Former St. John’s star RJ Luis Jr. was granted an injunction by a Baton Rouge, La., court docket Wednesday, making him quickly eligible to play for LSU.
The injunction stops the SEC from being ready to impose penalties on the LSU basketball program for having Luis on its roster, The Advocate reported.
A preliminary injunction listening to is set for Nov. 13, for which representatives for LSU and the SEC will be current, but until then Luis is ready to follow and play video games for the Will Wade-led program.
During that timeframe, Luis would be ready to play in three of LSU’s video games, including the season opener against LSU New Orleans on Nov. 3, a Nov. 6 sport against Texas Southern and a Nov. 9 matchup against Louisiana Tech.
RJ Luis Jr. goes up for a dunk during St. John’s loss to Arkansas in the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament on March 22, 2025 Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
Luis’ lawyer, Tony Clayton, instructed The Advocate that “he can practice, he can play games, whatever, until the 13th.”
The ex-Red Storm star was named Big East Player of the Year in 2025 as half of the convention regular-season and tournament-winning squad. Luis made the resolution to forgo his remaining eligibility and enter the NBA draft in 2025, but went undrafted before finally signing a two-way deal with the Jazz.
He later signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Celtics.
Luis dedicated to taking part in at LSU after he was recruited by Wade, but the NCAA resisted letting Luis regain his faculty eligibility since he had determined to flip professional and did not observe NCAA protocols for retaining his eligibility by withdrawing from the draft.
The SEC has guidelines that stop groups from including gamers who had main skilled expertise. In September, it up to date them to grant the commissioner the energy to droop coaches, high quality faculties up to half of their sport’s price range and limit voting privileges on convention issues.
A petition filed by Clayton and lawyer Elliot Abrams called on the state decide to stop the SEC and convention commissioner Greg Sankey from penalizing LSU if Luis was put on the Tigers roster.
Clayton instructed The Advocate that it amended the lawsuit to embrace the SEC, Sankey and the LSU Board of Supervisors in order to take away any attainable impediment stopping Luis from taking part in for the Tigers.
RJ Luis Jr. reacts after hitting a 3-pointer during St. John’s win over Omaha in the first spherical of the NCAA Tournament on March 20, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Clayton has referred to the SEC commissioner as “Kim Jong” Sankey in several media interviews and instructed the Louisiana publication that the submitting was due to the “commissioner’s actions and the commissioner’s threat.”
“The reason why we brought LSU into the suit is because LSU is being threatened by Mr. Sankey,” Clayton said. “LSU is a great institution. Coach Wade is a good guy, a good coach, but both of them need to be forced to allow RJ to play basketball since he’s obviously qualified. And not have the threat of the SEC, which is threatening LSU. In effect, stopping coach Will Wade from letting this kid exercise his fundamental right to play basketball.”
Luis averaged 18.2 factors and 7.2 rebounds per sport during his closing season at St. John’s in 2024-25.