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News: George Washington freshman 🇨🇭 Dayan Nessah has entered the transfer portal, per source

The 6-7 freshman from Geneva, Switzerland played sparingly due to injury’s and sickness throughout the season

Nessah averaged 15 PPG for FC Barcelona’s youth teams and 22.4 PPG in under 18 this summer

Neesah will play in the U19 WC this summer

Nessah? Strange for the fact he was going to get a lot of playing time next year. Crap shoot out there. Sad.

Not missing Nessah as much as Jun. A lot of potential, pretty high motor, but not fully formed. Could have seemingly done things and had a chance for playing time if he stayed, yet injury prone.
But what would you say about taking an A-10 caliber player who averaged nearly 11 points and 6 rebounds.
If someone like that came in the portal, we'd be happy.

Word is Nessah wanted more $ and PT than we could commit to at this point given his injury history.

I feel like in the “old days” he would’ve been Garino-ish by his Junior year. Instead he’ll probably end up at a LM where he can start.

Too bad about Nessah, though I understand. He does need playing time to develop.

You can see he’s really talented, but I’ve never seen a player so good at getting to the basket with such bad touch once he gets there. I think with more playing time, he can calm down a bit when he gets to the hoop and became a really high quality player.  Wouldn’t be surprised if he transfers down for a year or two and ends up both major (though if he’s looking for more money now, I guess he won’t).

Sadly, the rumors regarding Jun have been out there for a while and even if you managed to avoid hearing about this, his decision to move on is more than logical.  He clearly wasn't the same player this season whether this was due to a bruised ankle or a bruised ego.  The team played exceptionally well in wins over Dayton and URI without him, and the team was then unable to figure out how to integrate his strengths during most conference games.  Jun undoubtedly handled things as well as he could but nevertheless realized that his NBA prospects took a legitimate hit.  (Regardless of anyone's opinion, when the NBA invites you to a symposium as it did with Darren, you must be considered an NBA prospect.)

Jun's landing spot will be interesting.  He has expressed a desire to play close to home but will he change his view on this?  If not, he can be a big fish in a small pond at AU or Howard, or a small fish in a big pond at Maryland.  I don't believe that any of these will be quite right although with Queen expected to leave Maryland, it's not inconceivable that he could become a starter at CP.  Mason is interesting in that they have a lot of retooling to do.  Nevertheless, they could represent the strongest fit.

A week ago, he tweeted "this next run super personal" which hopefully does not imply that the trip to Vegas for Jun will be nothing more that Jun auditioning for other schools.  

Dayan marks the second consecutive year that a heralded Euro is transferring.  Both Benny Schroeder and Dayan Nessah dealt with injuries during their one season at GW.  The difference to me though is I saw more potential in Dayan's game.  As has been correctly stated in the past, it's the coaching staff and not you or I that gets to see these guys play every day in practice.  One would have to believe that if Dayan's play warranted more game minutes than he received, the coaching staff would have provided this.  The easy comparison is fellow freshman Ty Bevins who was also brought along slowly but who the coaches appeared to trust more as he earned more minutes, often in crucial situations, as the season progressed.

What Dayan really needs, in addition to good health, is a chance to play extended minutes without fear of being benched for a mistake, or without the realization that his game minutes will be so limited.  Probably not a coincidence that Nessah's signature game was against a D2 opponent when he scored 19 points on 8-9 shooting in just 16 minutes.  This was the team's final OOC game and while we hoped that this performance may have springboarded into a larger role, it sadly did not.  Landing at a low major would make a lot of sense.

This makes 2 of my 3 most logical guys to transfer (am excluding Keegan who I was unaware still had eligibility) and I'll let you know if the third ultimately occurs or not.  I'll also add that frankly, given the system we now have, I would not blame every NCAA player at every school to enter the portal.  Why not gauge your NIL worth without any ramifications over returning to your current school?  Yes, what we now have is the worst fre agency in all of sports.  Everyone is on an annual contract and everyone becomes a free agent at season's end (or in the case of the dysfunctional NCAA, technically before season's end).  Like elections, court rulings and settlements often have consequences, even if these are sometimes unintended.

Some other GW interests from yesterday:

The Portal Report @ThePortalReport 22h 
FAU F Kaleb Glenn has received interest from the following programs, his agent @Ryanmurphhoop tells TPR:
Texas Tech
Kansas
Oklahoma State
New Mexico Butler
Dayton
George Washington
TCU
Miami

Monroe would be a good replacement for Jun, and fit with the presidential theme but I suspect he's going high-major.

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria 19h 
Schools to reach out to Quinnipiac transfer @AmarriMonroe, the MAAC Player of the Year:
Ole Miss
Kansas
Memphis
Texas A&M
Creighton
Maryland
Xavier
Pitt
Rutgers
Butler
Utah
Ohio State
George Washington

Adams had originally committed to Kansas and then Gonzaga out of HS, but eventually ended up closer to home at CSUN due to family reasons.

