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re: BOOM! Four-Star Transfer Jordan Sears Has Committed to LSU and Matt McMahon!

Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:19 pm to
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:19 pm to
Geaux Tigers
Posted by LSUbasketballfan
Member since Jan 2021
134 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:28 pm to
Beat out Alabama for him.

Had he gone to Alabama the board would be complaining about how we can’t get transfers like him.

We land him and its we’ll see, he might be another Justice Hill.


This is a very big pickup. It was very very important that we get a solid PG to add to our current roster.
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
10946 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:34 pm to
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Yes, he’s elevated his reach to that monster power UT Martin


Yeah , you are right. He should be recruiting transfers from those major powers that produced Dalton Knecht for Tennessee and Mark Sears for Alabama. At least McMahon got the last name right, huh?
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
31152 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:35 pm to
Nelson and burns were decent players but far from some of the best in college basketball
Posted by GeauxLSU4
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2012
10947 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:39 pm to
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might be another Justice Hill

I would guess this guy is much better than Hill. His suitors in the portal are bigger schools, plus, he’s a much better scorer. He scored 30 or more 6 times last season and shot almost 43% from three.
Posted by rds dc
Member since Jun 2008
20302 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:41 pm to
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Yeah , you are right. He should be recruiting transfers from those major powers that produced Dalton Knecht for Tennessee and Mark Sears for Alabama. At least McMahon got the last name right, huh?


Mark Sears had a BPR of 4.55 at Ohio before transferring to Bama. That made him a Top 150 player before even showing up on campus. Dalton Knecht is very interesting and certainly outperformed any expectations this year at Tenn. He went from not even rating in the Top 1500 players in '23 to being a solid contributor at Tenn this season. He was obviously a good fit for there system but still only rated out as the 6th best player on the team.
Posted by ForTheWin81
Member since Nov 2021
922 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:44 pm to
It seems like CMM is starting to shape the team with his guys..... I'm hopeful for improvement, being competitive every game next year
Posted by ForTheWin81
Member since Nov 2021
922 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:46 pm to
It seems like CMM is starting to shape the team with his guys..... I'm hopeful for improvement, being competitive every game next year
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
10946 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:50 pm to
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Yeah , you are right. He should be recruiting transfers from those major powers that produced Dalton Knecht for Tennessee and Mark Sears for Alabama. At least McMahon got the last name right, huh?


Mark Sears had a BPR of 4.55 at Ohio before transferring to Bama. That made him a Top 150 player before even showing up on campus. Dalton Knecht is very interesting and certainly outperformed any expectations this year at Tenn. He went from not even rating in the Top 1500 players in '23 to being a solid contributor at Tenn this season. He was obviously a good fit for there system but still only rated out as the 6th best player on the team.


I was responding to the poster's mocking of Jordan Sers school. There are good players at every level, some at smaller schools for various reasons. The portal has been great in giving those players a chance to immediately prove themselves in a larger stage.
Posted by Ampipe96
Member since Sep 2020
1466 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:50 pm to
Really need a big man who can block shots and rebound. The last to big men (KJ & Will)
Were more of pick and pop/ away from the basket guys
Posted by JWill409
Beaumont, TX
Member since Sep 2010
1209 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:52 pm to
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Well, there goes the "he can't recruit elite players/transfers outside of Louisiana" narrative.


Sears is a solid pickup but is not elite. Last season, he had a BPR of 2.15, playing against weak competition. For reference, Hannibal rated out at 2.96.


Well, this is where statistics get you in trouble if you're not using context. He was a top 10 pick and roll guard in the country. I want to say he was #6 last season, Cook was #10. He fits our system perfectly and he was 9th in the nation in scoring. I'd say that's elite.

You can look at it a few ways. Maybe Hannibal's BPR shot up so much because of the system he was in(this has to be impossible though because MM can't develop players), and maybe Sears was lower because he was literally the only offense on that team....did you think of it that way?
Posted by OSTiger77
Ocean Springs
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 4/11/24 at 2:53 pm to
Great pick-up.
This post was edited on 4/11/24 at 2:57 pm
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
31152 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:00 pm to
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He was obviously a good fit for there system but still only rated out as the 6th best player on the team.


Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
15245 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:11 pm to
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If you showed me that graphic with no context, I would think it was for the women's team.





More of an indictment on female basketball players than Jordan Sears, but I definitely see it
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
15245 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:12 pm to
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to being a solid contributor at Tenn this season


A solid contributor?

He was Player of the Year in the SEC
Posted by jamarr
Member since Jul 2019
378 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:17 pm to
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The advanced analytics didn't like him last year, and he projects poorly for the SEC. Maybe CMM can beat the analytics, and Sears will be what LSU was missing


sure hope so. I am high on Curtis givens, he plays with future NBA players right now so he should be ready to really fight sears for that starting spot. ideally I would like to see sears back up givens and come in and make threes whilst givens rests.

last year we ran out of gas and Hannibal was bent over tugging his shorts and gasping for air, we needed guard depth after cook was gone. I think now we have it.

now go get a rim protector.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
159635 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:19 pm to
Pretty damn good pickup on paper
Posted by Sissidog02
Member since Jan 2020
5693 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:24 pm to
Don’t say that, his best 2 games came against CCELESSA & William Woods College, if that’s not SEC competition than you’re not watching
This post was edited on 4/11/24 at 3:25 pm
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
9613 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:24 pm to
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Yes, he’s elevated his reach to that monster power UT Martin.

Are the 3 point lines shorter at UT Martin? Last I checked the courts were the same size and 43% from 3 is good at any program.
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
10402 posts
Posted on 4/11/24 at 3:28 pm to
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ideally I would like to see sears back up givens


I'd be willing to bet the opposite is true. And Givens might even back up Mike Williams too.

Guards for next year:

Jordan Sears
Cam Carter
Mike Williams
Curtis Givens

Wing:

Tyrell Ward
VJ Miller

Bigs:

Jalen Reed
Cory Chest
Derek Fountain
Damion Collins
Robert Miller

Any chance Hunter Dean gets another year of eligibility? We could use a big tough C.
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