LJ Status

[quote="Paultzman" post=387038]Zagoria

Can confirm this is true. The expectation is that LJ Figueroa will remain in school and @StJohnsBBall has no ships left[/quote]

Very good news. The fact that the media is confirming this, coinciding with backing off Salnave is very good news. Better than good news, we can be killer next year and LJ will have a lot more around him this season.
 
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Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.
 
This is great news! Hope the LJ decision is final. Now if we can just find a way to make it safe enough to have a 20-21 season it could be an excellent one.
 
StJ's will run a deep roster next season.

Towards the end of last season it appeared that StJ's wore its opponents down in later game..

Opposing teams should prepare to play hard for 40 minutes.
 
Great news on LJ! Be thrilled to seem him next season with a stronger and more experienced lineup around him.
 
Read the wording carefully:

"Can confirm this is true. The expectation is that LJ Figueroa will remain in school"
 
[quote="OhioFan" post=387048]Read the wording carefully:

"Can confirm this is true. The expectation is that LJ Figueroa will remain in school"[/quote]

Obviously won’t be over until LJ confirms himself, but I’m guessing Braziller and Zags got decent word on this that it’s gonna happen. We have heard nothing until today and we’ve both backed off salnave and now getting LJ reports. Gotta think this info didn’t just come out of thin air.
 
[quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

I agree with you here. I see the lineup as:


Starters:
1- Posh
2- Cole
3- LJ
4- Penny
5 the Duke

Remember when we went small at the 5 last year is when we really turned it around as a team. I see Coach mike sticking with that to start the season. .
 
[quote="Duke of Earlington" post=387051][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

I agree with you here. I see the lineup as:


Starters:
1- Posh
2- Cole
3- LJ
4- Penny
5 the Duke

Remember when we went small at the 5 last year is when we really turned it around as a team. I see Coach mike sticking with that to start the season. .[/quote]

I don’t see Posh starting over Dunn who was really
solid last year and a warrior. I also don’t see Cole jumping in right away over Williams. Both deserve to start and as we know, the starters don’t really matter. The most talented guys will get more time as the season rolls on. We will have 2+ teams of players and use most as we did last year.
 
[quote="MCNPA" post=387053][quote="Duke of Earlington" post=387051][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

I agree with you here. I see the lineup as:


Starters:
1- Posh
2- Cole
3- LJ
4- Penny
5 the Duke

Remember when we went small at the 5 last year is when we really turned it around as a team. I see Coach mike sticking with that to start the season. .[/quote]

I don’t see Posh starting over Dunn who was really
solid last year and a warrior. I also don’t see Cole jumping in right away over Williams. Both deserve to start and as we know, the starters don’t really matter. The most talented guys will get more time as the season rolls on. We will have 2+ teams of players and use most as we did last year.[/quote]

I do not agree w/ that. Both dunn and williams will play alot and provide alot of energy off the bench.

But dunn doesnt have the vision or passing ability to be a true starting pg and williams does not shoot well enough from the outside to be a starting 2 guard on this team.

I think posh and cole will be major upgrades in those 2 areas over dunn and williams.
 
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[quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.
 
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[quote="Making Plays" post=387066][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.[/quote]

It's because I personally think he's best used as a "microwave" type player off the bench. First unit will have enough scoring (hopefully). Especially if they decide to run LJ and Cole out there together. Dunn is an inefficient player who you ride when he's hot, but reign back in when he's not. I think Dunn is what he is, which is a BE rotational player. I don't see him magically becoming a good shooter or efficient offensive player.
 
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The talent influx and competition for playing time is no joke. Let’s goooooo! I’m pumped which means the season will get cancelled and we will sit home wondering what could’ve been
 
[quote="Matty Hoops" post=387067][quote="Making Plays" post=387066][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.[/quote]

It's because I personally think he's best used as a "microwave" type player off the bench. First unit will have enough scoring (hopefully). Especially if they decide to run LJ and Cole out there together. Dunn is an inefficient player who you ride when he's hot, but reign back in when he's not. I think Dunn is what he is, which is a BE rotational player. I don't see him magically becoming a good shooter or efficient offensive player.[/quote].

Could not agree more. He was playing pg out of necessity, not because he was good at it.

Posh and mcgriff are true pgs. Dunn will come off the bench at sg. And we will also run alot of 3 guard aligments so he will be out there with posh and willimas too.
 
[quote="Matty Hoops" post=387067][quote="Making Plays" post=387066][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.[/quote]

It's because I personally think he's best used as a "microwave" type player off the bench. First unit will have enough scoring (hopefully). Especially if they decide to run LJ and Cole out there together. Dunn is an inefficient player who you ride when he's hot, but reign back in when he's not. I think Dunn is what he is, which is a BE rotational player. I don't see him magically becoming a good shooter or efficient offensive player.[/quote]

He’ll no doubt start next year and be the number one guy at pg.
 
