Jackson seems to be a slow learner, even with his great potential. It may take a lot of “tough love” repetition for a few months to bring out the best.
I can only speak to 1 thing I picked up on from yesterday to today. Jackson left his feet 5 or 6 times against Iowa State and today on every close out he stayed disciplined and in front of the shooter. Now I’m sure there’s another 7 things that drive Rick nuts that they ar working on but nice to see improvement.
He may turn out to be special.
You don’t just give up on Sanon at this point in the season. There’s upside there they just need to see if they can pull it out of him. I like Ayo and he should absolutely be in the rotation. But Sanon has to continue to get minutes and we gotta see if strides can be made
Too small a sample size and we always fall for a guy after he has a good game. Before the season Rick felt Sanon could have the best chance to be drafted next June.
It was 52 today. We saw the Mitchel at the 5 with 3 wings lineup today for a few minutes.
Damn, I'm an idiot. Edited.
RP is going to have to walk a tightrope with him, because Ian clearly needs tough love, but you don't want to do all the work and then have Ian transfer because all the tough love pissed him off.
I saw these things as well. Both seemed to be more active on the glass. But the next time either of them manages to keep their man in front of them will be the first time. They should be athletic enough to do it. Not sure what the issue is there. Hopefully it's a work in progress and they get better at guarding the ball.
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I don't recall any St. John's team in the past with this kind of scoring power. Many guys can get points, especially from the frontcourt. Hard to believe it can continue all season at this clip, but who knows. W/ NIL comes pro-style offense maybe. I am concerned about the number of points given up, but if you're scoring 90 plus every game, I guess it does not matter. Particularly interesting is that we've scored at this high rate against all opponents, not just the mid majors.
I believe that both Sanon and Jackson will become more consistent and reliable as the season progresses, particularly on offense. Both too talented to not adjust and come around. I don't see either as becoming a defensive stopper by any means. But, hopefully serviceable to compliment improved offensive output.Sanon was absolutely crushing it this off season which led to proclamations of him being our most talented player . He has looked nothing of the sort on both offense or defense as of yet but i think he will become more valuable as the season goes on ( or at least i pray
I think a lack of a player who can penetrate and kick the ball out has hurt him as he can really knock down the open three with ease . I like everyone else would at the very least see a little more effort from him especially on the boards ! Let's get this win tonight
I like everyone else would at the very least like to see a little more effort from him especially on the boards ! Let's get this win tonightSanon was absolutely crushing it this off season which led to proclamations of him being our most talented player . He has looked nothing of the sort on both offense or defense as of yet but i think he will become more valuable as the season goes on ( or at least i pray
I think a lack of a player who can penetrate and kick the ball out has hurt him as he can really knock down the open three with ease . I like everyone else would at the very least see a little more effort from him especially on the boards ! Let's get this win tonight
As my hero Shaka Smart says, if there are 50 things that make you a great basketball player, shooting is only one of them. And Pitino very definitely cares about a lot of those things as much or more than he does about shooting numbers. So I think if you are just looking at shooting numbers, you are missing part of the coach's analysis.
