re: LSU Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2025 (And Beyond)

And there is no reason to continually start threads ridiculing him, mocking his name, and shitting on him but people do it bc it’s their chance to “be right”

It’s pathetic. Some even saying they’ll root for Mcneese if we play them lol

How about those on here who defend the horrible coaching job that McMahon did. They blame the prior coach for all the faults of the current coach. McMahon is not in the top half of the SEC in regard to coaching talent, unfortunately.

Mackenzie Mgbako, #7 prospect and a 6'9 stretch 4 asked for his release from Duke and re-opening his recruitment to all schools. LSU did offer him in the past and likely a pipe dream as he is a blue blood candidate, but he would fill a hole and playing opportunity considering no help in the front court so far has come via portal.

The scouting report on Mike Williams, seems like a pretty good pickup. Don't see him being an immediate impact, but expect to see him develop into a multi year starter.

"Williams made a big impression in Atlanta as he has clearly taken his game to the next level. While he may not yet be a pure point guard, he has developed his skill-set, turned into a versatile combo-guard, and vastly improved as a shooter. One of his best attributes has always been his ability to defend, and he has maintained that. He has also historically been a very good mid-range pull-up shooter, but now he is getting the same elevation and clean release from behind the three-point line. Williams is also able to get downhill very well in the open floor and finish through contact. Overall, he has developed himself into a versatile two-way guard with good positional size who impacts the game both in half-court and open-court situations."
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Which one of those options is realistic?

McMahon does need to focus on players that he thinks he can sell on coming to LSU. His staff will know these players better than those of us on the board. However we need to strike a balance between "realistic" and "ambitious." We need to shoot for those players that we think will fit for the program and make the team better and not settle for someone just because we think we can get them. The pitch to each player will be different but there is a definite need for another player to rebound, defend, score and have versatility to play in more than one position. Minutes are available. For someone like Cisse there is a chance to play more than 22 minutes per game (his average last year), for Collins and Lance Ware (just entered portal from Kentucky) there are minutes and a chance to face their former team, while for mid-major players like Nelson, Bandaogo, and Isaac Jones will have the chance to show their skills against a higher level of competition. McMahon will undoubtedly be able to speak to the four transfers that have already joined who are ranked in the top 100 according to On3 (Wright, Baker, Stewart, and Cook) who all played on successful teams either at a mid-major or the SEC for Vanderbilt (Wright) and averaged in double figures as a sign that the team will be improved. McMahon will sell the culture he and the staff wish to create and how he will help develop players. This was cited as a selling point by Baker in his decision. Current NBA players Ja Morant and Cameron Payne are examples of this process and KJ was an unknown as well before joining him at Murray State. We know that he has offered Gardner and know he has reached out to Nelson and Cisse but don't know about some of the others who have not shared as much information about their recruitment. The portal has also not closed and there are quality players entering every day so must continue to monitor and look at options.

Trae Hannibal still with team
Kendal Coleman transferring

Updated

Updated, sorry didn't realize I left Hannibal off and still had Coleman on. The roster is now set at 13 scholarship players.

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Today, Gary Redus re-tweeted a narrowed list of schools by 2024 5-star wing & gold-medalist Karter Knox that LSU is one of Knox' 8 schools he's gonna chose from.

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Idk how good of a shot we truly have but better to be in the mix then not