Basketball Transfer Portal '25

[sedz]

Drew Richards, head basketball coach at UNC-Pembroke (D2), tweeted the following:

"Lawyers are contacting players with no eligibility and having them get in the portal. They are convincing them that if a college wants them bad enough, the college will pay for the lawyer to sue the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility."

This practice is worse than ambulance chasing. Any attorney involved in this is creating the "accident".

Dante Maddox in the portal from X. He's already played 5 seasons with 15+ games each.

[Rufus]

Where is this greediness going to end?

[John P]

Where is this greediness going to end?

Only when the money dries up

[red_n_black_attack]

Anyth8ng more on Celestine? Rumor, hints, or other.

[GoBearcats31]

Mike Saunders to the portal after five seasons. Tuberville was right. Get a job. https://x.com/verbalcommits/status/1...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

[GoBearcats31]

6'9 Achor Achor has entered the transfer portal.

He averaged 16.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks a year ago at Samford. He played in 7 games this year for Kansas State (7.3 ppg) before leaving the team for personal reasons. Maybe one year left?

Here is what sedz said about him last year:

Mississippi State

[GoBearcats31]

Rumor of Arrinten Page to Northwestern. Seems random!

[zykarious]

Not yet. I suspect the negotiations are still on ongoing.

Chad said Thiam was on campus visiting last night.

Hopefully it went well, they worked everything out and we'll be getting a commitment from him today.

[sedz]

Anyth8ng more on Celestine? Rumor, hints, or other.

Apparently he followed Sencire Harris recently, but also a Syracuse coach. Seems like he's still undecided.

[sedz]

Jason Asemota, Baylor
A 6'8 200 freshman forward and former top 75 recruit. Didn't see much action, posting a negative 0.6 BPM in under 4 mpg. Played 17 minutes of scoreless basketball in two games against the Bearcats.

Committed to Boston College.

[Lobot]

Worth noting. Baylor's entire roster from last year either graduated or went in the portal. They literally had no players until some transfers and freshman commits came on board this week.

[GoBearcats31]

Dushawn London:

Old Dominion transfer Sean Durugordon has heard from the following programs per his reps @SerosPartners

Averaged 15.7 points and 9.1 rebounds.

- Cincinnati
- UCF
- LMU
- Seton Hall
- Cal
- Stanford
- George Mason
- South Carolina



Another iffy eligibility situation. 4 schools in 4 years. Played 12 games his freshman year at Missouri …

[sedz]

The portal continues to swell. Up to 2200 now on VerbalCommits.

One of today's entrants is Sean Durugordon, a 6'6 elite rebounding wing from Old Dominion.

Durugordon is a slasher with a 3.2 BPM and an elite 12% OReb rate. He gets to the free throw line a lot and makes 78%. Takes care of the ball and capable of scoring at all three levels. Not a great defender, but he's the type of player I think we could use at the 4.

[leeraymond]

Drew Richards, head basketball coach at UNC-Pembroke (D2), tweeted the following:

"Lawyers are contacting players with no eligibility and having them get in the portal. They are convincing them that if a college wants them bad enough, the college will pay for the lawyer to sue the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility."

This practice is worse than ambulance chasing. Any attorney involved in this is creating the "accident".

At some point, a kid has to move on and deal with life after school. The amount of money that is now being thrown around, which is insane, is convincing these players that it is worth it to hang around for the big payday. However, what happens when that money runs out?

What happened to coaches convincing students to study hard to get their degrees so that they can make a way for themselves after basketball is over with? It may be that a lot of these modern players never want basketball to end.

Anytime lawyers get involved, it always makes the matter worse, in terms of the financial cost. These lawyers are trying to get paid too.

[Rufus]

Somehow the NCAA has to grow a pair and start correcting this quagmire. When the money never dries up ( and the lawyers, agents and politicians will see to that ) we're going to have another level of pro sports and all the rest amateur. What we have now is not amateur college athletics, it is professional football and basketball without rules, contracts, or loyalty. It is greed unchecked being facilitated by lawyers and agents. It sickens me to watch greedy money grabbing men trying to outbid each other for children's services temporarily just so they can say they buy a championship.