MBB: The 2025 Transfer Portal

DBKilby said:
UNC's roster is a mess. Hopefully Hubert replaces him with another short guard who can't shoot or defend.
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Cadeau was supposed to be a potential one and done entering the dump on the hump. Didn’t pan out, I wonder if Hubie will beg Cadeau to renege on the portal decision and come back like Trimble did? Also, a little surprised Washington is going portaling! What the hell is goin’ on down there at cheatville?
 
Billy Dat said:
I tend to agree. That kid has insane quickness and an improving 3 point shot. Since Hubert seems to like to follow Jon's blueprint, maybe he now believes in turning over the whole roster, but he forgot you need someone like Cooper coming in.
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Cadeau is also a four year guy who's probably not fully formed yet. Now another school will get to reap his development while UNC was left to suffer with a turnover prone, shot deficient, poor defending PG.
 
ManManFan said:
right pass, and stepping up to take over a game when need are things you can demonstrate on a balanced elite team. I hope we do keep some our core this year Brown, Pat, Evans, and Caleb coming back would put give us a solid base for next year and I am not sure we are going to find any better overall 2 way players in the transfer portal.
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To your last point, I don't think any one of us have heard of Sion James yet here we are. You never know.
 
Music man55 said:
Cadeau was supposed to be a potential one and done entering the dump on the hump. Didn’t pan out, I wonder if Hubie will beg Cadeau to renege on the portal decision and come back like Trimble did? Also, a little surprised Washington is going portaling! What the hell is goin’ on down there at cheatville?
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I know his mom voiced frustration after the SW16 loss to Bama last year. I thought he might bounce then. I think Cadeau was a reclass which you really shouldn't do unless you are a legitimate lottery pick. I remember the one and done talk but based on his size and shooting I don't know what he offers as a NBA player.
 
DonerKebab said:
To your last point, I don't think any one of us have heard of Sion James yet here we are. You never know.
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And regarding Sion. Tulane only made the NCAAT 3 times... all in the early 90's... and never made it back to the NCAAT since then, a span of 30 years. So Sion works hard at Tulane for 4 years, growing into a fine upstanding young man, transfers to Duke with the only request that if he earns playing time, he'll get it. Ends up starting for a Duke team in the S-16's, with a chance for E-8 or more.
 
brevity said:
The best-named brothers in college basketball have each decided to go portalizing.

All Wright, Valparaiso (video)
Always Wright, Rhode Island

I wrote about both of them here, when Always Wright and his Rhode Island team took a trip to the Bahamas last summer. All Wright explains their names. And yes, I already made the requisite Matthew McConaughey joke.

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The first challengers in a couple of decades to Scientific and Majestic Mapp.
 
Music man55 said:
What the hell is goin’ on down there at cheatville?
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Not sure why everyone assumes losing Cadeau and Washington is a sign of something going wrong. I suspect that very soon after the season ended, each of these guys sat down with Coach Hubert and (perhaps more importantly) GM Jim Tanner. Tanner likely told them what Carolina was willing to do in terms of NIL commitment for next season and it is likely that both Washington and Cadeau did not like what they heard. I suspect Tanner has some ideas about what kind of player could replace them and what that player will cost.

These may not be signs of rats fleeing a sinking ship... they could be signs of a ship that knows it does not really need these rats any longer.
 
JasonEvans said:
Not sure why everyone assumes losing Cadeau and Washington is a sign of something going wrong. I suspect that very soon after the season ended, each of these guys sat down with Coach Hubert and (perhaps more importantly) GM Jim Tanner. Tanner likely told them what Carolina was willing to do in terms of NIL commitment for next season and it is likely that both Washington and Cadeau did not like what they heard. I suspect Tanner has some ideas about what kind of player could replace them and what that player will cost.

These may not be signs of rats fleeing a sinking ship... they could be signs of a ship that knows it does not really need these rats any longer.
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I mean maybe. But they did win the ACC and earn a #1 seed last year with Frosh Cadeau starting at PG. This tells you the kid can really play. And he led the ACC with 6apg this season despite having very limited big men.

