Transfer Portal Watch

[Captain Kangaroo]

26 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

I have "Manic Monday" or the The Mamas and the Papas "Monday, Monday" ready to go if it gets to that.

No Sunday Bloody Sunday, or something from Til Tuesday?

[1981 grad]

My take on things and song for today:  Enjoy (LOL)

 

[Hilltopper]

 

[NWAkron]

 

Edited April 29, 2023 by NWAkron

[NWAkron]

Rainy days, Mondays, and no new Zips basketball commits always get me down:

 

[Captain Kangaroo]

Be patient. @Justin_Heyward mentioned Tuesday Afternoon might cure your moody blues. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Is this a high-level transfer? Awful lot of secrecy and hype. 

[NWAkron]

7 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Is this a high-level transfer? Awful lot of secrecy and hype. 

Holding out for a hero.  for sure.

 

[zippy5]

10 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Is this a high-level transfer? Awful lot of secrecy and hype. 

Big East

[Let'sGoZips94]

59 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

Big East

 

By way of the MAC?

[zippy5]

22 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

By way of the MAC?

[72 Roo]

4 hours ago, NWAkron said:

Rainy days, Mondays, and no new Zips basketball commits always get me down:

 

And I'm still on my hunger strike to bring awareness of this injustice to the public. BTW I've added Brussel sprouts to the food I am denying myself. I pray an announcement comes soon. I am being draw to a light.

[Zippy87]

If it is Ali, I'll be interested to see how everyone fits.

 

Ali/Hunter/Baker

Dawson/Prather

Freeman/Lyles/MMK

Thornton/Tribble/N. Johnson

Scott/Tavari

 

[Hilltopper]

Freeman 

Hunter 

Ali 

Tribble

Thornton

[Zippy87]

6 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

Freeman 

Hunter 

Ali 

Tribble

Thornton

 

I'd rather bring Tribble off the bench as a sparkplug but I can see them starting him as well.

[Reslife4Life]

Mikal Dawson has to start this year. There is no way he could be the 6th man AGAIN

[Blue & Gold]

16 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

Mikal Dawson has to start this year. There is no way he could be the 6th man AGAIN

+1. I’d like to tweak the above starting 5 to look like:

Freeman

Sammy

Ali

Dawson

Thornton

6th man: Tribble

 

[LoyalZIP]

44 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

Freeman 

Hunter 

Ali 

Tribble

Thornton

 

😍

 

That's a lot of All-MAC award winners.

 

Freeman: 2022 DPOY, 3x All-Defense, 2022 2nd team All-MAC, 2023 1st team All-MAC, 2022 Tournament MVP, 2022 MAC tournament champion, 2020 regular season champion

 

Ali Ali: 2022 2nd team All-MAC, 2022 MAC tournament champion, 2020 regular season champion

 

Tribble: 2023 All-Defense, 2022 MAC tournament champion, 2020 regular season champion

 

Thornton: 2023 Honorable Mention

 

That starting lineup also has 22 combined MAC tournament games played.

 

In the transfer portal era, those kinds of numbers are nothing to sneeze at.

[Blue & Gold]

If Ali does in fact come home we’re going to be stacked deeper than any Zips team I can ever remember. Speculating a starting five & two deep will give us a lot of conversation.

 

[kreed5120]

I'd say @Hilltopper is spot on with that starting 5. SF if Ali most natural position and playing him there would add much needed length. Also, having an offensive scoring punch like Dawson coming off the bench makes more sense than having a defensive specialist. If you have Ali, Freeman, Thornton, and Hunter on the floor, you have plenty of scoring options. You need someone to provide instant offense to carry the second unit. Think about what Cheese did for a huge chunk of that covid shorten season when I believe he won 6-man of the year for the MAC.

 

Your starting 5 doesn't necessarily mean the 5 that will close out the games. Groce has shown time again that he's willing to ride the hot hands in crunch time. If Freeman, Ali, Dawson, Thornton, and (insert whatever other guard) are the ones hot, he'll run that lineup during crunch time. What I'd like most if Ali returns is that it would provide tremendous lineup flexibility so we can match-up against pretty much any playstyle. 

[RoyalBlu]

Not to be a debbie-downer but two questions?:

 

1. Nobody has said/confirmed Ali would actually be immediately eligible if he came back. I would not be surprised if he is, because likely more of his Butler hours are good at Akron than vice-verse when he left.

 

But still.

 

2. In this portal era, it is not safe to assume everybody stays if Ali comes back (although hopefully all do).  Does Dawson look to exit instead of stay???

 

[Captain Kangaroo]

47 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said:

Not to be a debbie-downer but two questions?:

 

1. Nobody has said/confirmed Ali would actually be immediately eligible if he came back. I would not be surprised if he is, because likely more of his Butler hours are good at Akron than vice-verse when he left.

 

But still.

 

2. In this portal era, it is not safe to assume everybody stays if Ali comes back (although hopefully all do).  Does Dawson look to exit instead of stay???

 

I hate to be a Ulysses Upper, but - 

 

1.) It is amazing what credit miracles occur sometimes.

2.) Where is a guy like Dawson, coming off missing a full season, and who loves playing for the Zips, going to go and expect to be better off than competing for Akron?

 

The only real question is - Does Ali mind eating a little crow and coming back to UA? Only time will tell (cue the Asia video).

[NWAkron]

I guess we wait until Tuesday:

 

 

[clarkwgriswold]

I have it on good information that a former Zips player will be returning.  Sina Gahdebo should be arriving in Akron any day now.

Edited May 1, 2023 by clarkwgriswold

[X got robbed of POY]

This the news we were all waiting on correct?