Whispers turned to a roar on Friday afternoon as Hunter Dickinson’s name popped up in the NCAA transfer portal. The 7-footer who has been the face of Michigan’s program for the last three years is suddenly the hottest free agent in the sport.
The All-American big man left the program after one of its most disappointing seasons in the last decade in a shocking development that leaves Juwan Howard at a crossroads after four seasons in Ann Arbor.
Here are some thoughts on Dickinson’s decision in an attempt to make sense of how we got here and what comes next.
Still to come
- It's not hard to follow the reasoning
- Legacy can be complicated, this one isn't
- The 2022-23 roster failed Dickinson
- A make-or-break year for Juwan Howard is now even higher leverage
- The program needed a reset, but that doesn't mean it'll be fun
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