It doesnt hurt, of course

But the more important aspect is play recognition...an ability to make the right play, the right screen, the right read.

Fletcher McGee was the epitome ofnthat for MY at Wofford. And he wasnt athletic by any stretch of the imagination. He just knew the playbook well, knew where his shots could come from within the offense and used his movement/positioning to put defenses in tough situations.

Isaiah Wilkins is about as athletic as McGee, butbhe was never going to play in an MY system. He needs to play in an offense where he has either an open shot or an open driving lane due to a play, not due to reading actions and defenses.

An MY offense is different because he uses an action (say a ballscreen or a post entry) to study how a defense will play that action. Then you go into your bag and say "hey on 'Play X' lets run a rub screen instead of coming out to the corner" and that can get you an open look because the other team hasnt prepared for the rub screen. If you dont know what a rub screen is or how to execute it or what comes after then it can either throw off the timing or you can just be in the way.

The next level of that recognition is instead of MY seeing it and calling it, the players see it and perform it on the fly.

Wilkins, Kabongo, Horne, etc can all get by at the base level of having MY tell them what to do after spending a year explaining HOW to do it. But they arent the type of players to take that next step of doing it themselves.

Hunter Cattoor is most definitely that type of player. Keve Aluma is most definitely that type of player. Mutts showed quite a bit of impressive savvy for as little of time as he has had in the system, but his ceiling within it is limited due to that lack of time.

I want grad transfers to plug holes from a personnel standpoint, but I dont want them to be the key focal point of the roster. They just dont have the ceiling of someone who can learn how to operate within the system for 4 years.

In a year where VT has the opportunity to fix all of their holes (length on the wings, shooting at the 4 spot, another versatile guard) through the high school route, they will be much better off doing so for 2022-2023 than trying to wade into the transfer market again next season. It wont pay off for 2022-2023, but VT will be MUCH MUCH better for it in 2024-2025.