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JUCO forward Addarin Scott commits to Auburn

Bruce Pearl adds size to his front court by earning a commitment from the 6-9 forward.

Auburn basketball’s 2023-24 roster appears to be rounding out as they have landed another talented junior college prospect.

[autotag]Addarin Scott[/autotag], a 6-9 forward from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, announced Friday via Twitter that he will be joining Auburn’s roster.

[autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] and assistant coach [autotag]Corey Williams[/autotag] acted quickly when it came to recruiting Scott. Scott visited Auburn earlier this week, and Pearl extended an offer to Scott one day later.

“I couldn’t turn that down,” Scott tells Auburn Live’s Jeffrey Lee. “It felt great, especially for (Pearl) to take the time out of his day to call and tell me himself. Even just him to recruit me with me being a JUCO kid. I’m very grateful to him for that.”

Scott adds size to the Tigers’ frontcourt for this season and should mesh well with fellow big men [autotag]Jaylin Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag], and [autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag]. Scott tells Lee that Auburn recruited him to rotate between the four and five positions.

Scott says that he is excited to continue developing under Pearl and Williams.

“They understand that I haven’t been playing basketball all that long. I just started playing basketball in the eighth grade, so they are ready to develop my game and take it to the next level,” Scott says.

Scott averaged 9.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game last season at Navarro College. He averaged double figures in 15 of 31 games he played last season, with his season-high coming in a 75-54 win over Delgado College on Nov. 22, 2022, when he scored 18 points.

Let’s work‼️ 🦅#AuburnTigerBasketball #WarEagle pic.twitter.com/jJG3VA7ybu

— Addarin Scott (@AddarinScott) June 9, 2023

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What led Bruce Pearl to pursue junior college product Chad Baker-Mazara?

Pearl is excited to add someone like Baker-Mazara, who has “won everywhere he’s been.”

Former San Diego State Aztec and North Florida State College guard/forward [autotag]Chad Baker-Mazara[/autotag] is one of the transfers that Auburn has added this offseason.

In an article from the Montgomery Advertiser, Richard Silva breaks down what led head coach [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] to pursue Baker-Mazara in the first place.

“Very excited about Chad,” Pearl told the Montgomery Advertiser. “In his sophomore year, San Diego State versus Creighton, he had like (15) in the first half against Creighton in an NCAA Tournament game. He’s got skills. He’s got feel. He’s got real ability. He’s won every place he’s been. He’s played for great coaches and even though he’s wound up leaving for a variety of reasons, all the coaches that we backtracked with had nothing but really good things to say about him.”

Baker-Mazara could fill the role in the starting lineup left behind by [autotag]Allen Flanigan[/autotag], who announced earlier this week that he would be transferring to Ole Miss.

“Let me tell you something, right now we’ve got 11 guys on scholarship, I believe,” Pearl said. “It’s a competition at every position.”

Auburn added four players to its roster for the 2023-24 season. Joining Baker-Mazara as new additions include FIU transfer [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] and UAH transfer [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag]. [autotag]Aden Holloway[/autotag], a McDonald’s All-American and five-star product, is expected to make an impact this season as well.

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Denver Jones ranks high on CBS Sports’ transfer portal rankings

The FIU transfer is expected to make an immediate impact in his first season on the Plains.

The Auburn Tigers are shaping up to have another great season in 2023-24.

The Tigers roster will have a steady mix of returning starters in [autotag]Jaylin Williams[/autotag] and [autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag], a stellar freshman in [autotag]Aden Holloway[/autotag], and three transfers that are poised to make an immediate impact.

One member of Auburn’s transfer portal class, [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag], is projected to be the starter at the two-guard position, taking the place of outgoing senior [autotag]Zep Jasper[/autotag]. The FIU transfer averaged 20 points and 3.8 rebounds for the Golden Panthers last season and made 47% of his shots. His production has led him to a high spot on CBS Sports college basketball top 50 transfer portal rankings, where he checks in at No. 19

David Cobb of CBS Sports says that Jones will enhance Auburn’s backcourt ahead of the new season.

