So let me get this straight, Max Hooper, who played in all of two games last year (total 4 minutes) for Harvard and wasn't good enough to play against the likes of such power houses as Dartmouth (5-25) and Brown (8-23) yet is going to come to St John's and make a contribution against the likes of Louisville, Georgetown et al in the best conference in America because we're going to be able to hide him in our attacking, trapping zone?
Based on a high school highlight reel where every shot he every made was strung together? To the guys who are touting this kid as anything more than a practice player: I want whatever it is you are smoking.
So let me get this straight, you, who don't have a clue as to why Hoover didn't play at Harvard and has never seen him play, are going to decide what kind of player he is and what contribution he would make over seasoned experienced people for whom basketball is their livelihood. I would ask for whatever you are smoking but I don't indulge. Maybe you should lay off a little yourself.
I do know this:
1.) Not all 13 scholarship players on a major DI college basketball team make significant on-court contributions
2.) Hooper can shoot but his lateral quickness is severely limited (he is a statue)
3.) For whatever reason, he played 4 minutes in two games for Harvard last season so we don't have any evidence that he can perform in the Big East Conference. Plenty of kids are stars in high school but not at that level of compitition.
Have nothing whatsoever against the kid. I'm not knocking the fact that we signed him. I think it was a good move. Just trying to be realistic. With the players we have and the players we're hoping to pursue in the future, I don't think Max will ever be part of Lavin's regular 8- or 9-man rotation.
Are the "seasoned experienced people for whom basketball is their livelihood" members of this board who are comparing Hooper to Chris Mullin?
