bluejayfan00 wrote:Are Antwann Jones and Shareef Mitchell transferring?
IF we return everyone besides DM next year, and we got a player like towns, we’d have
MZ
TSA
Ballock
DJ
Mahoney
Towns
Epperson
Kalkbrenner
A. Jones
Mitchell
That’s 10 more than capable players in a lineup. Landing a guy like Towns, who hasn’t played in a year and a half (will be two by next season), would take minutes from DJ, Mahoney, and A Jones who have been in the program and will have proved their capable (Jones hasn’t played yet, but reports are he’s a good player).
Two ways of thinking here. We don't necessarily know who will be back for sure, and a grad transfer might be a good choice if we know we might not have someone that we need for next year. We really don't want to miss a chance to go deep in the tourney next year
Other way of thinking is that we want someone more mature to bridge the gap to the following year after we graduate everyone, but then a more traditional transfer would make sense.
The idea of getting the right guy to ensure a deep tourney run is likely the biggest concern for the coaches, provided they can sell the players on sharing minutes in exchange for the bigger success.
