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I woudlnt be surprised if he went to the NBA, his dad has made it well known that's how he wants to end his career, playing with his son. This years NBA draft class has been pegged as one of the worst of all time (time will tell of course) so a team may take a 2nd round flyer on him just to land Lebron for the last couple years while he is still producing at historic levels. That said if XU is an actual option and he can contribute, i would welcome it and the circus it would bring.
Definitely an April fools joke.
But X is still going after shooters. Both guards and wings. One guard I’m intrigued with is Darlinstone Dubar. 6’8 guard from Hofstra. averaged 17.8 a game while shooting 39% from 3. Arkansas was the team who made biggest push but X is very much going after him too.
And I’ll be honest. Not a clue about him or his game, but I am a sucker for the taller players. Regardless, I don’t think Foster was given any sort of guarantee to be a starter. And Drudy approach appears to be what X is doing- just go after and gather as much talent as they can and then let the minutes fall into place.
Perhaps Lebron would contribute to our NIL pool. He's got extra cash.
So shouldn't he get 100% grad transfers that play Miller's way? Stay away from fab frosh and growing sophomores?Quote:
Originally Posted by IM4X
I thought that was because of Coach K though? I wonder how much it changes with Scheyer in charge. Also, think he'd have a tough time carving out playing time with the way Duke reloads their roster. I'm sure McCain is probably gone, Tyrese Proctor had an up and down season and may be back, and I think Jeremy Roach still has a year of eligibility left and could return? He'd have to be comfortable getting minimal minutes to develop.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoMuskies
I feel like that's tougher to do in this day and age to build a roster to your ideal wants. With the transfer portal, NIL, and all the things involved I don't really know what the best way to fill out a roster looks like, but I do know we're going to add some pieces and we only have one incoming Freshman in Powell coming in, so I assume he'd be looking for grad transfers and other transfers that match his ideals. I do agree with IM4X though, I think Miller's wayyy too competitive to not have this past season eat at him and will be looking at ways to correct that. Marcus Foster fits the older transfer mold, I think it just depends who we can realistically target and obtain through the portal and NIL, etc. Sometimes you have to settle on Option B unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by xukeith
Which Xavier talent in 4 years has transferred away to a bigger program or one paying more after Xavier brought them in a developed them?Quote:
Originally Posted by MHettel
Jeez, looks like St. John’s has four returners left, thus far.
Edit: And DePaul might be down to one? Bonkers! I wonder who’s dumping whom in that relationship.
Xavier has reached out to former Oklahoma big John Hugley. Looks like a Big body but no idea about his game or fit here at X.Quote:
Originally Posted by XUBison
There isn’t one. I don’t think X has lost a player they wanted to keep because a team outbid them. In fact even pre NIL/transfer rule I don’t think X lost an impact player? (Outside of Wells but that’s a different situation) nothing jumps to mind at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z
Now X could tell someone like Odom they don’t have any NIL for him and so technically he would get paid more at Jacksonville state. But none of the guys have left bc X couldn’t afford to keep them if they wanted. The whole portal and Nil has worked out in X favor so far.
It's hard to square that with Xavier being in the midst of the worst 6 year run in the last 40 years of program history. Some of that is just Steele sucking and bad luck on the injury front this year. But it's tough to be too excited about what the NIL and portal era has brought for Xavier basketball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xavier