Toggle sidebar

So, who’s gone and who’s still here for next season (running list):

P

PSAL_Hoops

Heisman
Feb 18, 2008
13,174
12,503
78
PiscatawayMike said:
Guess What The Morning Show GIF by Apple TV+


All us fans have no clue as to who will be the next to announce they are leaving and who will eventually end up on the banks.

With that said, I'll join in on this guessing game...

I'll be shocked if Ware is not on the roster next season.
Click to expand...

As long as we’re not paying more than a couple token thousand dollars (not hundred thousand), that would be just fine.
 
S

Scarlet Beach

Senior
Dec 9, 2019
510
832
93
PSAL_Hoops said:
Ware maybe if he’s basically free. I think it’s going to be hard for Grant to stay here. He’d have to take a pay cut which would be an awkward thing to do. Think of the work force. Let’s say you get a big promotion and then it turns out your not really cut out for the new level job. You usually end up moving on, not taking your old job back. This would be kind of like that.
Click to expand...
Agree. He had the opportunity to be the star this year in what was always likely to be a tough season and for whatever reason this just wasn't his year. Even without the NIL/portal stuff it may be best for him and for RU to move in separate directions. A fresh start could be exactly what he needs. That's not to distract from what he did at RU but sometimes things come to a logical end for both parties.
 
S

seansherm

Heisman
Feb 20, 2009
14,118
15,086
113
Scarlet Beach said:
Agree. He had the opportunity to be the star this year in what was always likely to be a tough season and for whatever reason this just wasn't his year. Even without the NIL/portal stuff it may be best for him and for RU to move in separate directions. A fresh start could be exactly what he needs. That's not to distract from what he did at RU but sometimes things come to a logical end for both parties.
Click to expand...
Kid wasn't good ss a freshman, didnt play SD so senior, he was never going to be the star this year. That essentially always wishful thinking.
 
A

Anon1753410373

Redshirt
Jul 24, 2025
4
2
3
Unless they trim to the bone they will get stuck committing a bunch of money on roster retention…and I don’t think that’s what we want outside of 2-3 players. See football.
Kelli grew the war chest and their FA pickups were mediocre at best because retention took up the bull of funds…
 
P

PSAL_Hoops

Heisman
Feb 18, 2008
13,174
12,503
78
seansherm said:
Kid wasn't good ss a freshman, didnt play SD so senior, he was never going to be the star this year. That essentially always wishful thinking.
Click to expand...
Perhaps, but none of that is really relevant on a forward looking basis. It’s very hard to go from having the role his was positioned to have (and able to a certain extent to fill against low majors) to a projected reserve back up.

That would be the only appropriate circumstance to plan to keep him around and his metrics against low majors are good enough where he should have better offers than we ought to be willing to shell out to keep him here. Look at Wolf. There’s no doubt he can surpass that production level at the lower division.
 
R

RAC93

All-Conference
Aug 11, 2023
3,010
4,938
113
@BillyC80 Don’t want to step on your toes but updated lists with latest Grant news:


Who’s gone (so far):
Dortch
Badalau
Zrno
Nwuli
Fall
Jones
Ogbole
Grant

Who’s still here (so far):
Francis
Davis
Powers
Mark
Buchanan
Ware
Wooten
 
  • Like
Reactions: BillyC80
MADHAT1

MADHAT1

Heisman
Apr 1, 2003
31,418
16,256
113
PSAL_Hoops said:
Ware maybe if he’s basically free. I think it’s going to be hard for Grant to stay here. He’d have to take a pay cut which would be an awkward thing to do. Think of the work force. Let’s say you get a big promotion and then it turns out your not really cut out for the new level job. You usually end up moving on, not taking your old job back. This would be kind of like that.
Click to expand...
Grant hit the portal
www.onthebanks.com

Rutgers Forward Dylan Grant Enters the Transfer Portal

Dylan Grant’s departure makes it five knights in the portal.
www.onthebanks.com www.onthebanks.com
 
R

RUJMM78

Heisman
Jul 25, 2001
26,197
12,455
113
RAC93 said:
@BillyC80 Don’t want to step on your toes but updated lists with latest Grant news:


Who’s gone (so far):
Dortch
Badalau
Zrno
Nwuli
Fall
Jones
Ogbole
Grant

Who’s still here (so far):
Francis
Davis
Powers
Mark
Buchanan
Ware
Wooten
Click to expand...
That gouping wouls be lucly to score 35 points per game.
 
P

PSAL_Hoops

Heisman
Feb 18, 2008
13,174
12,503
78
seansherm said:
We will end up missing him next year, I'm fearful. Can we find 4 front court players better? Hope so.
Click to expand...
No but you can’t look at it like that. We couldn’t afford to pay him his 700k+ or more and also pay a starting PF. If we kept him here we would be bringing in a questionable low major forward to compete with him for playing time or a frosh forward.

Instead you have to look at it as - we had EO and Grant. Nwuli and Dortch their back ups. Every other option complete garbage. If we upgrade the starters (better than Grant and EO) and match the utility production from the others (that’s a bit harder but Nwuli and Dortch didn’t provide all that much) we’ve made significant upgrades.
 
S

seansherm

Heisman
Feb 20, 2009
14,118
15,086
113
PSAL_Hoops said:
No but you can’t look at it like that. We couldn’t afford to pay him his 700k+ or more and also pay a starting PF. If we kept him here we would be bringing in a questionable low major forward to compete with him for playing time or a frosh forward.

Instead you have to look at it as - we had EO and Grant. Nwuli and Dortch their back ups. Every other option complete garbage. If we upgrade the starters (better than Grant and EO) and match the utility production from the others (that’s a bit harder but Nwuli and Dortch didn’t provide all that much) we’ve made significant upgrades.
Click to expand...
If he cost $700K, I agree you let him go, but a backup 4 is going to cost that in the portal. Grant was under 500k last year, I'd have tried to keep him at that same price.
 
P

PSAL_Hoops

Heisman
Feb 18, 2008
13,174
12,503
78
seansherm said:
If he cost $700K, I agree you let him go, but a backup 4 is going to cost that in the portal. Grant was under 500k last year, I'd have tried to keep him at that same price.
Click to expand...

He’s not going for under 700k and it’ll likely be close to 1M. He played 24 mpg on a BIG team and put up 9.5 ppg as a starter. That’s the going minimum rate for a projected high major starter and whatever we paid him last year doesn’t change that. We either to pay him the low end of the starter rate or let him walk. We did the latter because the cost wasn’t worth it to us.
 
Z

Zebnatto1!

Sophomore
Sep 6, 2025
166
157
42
The guys below will battle one another for the two guard positions and SF:

Francis
Davis
Powers
Mark
Buchanan
Wooten
Duarte

I don't want to see anyone else on the roster who doesn't have a PF or C after his name.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BillyC80
K

Knights 1212

All-American
Sep 9, 2003
27,553
8,486
113
I thought we don't know for sure yet if Ogbole is gone as he appealed to the NCAA for one more year of eligibility. I would like him back as a backup center for next year. His rebounding numbers were good for only 18 mpg.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BillyC80
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom