Heron at Pan Am Training

Heron posted on Instagram a picture of him dunking with the caption, "No more fat boy I get up now" or something to that degree. He certainly looks leaner and he's been working his butt off. Great to see. We will need him to have a monster year to have any real chance of relevance IMO.
 
Gonna hazard to guess practicing for a few months of in a 40-Minutes-of-Hell program is bound to take some pounds off anyone.
 
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[quote="knockout_ned" post=354935][quote="RedStorm80" post=354930]Was at the scrimmage tonight, physically Heron is significantly slimmer then he was last year[/quote]

Did he start? Any update hoe he played?[/quote]

Didn't start but still played 20-25 minutes. Had 8 points from a corner 3, a drive and finish and scored an and 1 on a post up. Very vocal on the court. Not sure how deep Cooley's rotation will be once the games start but just basing it on last night he'll be a key part
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=354945]http://friarbasketball.com/2019/07/25/pan-scrimmage-impressions-twitter-reax/[/quote]
Don’t get it. Heron, at worst, 2nd best player on that team.
 
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Don’t get it. Heron, at worst, 2nd best player on that team.

Only 1 game, wouldn't worry about it. To me, Powell, Diallo & Heron (along with Howard, Alexander, Marshall & perhaps Baldwin) should all be prime candidates for first team pre-season all BE. However, I'd put Howard, Powell & Diallo as top 3.
 
Per John Fanta

A quick 5 takeaways from Big East Pan Am Training Camp: 1. The physical transformation and motor of Jermaine Samuels. 2. Mustapha Heron’s mentality/aggressiveness. 3. Myles Powell’s takeover ability. 4. Ty-Shon Alexander’s machine-like range. 5. David Duke’s passing ability.
 
Mustapha Heron is new and improved: The St. John’s rising senior looks as conditioned as ever, and is ready to take ownership of the Red Storm with junior LJ Figueroa. Averaging 14.6 points with 4.6 rebounds per game this past season, Heron played a key role but battled tendinitis throughout the campaign. On top of that, Justin Simon and Marvin Clark II held the leadership roles down. Now, Heron has his sights set on closing out his college career by ushering in the Mike Anderson Era as a Big East dark horse. The opportunity to wear “USA” across his chest carries an extra weight as well for Heron, who tried out twice for United States teams in high school but did not make the cut. The third opportunity provides a different result.

Full & interesting article:
https://ncaahoopsdigest.com/2019/07/30/fanta-report-pan-american-games-edition/
 
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USA Pan Am Games Schedule
7.31 | vs. Virgin Islands | 11:30 a.m. ET | ESPN 3

8.1 | vs. Venezuela | 10:00 p.m. ET | ESPN 3

8.2 | vs. Puerto Rico | 10:00 p.m. ET | ESPNU
 
Wow. MH looks to be in great shape. Good for him. Looking for a big season from him.
 
GAME ONE: U.S. 119, Virgin Islands 84

USA LEADERS:

Alphia Diallo (Providence) 20 points on 8-11 FGs, 7 rebounds.

Myles Powell (Seton Hall) 19 points on 5-9 FGs (6-7 FTs), 2 assists over 21:34.

Jermaine Samuels (Villanova) 16 points on 6-11 FGs, 4 rebounds.

Collin Gillespie (Villanova) 11 points, 3 assists in a team-high 22:10.

David Duke (Providence) 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Heron had early four trouble.

[URL]https://www.app.com/story/spor...l-how-big-east-led-team-usa-doing/1875614001/[/URL]
 
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No way Diablo and Duke from (guess who?) Providence should be playing 30 + minutes while Herron is getting barely 10 minutes. Diallo is a chucker/turnover machine and Herron is a better player than BOTH of them. Total bullshit. If his minutes don’t start going up I hope he remembers that when we play them in conference play.
 
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[quote="Red Bloods" post=355492]No way Diablo and Duke from (guess who?) Providence should be playing 30 + minutes while Herron is getting barely 10 minutes. Diallo is a chucker/turnover machine and Herron is a better player than BOTH of them. Total bullshit. If his minutes don’t start going up I hope he remembers that when we play them in conference play.[/quote]

This kind of action the best results are not getting injured, improved conditioning and learning a few things. Hopefully some foul trouble is a learning experience because we can't afford for him to be on the bench in foul trouble this season.
 
they lost to PR yesterday. Powell didnt play. Next game I think against Argentina
 
[quote="mjmaherjr" post=355546]they lost to PR yesterday. Powell didnt play. Next game I think against Argentina[/quote]
Actually Powell did play and fouled out with only 2 points.USA was up 10 most of game until 4th Q.Had trouble scoring in second half and Heron who had a dozen points remained on the bench for the last 8 1/2 minutes. Looked like a typical Ed Cooley coached Providence team where they blow a late lead. If they won would have matched up with Figgy's Dominican team.
 
[quote="bamafan" post=355548][quote="mjmaherjr" post=355546]they lost to PR yesterday. Powell didnt play. Next game I think against Argentina[/quote]
Actually Powell did play and fouled out with only 2 points.USA was up 10 most of game until 4th Q.Had trouble scoring in second half and Heron who had a dozen points remained on the bench for the last 8 1/2 minutes. Looked like a typical Ed Cooley coached Providence team where they blow a late lead. If they won would have matched up with Figgy's Dominican team.[/quote]
Like i said, this Diallo is a chucker(6-15 fg’s) and Cooley played him almost all game while Heron played only 16 minutes yet had 12 points on 5-6 from the field. If he doesn’t sit the last 9 minutes USA wins the game. Once again, just hope he remembers this when we play them in conference. Because Cooley has this team looking SLOPPY and is favoring his guys to the detriment of the team. Always root for the USA but if Cooley doesn’t have his BEST players on the court(especially in crunch time) he is going to get himself and his guys embarrassed. Heron, Powell & that big dude NEED to be on the court as much as possible imo.
 
Cooley playing his own players shouldn't come as a shock. Taking country over self is a great notion, but there's no way he wasn't going to use this time to put his college team in the best possible position to win next season.

When John Thompson coached the Olympics, pre-freshman Mourning was the very last cut, and he didn't deserve to be that far along in the process. Thompson kept him around to improve his own college team for the next season.
 
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