Former 5-Star G MJ Rice Commits to NC State!

NC State lost Joiner, Smith, Clark Dowuona and Gantt this offseason.

So far they’ve landed a 3-level scoring guard in Jayden Taylor and a combo guard who can play point or shooting guard in DJ Horne. Right now, these are your replacements for Joiner and Smith, and honestly, they are good ones.

Taylor might not be as shifty and athletic as Teruqavion Smith, but he’s a lot stronger and a much more physical player. That’s something NC State needed at the guard last year that they didn’t really get from Smith. Taylor had great stats last year at 13 points and almost 4 rebounds, but he’s still somewhat of a breakout candidate. He’s got the ability to be even better than what we saw from him at…