Jones finished second in Conference USA in scoring at 20.1 points per game during his sophomore season on 37.1% 3-point shooting, 55.2% 2-point shooting and 84.5% free-throw shooting. The 6-4 guard reached the 20-point mark in 17 of 28 games this past season. He is the type of instant impact offensive player who can help make Auburn’s backcourt more efficient, provided that he embraces a role that will surely include fewer shots than he took at FIU.

Jones is expected to team up with Holloway at the guard position, while fellow transfers [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag] and [autotag]Chad Baker-Mazara[/autotag] will aid the frontcourt.

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Former Kent State forward among latest Auburn transfer portal targets

Forward Robert Carpenter has heard from several programs, including Auburn, since entering the transfer portal.

The Auburn Tigers have reached out to [autotag]Robert Carpenter[/autotag], a former forward for the Kent State Golden Flashes.

Aside from Auburn, Carpenter has been contacted by programs such as Eastern Illinois, UT Martin, Albany, Coastal Carolina, Bryant, Fairfield, Alcorn State, and CSU Northridge.

Auburn would be Carpenter’s fourth stop. The Detroit, Michigan native originally played for St. Bonaventure in the 2019-20 season before transferring to Mississippi Valley State. Carpenter did not appear in a game for Kent State.

The last season Carpenter played was the 2021-22 season for Mississippi Valley State. The 6-foot-7 forward averaged 16.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game that season.

The Tigers are looking to add to its’ 2023-24 roster, and have made great strides in doing so to this point. The Tigers have added two transfers in guards [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] and [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag], and have been connected to Vanderbilt guard, [autotag]Tyrin Lawrence[/autotag].

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Clemson lands Auburn transfer portal target Joe Girard

Girard averaged 16.4 points per game last season with Syracuse.

Former Syracuse Orange guard and Auburn transfer portal target [autotag]Joe Girard[/autotag] has decided to finish his collegiate career with the Clemson Tigers.

Girard is the No. 38 ranked player in the transfer portal and the No. 23 ranked guard in the portal according to 247Sports. Additionally, Girard is rated as a four-star transfer with a 0.9300 rating.

The Glens Falls, New York native played in almost every game during his time with Syracuse and averaged double-digit points per game in three of his four seasons with the program.

In the 2022-23 season, the six-foot-one point guard averaged 16.4 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game, and three assists per game.

The Tigers have reeled in two new players from the transfer portal this season: [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] from FIU and [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag] from Alabama-Huntsville. Both will aid Auburn in the backcourt. Auburn is also in the hunt for former Vanderbilt guard, [autotag]Tyrin Lawrence[/autotag], whom Auburn recently received a prediction.

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On3 predicts Tyrin Lawrence to sign with Auburn

After a successful weekend visit, Lawrence could be making the move to the Plains soon.

Auburn and head coach [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] has already made a splash in the transfer portal to this point by signing FIU guard [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] and the reigning Gulf South Conference Player of the Year, [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag] of Alabama-Huntsville.

It appears as if Pearl and company are not finished yet, as they are on the verge of landing its’ biggest headliner of the class, Vanderbilt’s [autotag]Tyrin Lawrence[/autotag].

Lawrence, the Commodores’ leading scorer last season, paid a visit to Auburn last weekend and left feeling that Pearl’s program would be a “perfect fit.” Following the visit, On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has listed Auburn as the early favorite to become Lawrence’s next destination.

Lawrence would be valuable to Auburn scheme-wise, but he is also considered to be one of the best options currently in the transfer portal says Brad Crawford of 247Sports:

Lawrence entered the transfer portal last week after a breakout junior season where he averaged 13.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists on fabulous shooting splits. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound guard is part of a mass exodus out of the Vanderbilt program. Name, Image and Likeness is expected to be a major factor in Lawrence’s decision, according to a report from 247Sports’ Robbie Weinstein. Lawrence was one of the best off-the-bounce slashers in the country. Lawrence shot 56% on 2s, including a scintillating 69.4% at the rim. Lawrence lived at the charity stripe (140 attempts) and shot 36% from downtown.

