UNC basketball 2026 transfer portal

superrific said:
Can Jarin shoot? Career 30% 3 point shooter and he's actually gotten worse every year. Is he really a big? He sure doesn't rebound like one. Nor protect the rim like one. Is he really versatile? I mean, I suppose he can do a little of everything, but is there anything he does well?

If he can get more than $1M, then I say let him.
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He is streaky shooter, so that will definitely limit his market value. But yes, he can shoot.

I also think that Hubert’s system takes a couple percentage point off your shooting for many players.
 
Calheel said:
He is streaky shooter, so that will definitely limit his market value. But yes, he can shoot.

I also think that Hubert’s system takes a couple percentage point off your shooting for many players.
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Well, OK, but he shot 31% and 30% in two years at Bama. That is not really acceptable for a guy who isn't doing much else on the offensive end.

His production at Bama and UNC tell the same story. He's not a creator or finisher on offense. In fact, it's unclear from the stats over his three years what exactly he does on offense.
 
On the other thread the mention of chemistry came up. Michigan had it this season, we haven’t had it that much lately. Even Roy’s last few years seemed to lack chemistry.

If I may make a music analogy: in my jazz band, I draw from a lot of regional talent and my band line up changes constantly depending on who all is available for certain play dates. Sometimes I get a top notch player on trumpet for example, and his solos and playing are literally world class, But the other guys in the band don’t seem to get along with him. He’s a bit toxic. I don’t wanna hang around and have a beer with him after the gig. Some of those bad vibes spill over onto the stage while we’re playing.

And then, on other occasions, I’ll have somebody else on trumpet or saxophone (who may not be technically as good a player) but with much better attitudes, happy-go-lucky, great to hang with before, during and after the gigs, everybody has a great time on stage, and afterward having a drink etc.

Chemistry on stage or on the court; chemistry in the locker room or in the green room; chemistry on the bus to the game or carpooling to the gig is important and can be like night and day.

Roster construction in ability AND in chemistry is a thing and say what you will, HD simply didn’t have a lot of luck in the roster construction dept. - but neither did Roy in his last couple of seasons.
 
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superrific said:
Well, obviously he can't effective guard almost anyone if you judge by our last game of the year. If VCU was intentionally trying to pick a matchup with Jarin covering their SG, that tends to suggest that his defensive versatility is overrated.

I don't think he's a starter on a good team. He's a guy who should get 20 mpg. How much should we pay for that?
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almost anyone isn't everyone.

we shouldn't overpay for him.
 
05C40 said:
ETA: The only restriction I would place on the ability of student athletes to transfer is that they should not be able to transfer to another school after the season begins and be able to play for that school that same season. Just can't have star players transferring during the week prior to the NCAA Tournament. That would just be a step too far and just turn the Tournament into a multi-round all-star game, with the line-ups reshuffling every week. I don't want to imagine a UNC - Michigan NCAA championship game where Worthy and Jordan transferred to Michigan at half-time.
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What about trades? Can we have trades?
 
Centerpiece said:
On the other thread the mention of chemistry came up. Michigan had it this season, we haven’t had it that much lately. Even Roy’s last few years seemed to lack chemistry.
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I said it from the beginning: Caleb Love was a program killer. I think he was the main source of the chemistry problems that started under Roy, and then continued to Hubert. And when a team has chemistry issues, they can be hard to shed because the bad chemistry gets into the team culture and identity. Often the chemistry issue doesn't get resolved until the coach leaves. That story has been told many times.

In fairness: COVID was a ridiculous disruption, and of course we were living in an incredibly turbulent society as well. It was a tough time to be a college freshman on a national stage. Everything became misaligned. So maybe it wasn't Caleb's fault, exactly. Maybe it was simply that Caleb + pandemic was a particularly poor combination.

To me, the #1 reason for firing HD (outside of just losing too much) would have been the poor chemistry. We just never seemed to have it. Caleb Wilson was our chemistry maker this year, and even the greatest freshmen shouldn't have that responsibility.
 
