Donovan Dent enters portal
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Points, assists and shooting looks really good. Is he a major league defender also?
There’s a lot to like with this guy.
Now there's a kid who's worth 2 million in nil.
Are some of these 4,500 portal entries also going to be like Jaxson Robinson last year in that they’ll be in the draft so it’ll be months before we find out? And this guy will only have 1 year of eligibility right? Does it make more sense to go after, say, the UNLV PG that will have two years left or do we not care as much because Acaden Lewis will be our long term plan? So many questions!
Has NCAA tournament experience. He’s at the top of my PG want list.
Get this kid. He’s good.
Mark, call Rick. Rick, call Ricky. Let’s get this one rolling quickly.
Mark, call Rick. Rick, call Ricky. Let’s get this one rolling quickly.
That's my question also- you can see the difference in this years team when Butler is on the floor with his defense
Need 2-2.5M Nil, 3M is not impossible...
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2-2.5M at least, 3M is not impossible
Dent looks much stronger than Thomas. If he is a great defender he might be the top option for us.
This will be bidding war. Almost every P5 school will engage in
Smith will cost that as well. I’ll take either one
He definitely fits us (fits every program)
Just do not know how much we need to pay, I will not be surprised if he gets 3M in portal
This guy meets the definition of absolute stud. Get em Pope!
Landing Dent would maintain Pope's tradition of making sure 1/3 of his roster has the same first and last letter initial.
Collin Chandler
Jasper Johnson
Ansley Almonor
Kerr Kriisa
Otega Oweh
Malachi Moreno
Donovan Dent
Collin Chandler
Jasper Johnson
Ansley Almonor
Kerr Kriisa
Otega Oweh
Malachi Moreno
Donovan Dent
According to an NBA scouting report I read, Dent was knocked for his lack of consistent defensive effort and turnovers due a lot to forcing difficult shots around the rim. Now there were plenty of positives too, and nobody disputes that he's a really good player. But I did see him dinged for defensive effort - which is different from defensive ability.
The problem is someone will pay him 4
I expect he’s gonna pair with Peterson at Kansas or at least I think they go all in for him
I want him for no other reason than his name. He sounds like a Marvel character with the alliteration. Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Stephen Strange, Jessica Jones, Donovan Dent.
All ya'll spouting off NIL numbers...post a link. Also, this is NOT last year. Show interest in good players but don't sign anyone other that TOP TIER talent until we know who's in the portal and who is not. We can all claim to know why players will stay or go but frankly, if I was a college player, I'd put my name in the portal and test the waters...even if I sucked. There is no reason not to. I get all the team loyalty crap but it's just that until they commit to come back. Until then, it's mostly about the money. Ther very well may be absolute top tier talent in this portal. Nope, I don't like it a bit, the way it is now...but it is what it is, until rules are changed with NIL. Either way, until NIL money to individual players is made public, I don't believe any numbers spouted, by anybody. Their salary is just as public/private as YOUR salary.
And compete with Cayden Boozer?
Just read that Dent is one of the fastest guards in the nation with the ball in his hands. Very quick to get to the rim and has a great vision in making passes. Said to be the first 'superstar' to enter the portal. Suggested would probably need to pay at least 1 million plus to get him. Let's go ahead and get Dent, Dix and Eaglestaff in the fold and go from there.
Yes to Dent!
Maybe to Dix.
NO to Eaglestaff (unless to be 9th-10th guy)
1M is not enough
Plenty programs will pay at least 2M...
He is AA level player...
On a OFF night, he still got 14/2/6, 0 3s attempted. But then again, he doesn't shoot a lot of 3s. (1.9 attempts per game)
Against Marquette he had 21/3/6 and 2 blocks.
His 1.4 steals per game and 1 block per game shows he plays defense. And he gets to line A LOT. Averages 6.5 free throws per game taken, shoots over 78%. Attempts 13 2FG per game, shooting 50% on 2's, 41% on 3FGs on low volume attempts.
Games of note :
UCLA - 17 points / 8 assist
St. Johns - 12/3/6 1 steal / 1 block
VCU - 40/5/4
Colorado State - 19/6/4 / 2 steals / 1 block / 14/2/6 / 1 steal
USC - 17/6/11
Arizona State - 30/1/7
Fresno State - 20/4/9 / 2 steals / 1 block / 18/5/6 5 steals / 2 blocks
Nevada - 33/2/7 2 steals / 20 / 6 assist
Wyoming - 22/3/6 2 steals / 20/6/7 3 steals 1 block
UNLV - 30/2/4 2 steals
Boise State - 17/3/11 2 blocks / 16/1/7 1 steal
Utah State - 23/3/3 2 steals/ 3 blocks / 14/4/6 2 steals / 1 block
SD State - 26 points / 7 assist
Conf. tourney
San Jose St - 25/2/5 1 steal / 2 blocks
Boise State - 23/2/5
Notice the multiple games with multiple steals and blocks. 5 steals a game, had 3 blocks in a game. New Mexico had 3 other players average dd in points, 14.2, 11.1, 11.1. Another averaged 8 ppg. He was not a 1 man show he plays within the game, he is a shot taker, no doubt, but he hits at 50% from 2 (bulk of his shoots) and shoots 6.5 ft's per game.
who would you choose over Dix & Eaglestaff?
need shooters to take the place of Brea
Well he averages almost 1.5 steals per game and 1 block per game. I posted SOME of his games above. he had multiple games with 3/4 steals, 2/3 blocks. You have to play SOME defense to post the steals and block totals he does. had 5 steals in ONE game, and had 3 blocks in a game.
Agree, Eaglestaff just doesn't impress me in the least. Like Dix as a shooter, not 25 minutes per game, but he is really solid.
Reported for saying “Duke”.
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