Next season

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/ck-delarosa-play-st-john-article-1.1751089

For all the time you people spend on this board absorbing every aspect of every tiny thing, I'm surprised no one ever thinks that ADR has already shown a work ethic.

Losing 100 lbs in four years of high school, as a teenager, to even get to the point of being recruited by other legitimate D1 programs, is nothing to make light of.

Sorry, but these pot shots at ADR's weight are funny when you think of how y'all complain about Providence and Hall fans. Sheeesh. So the kid might take a while to reach his ceiling, but so what...highly recruited NYC kid, and y'all welcome him THIS way? Check his interviews on youtube, kid seems to have a high basketball IQ and drips the attitude of a NYC player of year's past.

I can't wait to see what this young man offers. Y'all got a taste in that exhibition game. Can we stop reading into observations during warmups to judge a player? After all, two weeks ago or so, one of you guys pretty much declared SJU dead forever because they didn't capitulate to Isaiah Whitehead.

as Brand Nubian say,

"slow down..."

peace.
 
Anyone know what ADR's weight is now?
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It is about the same as Stainbook's
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I think ADR is much heavier.

Don't know if it's accurate but, according to their roster weights, he is 50 lbs heavier.
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Stainbrook in his freshman year was 340 pounds. He worked hard and now plays at about 275. Adonis is well over 300 pounds & has not adopted Stainbrook approach to date. In my opinion, Adonis could be an effective player in BE in Stainbrook mode, but has a "ton" of work to do. Will he? Hope so.
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I hate to admit this about anyone, but I do question his work ethic.

At the DePaul game, before the game, while both teams were warming up with their layups, I couldn't help but seeing ADR walking around the midcourt area with headphones on listening to music from some kind of device. He was walking around aimlessly, singing and occasionally high-fiving one of our guys as they were warming up. I couldn't help but think first of all, how inappropriate it was and second, what does that say about ADR's work ethic.

I agree he has a ton of work to do. But I doubt if he will do it. I hope he proves me wrong.
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Funny, I noticed this too. Then, I compared him to Jay Henderson who was participating in shoot-around and lay-up drills. Jay looks like he would give his right arm to get out there.

Of course, ADR could be hurt or prohibited from working with the team......we really don't know.
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I've seen ADR shooting around before games and the 2nd half.

Honestly I'd rather he not do anything because god forbid the gestapo of Indy deems its a violation we would all be eating our words.

That being said who knows what is going on with ADR
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/ck-delarosa-play-st-john-article-1.1751089

For all the time you people spend on this board absorbing every aspect of every tiny thing, I'm surprised no one ever thinks that ADR has already shown a work ethic.

Losing 100 lbs in four years of high school, as a teenager, to even get to the point of being recruited by other legitimate D1 programs, is nothing to make light of.

Sorry, but these pot shots at ADR's weight are funny when you think of how y'all complain about Providence and Hall fans. Sheeesh. So the kid might take a while to reach his ceiling, but so what...highly recruited NYC kid, and y'all welcome him THIS way? Check his interviews on youtube, kid seems to have a high basketball IQ and drips the attitude of a NYC player of year's past.

I can't wait to see what this young man offers. Y'all got a taste in that exhibition game. Can we stop reading into observations during warmups to judge a player? After all, two weeks ago or so, one of you guys pretty much declared SJU dead forever because they didn't capitulate to Isaiah Whitehead.

as Brand Nubian say,

"slow down..."

peace.
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Maybe he is hurt or something but it was painful to wartch him run. I was barely paying attention but it was so noticeable. He was running like an old man waking up from a nap to go answer the door
 
Don't feed the troll.
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You're the one that wants him here.
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TIS, care to make a wager?
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yes, name it.
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st Johns makes tourney and not Iona, I delete
Iona and not St. John's, you delete

Both make it, no bet
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The wager was in regards to whether posters wanted you on this site, was it not?
What does ioner have anything to do with this.
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With young Jack? It was for the Xavier game, but we both reneged.

Here's your chance to be the hero, or grow a pair as you say
 
It has been a good week for our team and perhaps this season has taken a turn for the better. Hopefully our group will stay the course and finish strong. Of course there are so many different ways that it could play out still, but my hope is that our group of seniors go out with a great end to their careers. It seems like if their is some karmic justice in the universe this will happen for them.