Lawrence spent three seasons at Vanderbilt, and gradually increased production each year.

TYRIN LAWRENCE TRANSFER PORTAL PROFILE

Auburn to receive visit from Vanderbilt’s leading scorer

Another big-name guard is considering Auburn for a new home.

As usual, Auburn basketball head coach [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] is going above and beyond in his efforts to bring in top talent from the transfer portal.

He is doing so on Friday as Nathan King of Auburn Undercover reports that Vanderbilt’s leading scorer from last season, [autotag]Tyrin Lawrence[/autotag], is taking an official visit to Auburn ($).

Lawrence is a rising senior guard from Monticello, Georgia, who signed with Vanderbilt as a member of the 2020 signing class. Auburn had amazing success recruiting in the Peach State during the 2020 cycle, as the state’s top-three recruits: [autotag]Walker Kessler[/autotag], [autotag]Sharife Cooper[/autotag], and [autotag]J.T. Thor[/autotag], all played for Auburn. [autotag]Dylan Cardwell[/autotag] was the state’s No. 11 prospect for the 2020 class.

Since arriving at Vanderbilt, Lawrence has played in 77 games and has an average of 8.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. He has a field goal percentage of 48% and shoots 73% from the free-throw stripe.

As a junior during the 2022-23 season, Lawrence led the Commodores in scoring by averaging 13.1 points per game. He turned in 24 games of double-figures and scored 20 or more points in six games. During Vanderbilt’s NIT run, Lawrence averaged 19 points and eight rebounds per game. During the first two games of the NIT, Lawrence had a 25-point game against Yale in round one and scored 24 points against Michigan in round two.

Auburn has added two transfers in [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] from FIU and [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag] from Alabama-Huntsville so far in this window and recently received a visit from [autotag]Matthew Cleveland[/autotag] of Florida State.

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Bruce Pearl shares update regarding Allen Flanigan’s future with the program

Auburn has seen plenty of roster movement this offseason. What is the next more for Flanigan?

There has been plenty of movement within Auburn’s roster since the 2022-23 season concluded in March. However, the most interesting of all cases is that of senior guard [autotag]Allen Flanigan[/autotag].

Flanigan’s future at Auburn has been the center of much speculation since the departure of his father, [autotag]Wes Flanigan[/autotag], to Ole Miss. Will Flanigan transfer? Will he hang around? In an effort to provide clarity, head coach [autotag]Bruce Pearl[/autotag] shed light on the situation Tuesday.

At the “AMBUSH” event that was held in Atlanta on Tuesday, Pearl says that Flanigan will make a decision regarding his future once he graduates this summer. Most of that stems from his past entries into the NBA draft.

“In Al’s case, he’s already declared twice,” Pearl said Tuesday. “You can’t declare a third time. If you do, you have to stay in the draft, so there’s no reason for him to declare anything.”

Flanigan tested the NBA draft waters in 2021 and 2022, which means that he would forfeit his remaining season of college eligibility if he declared a third time. So, if Flanigan wants to continue his collegiate career, he would either need to enter the transfer portal or return to Auburn for his final season.

Auburn has already seen the loss of four players to the transfer portal and has the possibility to lose four others in [autotag]Wendell Green Jr.[/autotag], [autotag]Jaylin Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Johni Broome[/autotag], and [autotag]Dylan Cardwell[/autotag] to the NBA.

Pearl has also added freshman [autotag]Aden Holloway[/autotag], and transfers [autotag]Denver Jones[/autotag] and [autotag]Cheney Johnson[/autotag]. Pearl also says that he hopes to take one or two more players from the transfer portal.

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