USC guard Kobe Johnson enters the NBA draft and transfer portal after difficult 2024 season
The 2024 USC men’s basketball season did not unfold the way Kobe Johnson wanted it to. It didn’t unfold the way anyone in or around the program wanted it to. Put two and two together: Kobe Johnson did not have a satisfying, enriching basketball experience this past season. When that sort of thing happens, an athlete will often want to transfer if he has any eligibility left.
Friday morning, Kobe Johnson entered the college basketball transfer portal while also declaring for the NBA draft. Johnson hasn’t signed with an agent. He is maintaining the option of going back to college if his testing of the NBA waters doesn’t work out.
With Isaiah Collier and Boogie Ellis expected to go to the NBA draft, and with Kijani Wright and Oziyah Sellers having already entered the transfer portal as well, the radical changes in USC basketball’s roster heading into next season are already widely apparent. The 2025 Trojans will look nothing like the 2024 version, and head coach Andy Enfield has to be able to make significant portal additions to replace the bodies that are being lost right now. It will be fascinating to see how Enfield and his staff adjust to the rapid changes unfolding around them.
USC G Kobe Johnson is entering the transfer portal. https://t.co/ACGl36BS5F https://t.co/azENP1uDjM
— Verbal Commits (@VerbalCommits) March 22, 2024
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