Quote Originally Posted by House P View Post
I have no idea whether Scheyer and Co have any interest in this particular player or other similar players. That being said, bringing in such a guy is one potential way of "getting older" and having program continuity. In theory, bringing in a lightly recruited rising Sophomore with limited NBA prospects should be less risky than bringing in a similarly ranked recruit out of high school. A similarly ranked guy out of HS may never develop into anything more than an end-of-the-bench guy who becomes a transfer risk. The rising Sophomore has already proven themselves against D1 competition (less transfer risk) and has less NBA potential (less risk of bolting to the pros).

I don't know how many of these guys there are, but you could probably build some program continuity by skimming the best "rising-Sophomore-with-limited-NBA-prospects" from the portal each year.

In other words, a savvy team could treat the transfer portal as a proving ground like the NBA treats one-and-done college guys. Give them one year to prove themselves and then select the best candidates to remain in your program for 3 years.
But why would such a player want to come here and sit on the bench? Most guys (other than some of the grads like we've had here) transfer cuz they want to play, not sit.