First off I want to straighten out something that keeps getting mixed up by members on the site. Baye Ndongo is seeking NBA feedback and deciding on whether or not to enter the draft based on that feedback just like Miles Kelly did last offseason. He is not entering the portal so he will either be at Georgia Tech next year (the staff believes he is coming back per sources) or playing in the NBA/G-league. GT pays more than the G-league in NIL to him so there is that answer as well per sources.
Miles Kelly is in the same boat, he I think wants to see if his improved defensive performance and all-around game has helped his draft stock and supposedly he will seek NBA feedback as well, but he is expected back as well.
On the big guy front, GT is shooting their shot with Clifford Omoruyi (Rutgers) aka Big Cliff. If they somehow landed him, GT becomes an instant NCAAT next year assuming they keep everything else they have already. Money will be an issue here. Cliff is supposedly seeking $1 million in the portal. GT's assistant Karl Hobbs is a favorite of Big Cliff and the draw and they are hoping to get a visit and maybe figure out a workable number for him. Bama is going very hard on him as is Florida and others. He averaged almost 11 ppg, 8 rpg and 3 blocks per game!
Tech is still pursuing R.J. Godfrey (Clemson) as well. He would help fill the Tafara Gapare role. Lots of schools involved there including UGA where his dad played football, but he skipped them the first time to go to Clemson. The common thought has been it will be GT or UGA for him.
There is also the cursed Bradley Ezewiro (St. Louis, LSU, G-Town) who has seen every coach he played for get fired in three seasons of college basketball as a possible big man.
MTSU big man Jared Coleman-Jones was an early connection to GT, not much is going on there. Illinois and Oklahoma State are apparently in the mix.
Colorado big guard Luke O'Brien is GT/ND battle still. He is supposed to visit both this week with GT getting the weekend visit. He also could help fill the Deebo/Gapare-ish positions, a corner knock-down three-point shooter.
Miles Kelly is in the same boat, he I think wants to see if his improved defensive performance and all-around game has helped his draft stock and supposedly he will seek NBA feedback as well, but he is expected back as well.
On the big guy front, GT is shooting their shot with Clifford Omoruyi (Rutgers) aka Big Cliff. If they somehow landed him, GT becomes an instant NCAAT next year assuming they keep everything else they have already. Money will be an issue here. Cliff is supposedly seeking $1 million in the portal. GT's assistant Karl Hobbs is a favorite of Big Cliff and the draw and they are hoping to get a visit and maybe figure out a workable number for him. Bama is going very hard on him as is Florida and others. He averaged almost 11 ppg, 8 rpg and 3 blocks per game!
Tech is still pursuing R.J. Godfrey (Clemson) as well. He would help fill the Tafara Gapare role. Lots of schools involved there including UGA where his dad played football, but he skipped them the first time to go to Clemson. The common thought has been it will be GT or UGA for him.
There is also the cursed Bradley Ezewiro (St. Louis, LSU, G-Town) who has seen every coach he played for get fired in three seasons of college basketball as a possible big man.
MTSU big man Jared Coleman-Jones was an early connection to GT, not much is going on there. Illinois and Oklahoma State are apparently in the mix.
Colorado big guard Luke O'Brien is GT/ND battle still. He is supposed to visit both this week with GT getting the weekend visit. He also could help fill the Deebo/Gapare-ish positions, a corner knock-down three-point shooter.
