Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James (6’5″/200) is a priority for NC State, according to a source.
News broke about James entering the Transfer Portal back on March 25th, and NC State was quick to reach out. Kevin Keatts and his staff recruited the former 4-star prospect out of high school heavily, but he ultimately chose the Cardinals.
After redshirting his first year in Louisville due to torn achilles, James has been a starter for the Cardinals the past two years.
This past year, James averaged 12.6 points per game (3rd on the team) and 5 rebounds. He’s extremely physical and aggressive, taking 47% of his field goal attempts at the rim (making 46%). As a result, he draws a lot of fouls, ranking 10th in the ACC in Fouls Drawn, and 4th in Free Throw Rate. James made opponents pay this year when they put him on the line, making 81.8% from the charity stripe, which ranked 15th in the ACC.
James shot the ball better as a Redshirt Freshman, than he did this past season. His Effective Field Goal Percentage in 2022-23 was 55.8%, which ranked 19th in the ACC, and his True Shooting Percentage of 59.6% ranked 14th.
He does have the ability to knock down a three, making 34.8% for his career.
NC State already hosted Indiana State Transfer Guard Ryan Conwell last week, and while the Wolfpack coaches like both players, from what I’m hearing, James would be their preference.
NC State hasn’t had James in for a visit, but that could happen soon.
James has 2 years of eligibility remaining.
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packman70 The term “cancer” was mean spirited, therefore I retaliated using the term “idiot”. So what? I’m saving my retaliation of you for a later date.
Wow, you really are obtuse. Mean spirited as in calling someone else an idiot because you didn’t explain yourself correctly. Get it?
packman70 What the hell is mean spirited wanting a backup PG? We need another point guard. We have two guards for the two position. You never know when you might need one. Maybe one of the Martin twins can rotate with the guiards, but I think Gott is thinking the same way since he is talking with Mitchell whom is transferring from Vanderbilt. Gott must be mean spirited as well. I am a firm believer in that you need good backups at every position. That means 10 four or five star players every year on each team. Only way to… Read more »
He probably misunderstood what you meant because you didn’t type what you meant.
But, yeah, he’s the idiot.
You’re much better than I will ever be at illustrating how mean spirited and ignorant you are.
Carry on.
WolfpackBack Thank you for your comments. You probably misunderstood what I meant. I mean another good PG as in a 2015 recruit for backup. This forum doesn’t have cancer, it has idiots like you that reply too often.
Your comments are the cancer of this forum.
Wolfer96 Hopefully some of this good press will get us a good PG.
Preseason top 20 ranking is a curse for the Wolfpack. Take us off that list ESPN!