Max Edwards is in the portal 

https://x.com/VerbalCommits/status/1769828914455531869?s=20

Last edited by GW0509 (3/18/2024 4:14 pm)

GW0509 wrote:

Max Edwards is in the portal 

https://x.com/VerbalCommits/status/1769828914455531869?s=20

Will be interesting to see if Christian Jones follows. They're friends from CT and Our Saviour Lutheran

Thanks to Max for the two years.  He really seemed to get down on himself when things went badly this year and had trouble getting out of it.  Hopefully a change of scene can get him playing positively again.

Per Joe Tipton we have reached out to Mount St. Mary’s guard Dakota Leffew

The 6-5 guard averaged 17.6 points and 3.9 assists this season

Gwmayhem wrote:

Am not sure that he's ever going to be able to play the way he wants to unless he lands in a less competitive conference.  And, am not at all convinced that he wants to be a star in the CAA, as an example.  What happens next will be very interesting.  Wishing Max great success with whatever he decides.
 

 
Completely agree with this. Clearly so did CC with his pointed remarks a few weeks ago about Max needing to know what his limitations are and then trying to exceed them (paraphrasing)   I think that he clearly believes in himself, and I hope I’m wrong and he sets out to prove me wrong.  I hope he has good advisors that aren’t yes men. Could he play in the Biig East at a school like DePaul?  Maybe, but it won’t be in a starring role. Reminds me of the line from the War of the Worlds when the Artilleryman tells the main character/narrator that he was well on the way to building an underground community to evade the Martians and it turns out he’d barely scrapped a ten yard tunnel that had taken a week, and the narrator says “I suddenly  realized the gulf between his dreams and his power.”

All of this said, I will miss his energy amd he has every right to chase his own dreams without worrying about the opinion of boors like me. So, I wish him all the best. Go out amd prove me wrong, young man. I’ll be the first to applaud you.

GW has reached out to IUPUI G J’Lynn Counter. 

The 6-3 guard averaged 14.3PPG, 3.9RPG, 3.0APG and 1.5SPG this season.

https://twitter.com/247HSHoops/status/1769885010499149880

Counter played with former GW player Qwanzi Samuels last season. 
 

Last edited by GW0509 (3/18/2024 7:49 pm)

I really think we need some big guys. 

Sorry to see Max go but from some of the whispers that I heard, I can't say I am terribly surprised.    Admittedly, I was disappointed in his performance this year.  At his best, I saw him as being a little bit  of Kethan Savage and Sirvalient, with maybe even a little JoeBam.  He could create shots,was a great slasher and a hell of a rebounder.   Had a very good midrange game too, and a good enough 3 point shot.  Very good free throw shooter also. Unfortunately, we did not see Max at his best so often during the season.   So many poor decisions on the Court.   Too much standing around in the corner hoping someone would throw him the ball.  To much putting the head down and driving out of control to the basket.  And at least once a game, he would throw a pass to an area in the court where there wasn't anybody from either team anywhere in the vicinity.   Would play hero ball too much to my liking and seemed to always look to make the highlight reel play. And his defense often appeared lazy.  Still  not sure if his losing his starting position was based on merit (he was clearly better than Trey) or was a benching.   There were a couple of games where he would not even get into the game for 10 minutes, although as the bench shrunk, he was usually put in around the first media timeout.   My  hope was that Max would stay and be "fixed" during the off season so we once again got to see on a consistent basis the potential he demonstratied after winning freshman of th eyear.   But if he was to return and play the same as he did this past season, then everyone may be better off with his leaving.   Would not be shocked to see him land up in the Atlantic 10.   As the old saying goes, we finished last with him, we can finish last without him

Last edited by Long Suffering Fan (3/18/2024 9:07 pm)

trops_fc wrote:

Favour Aire enters the portal (started his career at Miami under Caputo) 
https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/article/favour-aire-transfer-portal-penn-state-basketball-228896904/

We almost signed him last summer. Lost him to PSU and then ended up with Stretch.

Not much to go off of numbers-wise in college but he should bring the same energy on defense that Stretch did with some better offensive skills.

Jhamir Brickus, Lasalle point guard who was 3rd team all conference and hurt us in the conference tournament, is in the portal.

Last edited by Long Suffering Fan (3/19/2024 9:46 am)