Portal players

Apr 3, 2024, 2:40 PM

Portal Rankings of Available Players
https://theathletic.com/5360188/2024/04/03/ncaa-transfers-portal-rankings-list/

For me, I think we need a bigger guard who can both create their own shot and hit consistently from three. Would also like them to be tough to handle aggressive on-ball defense. I also would like to see Clemson have a few very consistent 3 pt shooters. Wiggins needs to improve his 3pt shooting in the offseason, as does Hunter (both), Ian S, Beadle, plus any others on bench. If could get a taller, solid, rim protecting, quicker center to provide 8-11pts per game, 9-12 rbs per game, then take that too.

So I would like to see Clemson grab 2-3 portal players if Hall, Hunter, Clark do not come back.

Here are a few players I would not mind seeing come to Clemson.

Cade Tyson (W/F)
Ht: 6-7 Wt: 205
Yrs Remaining: 2
The younger brother of Denver Nuggets rookie forward Hunter Tyson, Cade has shown more polish at this age. He won the Missouri Valley Rookie of the Year award in 2022-23 in his first season at Belmont, then improved as a sophomore to earn second-team All-MVC honors. All told, he averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game while shooting 49.3 percent from the field, 46.5 percent from 3 and 85.5 percent from the free-throw line last season.

Johnell Davis (G)
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 203
Yrs Remaining: 1
Davis is testing the NBA Draft waters again for the second straight year while also entering the portal. Davis is a worker who went from averaging 3.2 points per game as a freshman to averaging 18.2 as a senior and being named the co-American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. He is one of the best scorers in the portal and has turned himself into an elite shooter, knocking down 41.4 percent of his 3s this past season. He plays bigger than his size and is a strong outside-of-his area rebounder, averaging 6.3 boards per game.

Myles Rice
Ht: 6-3 Wt: 180
Yrs Remaining: 3
Rice arrived at Washington State in 2021 and decided to redshirt in order to maintain eligibility. Then before the 2022-23 season, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and took a medical redshirt to recover, getting cleared to play again in June 2023. From the moment he stepped on the court, it was all systems go. He won first-team All-Pac-12 and the Pac-12 Rookie of the Year, leading Washington State to the NCAA Tournament and a second-place finish in the league while averaging 14.8 points and 3.8 assists per game.

Terrence Edwards (W/F)
Ht: 6-6Wt: 190
Yrs Remaining: 1
Edwards exploded onto the national stage this season for one of the country’s best mid-major teams. He won the Sun Belt Player of the Year award after averaging 17.2 points while shooting 42.7 percent from the field, 34.3 percent from 3 and 81 percent from the line.

Clifford Omoyuri (C)
Ht: 6-11 Wt: 240
Yrs Remaining: 1
As one of the most underappreciated defensive players in college basketball, Omoyuri’s name in the portal will spark a frenzy. He has been the catalyst behind Rutgers finishing fourth and sixth in the country, respectively, in KenPom’s adjusted defensive efficiency metric in each of the last two seasons. This season, he swatted 2.9 shots per game in just 27 minutes per night, and while he earned Big Ten All-Defense honors for the season straight season, he should have been among the national semifinalists for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award. It is exceptionally hard to finish over his 7-foot-6 wingspan. Whichever team sways him will get an immediate upgrade on that end of the court.

Brandon Garrison
Ht: 6-11 Wt: 245
Yrs Remaining: 3
A top-40 recruit in the 2023 recruiting class, Garrison showed a ton of flashes in his only season with the Cowboys. The most promising ones were on defense, where Garrison is an athletic shot blocker whose length really plays up. He can block shots with both hands and improved his positioning in drop pick-and-roll coverage throughout the season. While he played a role in Oklahoma State having one of the Big 12’s worst defenses, he, like the team’s other bigs, was often hung out to dry by guards failing to stay in front of anyone. With more experience and in a more structured scheme, I expect Garrison to become a serious impact defender.

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