Former Tiger Earl Timberlake is back in the transfer portal

(04-04-2024 09:20 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  Former Tiger Earl Timberlake is back in the transfer portal

He had a pretty good season at Bryant this year. 15 pts 9 boards.

Had a double double against FAU in their win.

(04-04-2024 09:20 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  Former Tiger Earl Timberlake is back in the transfer portal

He's like a less athletic Carl Cherenfant.

(04-04-2024 09:31 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(04-04-2024 09:20 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  Former Tiger Earl Timberlake is back in the transfer portal

He had a pretty good season at Bryant this year. 15 pts 9 boards.

Had a double double against FAU in their win.

As I recall he was a decent defender and rebounder but wasn't much of an offensive threat. Looking at his stats this year it seems he understands his limitations as he only took 9 three pointers all year.

(04-03-2024 08:55 AM)micman Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 03:48 PM)Rufus T. Firefly Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 03:29 PM)bluetiger89 Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 02:06 PM)southpaw1 Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 11:28 AM)pmantiger Wrote:  These two might be worth reaching out to:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...y-hatfield

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket...vin-miller

No sure why anyone would go after Louisville players. They have won maybe 10 games in 2 years.

UConn has a kid who started at East Carolina. He was 1st team All- American. Good kids all over the place.

UConn has Mr. Hurley. That plays a big part.

I don't recall Mr. Hurley significantly outcoaching Mr. Hardaway at any time when we played against him head to head.

I do not want to get this important thread off track. But, As far as Hurley, I was so wrong about him. When Memphis was in same conference as UCONN, I was not impressed with Hurley's teams. There was a lot of buzz and noise about how strong a coach that Hurley was. I very much disagreed. I thought it was overhype for a mediocre coach.
Obviously, That was a huge miscalculation.

Hitmen Hoops on X says 6'6" G Jonathan Lawson has been contacted by:

Memphis
St Louis (new coach - Indiana St guy)
Western KY
Tulane
Arky St
San jose St
UT Martin
Central MO
GA Southern
Radford
So Illinois
Purdue Fort Wayne
Jacksonville

His star has really lost it's luster. It's unfortunate. Doesn't mean he can't be a great role player!

(04-05-2024 07:07 AM)roachman48 Wrote:  

(04-03-2024 08:55 AM)micman Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 03:48 PM)Rufus T. Firefly Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 03:29 PM)bluetiger89 Wrote:  

(03-28-2024 02:06 PM)southpaw1 Wrote:  No sure why anyone would go after Louisville players. They have won maybe 10 games in 2 years.

UConn has a kid who started at East Carolina. He was 1st team All- American. Good kids all over the place.

UConn has Mr. Hurley. That plays a big part.

I don't recall Mr. Hurley significantly outcoaching Mr. Hardaway at any time when we played against him head to head.

I do not want to get this important thread off track. But, As far as Hurley, I was so wrong about him. When Memphis was in same conference as UCONN, I was not impressed with Hurley's teams. There was a lot of buzz and noise about how strong a coach that Hurley was. I very much disagreed. I thought it was overhype for a mediocre coach.
Obviously, That was a huge miscalculation.

Same for me. If he repeats, I'll definitely eat some crow.

(04-05-2024 09:44 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  Hitmen Hoops on X says 6'6" G Jonathan Lawson has been contacted by:

Memphis
St Louis (new coach - Indiana St guy)
Western KY
Tulane
Arky St
San jose St
UT Martin
Central MO
GA Southern
Radford
So Illinois
Purdue Fort Wayne
Jacksonville

His star has really lost it's luster. It's unfortunate. Doesn't mean he can't be a great role player!

Just say no. Memphis needs to move on from the Lawsons. If he wants to go somewhere and be a starter then every other school on that list would be a better option.

https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/news...er-portal/

Another interesting portal entry today. I remember Penny tried to recruit him last year when he transferred from Auburn to UC Santa Barbara. I wonder if he will make another attempt to get him now, since we do need another big or two.

