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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Abdi Bashir Jr.

LSU · Guard · Senior · 6-5 · #1

Transfer from Kansas State

#362Overall
+0.81Projected impact
  • #179 guard in the country
  • #189 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 16 minutes a game) at LSU, as a secondary scorer and floor spacer: a smaller role than he had at Kansas State (24.5 min).

Projected minutes
16
Spot in the rotation
#5

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at Kansas State: 18 games, 18 starts, 24.5 minutes a game.

  • Points per game13.279th
  • Rebounds per game2.231st
  • Assists per game2.367th
  • Steals per game0.519th
  • Blocks per game0.011th
  • Turnovers per game1.159th
  • Field goal %42.1%(80-190)52nd
  • 3-point %44.4%(67-151)98th
  • Free throw %68.8%(11-16)23rd

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.

  • Usage rate22.7%style

    Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor

  • Offensive rating122.387th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating112.929th

    Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)

  • True shooting %60.4%86th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %59.7%95th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover2.0581st

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %10.0%7th

    Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor

  • Free-throw rate8.4%2nd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.13677th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Abdi Bashir Jr.

The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

  • Jack Smiley

    Belmont · G · Sophomore

    76%match

    Returning

    +0.65 impact · 8.5 pts · 1.9 reb · 2.6 ast

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  • William Kermoury

    UNC Wilmington · G · Senior

    70%match

    Transfer from Northeastern

    +0.15 impact · 13.1 pts · 3.2 reb · 2.3 ast

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  • Darryl Simmons II

    Villanova · G · Senior

    69%match

    Transfer from St. Bonaventure

    +0.31 impact · 16.4 pts · 1.9 reb · 2.8 ast

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  • Pop Isaacs

    Oklahoma · G · Senior

    69%match

    Transfer from Texas A&M

    +0.70 impact · 9.8 pts · 2.5 reb · 2.6 ast

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  • Skyy Clark

    LSU · G · Senior

    69%match

    Transfer from UCLA

    +0.96 impact · 11.5 pts · 2.3 reb · 2 ast

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  • Trevor Mullin

    Yale · G · Senior

    68%match

    Returning

    +0.69 impact · 11.5 pts · 2.4 reb · 2.7 ast

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Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).