Beverly in the portal

[AndreiVasy88]

Good luck young man. Worked his butt off here.

 

[jamiecane]

The writing was on the wall for him and Walker when they walked on Sr night. They were finished here. Thanks to both.

who is beverly and walker

 

[jamiecane]

who is beverly and walker

nevermind, didn't realize i was in the basketball forum.

 

[Cribby]

nevermind, didn't realize i was in the basketball forum.

You could’ve deleted it , way to lay on the sword like a warrior though lmao

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

Up to 4 scholarships available. We’ve never taken more than 2 players in the portal in one year.

This one stings. Beverly was a solid depth piece and a veteran.

Great job @Gables Canes.

This post brings up a very important point most people have overlooked.

It is highly unlikely Coach L uses all of those available scholarships.
If he did. you would have 5 guys hitting the portal in the real 2024 transfer portal.

4 guys transferring to Last 2 U with immediate eligibility with a high skill level wanting significant playing time is more of a delusion than a reality.

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

I mentioned right after the Final Four that we'd be making room for kids who can help us make another FF/NC run.

We've "lost" no one.

Miami has never been a more attractive place for a player to come to in our history, we're not ******* around. This is our time. You should all be excited.

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

in the games Bev played 12 minutes or more, he was 44 for 81 (54%)... slurp all you want but I think Bev maybe has legit portal perspective

Transferred to Wichita State.

 

[hotshot]

The scoring options available at G/SF are pretty stacked in the Portal, even with some of the better options coming off the board in the last couple of days.

We’ll be in a good spot if we can zero in on who we’re going after & lock in with’em.

AJ Storr the Freshman from ST. Johns who we expressed some interest in would actually be a perfect replacement for Bev if we can get to him before Illinois lol

You can bet Storr is looking for a starting opportunity, not a reserve role.

 

[hotshot]

Solid depth piece with experience but his injuries have limited him.

I assume Coach L has a plan and these departures were known to him before they occurred.

See this as an opportunity rather than a loss. Depth will be of concern but it always is.

I'd just leave it at "depth piece." Our "bench," aside from Joseph, really gave us very little all season. Bev had a few nice offensive outbursts for us, was solid on D, but offset that with a larger number of games where he struggled to dent the box score at all.

 

[hotshot]

With Pack reportedly getting $800K, (and maybe money $lim right now) Beverly probably didn't like the answers he got when asking what he would be getting next year.

Wonder if he got anything at all this past season.

 

[AmherstCane]

Transferred to Wichita State.

Bev’s choice was to be a rotational player on a P6 contender type team (in which case he would have stayed at Miami) or transfer to a mid major where he has a chance to be “the guy”.

He was never going to be the guy at Miami… and - if I were coach - I wouldn’t want to rely on somebody with prior low back surgery as more than a piece of the rotation.

Any neurosurgeon will tell you that back surgery has way more potential issues and complications than neck surgery.

Bottom line… he’s a great person and good player who was an important part of this year’s success, but there was no realistic way to keep him on the roster given his desire for a feature role.

 

[hotshot]

I’d think Watson is more slasher than pure shooter

How would you have described Miller's game?

 

[hotshot]

Bev’s choice was to be a rotational player on a P6 contender type team (in which case he would have stayed at Miami) or transfer to a mid major where he has a chance to be “the guy”.

He was never going to be the guy at Miami… and - if I were coach - I wouldn’t want to rely on somebody with prior low back surgery as more than a piece of the rotation.

Any neurosurgeon will tell you that back surgery has way more potential issues and complications than neck surgery.

Bottom line… he’s a great person and good player who was an important part of this year’s success, but there was no realistic way to keep him on the roster given his desire for a feature role.

If he's "the guy" at Wichita State (or anywhere else in D1), I'll be very surprised. A starter? Def more chance than staying here. Best of luck to him and an understandable move.

 

[Da_Lucky_One]

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

Bev’s choice was to be a rotational player on a P6 contender type team (in which case he would have stayed at Miami) or transfer to a mid major where he has a chance to be “the guy”.

He was never going to be the guy at Miami… and - if I were coach - I wouldn’t want to rely on somebody with prior low back surgery as more than a piece of the rotation.

Any neurosurgeon will tell you that back surgery has way more potential issues and complications than neck surgery.

Bottom line… he’s a great person and good player who was an important part of this year’s success, but there was no realistic way to keep him on the roster given his desire for a feature role.

Another way to put it is we can more out of that roster spot in the portal or by taking a kid out of HS to build for the future.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Shocker...

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Wong, Pack, Omier, Wooga, Bensley, and 2 high level portal additions is a fantastic core, and then mix in some of the younger recruits as well.

Replacing Miller is borderline impossible, that kid literally was what L called him all year, the most underrated kid in the country. But keeping everyone in the rotation except him and Beverly and adding 2 talented proven kids in the portal would set us up for another big time run. Especially if one of the kids was a big who can run and rebound.

 

[IncaneInTheBrain]

That was fast. Going from Miami to Kansas is... something, but good luck to him.

Wichita's been hot garbage since they fired their abuser head coach and moved to a real conference, would love to know what the appeal there was.

 

[Canedude08]

I'd just leave it at "depth piece." Our "bench," aside from Joseph, really gave us very little all season. Bev had a few nice offensive outbursts for us, was solid on D, but offset that with a larger number of games where he struggled to dent the box score at all.

Everything isn’t about the box score. Beverly provided solid D and occasional scoring. He was a steadying influence with the second unit. In a perfect world, he would still be a Cane but I get why he wants to move on. L wants to upgrade the scoring punch he gets from the bench and he has to do that through the portal and develop guys like Casey and Watson.

 

[jkdood]

Jesus you're being insufferable about this.

Also, anyone complaining about NIL needs to show proof of how much they've donated. Literally every D1 school has a Collective or something similar. We apparently though just have posters like @jkdood and @casualcane who complain about Ruiz.

i never ever complained about NIL or Ruiz, not one bit. Quit lying abt it and getting personally offensive. if you cant discuss something honestly and politely maybe read a good book