2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread
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I watched Hunter's interview and gave it some time since I'm biased when it comes to him (not in a good way). I think for as bright as he seems at understanding things he fully earned some of the criticism brought his way. He earned it at Michigan too. Just my 2 cents there. It was rather interesting to hear a player that's gone through the portal madness and seen the highs and lows of it at times. Some of it i found as excuses while other parts eye opening. I'll keep ringing this horn but fit is so important, not only for their talent on the court but for their maturity as well. Not sure he was the latter here but worse was that it wasn't dealt with as much as I thought. Understand this era is difficult for coaches to navigate how disciplined they can be with certain players
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@BeddieKU23 I agree man kind of a down class over all no 1 really impressed me
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Sounds like the NIL budget could be the highest KU has had in the NIL era this offseason.
Flory received an initial offer with what sounds like a large raise from last years bump. Still to early on that one, may test NBA or portal again. Perhaps the Self news helps.
Bryson, Elmarko, Sam's, Kohl on transfer watch. Mari and Paul could return. The entire roster is up for grabs basically.
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I come to you with more names...
Roberts Blums and Braden Frager
Absolutely do not click (new video sept 30 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjs1LR1sarQ
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@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@Kcmatt7 about as well as Kansas?
Maryland took 2nd to last in the big 10. A&M with two former hawks barely made the tournament. Ole miss didn’t make it with Storr.
Very close to a 4-seed.
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Are we being serious in here??? Just now catching up. Yeah Maryland is what you get when Diggy is starting at guard. He was in the proper role at Kansas. Storr got benched by Chris Beard... My goodness.
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Alright fine, I'll take my 1st weekend exit glasses off. Now, I see your point.
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@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Alright fine, I'll take my 1st weekend exit glasses off. Now, I see your point.
I actually think the real indictment of the staff is they haven’t evaluated talent well enough in the NIL era.
Gone after big names instead of grinding the tape.
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@Kcmatt7 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Alright fine, I'll take my 1st weekend exit glasses off. Now, I see your point.
I actually think the real indictment of the staff is they haven’t evaluated talent well enough in the NIL era.
Gone after big names instead of grinding the tape.
Yeah, this I agree with. They did a better job of it this last offseason. Melvin and Tre were hits, especially Melvin for what Bill loves but you wish he could have shot it a bit better. JD was the big miss. He got starter money to rack DNPs. That one really stung because they really could have used the shooting he offered. A big part of why things fell apart is because teams could blitz Darryn on ball screens because there was typically at most one other player out there that the defense had to truly respect from three point range. I can't really say any of those were lazy takes just going after names.
Dusty May is someone who has done an incredible job. Yaxel was obvious but none of their other portal additions were when you looked at most transfer ranking lists from last offseason.
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@BShark said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
I come to you with more names...
Roberts Blums and Braden Frager
Blume is an absolute flamethrower. Frager is a really, really good player but I’d think it would take a small mountain of cash to get him away from Lincoln. He’s from there and Nubs seems like they’re ascending.
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My guess is Frager is an option B if we don't get Stokes. With the money we would save from not paying stokes I am sure we could afford Frager if we really wanted him.
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Seeing Flory is entering the portal. Peace out y'all
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Seeing Flory is entering the portal. Peace out y'all
He also declared for the draft which is not uncommon for players to also enter the portal in those situations.
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Big market is so ridiculous that flory might make 5 million on the open market
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Was curious about his NBA comps...
In terms of NBA comparison for Bidunga, two clear names that he shares similarities with are Clint Capela and Adem Bona. All three of them possess extremely similar skill sets and physical gifts. In particular, each of them is undersized for their position, but possesses great athleticism and physical tools. Offensively, they all are elite rim-runners and lob threats who thrive in transition, but can’t do much else. On defense, they utilize their athleticism and length to be great rim protectors and rebounders.
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@rockchalkjayhawk Robert Williams
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We aren't finding a better center than flory but the money he's asking for is ridiculous and this song and dance is exhausting
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@Kcmatt7 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Alright fine, I'll take my 1st weekend exit glasses off. Now, I see your point.
I actually think the real indictment of the staff is they haven’t evaluated talent well enough in the NIL era.
Gone after big names instead of grinding the tape.
This is what I’ve been saying for the past 2 years times 1000
