He would have helped immensely. Probably would have been one of the top 5 players in the Big Easy. But we know he was never going to be here. Never would have done the work to make himself eligible and would have been jettisoned by Mullin the second he started his act. Guy isn't showing up for professional games and we think he is gonna go to class?
It's not that he isn't showing up for games, it's the team deactivating him from the active roster for these games.
Talent wasted.
Back in the days where being a schoolyard legend meant something, there were a slew of guys not cut out for college, derailed by drugs, crime, or severely deficient academic prowess who washed out or never got the chance. It's easy for SJU fans to be a little ticked at Jordan for washing out, but in the end it will not affect any of us one bit, and 15 years from now he will have a name that some will recognize, but little else to show for it. Sad.
Beast what ticks me off more than anything is not that our basketball program did not get to fully reap the benefits of Rysheed's God given athletic abilities, it's that Rysheed himself has not yet been able to fully reap the benefits of his God given athletic abilities. I haven't walked in his shoes so I'm not judging him, but I truly hope that he gets it together before it's to late. He still has time.