NC State Basketball
Mady Traore Will No Longer Enroll at NC State
This unfortunately seemed inevitable.
According to 247Sports’ Travis Branham, 3-Star Mady Traore is no longer planning on enrolling at NC State.
Traore was a member of the Wolfpack’s 2022 recruiting class, but wasn’t able to enroll in the Fall because of Visa issues and the English Competency Test.
Back on November 29th, I posted the following article, saying that Traore was set to join the team for the 2nd semester. Traore himself told me when I posted it, that he was expecting to join the team in December.
I received the intel 2 weeks prior to posting, and prior to things beginning to brew between NC State and Isaiah Miranda. In hindsight, I wish I would have posted it when I got the intel (haha).
Obviously, that didn’t happen, and isn’t happening.
When I posted the article, things were in flux, because there was one scholarship available. If Miranda came, he was going to get the scholarship, and the staff was hoping Traore would be willing to wait and enroll in April. If Miranda didn’t come, then the expectation was for Traore to join the team in December, in the way that Miranda just did.
I still believe my source’s info was solid, and there are always a lot of moving pieces in play that can change scenarios quickly.
From what I hear, the staff was genuinely hopeful they could add Miranda in December, and Traore in April, but it didn’t work out that way, and that’s the way it goes sometimes.
We wish you the best Mady! You’ve got a special future in basketball.
On the surface it appears we traded up, a three star big for the most highly ranked player Keatts has ever signed.
However, it remains to be seen if adding Miranda mid season helps us at all for this year. And, then there’s the possibility that he declares for the draft next summer which he’d considered all along. Hopefully, if Miranda is only ‘on loan’ for a semester before going pro it means he plays well enough to impress the NBA. And if he doesn’t add anything this season, maybe we get another year before he turns pro. Maybe?
There’s a risk betting on Miranda but I would take it. College is a big eye opener and he may come to grips with reality that he’s got a long way to go before he’s NBA ready.
If Miranda stays I think he can help us a lot next year. Not as sure that Traore wouldn’t need another year.