re: MBB Offseason &#39;26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

Posted by rds dc

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 11:15 am to rds dc

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Posted by Dwainwright

Member since Jun 2017

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 11:57 am to ForeverLSU5

I've heard the exact same thing from multiple sources that I trust. You may well start seeing players enter the portal with a "Do Not Contact" tag..That means they have likely already committed. Those would be ones that potentially could be coming to LSU..I have been texting with one of the coaches but the staff is keeping things very close to the vest. They dont want other staffs to know who they are looking at and talking to because they dont want another Haggerty situation where they thought they had him locked up then at the last minute A&M swoops in & offers 4.2 million. By not revealing who they are talking to & by telling kids not to mention that LSU is offering X amount they can quietly build the roster. Its a cat & mouse game that Will has been part of before. VCU did the exact same thing under Shaka when Will was an assistant coach. When power conference schools found out that VCU had offered someone, suddenly a bunch of Power 5 schools would also extend an offer.to the same player. Shaka started telling kids not to mention VCU when kids were asked who was recruiting them. He got really tired of other schools trying to poach kids he was recruiting by offering them right after VCU did. Thats exactly what's going on now with Wade & hoops recruiting.

Posted by Dwainwright

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 12:09 pm to ellessuuuu

And Ven Allen Lubin.

Posted by rds dc

Member since Jun 2008

21493 posts

Posted on 4/19/26 at 12:12 pm to Dwainwright

quote:
I've heard the exact same thing from multiple sources that I trust. You may well start seeing players enter the portal with a "Do Not Contact" tag..That means they have likely already committed. Those would be ones that potentially could be coming to LSU..I have been texting with one of the coaches but the staff is keeping things very close to the vest. They dont want other staffs to know who they are looking at and talking to because they dont want another Haggerty situation where they thought they had him locked up then at the last minute A&M swoops in & offers 4.2 million. By not revealing who they are talking to & by telling kids not to mention that LSU is offering X amount they can quietly build the roster. Its a cat & mouse game that Will has been part of before. VCU did the exact same thing under Shaka when Will was an assistant coach. When power conference schools found out that VCU had offered someone, suddenly a bunch of Power 5 schools would also extend an offer.to the same player. Shaka started telling kids not to mention VCU when kids were asked who was recruiting them. He got really tired of other schools trying to poach kids he was recruiting by offering them right after VCU did. Thats exactly what's going on now with Wade & hoops recruiting.

Could Wade and LSU have a bunch of top non-portal guys lined up that no one knows about? Sure. Also, and maybe even more likely, Wade has missed out on several top guys that he was targeting.

Posted by Dwainwright

Member since Jun 2017

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 12:24 pm to rds dc

Nope. Ive been told that about half of the roster is already set. Trust the process. Keep in mind that European basketball does not end till late May. Stansbury has a lot of overseas contacts so dont be at all shocked if we sign a few European guys in late May/early June.They can't come over for visits until their European season ends.

Posted by tigahlovah

virginia beach, va

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 12:39 pm to Dwainwright

I'm president of the Will Wade fanclub and have no doubt he's putting a highly competitive roster together behind the scenes. He's done it EVERYWHERE he's been.

I just don't understand why a top portal recruit would keep quiet about how much he's being offered and by who, especially to other schools that could potentially pay him more.

Can you clear that up for me?

Posted by Circle K Beggar

Somewhere in the lower 48

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 12:48 pm to rds dc

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Also, and maybe even more likely, Wade has missed out on several top guys that he was targeting.

Moving on from low key panicking to mid key panicking

Posted by Chalkywhite84

New orleans

Member since Dec 2016

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 1:50 pm to tigahlovah

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just don't understand why a top portal recruit would keep quiet about how much he's being offered and by who, especially to other schools that could potentially pay him more.

Can you clear that up for me?

Also, why would their agents.

Posted by tigersham

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 1:56 pm to tigersham

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Another HS name I’ve been told we could be getting in on

LSU, UNC, Arkansas. Projected a lottery pick in the ‘27 draft

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This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 1:58 pm

Posted by Pnels08

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 2:24 pm to tigersham

Idk how much I trust CJ but

Miikka's tape is pretty sick from what I've seen. Just a bunch of dunks !

Posted by Houmatiger0626

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:20 pm to Pnels08

Im.assuming that would be the Rick Stansbury effect if we get tnis guy

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:10 pm to Pnels08

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Miikka's tape is pretty sick from what I've seen. Just a bunch of dunks !

He has a nice shooting stroke, took. Dude is gonna cost a ton of their budget though.

Posted by S

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:57 pm to Lester Earl

Hanno Mottola GOAT finn

Posted by tigerbait2010

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:06 pm to Houmatiger0626

I knew stansburry has a great reputation as a recruiter in the Southeast but didn’t know he can cook overseas.

This is has been the year from hell in the big 3 but I’ve never been more pumped for next season

Posted by rds dc

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Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:39 pm to tigersham

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LSU, UNC, Arkansas. Projected a lottery pick in the ‘27 draft

Everything seems to point to him going to UNC. It looks like it's the same circle of accounts promoting the to "LSU" as with other misses. He would be an awesome pull for LSU and Wade.