Sam Kayser - 24/7 High School Hoops @247HSHoops 15h
Cal State Northridge forward Marcus Adams Jr. tells @LeagueRDY he’s heard from these schools since going portaling:
Missouri
USC
Arizona State
DePaul
Vanderbilt
New Mexico
Nevada
George Washington
Appalachian State
High Point

Updated Interest List:
Marcus Adams Jr. (Cal State Northridge) - 16.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1 spg; 40% 3-PT
Yame Butler (Drexel) - 13.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.8 apg; 37% 3-PT
Paul Djobet (Miami FL) - 5.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg; 38% 3-PT
Wes Enis (D2 Lincoln Memorial) - 20.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.2 spg; 41% 3-PT
Kaleb Glenn (Florida Atlantic) - 12.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg; 41% 3-PT
Toby Harris (D3 Brandeis) - 18.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.9 apg; 40% 3-PT
Rasheed Jones (Coastal Carolina) - 11.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.1 apg; 34% 3-PT
Quinton Mincey (UMass Lowell) - 16.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.8 apg; 39% 3-PT
Amarri Monroe (Quinnipiac) - 18.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.3 spg
Tanahj Pettway (Prairie View A&M) - 17 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.2 spg
Jamichael Stillwell (Milwaukee) - 13 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.3 spg
Elijah Strong (Boston College) - 9.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg; 36% 3-PT
All Wright (Valparaiso) - 15.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.4 apg; 38% 3-PT

It's unfortunate that Dayan's agent wants more money, but I think CC made the right decision to not give in. Expecting an international freshman to pan out right away is unlikely. Nessah has a lot of talent and I'm interested to see how he does moving forward, but he simply has too long of an injury history (almost ten years long) to make it worth it and I'm not sure Dayan would have been necessarily in line for more than like 15 minutes a game with Garrett back. It felt risky even last summer to take a chance on an injury-prone player to replace another in Johnson. Wish him all the best.
 

Good post Mayhem.   I liked the part of the coaches seeing in practice what we don't get to see.  Although I liked Nessah's skill set, the staff may have felt that it would not translate that well in the Atlantic 10 and maybe he was nudged out the door.   

To a certain extent, you could say the same thing about Buchanan, but not so much that he was shown the exit but left by mutual agreement that GW was no longer the best fit for him.  Obviously  Jun brought much to the table in terms of tangibles and intangibles.   I thought much of  his second year decline was residual effects of the injury as well as the conference now having an effective book on how to play him.   Notwithstanding,  there are deficiencies in his game, the most glaring of which was his lack of an outside shot.   It was just awful this year (both prior to and after the injury)  The coach has frequently said how important  outside shooting (especially 3 point shooting) is in today's game.  Next season we have Garrett coming back, as well as what appears to be a highly rated forward  in Vinny Chaudhri.  And who knows who else we have our eye on at the 4 that we think we have a good chance of signing.  Assuming that Autry stays (at the 3) and Castro stays at the 5, whose minutes do the newcomers get, especially Garrett?   If youi want a team that can shoot, you cannot have both Castro and Buchanan on the court at the same time.  Why else would the coach start Hansen over him.  Further, this season, for some reason, Jun wasn't finishing at the hoop like he did his first year (again, the injury?).  He was also turnover prone and his defense was not that great.  His free throw shooting seemed to improve slightly but was still deficient.  I think that we should all be unhappy that Jun left, but I don't necessarily think it is the end of the world.

I also wanted to mention Mayhem's point about our lack of success with European recruits. One recruit that was not mentioned was Zam, who is harly a GW success story so far.  Does anyone know what his status was this sesaon.   I don't recall if he dressed for any game this season (maybe in the very beginning?).  Was he hurt all season?    Was he redshirted?    Is he in our plans?   He is 6'8" and can shoot.   Again, skill sets that we need.  Then again, Keegan is 6'11" and can shoot, and he couldn't make it onto the court.   Have we moved on from Zam as we did with Keegan? 

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

I also wanted to mention Mayhem's point about our lack of success with European recruits. One recruit that was not mentioned was Zam, who is harly a GW success story so far.  Does anyone know what his status was this sesaon.   I don't recall if he dressed for any game this season (maybe in the very beginning?).  Was he hurt all season?    Was he redshirted?    Is he in our plans?   He is 6'8" and can shoot.   Again, skill sets that we need.  Then again, Keegan is 6'11" and can shoot, and he couldn't make it onto the court.   Have we moved on from Zam as we did with Keegan? 

Zam played the first game and then hurt his wrist and had surgery.  He got a redshirt for this year.  I hope he comes back as I think he has a skillset that is valuable in the A10. 
 

porter71 wrote:

I am going to miss Jun the person.  I think he's exactly the kind of player want at GW and I wish him all the success in the world. 

The important thing here is that in today's world, Jun leaving frees up a note of NIL money (I have to assume he was the biggest earner on the team).  With him gone, that money can go to keeping Castro and Jones/Autry (who were more the core of the offense), while also brining in another player who is a better fit or first more of a need (a real shooter or another big)

From what I heard, it was actually Drumgoole who was paid the most.