Honnets de Big East Player of the Year Big East, Wing St. John’s RJ Luis The transfer portal and the NBA 2025 project will enter, from confirmed sources to 247sports. Luis will have an eligibility season in college.
Jonathan Givony and Draftexpress were the first to report.
A 6 -foot 7 inch and 215 pound wing, Luis started 32 games this season for St. John’s and has an average of 18.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while pulling 43.9% on the field and 33.6% of three.
Luis scored two figures in all matches except that he played during the 2024-25 season. He scored more than 20 points 14 times and scored a summit of the 30 -point season against Villanova in January.
Luis should arouse significant interest in university basketball programs across the country.
Luis began his career to Umasse Before transferring to St. John’s before the 2023-24 season and the arrival of head coach Rick Pitino. He spent two seasons with the red storm.
An Florida Originally, Luis was a three -star hope 247sports classified n ° 232 in total. He played his high school ball at Christopher Columbus high school in Miami, Florida, before spending a last year of preparation at Mont Zion Prep in Maryland during the 2021-22 season.
The transfer portal opened on MondayThe day after the second round of the NCAA tournament. There was a continuous push to remove the window so that it does not overlap with March Madness, so the 2025 window was a little removed.
“Another big change with the calendar is the shortened window. Last year was 45 days. This year, it is only 30 days. He will close on April 22″ ” Branham written. “Shortering has been done for several reasons. The longer it is open, the more fluidity and instability. The coaches and schools want more stability and more predictability. They want answers on transfers earlier to find out with what they work on their lists for the coming season.”
Several coaches expressed their dissatisfaction with the portal windowIncluding Arkansas’ John Calipari.
“When is it opening, the portal? This Monday? Welcome to my world,” Calipari declared after the Razorbacks’ victory in the second round on Saint-Jean. “So Monday, we really prepare for a match and we have individual meetings:” Are you coming back? What are you doing? “You know, if they put their names in the portal, they probably cannot come back, (but) you care about children.
“At the end of the year, it is them. Whatever they choose, you want to go pro? You want to come back or go elsewhere? It is their choice. I have always been like that, but it becomes more difficult to be like this.”
