2025 Transfer Options

[clone96cr]

3 out of 5 top targets before dead period, pretty good. 10 days now to review film (over 1000 players still out there). I like our spot.

 

[jcyclonee]

Ok, so before Hoiberg? impact freshman? Grayer, of course. Fizer. Who else? no particular order.

Hornacek didn't play much the first part of the year but came in and stabilized the team his freshman year.

 

[Red & Yellow Clones]

Any Updates on transfers that we are looking at?

 

[jcyclonee]

Not sure why we are recruiting guards. We have Heise, Williams, Bateman, and Toure. Maybe we pick up someone who can play some point? 2 guard is stacked.

We learned this year that you need 3 ball-handling guards. Only Lipsey is proven to be that for next year. Maybe Williams, Bateman and/or Toure will be one but they are all unproven at this point.

 

[qwerty]

Good chance that Harrington will end up being the best in-state recruit since Harrison Barnes.

I make sure to wear Iowa State apparel to the couple of games a year I see him play, just to ensure he knows there are SOME Cyclone fans on this side of the state.

 

[bphill4isu]

Don't we have a current connection to both Washington State and Eastern Washington? Go get him TJ.

Yep we have the connection to Washington State when we recruited Jaz Kunc and Dishon Jackson. Mason Williams probably was teammates with LeJaun Watts at EWU so it may be worthwhile to reach out. Kid shot 42% from 3.

 

[SolterraCyclone]

Somewhere along the line fans started acting like being skinny is bad and you have to be built like a cornerback. I mean Tyrese Haliburton was a skinny skinny dude in college. Diante Garrett was super skinny. Both NBA players. Being skinny does not mean they are not strong. Just means they don't have the ability like some of us to show muscle and build a frame. I have worked out with super skinny dudes who were strong as hell. Look at guys in the UFC like Max Holloway. Dude is a pencil but will snatch you up and mangle you.

Kevin Durant is one of the top 20 players of all time and I doubt he could bench 100 lbs

Being “skinny” is like not having a big arm for a QB. One of the least important aspects of all the “important” things a player needs

 

[Tpups21]

Does Omaha Biliew count? Too soon?

Maybe you meant “best” as in actual production on the court? If you meant “best” as in “highest ranked recruit”, Omaha was UP there.

I meant performance-wise. Harrington won’t be a bust like Omaha.

 

[jcf817]

Yep we have the connection to Washington State when we recruited Jaz Kunc and Dishon Jackson. Mason Williams probably was teammates with LeJaun Watts at EWU so it may be worthwhile to reach out. Kid shot 42% from 3.

Jackson was Charlotte, was he not?

 

[CloneLawman]

It's hard to think of Niang as a freshman because he was so smart already as a freshman and because "old man game".

OMG is like OMG!

 

[rosshm16]

Kevin Durant is one of the top 20 players of all time and I doubt he could bench 100 lbs

Being “skinny” is like not having a big arm for a QB. One of the least important aspects of all the “important” things a player needs

The NBA did a "draft combine" at the time (not sure if this is still a thing) where they did a 185-lb bench for reps and I recall Durant couldn't do it once.

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[bphill4isu]

Jackson was Charlotte, was he not?

He was Washington State > Charlotte > Iowa State > and whatever his new school will be.

 

[CloneIce]

Guess that is why his offer list right now includes teams like: Alabama, Kentucky, Kansas, Ole Miss, etc. etc. Get to know ball.

Exactly. Remember the fools trashing Kevin Durant because of how little he could bench press?

 

[Bo Darville]

We learned this year that you need 3 ball-handling guards. Only Lipsey is proven to be that for next year. Maybe Williams, Bateman and/or Toure will be one but they are all unproven at this point.

Right - can't count on freshmen contributing day one. It's happened in the past, but the odds don't favor it.

 

[rosshm16]

I recall some video of Wemby getting pushed around in the post by some nobody Euro center, and he turned out okay too.

 

[CloneIce]

We learned this year that you need 3 ball-handling guards. Only Lipsey is proven to be that for next year. Maybe Williams, Bateman and/or Toure will be one but they are all unproven at this point.

There have been many great teams with two ball handling guards. Three is great but ifs not a necessity. There are many ways to construct a winning roster.

 

[Cydkar]

Kevin Durant is one of the top 20 players of all time and I doubt he could bench 100 lbs

Being “skinny” is like not having a big arm for a QB. One of the least important aspects of all the “important” things a player needs

Durant is an outlier in many ways. Strength and size is very important in today's game. College and NBA.

 

[SoleCyclone]

Guess that is why his offer list right now includes teams like: Alabama, Kentucky, Kansas, Ole Miss, etc. etc. Get to know ball.

Get to know ball, good one

 

[cycloneman003]

Just so I'm clear, we've got people arguing that guy who had a <100 ORtg at Monmouth is amazing because Kevin Durant and LaMelo Ball are also skinny?

 

[jcyclonee]

There have been many great teams with two ball handling guards. Three is great but ifs not a necessity. There are many ways to construct a winning roster.

You are correct but right now we only have one for sure. And Lipsey, as good as he is, does turn the ball over.

If you want to get by with two ball-handling guards, one of them better be at least as steadying and have the stamina of Monte.