are a dime a dozen in the portal. You will see a lot of those sorts of players settling for much humbler situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 hour ago, thetorch said: Torrance Watson to...Elon. Ouch... What’s the bigger falloff OSU->UM-Columbia or UM-Columbia->Elon? Difficult to decide. majerus mojo and NextYearBill like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Franchise_08 said: Ouch... What’s the bigger falloff OSU->UM-Columbia or UM-Columbia->Elon? Difficult to decide. Uhhh going to SPUMAC is always the worst Reinert310 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 I thought that tool would wind up at SIUE, but Elon sounds about right too. Never should have been a 4-star, the rankings don't always get it right. billiken_roy likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Just now, ACE said: I thought that tool would wind up at SIUE, but Elon sounds about right too. Never should have been a 4-star, the rankings don't always get it right. tool???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, BIG BILL FAN said: tool???? Now you have to be trolling ACE likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Just now, Littlebill said: Now you have to be trolling no, why is he a tool??? I've never heard anything bad about him...Why don't you tell us?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobillsgo Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, BIG BILL FAN said: no, why is he a tool??? I've never heard anything bad about him...Why don't you tell us?? As someone who has been here since ‘04, surely you know about “tools”... ACE likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Just now, gobillsgo said: As someone who has been here since ‘04, surely you know about “tools”... so you can't tell us either why he is a tool....got it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, BIG BILL FAN said: so you can't tell us either why he is a tool....got it... He’s definitely a tool. ACE and CBFan like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 You can be accurately graded in high school but a bad college fit will make you look like a much worse player. There's a reason that Isabel looked like a bum at Mizzou and a superstar at Drexel. He's a ball dominant player and anything else wasn't going to work. Watson is a volume scorer who was relegated to spot up shooter duties at Mizzou. Bad fit. Littlebill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 bottom line anyone that decides to spend time at mi$$ouri is a tool. no other explanation needed. even if they decide it was a mistake and then transferred out, imo they would still be a tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 minute ago, billiken_roy said: bottom line anyone that decides to spend time at mi$$ouri is a tool. no other explanation needed. even if they decide it was a mistake and then transferred out, imo they would still be a tool. If they end up at SLU and lead us to the NCAAs.... no longer a tool BuiltFordBills and brianstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Just now, Littlebill said: If they end up at SLU and lead us to the NCAAs.... no longer a tool This would be called the detooling process. slufanskip, A10Ref, BuiltFordBills and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: Watson is a volume scorer who was relegated to spot up shooter duties at Mizzou. Bad fit. Relegated makes it sound like that was a coaching staff decision, his complete lack of ball skills is why he was relegated to being a stand still shooter. I know folks who watched him in high school had some concerns with how his game would translate to the high major level (apparently scored a lot of his points at the rim playing as more of a 6'4 bully at the Class 3 level) and those concerns played out. He is so inept with the ball that his only role at the high major level was to become a lights out 3 point shooter. He just can't be a volume scorer at that level. Pistol, BilliesBy40 and wgstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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