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re: LSU Men’s Basketball Transfer Portal Update!
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:43 am to Coastrashtiger
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:43 am to Coastrashtiger
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LSU contacted 6 of them. 4 from Europe have moved forward in serious talks with LSU, and one player is a G-Leaguer that counts as foreign.
These 6 plus Graves from Santa Clara are difference makers as in I believe, All-SEC caliber at the very least.
So considering we only have 1 player on the roster at the moment, best case scenario we get all 6 of these guys + Graves + McNeil; that still only makes 9 on the roster
What's the plan to fill the roster out to 14-15 guys? I know 1 signee from NCST is likely headed our way, so that would make 10. Just find some roster fillers from the portal at that point?
With the 5 for 5 play rule not counting towards current seniors doesnt seem like we could circle back with guys like Sutton/Mackinnon.
Would also love to hear what happened behind the scenes with Jalen Reece as its the 1 guy we ultimately were trying to keep in the end. Seemed like he just got recruited right off the roster by A&M.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 7:47 am
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Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:16 am to thunderbird1100
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So considering we only have 1 player on the roster at the moment, best case scenario we get all 6 of these guys + Graves + McNeil; that still only makes 9 on the roster
I'd have to fact check it, but I am not sure WW has ever played more than 8 in a conference rotation (aside from injuries, etc). It's just not realistic, and I don't think it matters competitively anymore.
Also, I think news will be breaking soon. We have 2 players now
Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:37 am to thunderbird1100
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So considering we only have 1 player on the roster at the moment, best case scenario we get all 6 of these guys + Graves + McNeil; that still only makes 9 on the roster What's the plan to fill the roster out to 14-15 guys? I know 1 signee from NCST is likely headed our way, so that would make 10. Just find some roster fillers from the portal at that point?
Your last few guys on the bench are going to be practice players who shouldn’t be getting any kind of NIL deal. Maybe even a 7 ft tuba player project guy who can eventually give you a few minutes a game.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:00 am to LSUbasketballfan
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Your last few guys on the bench are going to be practice players who shouldn’t be getting any kind of NIL deal. Maybe even a 7 ft tuba player project guy who can eventually give you a few minutes a game.
Not suggesting we'll get 14-15 SEC starters. but most teams have 12-13 guys who could play in a game and give you decent minutes in any given night still
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 9:01 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:05 am to thunderbird1100
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:05 am to thunderbird1100
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most teams have 12-13 guys who could play in a game and give you decent minutes in any given night still
I think the data would suggest otherwise. Just scanning the March Madness box scores - games within 10 points - teams played 8 or 9 guys. The blowouts had 12 guys playing, but that's scrap minutes with games in hand.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:06 am to TigerLunatik
We are gonna nickname him the Italian Stalion right?
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 9:07 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:07 am to Bert Macklin FBI
If he ends up to be as good as people say he is, I don't care what we call him.
Get the ball to the italians. Such an underrated movie. Break someone's clavicle!
Get the ball to the italians.
Such an underrated movie. Break someone's clavicle!This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 9:09 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:07 am to thunderbird1100
I don’t think there are hardly any teams with 12-13 players that can play meaningful minutes on a given migjt for a competitive team. I think most teams try to go in to the season with 12-13 players who are possibilities for the rotation but pretty quickly cut that down to 8-10.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 9:09 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:10 am to OGtigerfan87
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I don’t think there are hardly any teams with 12-13 players that can play meaningful minutes on a given migjt for a competitive team.
I'll one up you and say there are ZERO teams with 12-13 players that can play meaningful minutes on a competitive roster.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 9:11 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:27 am to Bert Macklin FBI
Yep 7/8 is fine, everything else is filler for practice
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:27 am to JWill409
quote:Kind of like you knowing LSU will never rehire CWW. Dumbass. Like I said before, maybe you should stop talking about men’s basketball and go coach, coach.
but you apparently know something the rest of the world doesn’t
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:30 am to RoyalWe
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Like I said before, maybe you should stop talking about men’s basketball and go coach, coach.
