Who could we target?? I just saw this article and thought it looked like some solid guards and shooters will be available-
Potential portal players
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Wonder if the St. Peter's guys follow their coach to Seton Hall?
The guy from St. Peter's, Doug Edert, the one with the mustache, is in the portal. He scored 20 against Kentucky.
Anyone know about that Ethan wright kid from Princeton in the article? Says he made seven 3's in a game twice this season
If Moore and Keels both leave, we'll need another guard.
Nijel Pack and Mark Sears (Ohio) are the two best available guards in the portal at this point. Both are smaller, similar in stature to Roach. So, that part makes me a little cautious. Playing with two small guards can create a lot of mismatches on the defensive end. But, they're playmakers. Would be hard to pass on either guy if they were interested.
Nijel Pack and Mark Sears (Ohio) are the two best available guards in the portal at this point. Both are smaller, similar in stature to Roach. So, that part makes me a little cautious. Playing with two small guards can create a lot of mismatches on the defensive end. But, they're playmakers. Would be hard to pass on either guy if they were interested.
I fully support Duke looking at the portal, if they’re going to keep doing the one and done thing then they have to have more experience on the roster. It’s not a coincidence that the experienced teams are the ones mostly getting it done late in the dance.
I am definitely in favor of going to the portal. Look how Manek worked out for UNC. John worked out for Duke.
Can the Kansas State guard play with Roach? He is a high level guard, I hope this doesnt mean Roach is gone. Probably does mean Keels and Moore are gone.
He is. Plays really hard nosed D, can drive, good passer, and hits the 3 consistently. A great player for off the ball. I think he would be a steal.
I would rather have Keels back, but Roach and the K State guard could be an upgrade.
Pack is a small shooting guard similar to Marcus Paige from UNC 2015. He would be a tremendous addition for any team and would fit beautifully with Roach
Agreed. YouTube’d a couple of his games and he is the real deal. Definitely will want to go somewhere he can get 30 mpg (I guess they all want that). Roach is pretty much 30+ mpg next year as well so dunno how that would work. He looks like he plays better off the ball though. If the idea is to funnel everything to Lively or our bigs on D, then he would fit in on that side too even with Roach. Would be a huge pickup.
Does John Reik have any eligibilty left? If so and we could get him we would for sure be older. 
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OFCThere it is.Does John Reik have any eligibilty left? If so and we could get him we would for sure be older.
Does John Reik have any eligibilty left? If so and we could get him we would for sure be older.
he’s enjoying life with Peter jurkin
You guys really run these jokes into the ground ha. The mood of this board is much better after last night.
WHAT! You don’t like Peter jurkin, john reik, or Bradley Beal jokes?!
He had a great tourney. 9.5 ppg for the year in the MAAC is meh. Also, that stache makes him a quirky fan favorite when you're playing for a scrappy underdog; at Duke, he'd suddenly be the next in a long line of most-hated by opponents' fans, joining the likes of Grayson, JJ, Dahntay, Wojo, Laettner, etc. He's worth pursuing if just to troll all the haters. lol
I'm fully in favor of mining the transfer portal. It's the next evolution in recruiting.
The first two Princeton players listed -- Llewellyn & Wright -- both seem like good fits by the eye test: degrees from rigorous academic school, maturity, just one year left, backcourt, 3pt shooting, overall scoring.
My first instinct on Pack is 17 points a game next to Roach equals an elite backcourt. I saw a camera angle of Roach next to Caleb Love and there wasn't a 3 inch difference there. Less than 2. My point being they played two smaller point guards and it worked. Also see Duhon and JWill. We will have elite rim protection, so more perimeter firepower would be great.
We need bring in couple up classmen that know how play defense. We will never win championship with o a d they don't know how to play defense
2015 championship team says hello! '18, '19, and '22 all right there. '20 had a legit shot but there was covid. It's hard to win a championship.
2015 had more experience. I suppose Zions team did as well, but none of the leaders. Whatever the reason, those games like UNC where we just hope they miss where we can't get stops are usually a loss.
I think 20 woulda done it. That team was hitting its stride
People forget the 15 team was built different than the teams the next 4 seasons. Our lone recruited oad was Okafor. Blended with upperclassmen that played great roles. The Bagley team couldn’t spell defense, and had too many alphas. The Zion team couldn’t shoot, and Cam wasn’t what we needed.
It’s a never ending argument, but the results so far prove experienced solid players have been on every title team.
So is there any other transfer guys we’re looking at or this just turning into another thread where everyone gets off topic and discusses their favorite team like half the other threads lol
All of the Lakers are available. LeBron still has some eligibility I believe.
Has it been announced if Duke is looking into the transfer portal, or is it just message board talk?
It’s also kind of hard to know who’s available really, isn’t it? The season just ended.
I posted this in the "New Lounge" thread but since Smashmouth brought up the Lakers....
How about guru Gary-7 as player coach? I'm sure he can break down the game and bring home #6 for us