re: LSU Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2024 (And Beyond)

This is my mood going into next season baws:



We ride with Givens all the way baws. I believe he's going to be a 10 and 4 type player from the jump. Praying to god McMahon gives him minutes from the jump.

Not sure if mentioned But LSU reached out to a couple of Big Ten Big men

Sophomore Tarris Reed Jr of the University of Michigan entered the transfer portal after averaging, 9.0 PPG, 7.2 RPG, & 1.4 BPG.

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Rutgers’ Clifford Omoruyi:

This past season, Omoruyi recorded 10.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and an impressive 2.9 blocks per game, showing his ability as a defender down low. Additionally, shooting the ball 54.9 percent from the field throughout his career, he’s no slouch on the offensive side of the ball.

Yep I figure all the big boys will be after him, but he instantly improve our defense and rebounding from day 1.. probably pretty drastically

I think he would be a great addition to the team.
PPG. 14.6
REB. 5
AST. 2.6
3P% 30.9
FT% 84.0

I’ve seen from sources on X that St. John’s is the team to beat for Omoruyi. But he would be a great pickup

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On3 just released an article saying we're in the lead to pull Cam Carter out of the portal. I know most in here aren't too high on him... but it was a given that he would be a target since he was born in Donaldsonville. I'll have to look at his tape a bit more but he seems to be a ball dominant guy. I've heard people refer to him as a "black hole".

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Here's why:

- Took 12.6 shots to get to 14.6 ppg last season
- Shot under 31% from 3 (and fired up almost 6 per game)
- Averaged more turnovers (3.0) than assists (2.6)
- Shot only 39% from the floor with an eFG% of 45.9%
- Had a 13.3 PER which basically below average


Did average 5 rebounds a game (1.1 offensive) and had just over a steal a game so thats at least a couple positives i guess

I agree with everything you said. His game is very flawed, but he's not a scrub. Would like to see (if he comes here that is) what he would look like in a smaller role. Cause god knows he's not leading us to the promised land as the main guy

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- Shot under 31% from 3 (and fired up almost 6 per game)

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His FG% would be a lot better with smarter shot selection. He is very good at finishing around the rim at 52%. If he reduces his shot diet to corner catch and shoots and on ball drives he would be shooting a lot higher percentage.

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- Averaged more turnovers (3.0) than assists (2.6)

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I mentioned this... I this his best calling card is perimeter D, something that this team struggled with at times.. according to Evan Miya his defensive BPR is 2.21.. just shy of C Jerrell Colbert (a Wade recruit and former LSU tiger)

Compare that to LSU, he would have the best defensive BPR by a longshot. Second highest was Jordan Wright at 1.73.

I think we all need to look at the bigger picture- I don't think Cam Carter is gonna be the lead guy. Just a guy to play D and get some buckets on the other end. IF we can apply the Adam Miller "he needs less shots" "needs a different role" to cope and cope endlessly, we can apply that to Carter until shown otherwise.

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The sad part is right now even if we dont want him to be a "lead guy" here, at the moment he would definitely be a starter with what we're losing. Obviously still another small handful to grab in the portal though.

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One thing I can say is that he will be an improvement from Stewart because he can actually play defense. Carlos needs to hit tPortal soon IMO

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I mentioned this... I this his best calling card is perimeter D, something that this team struggled with at times.. according to Evan Miya his defensive BPR is 2.21.. just shy of C Jerrell Colbert (a Wade recruit and former LSU tiger)

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Because of the nature of the game everyone focuses on offensive numbers first. But it has been proven time and time again you MUST have defense to be a great team. Now, some of this is adjusted a bit with two NCAA Tournament games in the books against solid competition, but of the 16 teams left in the tournament, 11 are in the top 25 defensively. If the numbers hold, when the season is over (for all teams) LSU, for the second straight year, will have been a worse defensive team than offensive team (even though they were equally as bad at both).

So I wouldn't be upset if LSU decides to take some proven defenders in this class. If you are bringing in a guy like Carter to be Adam Miller/Jordan Wright 2.0...guys who can put up big, but inefficient numbers, then that is a problem. But if you are bringing in a good defender who can help supplement the offense a bit that's not necessarily a bad thing.