I would be willing to wager a lot that Cadeau has a better season next year than whoever the Cheats bring in to replace him. They will now be competing with many/most ofthe big name SEC, B1G, and B12 schools for a starting PG and starting C out of the portal. Yowza.
 
JasonEvans said:
Not sure why everyone assumes losing Cadeau and Washington is a sign of something going wrong. I suspect that very soon after the season ended, each of these guys sat down with Coach Hubert and (perhaps more importantly) GM Jim Tanner. Tanner likely told them what Carolina was willing to do in terms of NIL commitment for next season and it is likely that both Washington and Cadeau did not like what they heard. I suspect Tanner has some ideas about what kind of player could replace them and what that player will cost.

These may not be signs of rats fleeing a sinking ship... they could be signs of a ship that knows it does not really need these rats any longer.
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Yeah, we’ve just gotta accept that college basketball is operating on universal 1 year contracts until something changes. Transfers are the default, not the exception, so these guys leaving doesn’t necessarily mean anything for UNC.

That said, UNC still needs to fill the holes left by those two guys now. And they haven’t shown a consistent ability to do that with success in the portal—they’ve obviously been incredibly hit or miss. If there isn’t a new point guard incoming within a couple weeks I’m betting Carolina fans are going to be quite anxious.
 
It is definitely not a surprise that Washington is in the portal. He's a junior who has still played fewer than 1000 total minutes in his 3 years at UNC, never averaging even 16 mpg in any season. He appears to be a guy who was simply in over his head at UNC. Maybe he goes to go to a mid-major where he could be a starter and potential star.

Cadeau is a bit more interesting a case. He was a decent player and definitely ACC caliber, but he was a bad fit with the current roster next to RJ Davis and without a good set of post guys. I imagine he'll have plenty of suiters at the major college level. But it will be important to land where he is surrounded by bigger players and can be the maestro pulling the strings. That might have been possible at UNC too, but maybe he's just fed up with the Hubert Davis experience.
 
scottdude8 said:
That said, UNC still needs to fill the holes left by those two guys now. And they haven’t shown a consistent ability to do that with success in the portal—they’ve obviously been incredibly hit or miss. If there isn’t a new point guard incoming within a couple weeks I’m betting Carolina fans are going to be quite anxious.
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It's essentially just one hole, as Washington was not an impact player at all. He's a backup. They can find another Washington in the portal I'm quite sure.

Finding a PG better than Cadeau will probably be difficult though.
 
CDu said:
It's essentially just one hole, as Washington was not an impact player at all. He's a backup. They can find another Washington in the portal I'm quite sure.

Finding a PG better than Cadeau will probably be difficult though.
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My thought is there might be 3-5 better PGs in the portal than Cadeau, but why would any choose UNC over all their other great options? It's a classic "bird in hand" situation. Big loss for UNC IMO.
 
TruBlu said:
But will he get his new school’s band to follow him out of a hotel lobby?
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The title of the song, Roam, is now even more appropriate.

I think he was a great fit on a traditional UNC team with reasonably talented bigs who can run the floor. Unfortunately for him, that was not this years team. If he is smart he will go for fit (possibly over $$$).
 
dukelion said:
North Carolina sophomore point guard Elliot Cadeau has gone portaling, source told
@TheFieldOf68
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bshrader said:
Jalen Washington now officially into the portal.
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Wow. Elliot Cadeau's departure was squarely in Rumorville yesterday, so I'm glad to see it reported now. The double whammy with Jalen Washington makes this more entertaining.

Elliot Cadeau, UNC (video)
Jalen Washington, UNC (video)



Jackson Roberts, Clemson
Amsal Delalic, Pittsburgh (video)
Guillermo Diaz Graham, Pittsburgh (video, but you want to watch this instead)
Jorge Diaz Graham, Pittsburgh

 
SkyBrickey said:
My thought is there might be 3-5 better PGs in the portal than Cadeau, but why would any choose UNC over all their other great options? It's a classic "bird in hand" situation. Big loss for UNC IMO.
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Yes, there will probably be a better PG out there, but convincing that PG to go to UNC (which has been a bubble caliber regular season team basically every year of Davis' tenure so far, and where NIL deals are apparently straggling) is a tougher ask.
 
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