There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. There ain't enough ball to go around (probably already), let alone adding a guard who thinks he should be in the NBA already and wants to prove it.
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stjohnschris
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I don't see how we are attractive to him, we will already have a dog fight for minutes, and we know Rick doesn't guarantee minutes to anyone. 7 players getting quality minutes is fairly common, sometimes 8 players but that's a bit rare. Look up the box scores from the top teams in the tournament this year. Most teams ran with 7 main players.
There are only 5 players in the country that would impact Boogie’s minutes and none of them are on this roster. That would not factor in his decision here at all.
I don't think a guy from the Big Sky or someone who's never played PG will scare him from playing point guard...
He's trying to make the NBA as a distributor. I'd agree if he was a 4 auditioning to be a 3. I don't know if anyone will be as unselfish and team-first as Kadary was last year, but we do have some guys that are clearly not chemistry concerns. Sellers needs to be set up in the corner by teammates. Zuby and Ayo are team-first all the way. Prey deferred all year as a freshman. Mitchell is a glue guy.
Florida is the other school prominently mentioned with him, and they just brought in Lee to start at PG.
If by the grace of the college basketball gods the stars align and Fland comes here, I would not worry about how the staff will share minutes. They will not say no to Fland over concerns of a 7 or 8 man rotation. Darling becomes the backup and they go from there.
PG is literally the only spot where we can use a starter who needs 25mpg. Every other position is pretty much done (and in a great spot, at that).
ChiTown Red
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He's in the NBA draft. He's projected in the second round. He entered the transfer portal and thus is presumably not going back to Arkansas, which filled his spot essentially the same way we decided to fill out our roster without RJ. So if he pulls out of the NBA draft and goes back to college he needs a landing spot that (1) needs a PG and (2) he can get paid and (3) will help his NBA readiness.
Since he is from here and is friends with Ian Jackson and we do not have a no-brainer high-end PG on the roster filling that spot and we probably have money and Pitino is Pitino, if you connect the dots St. John's should be an option if he returns to college. I am sure there will be others (I assume Nova would bring him in and play him over freshman Acaden Lewis). But one would think we would be both interested and in the mix.
That's my non-expert, uniformed, speculation-only summary. Others who actually know stuff may think differently, I don't know.
My only thought on this. If Jackson signed on (no minor recruit) with the idea he was going to play point, why would he be so happy about Fland coming? I know there is some history, but business is business and if Jackson shows he can play point his NBA stock goes up.
Jackson made sure to announce he was not just coming to SJU, but to play point, something I don't think I've ever seen before. Makes me think the roster is done, period, but if I'm wrong that's fine too.
Jackson made sure to announce he was not just coming to SJU, but to play point, something I don't think I've ever seen before. Makes me think the roster is done, period, but if I'm wrong that's fine too.
Chriscin33
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I think this school hired Mike Bibby as coach and Shaq as the GM so I guess they are trying to “bulk up” the program.
They are reportedly trying to be a full member in the Mountain West.
Rocket
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You just broke Kranmars heart.
Fland, with Pitino, never showed any interest in St. John's.
The only possible attraction is "show me the money".
Boogie is a highly effective scoring point guard but we now have guys that are excellent scorers who need to share the sugar.
I'm not sure Boogie sweetens the recipe but he certainly would stabilize the pg position..........but at what cost and to what player's negative effect.
Yes during the initial recruitment it was presumed from the start that Boogie wanted to get out of NY. Then he went to live in Arkansas.
At this point, any player who drops out of the draft because they are mocked in the second round, is going to a big time school for a handsome NIL.
The point here is once again, that profile fits SJU. Fland was going to follow Calipari out of high school no matter what (he followed him to Arkansas).
Now Calipari has essentially replaced him, and Fland will be a college FA if he decides to come back to school, since he is also in the portal (think RJ here).
If we have learned anything from the transfer portal, not being recruited by a coach mean very little.
RedStormRising
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Sac State is pouring money into their athletic department. They may have a JMU type meteoric rise. (They are also gunning to be the 8th team in the Pac-8/10/12). I always like these types of stories. I hope it works out for them and Sacramento State Gardner!