Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Uspshoosier 54,427]

22 minutes ago, Herotime said:

Anyone have a list of big men were going to after? Freddie2x, Baba?

This staff does a good job of keeping things quiet so I would guess there are some bigs they are talking to that no one knows about 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,879]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Transfer Portal rankings 

2024- AJ Storr - 4

2025- AJ Storr- 58

optics for Kansas fans were good in 2024 though 

What about the midmajor kid that went there two years ago that was so sought after and then was awful? 

[Uspshoosier 54,427]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

What about the midmajor kid that went there two years ago that was so sought after and then was awful? 

Timberlake.   Optics for him were off the charts. Some   IU fans were upset when he didn’t come to IU and that was a huge miss 

[Uspshoosier 54,427]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

What about the midmajor kid that went there two years ago that was so sought after and then was awful? 

He was a top 30 portal prospect. lol 

[Hoosierfanyuh 6,759]

Let’s get the weekend visitor(s) rumors started on this beautiful Friday morning 

[LamarCheeks 22,139]

21 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Timberlake.   Optics for him were off the charts. Some   IU fans were upset when he didn’t come to IU and that was a huge miss 

TBH, never been a fan. Way too smarmy for my taste ...  

[Silat Player 1,963]

8 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I personally want to be top 25 to start the season. That’s a personal goal I think Indiana should achieve every season if the program wants to be taken seriously. Id like that this year. We may have to earn that. 

Uh...DDV has zero players coming back from last year's roster. Of course he's going to have to "earn" a top 25 ranking. 

He's not going to get it based on last year's players or finish. 

If IU wins, the rankings and tournament will take care of themselves. I don't know why anyone would worry about preseason rankings at this point. Yes, they can be helpful, but he has zero returning players. LOL

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,879]

27 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I don't know what you were expecting out of the 5 spot, especially offensively, given the remaining personnel? You were never going to get a high usage center with DeVries, Wilkerson, etc....it's not needed. With Alexis signed, get Federiko, and you can count on 35 solid minutes of defending and rim protection out of the 5 spot. Can play Bailey at the 5 in spurts if you need offense.

Bailey is pretty clearly starting at the 5

[AH1971 3,185]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Bailey is pretty clearly starting at the 5

Not if they sign Federiko or Miller.

And I don't really care who starts the game. I care more about minute allocation and Bailey won't play the bulk of his minutes at the 5 if they do get a legit rim protector. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,879]

4 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Not if they sign Federiko or Miller.

And I don't really care who starts the game. I care more about minute allocation and Bailey won't play the bulk of his minutes at the 5 if they do get a legit rim protector. 

Federiko wouldn't start. Bailey is playing the bulk of his minutes at the 5. I'm not sure how much more clear our current roster could make that. 

[Stuhoo 89,514]

1 minute ago, AH1971 said:

Not if they sign Federiko or Miller.

If they sign either Federiko or Miller it's no longer clear, but I would still speculate that even then, Bailey starts at the five. We seem to have too much roster focus on the 1-3 (Wilkerson, Conerway, Miles, Dorn, Drake, Enright) and will start three of them, along with Tucker D and one other. I would guess the one other is Bailey.

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We're conditioned by 9 years of teams that struggle to play up to their individual rankings.  As someone else alluded to, we'll need to be better than the sum of our individual parts.  I'd argue that is required for any team to be really good.

Getting back to respectability is going to require quality coaching and hopefully DD is the level of coach we're all banking on.

[AH1971 3,185]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Federiko wouldn't start. Bailey is playing the bulk of his minutes at the 5. I'm not sure how much more clear our current roster could make that. 

Bailey isn't going to play more than 25 mpg, he's not good enough defensively at either spot. Telling me that in the event they sign Federiko/Miller on top of Alexis, that duo is only going to play ~15 mpg? Nonsense. 

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1 hour ago, Herotime said:

Anyone have a list of big men were going to after? Freddie2x, Baba?

I remember a mob movie with a character named (something like) "Jimmy Two Times" who always said things twice.  I like "Freddy two times".

[Okram 38]

1 hour ago, 94Bulldog said:

so he’s a bouncier Malik Reneau, got it.

Not really.  Good/disruptive defensively and limited offensively. Which is fine because they thankfully won’t be dumping the ball to him and waiting around for something to happen very often. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Okram

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,879]

7 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Bailey isn't going to play more than 25 mpg, he's not good enough defensively at either spot. Telling me that in the event they sign Federiko/Miller on top of Alexis, that duo is only going to play ~15 mpg? Nonsense. 

huh lol

now.. I'm not saying he's playing exclusively at the 5, but he's pretty clearly playing the 5. 

He and Alexis can coexist, for sure.... Alexis played a lot with Haugh, who is a comp for Bailey. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,879]

57 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Timberlake.   Optics for him were off the charts. Some   IU fans were upset when he didn’t come to IU and that was a huge miss 

you were excited when I brought up his name hahaha... double quoting me and everything 

[AH1971 3,185]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

huh lol

now.. I'm not saying he's playing exclusively at the 5, but he's pretty clearly playing the 5. 

He and Alexis can coexist, for sure.... Alexis played a lot with Haugh, who is a comp for Bailey. 

What's confusing? He's not a 30+ mpg player in the B10. He was barely a 30 mpg player on a terrible A10 team. Brings a lot offensively, he gives you next to nothing defensively. IU isn't good enough defensively 1-4 for him to play the bulk of his minutes at the 5. And if he is playing the bulk of his minutes at the 5, it'd be an equal rotation with someone like Miller or Federiko....I could live with that. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,879]

3 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

What's confusing? He's not a 30+ mpg player in the B10. He was barely a 30 mpg player on a terrible A10 team. Brings a lot offensively, he gives you next to nothing defensively. IU isn't good enough defensively 1-4 for him to play the bulk of his minutes at the 5. And if he is playing the bulk of his minutes at the 5, it'd be an equal rotation with someone like Miller or Federiko....I could live with that. 

does it sound any sort of realistic to add either of those two, at this juncture? 

[AH1971 3,185]

3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

does it sound any sort of realistic to add either of those two, at this juncture? 

Of course. You still have a massive deficiency at the 5 defensively. You have close to 20 mpg to sell at the 5 spot, which is right in Federiko's wheelhouse.