Transfer portal

[Da Coach]

Ethan Pickett and CJ Jones from UIC entering the portal.

I suspect these will not be the only transfers from UIC. Christian "CJ" Jones will get a lot of attention in the portal. He is a sophomore from East St. Louis who played more minutes than anyone on the roster, and was one of UIC's best players this season. He averaged 11.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, and 4.8 assists per game. He shot 37.8% from three. He would have 2 more years of eligibility.
Ethan Pickett is a junior, former juco transfer originally from Georgia, who started most games, averaged 6.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, and shot 33.3% from three. He was known more for his defense than his offense in his one season with UIC. He has only 1 season of eligibility left.

Isaiah Rivera was UIC's leading scorer. He is a senior from Geneseo and Bradley recruited him out of high school. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. It would not be surprising if he enters the portal, and he will also get a lot of attention. He averaged 15.4 ppg and shot 41.6% from three.

[BUfan39]

Ethan Pickett and CJ Jones from UIC entering the portal.

I’d take either one

[braves16]

Ethan Pickett and CJ Jones from UIC entering the portal.

[tomahawk chop]

The thing is it is sounding like we are going to need a bunch of players from the portal next season. These firings in our league should be a reference in who might be open to transferring to Bradley. Take your pick now from 3 schools that have some decent players that went against us this year. There also could be coaches moving up and out of the conference. I would think DeVries is in the best position to get a higher level job especially with his son going with him.

[Tommy]

The question who would he replace on the roster. It was who would he take minutes from. Atlason had many freshman mistakes and wasn't very strong defensively. He likely will get better, but D'Amico could have probably given us slightly better play this year.

Yeah, possibly, but it didn’t show in the UIC game. He was torched and taken to the rim on countless plays in that game and looked worse than Atlason, who I thought played pretty well against Drake. And Atlason is only a freshman, so he’s got lots of time to improve.

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

Getting good local players is great yet not that easy because local kids for the most part like to get away from home.

The thing that worries me is who transfers out I heard that is going to be Hannah, Deen, and Hickman.

[ManMythLegend]

The question who would he replace on the roster. It was who would he take minutes from. Atlason had many freshman mistakes and wasn't very strong defensively. He likely will get better, but D'Amico could have probably given us slightly better play this year.

Regardless. I stand by my opinion.

[egib52]

Agreed give me Atlason and Davis over D'Amico all day every day. Atlason is a freshman with tremendous up side. The growth from last season to this season for Davis was very solid. I expect him to take another step next year.

The question wasn't who would he replace on the roster. It was who would he take minutes from. Atlason had many freshman mistakes and wasn't very strong defensively. He likely will get better, but D'Amico could have probably given us slightly better play this year.

[ManMythLegend]

I wouldn’t call that an upgrade.

Agreed give me Atlason and Davis over D'Amico all day every day. Atlason is a freshman with tremendous up side. The growth from last season to this season for Davis was very solid. I expect him to take another step next year.

[Tommy]

Atlason and to a lesser extent, Davis

I wouldn’t call that an upgrade.

[egib52]

We lost tonight because Hannah and Deen were in early foul trouble and played limited minutes.

D’Amico is a forward, so who loses minutes for him? Leons? Hannah? Davis? Atlason? I don’t know that we were hurting for forwards this year.

Atlason and to a lesser extent, Davis

[Tommy]

His 3 point shooting is good plus he defends. We are not going to get 4 and 5 star players. Hell if we had got someone like him in the portal this season it would have given us a better chance at winning a few more games. We got beat today because of bad officiating and missing in the portal while Drakes leading scorer came to them from the portal. The only way we can compete for a title next season will depend on who transfers in or out.

We lost tonight because Hannah and Deen were in early foul trouble and played limited minutes.

D’Amico is a forward, so who loses minutes for him? Leons? Hannah? Davis? Atlason? I don’t know that we were hurting for forwards this year.

[tomahawk chop]

If there’s a lot of portal options, Bradley needs players who can run the fast break, handle the ball well, create shots, hit 38-40% from 3-pt, and defend. D’Amico is a good player, but he isn’t any of those things.

His 3 point shooting is good plus he defends. We are not going to get 4 and 5 star players. Hell if we had got someone like him in the portal this season it would have given us a better chance at winning a few more games. We got beat today because of bad officiating and missing in the portal while Drakes leading scorer came to them from the portal. The only way we can compete for a title next season will depend on who transfers in or out.

[yoda]

If there’s a lot of portal options, Bradley needs players who can run the fast break, handle the ball well, create shots, hit 38-40% from 3-pt, and defend. D’Amico is a good player, but he isn’t any of those things.

[Da Coach]

D'Amico was an Illinois Wolves player and played for Mike Mullins. I suspect Mike isn't too happy with SIU now.