2022 Transfer Portal Thread

[wadesworld]

Love Efe. He was stuck in a really deep rotation at Wsu so playing time was an issue. Would be great if he somehow landed here.

I'd also like him here, but if we're putting our hopes on kids who can't get lost in a minutes game at Washington State...woof.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

What's the bump with Wrightsil?

Marquette was 60th before the Wrightsil commit.  Wrightsil is now included in the projection at 50, so he was worth 10 spots.

[panda]

I'd also like him here, but if we're putting our hopes on kids who can't get lost in a minutes game at Washington State...woof.

You say that like Washington State is a bad team.

He played a decent amount of minutes but they rotated four bigs during games. He's more than capable of being a 27-32 minute guy and he wasnt getting that at WSU.

[lawdog77]

You say that like Washington State is a bad team.

He played a decent amount of minutes but they rotated four bigs during games. He's more than capable of being a 27-32 minute guy and he wasnt getting that at WSU.

Did Efe and Ben Gold play together/against each other at the NBA Global Academy?

[panda]

Did Efe and Ben Gold play together/against each other at the NBA Global Academy?

No. He and omax know each other through the program though.

[lawdog77]

No. He and omax know each other through the program though.

Thanks. Like this dunk by him:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYMBRQtlFfY/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

[JWags85]

You say that like Washington State is a bad team.

He played a decent amount of minutes but they rotated four bigs during games. He's more than capable of being a 27-32 minute guy and he wasnt getting that at WSU.

He also didn't get "lost".  He was 4th on the team in minutes, most of any big guy.  The other 4 leading minutes guys in the top 5 were guards.  They played a lot of 4 out, 1 in.  WSU had Gueye who was a top 100 big as a freshman this year, plus Jackson, guys they wanted to get minutes as well.  Efe still played over 20 min a game.  Its not like he couldn't see the floor on a terrible team,  WSU only had 2 mediocre losses in the PAC12.  The conference was just deep and they were youngish

[panda]

He also didn't get "lost".  He was 4th on the team in minutes, most of any big guy.  The other 4 leading minutes guys in the top 5 were guards.  They played a lot of 4 out, 1 in.  WSU had Gueye who was a top 100 big as a freshman this year, plus Jackson, guys they wanted to get minutes as well.  Efe still played over 20 min a game.  Its not like he couldn't see the floor on a terrible team,  WSU only had 2 mediocre losses in the PAC12.  The conference was just deep and they were youngish

I never said lost.

He just rotated with two/three other guys. He's more than capable of playing big minutes.

[MU82]

Efe yeah ... let's get this efeyin' guy!

[JWags85]

I never said lost.

He just rotated with two/three other guys. He's more than capable of playing big minutes.

Sorry, I meant Wade's comment about getting lost.  I was agreeing with you that his minutes weren't due to lack of ability

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Efe yeah ... let's get this efeyin' guy!

Tell him we'll change the name of the university to Efe U.

[panda]

Sorry, I meant Wade's comment about getting lost.  I was agreeing with you that his minutes weren't due to lack of ability

Yep no worries. He most certainly wasn't lost and WSU wasn't some also ran team in the P12 either.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Yep no worries. He most certainly wasn't lost and WSU wasn't some also ran team in the P12 either.

Washington State wasn't the Washington State of the past, but I struggle to label them as a good team last season. They made it through the regular season with 0 Q1 wins, only 1 Q2A win (which was one spot off from being Q2B), and some really questionable home losses. They finished 11-9 in conference but they went 0-4 against Arizona, UCLA, and USC (the only 3 NCAAT teams in P12), 2-2 against Colorado and Oregon (finished in the 70s for NET), and 9-3 against Arizona State, Stanford, Washington, Utah, California, and Oregon State (finished with triple digit NET ranks). They got lucky only having to play Arizona and UCLA once each during the regular season. They won the conference schedule lottery.

All that being said, I would LOVE Efe on our roster next season

[panda]

Washington State wasn't the Washington State of the past, but I struggle to label them as a good team last season. They made it through the regular season with 0 Q1 wins, only 1 Q2A win (which was one spot off from being Q2B), and some really questionable home losses. They finished 11-9 in conference but they went 0-4 against Arizona, UCLA, and USC (the only 3 NCAAT teams in P12), 2-2 against Colorado and Oregon (finished in the 70s for NET), and 9-3 against Arizona State, Stanford, Washington, Utah, California, and Oregon State (finished with triple digit NET ranks). They got lucky only having to play Arizona and UCLA once each during the regular season. They won the conference schedule lottery.

All that being said, I would LOVE Efe on our roster next season

I didn't label them as a good team. I said they weren't an also ran as wades alluded to.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Keep those knee slappers coming

Wasn't meant to be knee slapping. Just slapping out at Scoopers like yourself who think that this MU team, even with these two potential additions, will be a better team as of today without two All Big East players (and potential NBAers), plus Super Seniors in Kur and Elliott. Scoop talent evaluation hasn't historically been very good, which is humorous I guess.

[brewcity77]

No. He and omax know each other through the program though.

Are you sure there was no overlap? Abogidi wouldn't have enrolled at Wazzu until Summer 2020, and the first Gold highlight reel I found from the NBA Academy was June 17, 2020, indicating Gold was playing before then.

[Tha Hound]

Wasn't meant to be knee slapping. Just slapping out at Scoopers like yourself who think that this MU team, even with these two potential additions, will be a better team as of today without two All Big East players (and potential NBAers), plus Super Seniors in Kur and Elliott. Scoop talent evaluation hasn't historically been very good, which is humorous I guess.

Lmao @ lashing out and just blatantly making things up. What are you, 5?

[CountryRoads]

Villanova seems to be the early favorite

Hope this is no longer the case. Ramey would be a good fit here.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Lmao @ lashing out and just blatantly making things up. What are you, 5?

#ThaHoundknowsball

[Milkshakes]

Using everyone's favorite predictive tool, Torvik's "RosterCast", adding Efe to next years squad moves us from 50 to 35. That's a big time impact.

For context, here are some others we've been in contact with (assuming Lewis is gone):

Nigel Pack - 50 to 34
Warren Washington - 50 to 37
Aimaq - 50 to 37
Ramey - 50 to 44
Manny Bates - 50 to 44
Tyrese Hunter - no change
Hopkins - 50 to 51

Do these numbers assume Justin is at Marquette?

[Nukem2]

Do these numbers assume Justin is at Marquette?

The poster says...assuming Lewis is gone....

[Tha Hound]

#ThaHoundknowsball

That's more like it

[Tha Hound]

Do these numbers assume Justin is at Marquette?

No, as our current roster stands (aka with Justin out) Torvik ranks us #50 51 as of today.

[Pakuni]

MU has not reached out to Emoni Bates, for some reason.

https://www.on3.com/news/memphis-transfer-emoni-bates-drawing-interest-from-10-schools/

[GoldenEagles03]

MU has not reached out to Emoni Bates, for some reason.

https://www.on3.com/news/memphis-transfer-emoni-bates-drawing-interest-from-10-schools/

I think that was expected. Didnt he quit on Memphis halfway through the year? Not to mention he was expected to be a 1 and done. No need for him here with the culture Shaka is building.