Ellison and Williams

[SJU85]

Max went from Harvard to SJU to Oakland

in jobs thats like going from google to time warner to AOL

I just laughed out loud. That was pretty funny. By the way, will your brother be in a helicopter Monday. Mets opening day is here again!

Just read it and it cracked me up too. Real good one.

 

[paultzman]

Per Rothstein
St. John's grad transfer Darien Williams tells me he's now considering Georgia Tech and UConn. Recently visited Washington State. #SJUBB

 

[we are sju]

Per Rothstein
St. John's grad transfer Darien Williams tells me he's now considering Georgia Tech and UConn. Recently visited Washington State. #SJUBB

So losing a kid to big schools and taking in kids from Quennipiac possibly? Hmmm

 

[boo haarvey]

Per Rothstein
St. John's grad transfer Darien Williams tells me he's now considering Georgia Tech and UConn. Recently visited Washington State. #SJUBB

So losing a kid to big schools and taking in kids from Quennipiac possibly? Hmmm

I'm growing increasingly more concerned as time goes by. Really hope we can land a quality big

 

[JohnnyFan]

Per Rothstein
St. John's grad transfer Darien Williams tells me he's now considering Georgia Tech and UConn. Recently visited Washington State. #SJUBB

I guess I am missing something. We need bigs desperately and this kid is going somewhere to see less minutes.

 

[austour]

Really depends on what he wants to study in grad school, doesn't it. hee hee

 

[RedStormNC]

Really depends on what he wants to study in grad school, doesn't it. hee hee

Must want a higher profile school to put on resume and LinkedIn

 

[Wolfie]

....you check your dna lately...? Italy the land of the great invasion. Graduate History Class '72.

 

[paultzman]

Per Zach B, St John's transfer Malik Ellison will visit Pittsburgh this weekend #sjubb

 

[redken]

Per Rothstein
St. John's grad transfer Darien Williams tells me he's now considering Georgia Tech and UConn. Recently visited Washington State. #SJUBB

I guess I am missing something. We need bigs desperately and this kid is going somewhere to see less minutes.

Given that UConn had two big men transfer out, I would think Ollie would be offering him the opportunity for lots of PT. On the other hand, I would really hate to see him land there.

 

[ras]

Although I wish these 2 the best. I, sure hope Matt has something up his sleeve. I would hate to loose these 2 and replace them w mediocre players.So far reading the SJ tranfer thread has been depressing

 

[sjc88]

Although I wish these 2 the best. I, sure hope Matt has something up his sleeve. I would hate to loose these 2 and replace them w mediocre players.So far reading the SJ tranfer thread has been depressing

So far the initial optimism of replacing these two players (Ellison/Williams) has faded. The "in the bag" big man has not materialized and as usual we seem to be looking at guys that are suspects at best. I guess all we can do is wait until we see what the staff brings home before criticizing. We will need to trust they know what they are doing. I just worry as always that we settle on inferior players.

Let's face you read serious discussions on here about keeping Amar Alibegovic?! I agree that we should honor our commitment to him to get his degree and keep him on scholarship. However, if he leaves on his own it is almost no loss to the basketball program from a playing standpoint. He is just not capable of contributing from any real measure. He is just not a BE level player.

 

[L J S A]

This is going to be an ugly place if Williams goes to UConn and averages 13 and 7.

 

[fun]

This is going to be an ugly place if Williams goes to UConn and averages 13 and 7.

I wouldn't worry about it, Christian Jones averaged 11 and 7 and he wasn't a BE player.

 

[JohnnyFan]

This is going to be an ugly place if Williams goes to UConn and averages 13 and 7.

Really, I would love to know why he is leaving. Can't be playing time. Did someone forget to tell him that Sima is gone and Zach Brown isn't coming?

 

[Red.Fans]

This is going to be an ugly place if Williams goes to UConn and averages 13 and 7.

Really, I would love to know why he is leaving. Can't be playing time. Did someone forget to tell him that Sima is gone and Zach Brown isn't coming?

If I had to guess it would be that when he came to St John's we were talking about him as a perimeter player. We were expecting him to be the scorer on Mullin's first team. When he finally got to play he was the only guy that had any real game inside and that is what he was tasked with. So I figured he wasn't shooting because of the shoulder surgeries but maybe he still sees himself as a 3 or an NBA 2 and looking at a team stacked with quality shooters all the way through to Marvin Clark where again he would not be in the top 6 or 7 options on the perimeter...