Five-star prospect projected to Auburn basketball

On3 has Traore’s chances of joining Auburn at 93.6 percent.

One of the top basketball recruits in the nation could be heading to The Plains.

Five-star power forward Yohan Traore recently decommitted from the LSU Tigers in the wake of coach Will Wade’s departure. Auburn had reached out to the Arizona native earlier in the month, but On3, who has Traore as the No. 6 prospect in 2022, has given Auburn a 93.6 percent chance to land Traore. The next highest team in the running is the Michigan Wolverines with a 1.9 percent chance.

Traore would be a big get for Auburn if the Tigers could manage to land him. The certain departure of Jabari Smith from the team leaves room for another superstar to take his place, and Traore could slot right in to fill that role should he decide to become a Tiger. The two players both play the same position, so it’s possible Auburn could still use a similar playstyle to the one it employed with Smith this year.

Auburn has two recruits for the 2022 class at the moment — Forward Chance Westry, a four-star prospect ranked 31st in the nation by 247Sports, and point guard Tre Donaldson, who also committed to Auburn to play safety for the football team. Traore, should he become the third, would be an instant boost to Auburn’s 2022 squad that would look to repeat as regular-season SEC champions and to improve on its exits from both the SEC and the NCAA tournaments.

[mm-video type=video id=01fyajemq4wewrts3pn9 playlist_id=01eqbyzb4ahnasj2m3 player_id=01eqbvp13nn1gy6hd4 image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01fyajemq4wewrts3pn9/01fyajemq4wewrts3pn9-b504d5d7dfe1f01e21cbfd04d78e5e45.jpg]

[listicle id=43357]

Contact/Follow us @AuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions.

Follow River on Twitter and join in on the conversation: @riverhwells