2026 Transfer Portal Wishlist

[The Sultan]

Sounds like Pearson, Egbuonu, and Johnston to me.

Three freshmen. 🙄

[GoldenEagles03]

Three freshmen. 🙄

Haha I'm mostly just poking fun. But the reality is that that is a very realistic outcome given how the program operates.

[Pakuni]

Sounds like Pearson, Egbuonu, and Johnston to me.

If there's one thing we know about freshman bigs, it's that they're dependable, especially on the defensive end.
Egbuonu and Johnston are wings.

[wadesworld]

Haha I'm mostly just poking fun. But the reality is that that is a very realistic outcome given how the program operates.

Yeah.  Our coach is a grudge guy, so anyone that didn't come to MU out of high school he will not be interested in.

[Hards Alumni]

I'm fully ready for scoop to ping pong back and admonish any of our 'shooters' that we have or acquire in the off-season for being too nonathletic to guard in the BEAST.

[tower912]

I'm fully ready for scoop to ping pong....

Could have stopped here.   And substituted pickleball.

[MU82]

I literally dozed off watching St. Thomas vs S. Dakota St. last night. I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the Tommies, though I did just look at the box score to see that Minessale and Janowski had good stats.

The level of play was so bad - I've seen high school games recently with lots more pace and shotmaking - that it's hard to get a fix on these guys. I guess if Shaka brings one of them in, I'd assume he knows what he's doing.

[Scoop Snoop]

I literally dozed off watching St. Thomas vs S. Dakota St. last night. I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the Tommies, though I did just look at the box score to see that Minessale and Janowski had good stats.

The level of play was so bad - I've seen high school games recently with lots more pace and shotmaking - that it's hard to get a fix on these guys. I guess if Shaka brings one of them in, I'd assume he knows what he's doing.

First bolded-good point! There are transfers who came from low level conferences and are now in major conferences doing well. I have often wondered how they can be evaluated.

Second bolded- Sorry, but my trust in Shaka's "knows what he is doing" is on hold. I once blindly had faith in his ability.

[tower912]

I literally dozed off watching St. Thomas vs S. Dakota St. last night. I wasn't particularly impressed by any of the Tommies, though I did just look at the box score to see that Minessale and Janowski had good stats.

The level of play was so bad - I've seen high school games recently with lots more pace and shotmaking - that it's hard to get a fix on these guys. I guess if Shaka brings one of them in, I'd assume he knows what he's doing.

Minnesale had a good second half after they moved him off the ball, allowed him to receive the pass, and then create off of isolation.

[Scoop Snoop]

Minnesale had a good second half after they moved him off the ball, allowed him to receive the pass, and then create off of isolation.

Thanks for the info, as I did not see the game. Unlike MU82 though, I stay awake while watching games and I have quite a few more years chalked up than he does. What a whoose!

[MU82]

If the Gladiator asked, "Are you not entertained," I would have said, "Nope." And also, "zzzzz."

[JakeBarnes]

Minnesale had a good second half after they moved him off the ball, allowed him to receive the pass, and then create off of isolation.

I mean...that kinda feels like what we could use if he could also do some spot pg work so Nigel can breathe.

The more that can create off their own dribble/iso is good for opening the team up a bit. Parham starting to get there. Owens...a bit. But someone who can do that (and has vision) could make a Nash Walker/MP2 look amazing if they can get the ball out if teams start collapsing on the iso