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In the end, we're in on this guy because of his ties to LA, it's ok to just admit that. This is probably just an easy land for McMahon and whats he's been doing a lot in past in the portal. I highly doubt we're fighting any particularly good teams for him. This guy needs to be depth at best for us, not a primary player playing 25-35 minutes.

I wouldn't hate Carter as a take...as long his role is pretty well established. If you are bringing him in to be Adam Miller or even Jordan Wright on offense, i.e. a guard who is going to take the 1st or 2nd amount of shots per game then expect similar poor efficiency. But he is a very capable defender and rebounder with major conf. experience. God knows LSU could use improvement in BOTH areas. Particularly when for the second straight year they were a worse defensive team than offensive team.

Maybe that takes LSU out of the running because he wants to be the primary offensive threat at a different school. And that's ok. But in the right role he could be a good piece for LSU.

McMahon and LSU are not exactly in position to nab the top tier transfers (unless they have LA ties). So you have to get the best guys you can and find a way to make the sum greater than the individual parts.

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Posted by thunderbird1100

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Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:12 am to Alt26

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McMahon and LSU are not exactly in position to nab the top tier transfers (unless they have LA ties). So you have to get the best guys you can and find a way to make the sum greater than the individual parts.

It's not necessarily about landing the #3 player in the portal or something, but in the end, McMahon has to get players who can play and play well over a lot of minutes. Thats the position he's put himself in with barely taking any high school talent the last couple years. It's not like he can be picky and only take 2 or 3 guys from the portal and wait things out for a 2 or 3 really good players. He is probably taking bare minimum 4 if not 5-6 guys this cycle once again from the portal.

Which again is fine if you land a player or two like this, but in the end he cant just settle for every LA kid that wants to come back home for a year or two. Step up your game, increase your search and land a good player that isnt necessarily very high on everyone's radar, or get in with someone really early on and put the full court press on them. We cant just settle for a bunch of mid-tier talent in this portal season or we'll keep getting the same results over and over basically. The guy needs to land a Tari Eason at some point. We cant just always settle for a Louisiana kid or some other mid-tier type talent. Gotta land some guys who can go out and start for you and play well at some point. Wade didnt get to play the portal game long here but he made sure Tari Eason was coming here as soon as he hit the portal and it sure wouldnt surprise me if we had a lot of contact prior to him hitting the portal because Wade knew a ton about him very early on. Gotta be aggressive like that. Still a lot of teams playing in postseason games not totally focused on the portal and thats when you can focus all your attention on someone like Clifford Omoruyi or Malik Mack and try and land them before many other schools even get a chance to get them on campus.

Heck, Oats and company have been busy with the NCAAT but still was able to land Houston Mallette from Pepperdine as soon as he was in the portal basically. Kid fits in great there too, shot 42% from 3 taking 5 a game this year, 6'5 guard.

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