By ADAM ZAGORIA
St. John’s is set to host multiple transfer portal targets this week as Rick Pitino and his staff look to reload for the 2026-27 season.
On Monday, the Red Storm will host 6-foot-7 Kansas State transfer guard Abdi Bashir, who averaged 13.2 points last season and 20.1 ppg the year before under King Rice at Monmouth, sources told ZAGSBLOG.Bashir shot 44% from deep last season and 38% and 39% the two years prior.
He would bring valuable shooting to a St. John’s team losing several key pieces, most notably big man Zuby Ejiofor and forwards Bryce Hopkins and Dillon Mitchell.
He is being targeted by a number of other schools but has no other visits currently planned. He will Zoom with Ohio State on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Johnnies are set to host 6-7 Kentucky transfer Mo Dioubate, a Queens, N.Y. native who averaged 8.8 ppg and 5.5 rpg. He had Zooms on Wednesday with St. John’s and Virginia, per sources.
On Tuesday, they will also host 7-2 Cincinnati transfer Moustapha Thiam, per Jeff Goodman. He averaged 12.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks after transferring from UCF.
And on Tuesday, they will also host 6-1 Toledo transfer guard Leroy Blyden Jr. He averaged 16.4 points, 4.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds.
On Wednesday, the Johnnies are slated to host 6-8 Robert Morris transfer Dasean Goode, who averaged 15.2 ppg and 8.7 rpg last season. He is also visiting Kansas on Monday.
The Johnnies are also involved for Arizona State big man Massamba Diop, who has also been linked to Gonzaga.
The 7-foot-1 center averaged 13.6 ppg and 5.8 rpg as a freshman.
Other St. John’s targets include Georgetown transfer guard KJ Lewis, Providence transfer forward Jamier Jones and Utah transfer guard Terrence Brown Jr.
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