Anthony Mason Jr would have really benefited from being brought along slowly..
More Storr!!!!
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Queens_Ball
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Storr is averaging 12.6 min per game right now which isn’t bad for a freshman on a Big East team. I do think it’s important to get him mins so he can develop and stay engaged. Also he can help offensively right now so it’s not just an investment in the future. But yeah 13 mins a game isn’t a crime. I agree with Amase that once he starts to contribute more in ways other than scoring he’ll see those mins tick up.
I don’t love Mike A but you can still be wrong about this wheeler thing… and you are
MakingPlays
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How do you figure CMA's system is not effective in today's college game and is obsolete? Because when I think something is obsolete it means it doesn't work at all anymore, and that would mean he's like Patrick Ewing at Georgetown no matter how much talent he has he just can't win games.
Because when his teams have had talent they've always won in this system. When he had a first round pick in Demarre Carroll he won 31 games and went to elite 8, when he had Bobby Portis he won 27 games and won a tournament game, When he had Moses Kingsley and Jaylen Barford he won 26 games and went to round of 32, when he had Daniel Gafford he won 23 games. These are guys that were highly rated out of high school, first team all conference talent, or first round draft pick talent.
Outside of Julian, who was unranked that developed he hasn't had much talent here yet. The best players thus far have been an unranked and 3-star kid. And he deserves some blame for that on the recruiting front, there's some guys like John McGriff and Damian Sears that were not high major talent that scholarships were used on. Now he's got Curbelo a former top 50 player, Jones a former 4-star, he just got Storr (the man of topic here), he just landed Gardner, a top 100 player. So, let's see what he does with that, so far they are 9-1.
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I am almost always for playing the guys who have earned their PT but in the case of a what for us is a prized freshman recruit a little forced feeding of minutes for experience especially in the OOC portion of the schedule is warranted at least IMO. Now if he doesn't deserve to be one of 5 on the court much vs Nova, Creighton, etc. in order for us to have a chance to win those games then by all means he should not be on the court.
Like Trump!You gotta admire Larry a little bit, because he does no research and comes with no facts, but he believes in what he's saying so much and he's not backing down for anybody. He's been told 3 times and shown the minutes and stats of Wheeler at Purdue, but in his mind, Wheeler didn't get playing time there and he don't wanna hear nothing else about it
Larry Wright
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On merit, since he is our 2nd most skilled shot maker he should at least absorb all of Wusu’s minutes. But it goes beyond that, we are not a good program. We don’t get a lot of talented kids. Kid with offensive talent should not lose minutes to an untalented player simply because he is younger. It was stupid when Louie did it and it stupid now.
And as far as this development nonsense, off top of my head can only think of 2 guys who got roughly the same pt as Freshman who became good players for us Shelton Jones and David Cain. And they were freshman on way better teams than this one.
Who's our most skilled shotmaker, not counting Soriano?
I’ve seen Storr be put in situational times in games for shooting. But there’s just not enough to force feed him 20 mins a game.
He’s a raw young pup.. he’ll have his moments this year.
He also happens to be on a team with veteran wing players. It’s going the way it should for him. He’ll earn more if warranted, which hasn’t been the case yet.
Larry Wright
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Soriano doing great job down low and our best player but not what anyone would call a skilled shot maker
Okay, you said Storr was our second most skilled shot maker, who's #1?
I didn’t know Larry was around during the DLO days.
Different screen name? Who even is Larry.
I wish the site change didn’t cause so many changes of usernames
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Looks like they corrected the BOXSCORE.
AJ Storr is credited with points.
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AJ Storr is credited with points.
Men's Basketball vs DePaul on 12/7/2022 - Box Score - St. John's University Athletics
The official box score of Men's Basketball vs DePaul on 12/7/2022
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Larry Wright
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Jones
Based on what criteria? Shooting percentage? Because he's behind Mathis, Curbelo and Storr in FG & 3 pt percentages YTD. Or does Jones just look better? Actually Soriano, who you said was not exactly a skilled shot maker beats them all prrcentage wise.
Queens_Ball
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Well I guess I disagree that Wusu is untalented. I see value in him. I also don’t really know what you mean by Storr being “our 2nd most talented shot maker.” No question he’s the more naturally talented player with the higher ceiling but it sounds like you think he’s ready to step in and be a centerpiece to this team and I don’t see that yet. Right now he’s an inferior defender to Wusu (as well as others) and his impact is completely dependent on if he’s scoring effectively. Wusu’s jumper isn’t falling right now but we’ve seen him also go through stretches where it is. I thought he played really well in the 2nd half of DePaul.
I do agree with you that it’s important for a talented freshman/important recruit like Storr to play. Even if he struggles a bit. I think recruits at Storr’s level should be incorporated early. If they feel a part of things and wanted then they’ll trust the coach and work. Storr’s going to be a key piece this year and a bigger piece next season. He’s good and a seriously for-real athlete. I just think you’re viewing him as a ready to hit the ground running one-and-done type superstar and as happy as I am to have a talent like him on the team I think he’s a tier below that.