Dominic Pointer
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I watched the Lavin interview after the game. He was gushing about Dom and rightly so. He had an outstanding game and he referred to Dom as the glue of the team. Although, he was close, coach was a little off about Dom almost having a "quadruple double". But its good to see Sir Dom having good games. Going with 3 guards and Dom and Karr has been good chemistry and a winning formula, at least so far. I hope they keep it up. Certainly the SHU game is winnable. Go Redmen!
I do not think it has anything to do with level of competition. He is on a 4-5 game tear right now against BE talent. 13 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assisits and 6 steals? If it was that easy, Sampson and others would have the same lines.
He does it all. And is starting to hit a few jumpers. Super excited about his play. He makes us a much more well roudned, dangerous team.
He does it all. And is starting to hit a few jumpers. Super excited about his play. He makes us a much more well roudned, dangerous team.
Hustle, defense, drawing charges........like Matty Brust....another of my favorite Redmen.
Can’t beat the combo of all-out-effort, will, desire plus he had a bunch of assists and played great D.
Great game. Payback was sweet.
Can’t beat the combo of all-out-effort, will, desire plus he had a bunch of assists and played great D.
Great game. Payback was sweet.
By the way, for those who have met him, they can attest to the fact that he is a real nice kid.
When I took my kids to the Depaul game in CA last season, they were allowed to hang out in the trainer's room and in Taffner for the afternoon prior to the game. Dom was great with the boys and played my older son one on one for an hour.
It is a real nice group of kids that we are fortunate to have.
When I took my kids to the Depaul game in CA last season, they were allowed to hang out in the trainer's room and in Taffner for the afternoon prior to the game. Dom was great with the boys and played my older son one on one for an hour.
It is a real nice group of kids that we are fortunate to have.
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Steveo is right. This has nothing to do with the level of competition.
Dom wasn't playing this well when we were playing Holy Cross and NJIT. Now he's doing it against BE talent.
Give props where props are due.
I'm the first to criticize when we play poorly. And there's still a lot f work that needs to go into our half court offense.
But Dom has stepped up his game when we've needed it most.
He's been our most consistent player since conference play started.
Sorry Stevo, but I believe you're off....Only 28-40...even 70%...
That's an unbelievable stat. And a testament to his great shot selection. Some posters have criticized him for his poor decisions. He's made some mental mistakes no doubt. All the kids have. But by and large, when the game is on the line, I'm comfortable with him getting touches and with what he does when he gets those touches. I may be overly optimistic here, but IMO the kid has the chance to be an impact player for us as a Junior and Senior. Especially if he can develop a decent outside shot.
"Dom Pointer's line tonight is one of the more unusual, exceptional lines of any player I've coached in my career," said head coach Steve Lavin. "Sometimes, I've had kids that dropped 36 (points), or have 18 rebounds, or have nine blocks... He was moving to a quadruple-double. That's very unusual... he's the straw that stirs the drink, or the energizer for our team. He has been the difference here in the last couple of weeks for St. John's."
No doubt... Willie is one of my favorite all-time johnnies because he did all the "little things" to help his team win... much the same way Sir Dom does!
As shaky as Dom's jumper can be at times, he's way better than Willie. But Willie and Dom do share a lot of those hard-nosed traits. I think Willie was more comfortable guarding down low while Dom tends to be outside disrupting things. Willie did the dirty work allowing Walter and Chris some leeway, while Dom's the same with this team.
Nice comparo Rcatalano.
Thank you Mr. Jones for finding the quote.
I was shocked when I saw Sir Dom's stats.