Eli King was a miss (and he was a highly regarded 4 star) and Watson has been stuck behind better older players, but as far as the others it’s really too early to tell. They need time to develop, but as I said they were all pretty much highly recruited 4 star (& one 5 star) recruits. Look we’re not going to sign multiple 5 star McDonalds All Americans that are going to contribute right away. I think TJ can recruit quality high school talent and you obviously don’t so just leave it at that.
Iowa State Transfer Tracker 2025
- Thread starter CoKane
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Relax. This is the era of NIL and no limit transfers. Every school is having the same turnover. Kids want to play and if there isn't a path at one school there will be one at another. JT wasn't pushed out but told he wasn't going to start next year if he stayed thus decided to leave. No bad blood.
Wow I cleaned my glasses, what a difference that made. Keep up the good work.Back again! This time with a hopefully working laptop for a bit. I'll get this more formatted and updated later on but for now I want to at least get the framework out there
Current Roster Status:
Leaving:
Keshon Gilbert - Out of Eligibility
Curtis Jones - Out of Eligibility
Branton Chatfield - Out of Eligibility
Damarian Watson - Transfer
Kayden Fish - Transfer
JT Rock - Transfer
Incoming Recruits:
Jamarion Bateman - 6'3 SG, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jamarion Batemon, Milwaukee Academy Of Science , Combo Guard
Jamarion Batemon is a 6-3, 170-pound Combo Guard from Milwaukee, WI.247sports.com
Killyan Toure - 6'3 SG, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Killyan Toure, Brewster Academy Bobcats, Shooting Guard
Killyan Toure is a 6-3, 190-pound Shooting Guard from Wolfeboro, NH.
Xzavion Mitchell - 6'6 SF, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Xzavion Mitchell, North , Power Forward
Xzavion Mitchell is a 6-8, 210-pound Small Forward from Oshkosh, WI.
Dominykas Pleta - 6'9 PF, Germany
Dominykas Pleta, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg , Power Forward
Dominykas Dominykas Pleta is a 6-9, 210-pound Power Forward from Germany, GERM.
Incoming Transfers
Known Transfer Interest:
Jamichael Stillwell - 6'8 F, Milwaukee, Contacted
13 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 1.4 APG
Jamichael Stillwell - Milwaukee Panthers Forward - ESPN
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Conor Enright - 6'2, G, DePaul, Contacted
7.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 6.2 APG, 39% FG%
Conor Enright - DePaul Blue Demons Guard - ESPN
View the profile of DePaul Blue Demons Guard Conor Enright on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.
Oscar Cluff - 6'11, C, South Dakota State, Contacted
17.6 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 2.8 APG, 0.8 BPG
Oscar Cluff - South Dakota State Jackrabbits Center - ESPN
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I'm relaxed, I honestly dont know how it all goes down nowadays. I assume it's always mutual?
I played another sport in college at a lower level, was brought into the coaches office both my junior and senior year and told I wouldn't start and that I was being recruited over. I was allowed to stay on scholarship though and I ended up getting some PT my Senior year. I was never "encouraged" to transfer down to a lower level though for PT although that was alwasy an option. I guess it's just a completey different world now.
If it’s too early to tell if they will develop, then why do they get shown the door? Obviously TJ doesn’t believe they can develop and be solid at ISU.
I know this is the era of plug and play, but a player like Nojas being told to walk after one season is tough. People like to point to his play against Lipscomb but those are the same people who were the ones ripping on Rocco Becht from his little bit of playing time his freshman year I would bet. He had the tools but didn’t shine in that little time. We are willing to spend a few more million on NIL but we won’t give out 2 more scholarships at probably 30k each?
Shown the door or left on their own? I’m going to say neither of us know that for sure. I would lean towards left on their own, otherwise, why were Watson and Fish not “shown the door”. I’m sure TJ presents all of his players with an honest assessment of where they stand after the season and leaves it up to them as to whether or not, they want to put in the work to earn playing time
Oh, Watson was shown the door pretty well. Ole Miss we needed athletic players on the floor, Watson has that, he never saw the floor. He was told easily right there, you aren’t good enough here. Fish did leave last year, no one picked him up and we had someone leave so he was let back in so he had a place to land. Fish was told to move on last year and TJ told Watson that this year by not playing him when his athleticism was needed.
But it took 3 years for Watson to find his way out of the door that TJ showed him!!! And are you related to Fish or does TJ let you sit in on the end of season meetings where he tells these players to leave?
If you think kids aren’t told you aren’t going to see any minutes here, I don’t know what to tell you. A freaking slow footed walk on saw minutes against ole Miss but a kid who may be the most athletic on our team and had played a decent amount seasons before doesnt isn’t non verbally being told to leave?
Nojas has not entered to people’s knowledge but one of the coaches best friends reports the day after the loss that he’s going to enter……I wonder where this info probably came from?
Do you think Watson and Cade play the same position? You think Watson is going to be able to bring the ball up the court and initiate offense?
No I don’t think Watson can but against Ole Miss they had cade in with Tamin at times. Cade is a huge D liability and once the ball crosses half court is basically a hole on offense.
Iirc he had one of the worst turnovers of the season vs. Auburn on an inbound and that's saying something on the season and even that game.
I think there's talent there and hopefully he stays and it shows out.
When someone that was in Watsons position group was hurt, Milan, he played.
Kelderman played because we lost one of his position group players and one was hurt.
It shouldn’t be this hard to understand
I don't care about position. Watson could guard 1-4 and is 100000000x the athlete Kelderman is. We didn't need Watson to play point and bring the ball up court because we have numerous others who could (Tamin, Jones. Jefferson) but we did need his athleticism and length on defense and chose not to use it. So yes the message was sent passive aggressively.
Probably had nothing to do with Watson’s lack of handle and lack of outside threat . . .
I bet they planned to play him but that went out the window when we got behind. You don’t put your defensive specialist in down 10.
When a team is on a 20-2 run you also don’t put in a Defensive liability, but in went kelderman.
