Transfer Portal: What do we need more, a starting PG or a backup center?

We need to go all in on Marcus Carr. Get him and I think we are national title favorites. We have one of the best centers in the country and enough bodies to throw around as backups. 

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a fast wide receiver... too soon?

Center.  

That’s easy.  I’d rather add someone with enough talent to start.

PG who can get you a bucket when you need one.  That's the difference between very good and great college teams more often than not.

I've made my opinion known in other threads, but starting PG and it's not even close. We have nothing on next year's roster that will look close to a known commodity as a quality ball handler/shot creator, and that's the biggest need on any team any year. Diabate or Johns can easily play 10 MPG at the 5 to backup Hunter, a quality starting PG makes a national title a real goal.

I think you go after the best guy that fits your team.  Like, you can piece together the center position for the 10-15 minutes a game Dickinson wouldn't play from the guys on the roster/coming in if necessary, but if you can find a solid backup big man obviously take that shot.  But I think this team would benefit from having a veteran who can be a secondary ball handler and creator off the dribble, as that was the one area it felt like the team lacked last year and I wouldn't necessarily put that pressure on incoming freshmen.

PG for sure. Things might work out if Zeb makes a leap or if Frankie Collins can contribute big time  early on,  but we could really use some insurance there.

My choices are C, Wing which can shoot, point guard in that order. 

I’d be happy with a pure pg but people are really discounting the abilities of 3 top 100 guards in Zeb (top 100, been in system), Collins (top 50 player), and Bufkin (McD all American) to make an impact next year. Eli is versatile and experienced enough to focus on the spot where the youngsters are weaker. 

It's a question about what role either player-archetype can fill on next year's roster.

What role will this hypothetical center have? Dickinson, Diabate, and Johns all figure to eat up the entirety of the minutes in the frontcourt, though Houstan may slide down to the 4 at times if they play more 5-out. This hypothetical center will then figure to have almost no in-game role. How is that helpful?

What role will this hypothetical PG have? Currently Brooks, Zeb, and Frankie are players who project to play the role of facilitator and game manager. But, the only player we know can do this at a high level is Brooks. Depending on the progression of Zeb and the immediate readiness of Frankie there appears to be substantial backup, maybe even starter's minutes, available at the PG role. 

So, in this scenario, the obvious answer is to take a PG. However, in my opinion, Zeb and Frankie could be ready to have big playing roles next season.

I truly think the roster for next year allows the staff to just go out and get the most talented player they believe fits with their vision. If that 'most talented player who fits in well' happens to be a big who will take some minutes from Johns and Diabate, then so be it. But in all likelihood, that player will probably be a CG who can handle the ball. 

I think we are all getting a little transfer happy. With Eli coming back, we have about 50 minutes to split up between Collins, Zeb and Bufkin. Add in a “transfer starter” and none of these guys get many minutes at all. I don’t think that’s the route we want to go unless someone is just too “can’t miss” to pass up. 

Wait, do people really think we need a backup center? The incoming hyper athletic 5* freshman isn't enough? He can't play center because he isnt Kofi size you say? Frankly, outside of the Kofi matchup, Hunter seemed to struggle more against smaller athletic defenders who worked to deny post entry than large lumbering ones who looked to body up.

I really can't believe someone would rather minutes go from Diabate to an up transfer backup big man. Who were the toughest back up centers in the conference last year? Austin Davis, Nate Reuvers, & Jack Nunge probably. Are we really worried a guy around that caliber is going to work over Diabate or Johns? Im not.

Absolutely need to get a PG to start alongside Brooks, Houstan, Johns, and Dickinson, with Diabate, Williams, Jackson, Collins, and, maybe, Bufkin being in the rotation off the bench.

Hunter averaged 26 mpg. That should rise slightly in his sophomore season. Then you have Diabate and Johns who can play spot minutes if you need it. Any center that comes is getting less than 8 mpg and so will have negligible impact. I wanted Davis to stay because then you’d never have to worry about front court foul trouble, but he left cause there’s no room for minutes at center. 

We'd have kept Davis if we needed a backup center. We need a surefire PG, and it's a risk if we don't get one and roll with Zeb and Collins.  Wish Smith stayed.

PG by a mile. We have Diabate who will be playing decent backup minutes by mid-to-late season.

I was also not impressed by Zeb. We need a PG of at least Mike Smith quality. As someone else wrote, it would be nice if they could also get a bucket (or to the line) solo in crunch time. Not sure that's out there (Carr reportedly not an option...how about the Toledo guy?) but if it is, we are Final Four caliber.

Adam Miller or Marcus Carr 

PG in a heartbeat. Between Dickinson and Johns, and incoming freshmen Diabate and even Tschetter, we have more than enough bodies for the center position.