(04-05-2024 09:44 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  Hitmen Hoops on X says 6'6" G Jonathan Lawson has been contacted by:

Memphis
St Louis (new coach - Indiana St guy)
Western KY
Tulane
Arky St
San jose St
UT Martin
Central MO
GA Southern
Radford
So Illinois
Purdue Fort Wayne
Jacksonville

His star has really lost it's luster. It's unfortunate. Doesn't mean he can't be a great role player!

Lawson is,a local kid, in my book local kids should always be welcome at the home town University. He did nothing to burn his bridges, and I'd love to have him back.

why in god’s name would they consider a kid who left & was not good enough to see the floor at Creighton? The Lawson’s average 3 transfers per kid… leave that family of mediocre mercenaries alone.

(04-06-2024 11:19 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  why in god’s name would they consider a kid who left & was not good enough to see the floor at Creighton? The Lawson’s average 3 transfers per kid… leave that family of mediocre mercenaries alone.

(04-06-2024 11:19 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  why in god’s name would they consider a kid who left & was not good enough to see the floor at Creighton? The Lawson’s average 3 transfers per kid… leave that family of mediocre mercenaries alone.

While I agree to an extent, Creighton was a much better team than us this year. My biggest concern with transfer portal era is that everyone expects to be a starter or get 25-30 min. If Jonathan accepts his role as a 9th-10th man option getting 8-10 min a game, I’m perfectiy fine with his coming back. We know he has the ability to make 3s and he knows Penny’s system. All that said, if he doesn’t come back, no worries.

We need a couple more bigs (with one preferably being an athletic 4/rim-runner), one or two more shooters, and a backup PG.

(04-07-2024 11:06 AM)tigerjoe67 Wrote:  

(04-06-2024 11:19 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  why in god’s name would they consider a kid who left & was not good enough to see the floor at Creighton? The Lawson’s average 3 transfers per kid… leave that family of mediocre mercenaries alone.

While I agree to an extent, Creighton was a much better team than us this year. My biggest concern with transfer portal era is that everyone expects to be a starter or get 25-30 min. If Jonathan accepts his role as a 9th-10th man option getting 8-10 min a game, I’m perfectiy fine with his coming back. We know he has the ability to make 3s and he knows Penny’s system. All that said, if he doesn’t come back, no worries.

So, we’re trying to put a team on the floor that’s just a little less talented than Creighton?
We know he can’t defend & we know his family has been a 3 ring circus of distractions & transfers. Surely, surely Penny has learned his lesson. If not, he won’t make it past next year.

Ballo from Arizona and Bradshaw from Kentucky entered today. Get Ballo please and plug and play lol. He's a double double machine where Bradshaw is more potential than production right now.

I like Ballo a lot! They seem to have a similar offense to Penny's. Easy to see what we'd be getting from film/highlights available.

I like Omoruyi better!

Side note: Big Russian Vlad Goldin went to Michigan w/Dusty May. I wonder if these UK transfers follow Cal?

(04-09-2024 10:41 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  I like Ballo a lot! They seem to have a similar offense to Penny's. Easy to see what we'd be getting from film/highlights available.

I like Omoruyi better!

Side note: Big Russian Vlad Goldin went to Michigan w/Dusty May. I wonder if these UK transfers follow Cal?

Provided the price is right...

(04-09-2024 10:58 AM)holyterror Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 10:41 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  I like Ballo a lot! They seem to have a similar offense to Penny's. Easy to see what we'd be getting from film/highlights available.

I like Omoruyi better!

Side note: Big Russian Vlad Goldin went to Michigan w/Dusty May. I wonder if these UK transfers follow Cal?

Provided the price is right...

Yea, I like Ballo a lot. I hope Penny works hard to get him.

(04-10-2024 12:13 PM)Steve davis Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 10:58 AM)holyterror Wrote:  

(04-09-2024 10:41 AM)Gusrob2.0 Wrote:  I like Ballo a lot! They seem to have a similar offense to Penny's. Easy to see what we'd be getting from film/highlights available.

I like Omoruyi better!

Side note: Big Russian Vlad Goldin went to Michigan w/Dusty May. I wonder if these UK transfers follow Cal?

Provided the price is right...

Yea, I like Ballo a lot. I hope Penny works hard to get him.

Solid point, holyterror!