SJU Portal Targets

Demo said:
If so, l don’t believe it meets expectations.
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Depends who it is. Remember we do need players to come here to be backups and come off the bench. Only 5 guys can start. I’m sure Pitino are working hard on getting a big-time 2-guard. If our first get is a solid backup guard who can play both positions and is good on defense that’s fine with me.
 
mattc said:
Depends who it is. Remember we do need players to come here to be backups and come off the bench. Only 5 guys can start. I’m sure Pitino are working hard on getting a big-time 2-guard. If our first get is a solid backup guard who can play both positions and is good on defense that’s fine with me.
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While we of course need players to be back ups, who besides Luis has demonstrated he is a solid starter for a high level Big East team?
 
Putting this here because there's a lot of off-season discussion, schedule and portal talk with Bob and how the staff is game planning the portal every day etc. We also discuss how they will go about the info learned from the committee on Selection Sunday, discuss individual plans this summer for Zuby, RJ, Dunlap and Wilcher and a lot more. Enjoy



 
Wonder if it's DJ Davis, who while not a pure PG, was mentioned early on as being 'in the mix'.
 
Silly Donovan said:
The problem I see here with patience Paultz is that poster Sju79 stated emphatically that Cliff O was a lock. I guess that people figured if he was a lock he would have signed already hence the impatience.
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Word from reliable people like 79 and others was that Cliff was an imminent commit. I chose to share that, but probably should have emphatically underscored any of this stuff can change on a dime when $ is involved.
 
L J S A said:
Welcome home . . . Julien Soumaoro? Brian Moore Jr.? Cian Medley? Khalil Brantley? Ahmad Robinson? David Coit? Nick Boyd? Jaquan Carlos? Savion Lewis?

(That's all I got)
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Live look at the message board while digesting those names.......:D

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Silly Donovan said:
While we of course need players to be back ups, who besides Luis has demonstrated he is a solid starter for a high level Big East team?
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Well Luis did not pass that test, though I'd argue that Zubi did. Luis is more a Kevin Williams sixth man, instant offense off the bench, but too erratic to be a dependable starter, based on past performance.
 
I sometimes have a hard time taking swipes at player performances because basketball is such a team game.

I thought Shamorie Ponds got off to a great start in his final season here. He was playing great, the team was winning and he was surrounded by a solid cast - Figueroa, Clarke, Owens, Simons, etc.

Media guys started projecting us as a dark horse final four team.

At some point and for a prolonged period, his teammates could not make wide open shots Ponds provided via drive and dish. Ponds, frustrated and trying to win, started driving in a packed lane against 2 or 3 guys, or hoisting shots over zones from 25 feet out. Everything is related and spacing is important even when you can slice up a defense the way Ponds could.

Soriano started the season off so well, it looked like he was solidly in the draft, maybe as high as late first round. Then he saw double and triple teams whenever he saw the ball. Under control he would pitch it out, where there were few reliable outsider shooters from a group that were all touted to be good 3 point shooters. Soriano was getting sometimes less than 10 shots per game and sll seemed contested. He lost that swagger and confidence. By season's end he was playing more high post than posting up and started to play a lot better even if not dominant.

Putting Soriano at the high post also opened things up for Jenkins and Luis to penetrate. The team found itself, Dingle started plaing like we expected, Ledlum was an asset, etc.

It's a team game and sometimes individuals are only as good as their teammates are playing.
 
Beasts of the East said:
I sometimes have a hard time taking swipes at player performances because basketball is such a team game.

I thought Shamorie Ponds got off to a great start in his final season here. He was playing great, the team was winning and he was surrounded by a solid cast - Figueroa, Clarke, Owens, Simons, etc.

Media guys started projecting us as a dark horse final four team.

At some point and for a prolonged period, his teammates could not make wide open shots Ponds provided via drive and dish. Ponds, frustrated and trying to win, started driving in a packed lane against 2 or 3 guys, or hoisting shots over zones from 25 feet out. Everything is related and spacing is important even when you can slice up a defense the way Ponds could.

Soriano started the season off so well, it looked like he was solidly in the draft, maybe as high as late first round. Then he saw double and triple teams whenever he saw the ball. Under control he would pitch it out, where there were few reliable outsider shooters from a group that were all touted to be good 3 point shooters. Soriano was getting sometimes less than 10 shots per game and sll seemed contested. He lost that swagger and confidence. By season's end he was playing more high post than posting up and started to play a lot better even if not dominant.

Putting Soriano at the high post also opened things up for Jenkins and Luis to penetrate. The team found itself, Dingle started plaing like we expected, Ledlum was an asset, etc.

It's a team game and sometimes individuals are only as good as their teammates are playing.
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Pop Isaacs is a productive cg from big 12 country. Any mention from our staff?
 
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