Well, most immediate impact and possibly the best odds of their being a significant impact, would be to take a Graduate Transfer. They bring the most experience often at the P5 level even, can bring leadership or at least have shown the ability to finish their degree, and we've had success with our last one.
The best pick when you are looking at bringing long term stability into the program, would be to bring in a JC transfer that can play right away or a transfer that for whatever reason can play right away with 2 years left of eligibility, maybe a Grad Transfer who for whatever reason redshirted a year and also graduated after 3 years maybe? lol That could be the best option if there is such a player out there and if we could get them.
But if the right HS Senior became available, that wouldn't be the worst idea, either, although I don't think that there are many HS seniors still available,
so I think we'll go with a Grad Transfer, just because its a better guarantee that they can contribute than taking a chance on a JC player and I don't think Pitino is feeling comfortable about taking chances right now. After how this season has gone, he needs next year to be as good of a season as it can be. Which is too bad that our fan base might be what is making him feel this way? All this talk of firing him asap or giving him just one more year with the condition that next year he makes the NCAA tourney. It was pressure to win right away that led to some of his early recruiting mistakes. With how people are talking about how impactful it will be to lose Mason, imagine how its going to be after next year if we not only lose Murphy, McBrayer, Stockman & Fitzgerald, but also a great Grad Transfer as well? I suppose we could THEN try to bring in ANOTHER Grad Transfer the next season again, so that the recruiting class isn't 5 frosh? But it's still bringing in an unknown. There would be no guarantee that we could even get another Grad Transfer or that they'd contribute.
No, bringing in someone with exactly 2 years left of eligibility would be the best option, and hopefully I am wrong about his going with a Grad Transfer with just a year left to play, and Pitino's boss makes him feel comfortable with going with a little riskier of an option.