[quote="Matty Hoops" post=387067][quote="Making Plays" post=387066][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.[/quote]

It's because I personally think he's best used as a "microwave" type player off the bench. First unit will have enough scoring (hopefully). Especially if they decide to run LJ and Cole out there together. Dunn is an inefficient player who you ride when he's hot, but reign back in when he's not. I think Dunn is what he is, which is a BE rotational player. I don't see him magically becoming a good shooter or efficient offensive player.[/quote]

You do realize what you said here is not backed up by any facts correct?

And speaking of magically, so you think an incoming 3-star freshman and a player that averaged 5 PPG last year is going to magically beat out a 5th year senior for his starting spot. And this 5th year senior we are talking about, lead the team in minutes played, lead the team in assist, is the second leading returning scorer, and not to mention he was the guy the head coach trusted to have his ball in his hands to close games out. But according to you he's just an inefficient role player... Is CMA aware of this? Because I've never known him to let inefficient role players lead his team in minutes played.
 
[quote="Duke of Earlington" post=387069][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387067][quote="Making Plays" post=387066][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.[/quote]

It's because I personally think he's best used as a "microwave" type player off the bench. First unit will have enough scoring (hopefully). Especially if they decide to run LJ and Cole out there together. Dunn is an inefficient player who you ride when he's hot, but reign back in when he's not. I think Dunn is what he is, which is a BE rotational player. I don't see him magically becoming a good shooter or efficient offensive player.[/quote].

Could not agree more. He was playing pg out of necessity, not because he was good at it.

Posh and mcgriff are true pgs. Dunn will come off the bench at sg. And we will also run alot of 3 guard aligments so he will be out there with posh and willimas too.[/quote]

I don't know which is more laughable... the fact that you think McGriff will play more PG than Dunn next year, or that you think the guy that started at PG and lead the team in minutes played last year will come off the bench at a position he rarely played last year. Dunn nearly played all of his minutes at PG, even when Rutherford was on the floor with him, he was still the guy that dominated the ball and lead the team in assist. Did you guys seriously not watch the games last year?
 
in 18-19 LJ was really good. In 19-20 he was pretty bad. His 3 point shooting was basically the same, but he went from 58% on 2's to 39% (that's 57th out of 61 players in the BE who played 16 minutes a game). His shot selection was awful and I really hope I never see that soft floater ever again. I'm not sure his return makes us a better team next year unless Anderson can impress on him to play within the offensive structure in a way he didn't last year.
 
[quote="Making Plays" post=387072][quote="Duke of Earlington" post=387069][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387067][quote="Making Plays" post=387066][quote="Matty Hoops" post=387042]Good news if true. Would much rather have LJ than Ray and I was pro-Ray. So we're looking at:

PG: Posh/McGriff
SG: Williams/Dunn/Wusu
SF: LJ/Cole/Caraher
PF: Champagne/Earlington/Moore
C: Toro/Roberts

Best lineup might be LJ at the 3 and Cole at the 2. Deep and positionally flexible team.[/quote]

Dunn as a back-up SG???

I don't understand the logic in that. He played the majority of his minutes at PG last year, lead the team in assist, was the second leading scorer when Heron went out, and was arguably the most consistent player on the team before he got sick the last couple of games. He'll be the starter next year, one of the leaders on the team, and he'll play a lot of minutes at PG, not understanding how some people are in denial of that.[/quote]

It's because I personally think he's best used as a "microwave" type player off the bench. First unit will have enough scoring (hopefully). Especially if they decide to run LJ and Cole out there together. Dunn is an inefficient player who you ride when he's hot, but reign back in when he's not. I think Dunn is what he is, which is a BE rotational player. I don't see him magically becoming a good shooter or efficient offensive player.[/quote].

Could not agree more. He was playing pg out of necessity, not because he was good at it.

Posh and mcgriff are true pgs. Dunn will come off the bench at sg. And we will also run alot of 3 guard aligments so he will be out there with posh and willimas too.[/quote]

I don't know which is more laughable... the fact that you think McGriff will play more PG than Dunn next year, or that you think the guy that started at PG and lead the team in minutes played last year will come off the bench at a position he rarely played last year. Dunn nearly played all of his minutes at PG, even when Rutherford was on the floor with him, he was still the guy that dominated the ball and lead the team in assist. Did you guys seriously not watch the games last year?[/quote]

Exactly and if there is a season no doubt CMA will go with, at least start whatever season there may be, with the players that know his system. There is no doubt in my mind that Dunn, Williams, Champagne and LJ all start. And if you recall all 4 were playing very well when our season came to an abrupt halt. I see:
1. Dunn, Posh, McGriff.
2. Williams, Cole, Wusu.
3 LJ, Duke.
4. Champagne, Moore.
5. Toro, Roberts.
Caraher can be used at the 3 and 4 the same way the Duke will be used at the 3 and 4. Moore may also see spot minutes at the 5. There are many interchangeable parts. That is how I see the line up at the beginning of the season, obviously Posh could start down the road and so could Cole. Bottom line is we are very, very deep. Practices should be very spirited and tough and given that we have 7 returning players and 8 who know the system ( McGriff) we should be miles ahead of last season.
It has been a long time since I have been this excited for a St. John’s team. The last time I was this excited to start a season was probably Lavins first season, in other words far too long.
 
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