I dunno about that, but there was talk of him announcing yesterday, then pushed back, so ya never know.
Transfer Portal
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I double checked the NCAA recruiting calendar for basketball. Copied and pasted the info. It's currently a dead period. Patiently waiting for Trimborunc86 to explain himself.
That;s what I thought... although such niceties as rules never slowed little Ricky down before...
Guess the NIL at VT must have been better than that of VCU? Guess the GF was not that much of a factor after all?
One of the recruiting guys tweeted it today. I’ll try to find the tweet. Trust me I don’t have imagination to make stuff up and randomly post it lol
Can’t you already picture him hitting going 6 of 10 from deep in a game in Blacksburg against us next year
Could be true, but my vision is him giving up 30 points to the guy he's guarding.
You don’t seem as forgiving for those that have left vs those that are considering UNC. You aren’t being a hypocrite are you?
Coach Davis lack of using the bench these last 2 years is gonna hurt us in the portal.
C'mon man... no reason to be doggin' on him. NIckel can play and he can shoot.
Don’t think so, we’re North Carolina. I’ll remind you again after Hubert finishes with this Portal haul.
If you can play in the ACC, why play at VCU? The GF could transfer if he really wants her that close.
Think I would shuffle those words a bit to say, "Nickel can shoot if given the chance to play"...
Hubert can bring in anyone he wants from the portal but if he's only going to play 6 players then what??
"You can't put new wine in old wineskin.."
Not so sure he displayed anything which would say he could play in the ACC? Now you may counter that he did not get an opportunity, which could be true. But in all honestly, and fairness to Nickels, he was not ready. Maybe by his junior year he could be a pretty good player, but who's to say that he may end up being buried on the VT bench next year?
He wasn't an elite shooter in high school. He feasted on 2pointers and got to the free throw line a lot, against smaller players in Virginia's 1A class. I'm not sure where UNC fans got the idea Nickel was an elite shooter.
He's an intriguing player to me and I would've liked to see what he could become here. Plus, I like a little bit of cockiness and edge. I think that's something UNC sometimes lacks. That can bad though when Caleb would talk trash while being in midst of shooting 5/17. But I like the edge and thought Nickel was an interesting prospect.
His highlight tape made it seem like he shot 80% from corner 3's, lol.
Has it been settled on why he left?
- Becoming a dad?
- Hubert sucks?
- Anything else?
So why did HD recruit him and offer a schollie to a school like UNC.
He can absolutely play in the ACC. Not sure what the point is in devaluing him.
In your opinion, right? There is zero evidence to support this at this point.
Here is the Athletic article. You may not be able to access it because it is behind a paywall. On the other hand, this is a direct link to the actual page so here you go.
theathletic.com
The best men's college basketball players available in the transfer portal
Cam Spencer and Grant Nelson are among the top talents still in the portal.
theathletic.com
I was always a bit concerned that he seemed so confident, despite the lack of a high ranking. Seems like the type to overrate himself and not understand why a coach wouldn't play him more no matter how justified (that's how I was as a player lol). Not sure you want developmental players like that. It seems to have played out that way where he wasn't ready to hear that he wasn't good enough for major minutes.
Hope VT is a good fit for him! We need more good ACC basketball.
He's not a fit with Mando, but Hunter Dickinson is now in the portal. More big names to come.
That's surprising. If you were Hunter, where would you want to play? Who do big men want to be coached by?
I think there are openings at Gonzaga.
I agree. It’s called big-fish-small-pond syndrome. He was the man…on his level, which obviously isn’t the level some guys have experience on. He always needed to go somewhere that provided a lot of minutes pretty quickly for him to be content. Guys that play amongst other very talented and highly ranked players throughout their youth have had to accept taking a back seat at times and to find ways to “get in where they fit in.” Nickel’s shooting percentages in AAU ball were significantly lower (10%?) than his high school numbers, which is evidence that his competition in high school ball wasn’t very good and his role on each team was very different. He was not going to be happy as a “developmental” player.
With that said, I’m not saying he couldn’t have balled out last year somewhere. Just wasn’t going to be for us. He may kill it at VT. Or he may be a dud. I happen to think it’ll be somewhere in between; a streaky shooter, momentum changer, hustle guy, crowd favorite who by his senior year is a double digit scorer on fairly inefficient numbers. Not all conference. But what do I know?
Oh, I know I wish we had landed Whitmore instead. We wouldn’t be discussing Nickel and our season might have gone differently.
Someone please poast that pic of Mando holding the little Dickinson baby. Hahaha. That was hilarious.
Who’s the best physical 4/5 available? That’s what we need along with wings. What about the big from Tennessee?
