{"id":238486,"date":"2026-04-07T08:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238486\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:33:33","slug":"texas-tech-loses-lejuan-watts-to-transfer-portal-as-the-forward-tests-nba-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238486\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech loses LeJuan Watts to Transfer Portal as the forward tests NBA waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Tech forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/lejuan-watts-242426\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LeJuan Watts<\/a> has announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal and go through the NBA Draft process per On3\u2019s Joe Tipton. The redshirt senior from Fresno, CA averaged 11.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game for the Red Raiders this season. <\/p>\n<p>Watts will enter the portal with one season of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation with other Red Raiders on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside The Double T<\/a> forum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/register\/?returnto=\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe today<\/a> to get the most in-depth Texas Tech sports and recruiting coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/redraidersports?s=21&amp;t=lBfTSdY9NaAjam8V0TzQBg\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RedRaiderSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like and follow us on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rrs_rivals?igsh=MWMyNDRsazdnMG5lZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@rrs_rivals<\/a> &amp; like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redraidersports?mibextid=LQQJ4d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech forward LeJuan Watts has announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal and go through the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[8176,168,170,169],"class_list":["post-238486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lejuan-watts-22-bullard","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}