SnoopRob said:
What about trades? Can we have trades?
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Nope. If colleges don't have the right to trade professors, administrators, or coaches, then they shouldn't have the right to trade the employees who play for the revenue generating sports teams. If UNC couldn't trade Dean Smith for John Wooden after the 1968 championship game, then we shouldn't have the right to trade employee/players either.
 
05C40 said:
Nope. If colleges don't have the right to trade professors, administrators, or coaches, then they shouldn't have the right to trade the employees who play for the revenue generating sports teams. If UNC couldn't trade Dean Smith for John Wooden after the 1968 championship game, then we shouldn't have the right to trade employee/players either.
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It will be interesting to see the first few players who are prioritized

As for Veesaar, it sure would be nice to get a player backon the fence with the draft

UNC has been on the wrong side of that the past couple seasons
 
Heelsandeers said:
It will be interesting to see the first few players who are prioritized

As for Veesaar, it sure would be nice to get a player backon the fence with the draft

UNC has been on the wrong side of that the past couple seasons
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If we are not getting a hometown discount for Henri, then we can simply buy a market equivalent center on the market.

The days of worrying about what your stars are going to do with the draft are over. If he wants to go, then we go buy another Henri.
 
Calheel said:
If we are not getting a hometown discount for Henri, then we can simply buy a market equivalent center on the market.

The days of worrying about what your stars are going to do with the draft are over. If he wants to go, then we go buy another Henri.
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Good take. Simply replace the highly skilled footer

Because there are so many and they are barely in demand
 
Heelsandeers said:
Good take. Simply replace the highly skilled footer

Because there are so many and they are barely in demand
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Again, if we are not getting a discount on Henri, then we are paying the FMV for someone who is high demand.

If your point is that we can’t get a replacement for Henri if we pay FMV, I disagree. If we pay up, we can get an equivalent player. And if we can’t, that is a huge red flag for the new regime.
 
superrific said:
Well, obviously he can't effective guard almost anyone if you judge by our last game of the year. If VCU was intentionally trying to pick a matchup with Jarin covering their SG, that tends to suggest that his defensive versatility is overrated.

I don't think he's a starter on a good team. He's a guy who should get 20 mpg. How much should we pay for that?
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That doesn't bode paying for Michael Malone. He is a defense-first kind of coach.
 
Calheel said:
Again, if we are not getting a discount on Henri, then we are paying the FMV for someone who is high demand.

If your point is that we can’t get a replacement for Henri if we pay FMV, I disagree. If we pay up, we can get an equivalent player. And if we can’t, that is a huge red flag for the new regime.
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Generally I would agree with your argument approach. But I wouldn't treat the college basketball portal as an efficient commodity market, though. And when you add in the costs of new players needing time to settle in to a new school/program, there are arguments for paying more for a proven player already enrolled than an equivalent skilled player in the portal.
 
Milk and Cookies said:
Generally I would agree with your argument approach. But I wouldn't treat the college basketball portal as an efficient commodity market, though. And when you add in the costs of new players needing time to settle in to a new school/program, there are arguments for paying more for a proven player already enrolled than an equivalent skilled player in the portal.
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If we were State or some other third rate school or if we were still paying the Hubert tax, I’d be more worried about Henri.

Dusty May showed you can build a championship team from scratch in the portal.

Until Malone proves otherwise, I believe we can use whatever exorbitant funds we would need to pay Henri on building a championship level squad from scratch.

I’d like to keep Henri just because I’ve developed a fandom. But not enough that I am going to care very much if he goes to the NBA.
 
Milk and Cookies said:
Generally I would agree with your argument approach. But I wouldn't treat the college basketball portal as an efficient commodity market, though. And when you add in the costs of new players needing time to settle in to a new school/program, there are arguments for paying more for a proven player already enrolled than an equivalent skilled player in the portal.
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Exactly. There aren't 10 Henri Veesaars (or Henri Veesaar equivalents) out there.
 
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