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2024 Transfer Portal news

I've watched about a dozen of Jaquan Johnson's streamed games this season. And though he is a prolific scorer for his high school team, most of his points come from drives into the lane, something he won't get much of at the D1 level. He also benefits greatly from the incredibly poor defense I've seen played by Wisconsin high school teams. His team averages almost 80 points per game, and he averages about 33 points because nobody plays defense. Though he might have a high ceiling, IMO, I think Jaquan will have a significant period of adjustment at D1, and probably can't be counted on to play a lot of minutes.

I agree, the games I saw nobody really played defense and Johnson was not making a lot of 3 point shots. His rebounds and passes are good but again it comes against ave. competition. I would be happy if he came in here and ave. 12 a game as a freshman.
 
I'm not sure he's at CR's level but definitely athletic. CR was a bit of a freak

Agree 100% egib. CR was on a level of his own and was even drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters. Closest thing to CR since he left in my opinion is Hannah and still isn't even there.
 
If Deen were to leave and we're left with the freshman Johnson at PG, I think he'll get 25-30 MPG. If Deens stays, he may only get 5-10 MPG.
While I'd LOVE for Duke to stay, would be great experience for the freshman at the point, who I hope will be a big part of BU hoops for the next few seasons.

Not a guarantee, but Duke just subscribed to my Bradley Braves Youtube channel, so I take that as a good sign that he isn't thinking of going anywhere! Fingers crossed!
 
Not a guarantee, but Duke just subscribed to my Bradley Braves Youtube channel, so I take that as a good sign that he isn't thinking of going anywhere! Fingers crossed!

Lol, or he is pulling clips to send to other schools. Sorry for being the pessimist, but I just hate this new transfer age.
 
Not a guarantee, but Duke just subscribed to my Bradley Braves Youtube channel, so I take that as a good sign that he isn't thinking of going anywhere! Fingers crossed!

I agree with your intuition. I dont think he would subscribe to it if he was leaving. Sounds like he is proud of what he has done at Bradley as well he should be. Time will tell.
 
I think we need more guards, but what would really thrill me is to get some serious bulk inside. Someone on the order of Massive Mike Williams.
 
Valparaiso's Cooper Schwieger, the MVC Freshman of the Year, posted this to his social media- https://twitter.com/TVBOren/status/1768395858976846296

It's sad now that fans have to hope and wait for their team members to declare if they are staying or leaving each year. :roll:

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Lol, or he is pulling clips to send to other schools. Sorry for being the pessimist, but I just hate this new transfer age.

Shoot! I was hoping I was the only one thinking that. First thing that popped in my head. Oh no, he’s getting highlight film to send out.
 
Don't be such negative nellies, boys! He wouldn't need to subscribe to the channel if he just wanted to steal some clips of himself!
 
The transfer portal is blowing up. Yesterday, there were fewer than 100 names on the Verbalcommits.com list, and now it is over 170 names - https://verbalcommits.com/transfers

Last year the transfer portal exceeded 1,800, so this year, with the expansion of NIL money, it will probably reach that range again.
 
Here is one from the MVC that I wasn't expecting- Belmont's Ja'Kobi Gillespie has entered the transfer portal. He is a sophomore who really came on strong this season. He was Belmont's leading scorer with 17.2 ppg, shot 38.7% from three, and lead them in assists with 4.2 apg, and steals with 2.2 spg. He was a 2nd team All-MVC selection.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/jakobi-gillespie
>> https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5107968/jakobi-gillespie
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/5107968/jakobi-gillespie

This has got to hurt Belmont, and suggests they may have problems raising enough NIL money to keep their guys happy.
Sadly, this NIL and easy transfer process is killing mid-major college basketball.
 
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