Portland head coach Shantay Legans and his Pilots had a tough 23-24 season with some injuries and academic casualties. The fourth-year Pilots coach will look to build his team to improve from a season where they finished tied for sixth in the WCC. Legans talks about how he feels he should have handled and maneuvered the transfer portal better. He welcomes back Vukasin Masic while adding a pair of new transfers in the former American University center Jermaine Webb and Max Mackinnon, who comes over from Elon.
Topics of Conversation Include:
- Recruiting in Australia and globally
- Changing the Pilots’ offensive output and defensive identity of the team
- Challenges and ideas in using the transfer portal
- Thoughts on the NBA Championship series between the Celtics and Mavericks