Pay him no mind. He’s a McMahon fan first and foremost.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:13 am to RoyalWe
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Kind of like you knowing LSU will never rehire CWW. Dumbass. Like I said before, maybe you should stop talking about men’s basketball and go coach, coach.
I didn’t claim to know anything outside of my own opinion and I was wrong about it. I appreciate you looking out.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:22 am to Coastrashtiger
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But the only purpose and reason for these circuits existing and for the directors like J-Will to be paid is to keep kids in Nike shoes and if not outright pressure them to go to a Nike school make sure you are doing everything you can to steer them to in this case a Nike school.
I didn’t need to take a salary. This is all very accurate information though outside of that. I appreciate you being a voice of reason.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:22 am to b rod lsu
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I think the data would suggest otherwise. Just scanning the March Madness box scores - games within 10 points - teams played 8 or 9 guys. The blowouts had 12 guys playing, but that's scrap minutes with games in hand.
Agian ,well aware most teams only rotate 8-9 guys or so; my point was over the course of the season typically 12-13 guys will give you some minutes, even outside of blow outs. This is due to injuries, trying stuff different, etc...
Yes in highly contested games you may only end up playing 8-9 in a rotation, but theres still guys 10-12 who are going to get minutes here and there and cant just be a 5'5 walk on warrior.
The idea is you have 12-13 scholarship type players. Yes some will be developmental or completely behind the Top 8-9, but they still play some throughout the season. Pioint being nobody only has 8-9 scholarship level players and then 6-7 walk on level players
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 10:25 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:33 am to thunderbird1100
Thank you guys for all participating in yesterday’s transfer portal update. I made a new thread for today’s action. In the Niang commitment thread. We are fricking riding right now.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:36 am to thunderbird1100
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Agian ,well aware most teams only rotate 8-9 guys or so; my point was over the course of the season typically 12-13 guys will give you some minutes, even outside of blow outs. This is due to injuries, trying stuff different, etc.
I believe everyone understood the point you were making and as others have said, it is wrong. Even teams like Duke, Florida & UConn only play 8 or 9 guys. The rest of the guys are practice players who come in during blowouts.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:29 am to LSUbasketballfan
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I believe everyone understood the point you were making and as others have said, it is wrong. Even teams like Duke, Florida & UConn only play 8 or 9 guys. The rest of the guys are practice players who come in during blowouts.
Again more than 8-9 guys play minutes throughout the season, even at Duke Florida and UConn or anywhere. Sure they could be lucky and nothing happen all year and play the 8-9 they want, but it rarely works out that way. Every team has to deal with guys getting replaced over the course of the season either due to injury, missing time for whatever reason or development/lack of, etc...
Nobody fills a roster with only 8-9 guys capable of playing any real minutes, they fill them with 12-13, settle on 8-9 in most hotly contested games as a rotation, sure, but those 8-9 can change and sometimes have to change.
The end point being, no we cant only take 8-9 scholarship level players and the rest be who give a crap walk on types. All it takes is 1-2 f those 8-9 to not pan out or get hurt and you constructed a roster that was doomed to fail from the beginning. There's a reason they give 15 roster spots, and the expectation of no coach is to fill it with only 8-9 guys capable or playing any real minutes for you. You better do it with 12-13 because those 8-9 can easily change over the course of a season and you dont want to have to be forced to play Ben Voogd because thats what you're stuck with.
I mean we just had 2 players miss most of the season this very year alone, 2 very good players. Another guy got suspended a game. These things happen.
There's nothing "Wrong" about what my assertion is, it's reality.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 11:35 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:47 am to JWill409
Is it also accurate from coastrashtiger that the 3 college coaches you claim "did it right" had the illegal payments done for them? Like anyone living in reality knows about college basketball recruiting over the last 50 years?
Is he still the "voice of reason, or is he wrong about that?
Is he still the "voice of reason, or is he wrong about that?
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