Back when Mike Matheny was managing the Cardinals, there was a rumor that his general manager would trade away players simply to stop Matheny from giving them playing time. (Surprisingly, Matheny eventually got fired.)
That pretty well sums up my thoughts on Trey Thomas entering the transfer portal this offseason. Thomas came in as a lightly-recruited freshman and shot 39.8 percent from three. That was fine. But when Thomas was shooting 30.1 percent from three, as he did in 2022-23... well, he wasn’t contributing much else. Sure, he played hard on the defensive end, but generously listed at 6’0” and 160 pounds, he was really limited in who he could guard.