UNC basketball 2026 transfer portal

stankeylegjones said:
I'm curious if Malone/staff are thinking of going with a value play for point, letting Neo do most of the facilitating. It would be nice to add a guard who can get a bucket when needed. Not sure Mingo can do that, nor if he is a point. He's definitely not a value play.
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What I was hearing about Mingo was his playmaking is still a work in progress

That he was more of a play finisher with his length around the rim, rather than a true pass first guard

I hope the plan isn't to make Neo a super high usage guy like he was at VT. Though he certainly has that potential
 
Oddball said:
But for $2 million?

I think he takes a leap next year, really do... but not sure he makes that big of a leap, which means all conf type player
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I wasn’t factoring the financial aspect into my sadness. But I am sad if we lose good or promising players because they may not be worth what they are demanding. And I am also just generally sad that so often now you can’t keep young players with bright futures and watch them develop while they’re playing for your team throughout their college career anymore. I miss watching guys grow and improve as players while playing for Carolina.
 
I like what I’m seeing. We have the rare opportunity to upgrade the roster at every position under a better coaching staff. All signs point to that being the plan. It’s nice to see us rip off the band aid and try to put a team together that’s not just a retread of the “mid” squad we just had. I can definitely see Veesaar as a part of this plan. The guys who transferred, and the Mingos, probably saw the writing on the wall and made a business decision. Good for them. Better for us. 🤷
 
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BlueSteel said:
I like what I’m seeing. We have a very strong opportunity to upgrade the roster at every position. That seems to be what’s in the works. Rip off the band aid and put a team together that’s not a retread of the “mid” season we just had.
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Although with the caveat that Caleb's injuries robbed us of knowing what the season could have been.
 
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Bigs23 said:
Heels need to secure a PG ASAP.

Although we don't know anything that's going on with foreign players.
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Yeah, Dixon and Mingo both gone. Hope that means they will get Juke.

This is what I hate about the portal. Not sure how they are supposed to know who to go after and how much money to offer until they know who is gone. And in the meantime the player they could have gotten might be picked up by someone else before someone leaves and they have an opening for that position.
 
Icky Mettle said:
I wasn’t factoring the financial aspect into my sadness. But I am sad if we lose good or promising players because they may not be worth what they are demanding. And I am also just generally sad that so often now you can’t keep young players with bright futures and watch them develop while they’re playing for your team throughout their college career anymore. I miss watching guys grow and improve as players while playing for Carolina.
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Looks like those days are gone unless they get a cap and contracts like the NBA, which they should. It sucks having a completely different team every season.
 
BlueSteel said:
I like what I’m seeing. We have the rare opportunity to upgrade the roster at every position under a better coaching staff. All signs point to that being the plan.
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No offense. But it's easy to *plan* to upgrade the roster at every position, and a lot harder to actually do it in practice. (Not that I'm not hoping for the same thing you are!)
 
CarolinaFever said:
Yeah, Dixon and Mingo both gone. Hope that means they will get Juke.

This is what I hate about the portal. Not sure how they are supposed to know who to go after and how much money to offer until they know who is gone. And in the meantime the player they could have gotten might be picked up by someone else before someone leaves and they have an opening for that position.
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I still don't think this system is feasible in the long run, as every year it seems like the price to obtain top (or even average) talent just keeps going up and up. It's like the Wild West, and players ae increasingly able to name their price. And the reality is that fewer and fewer schools are going to be able to keep up and more and more schools are going to be left out. Eventually (not this year or likely next year, but at some point) some group is going to have to step in and start putting some rules and restrictions back into the game, or you're going to end up the with same dozen or so schools dominating the pay-for-play game every single year.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
I still don't think this system is feasible in the long run, as every year it seems like the price to obtain top (or even average) talent just keeps going up and up. It's like the Wild West, and players ae increasingly able to name their price. And the reality is that fewer and fewer schools are going to be able to keep up and more and more schools are going to be left out. Eventually (not this year or likely next year, but at some point) some group is going to have to step in and start putting some rules and restrictions back into the game, or you're going to end up the with same dozen or so schools dominating the pay-for-play game every single year.
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Is that much different than it's always been?
 
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