That being said if we project a good end to this season, then what kind of shape are we in for next year? Initially it seemed like it could be a bleak outlook but it is starting to look a bit better.

There are three groups of players out there for us:
1) Current recruits
2) Current commits
3) Potential returning players.

From these three groups I count about fifteen names that might be on next year's roster. With some of our potential returning players not coming back and some of our current possible recruits not coming here we still should have a roster of about nine to ten D1 players.

Currently Recruiting
Thomas Akyazili PG
Cheick Diallo PF
Marcus LoVett PG
Georgios Papagiannis C
Federico Mussini PG

Current Commits
Samir Doughty SG
Brandon Sampson SG

Potential returning players
Myles Stewart SG Sophomore
Christian Jones PF Junior
Felix Balamou SF Senior
Chris Obekpa C Senior
Amar Alibegovic PF Sophomore
Jay Henderson SF Sophomore
Rysheed Jordan PG Junior
Adonis De La Rosa C Sophomore

Given all of this, as of today do you count yourself as:

A) Optimistic about our future
B Pessimistic about our future
C) Hopeful, but neither optimistic or pessimistic about our future
D) Neutral and will take a wait and see approach about our future
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I think you are too optimistic ab out Jordan as I believe he may go pro at the end of this season. Especially if we make a run in the NCAA and he gets some limelight
 
Don't feed the troll.
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You're the one that wants him here.
Click to expand...

TIS, care to make a wager?
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yes, name it.
Click to expand...

st Johns makes tourney and not Iona, I delete
Iona and not St. John's, you delete

Both make it, no bet
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The wager was in regards to whether posters wanted you on this site, was it not?
What does ioner have anything to do with this.
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With young Jack? It was for the Xavier game, but we both reneged.

Here's your chance to be the hero, or grow a pair as you say
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Why are we betting on ioner?
 
Guys I said knock it off. If the bickering continues I will lock the thread which isn't fair to the OP.
 
If Lavin gets a few other good recruits and gets our two starters to stay we will be a bubble team next year.
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Not even close.
We're a bubble team now and look at who graduates.
Next year is a rebuild.
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I think with our SOS next year we will have a shot. Maui, Syracuse, duke, gavitt challenge. We will have one of the best SOS in the country. If we can win some games we have a shot
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I agree Jack. If Obepka and Jordan stay and we get Diallo, them along with Amar and Sampson plus a few other quality recruits and we can make the tournament.
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Not telling anyone else not to be excited, but I can't get excited for next year. I remember last, we were getting Orlando (who was considered an nba prospect.), then I said to myself that if Jordan comes then finally it will be the perfect storm, especially with everyone coming back. You bet I was expect big things last year, but we all know that we crapped out.

My expections for next year. If CO and RJ return, we'll get close to getting to the ncaa, but probably will be NIT bound. If they don't come back then maybe not even the nit.

Rather have low expectations and not get disappointed and if they make the ncaa, be pleasantly surprised..
 
Honestly so much of next year depends on what happens during the next couple weeks on the court. It's too difficult to say how it'll turn out.

We're in an extremely unique- and potentially awful- situation.

We have 2 starters who have a very strong chance of leaving before graduation even though they probably would be better off staying. The rest of the starters are graduating. Amar is interesting and could be a starter. The rest? Who knows.

As for recruiting, we still don't know for certain who the coach will be but if we make the tournament that'd give a clear picture. There's so many dynamics to this if we don't make the tournament.
 
Honestly so much of next year depends on what happens during the next couple weeks on the court. It's too difficult to say how it'll turn out.

We're in an extremely unique- and potentially awful- situation.

We have 2 starters who have a very strong chance of leaving before graduation even though they probably would be better off staying. The rest of the starters are graduating. Amar is interesting and could be a starter. The rest? Who knows.

As for recruiting, we still don't know for certain who the coach will be but if we make the tournament that'd give a clear picture. There's so many dynamics to this if we don't make the tournament.
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Here's an idea, why not worry about next year after this year is over? DLo and co are possibly ncaa bound. ENJOY THIS YEAR.
 
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