RJ Luis

[paultzman]

It ain’t over till it’s over!

Huge offers from elites in process I assume.

 

[Redmen88]

Huge offers from elites in process I assume.

If that is the case, can you blame him for hitting the portal.

 

[Shannon]

If you asked RJ at the beginning of the season, if you won BE POY and BE Tournament MVP, would you be happy with SJU/PItino? Hard to imagine he would say no, but money talks, unfortunately.

 

[RedStormNC]

Wouldn't surprise me if he portals just as much for Pitino to tell him do what's best financially....Go get all the offers, and then we'll match or beat it and kill it next year...

 

[Rhythm]

I think so.

But what I think isn't the same as the kid who probably doesn't think he was helping to hero ball the team to a loss.

I felt he did the right thing too. Was hoping RJ took it as a wake up call. And let the adversity help him grow.

 

[Johnnies317]

If this is him trying to maximize his $ I get it. He’s a fringe pro with a ton of upside but no guarantee he will make NBA $. If this is at all in response to his benching then I feel much differently.

 

[lycidas]

You don’t do the BE player of the year sitting on top of the rim after winning the BE tourney thing unless you are coming back OR going pro. No in between.

Think the last 5 minutes of RJ’s season spent on the bench changed a lot of things. Last image of RJ in a SJ uniform was sitting on the bench not on a rim.

 

[Redenbacher]

You don’t do the BE player of the year sitting on top of the rim after winning the BE tourney thing unless you are coming back OR going pro. No in between.

Unless…you are the BE player of the year, and then are benched for the last 5 minutes of the biggest game of your life, in front of a huge national TV audience.

And then, the following day, you are forced to re-live the humiliation because every sports pundit on the planet is talking about the fact that the BE player of the year was benched in the most important game of the year.

If it’s true he’s in the portal, then he’s gone. You can take that to the bank.

 

[ptc666]

My last memory is him on the rim. Hopefully this is just a tool to get max money. Can't blame him for that. 99% of us would do the same

 

[paultzman]

If that is the case, can you blame him for hitting the portal.

Imo, we are deluding ourselves if we think the last game ending with him being yanked was a positive for anyone. I am sure RP had his reasons, but I am not going to spin the outcome. We needed him back, but oh well. If he turned pro, I’d be disappointed, but wish him well. This just leaves a bad taste, although if he gets 2-3M in portal who am I to judge.

 

[firestorm]

Imo, we are deluding ourselves if we think the last game ending with him being yanked was a positive for anyone. I am sure RP had his reasons, but I am not going to spin the outcome. We needed him back, but oh well. If he turned pro, I’d be disappointed, but wish him well. This just leaves a bad taste, although if he gets 2-3M in portal who am I to judge.

Everything I saw from RJ (and his family) this season suggests he's a smart, mature young man. Yeah, the last game was a debacle from every angle, including his relationship Pitino. I choose to believe the work/accomplishments of the prior year will outweigh the damage done last Saturday.

 

[L J S A]

Imo, we are deluding ourselves if we think the last game ending with him being yanked was a positive for anyone. I am sure RP had his reasons, but I am not going to spin the outcome. We needed him back, but oh well. If he turned pro, I’d be disappointed, but wish him well. This just leaves a bad taste, although if he gets 2-3M in portal who am I to judge.

Best outcome might be that someone did offer him $3 million, because we were never going to go that high for him. We wish him luck in his future endeavors and pretend no bitterness existed on either side.

 

[Section3]

Would be really disappointed to lose him. Great player and kid…for Zach to promote Zuby as BE pre-season POY, he must know something

 

[mattc]

If we can land Hopkins and someone of Watkins’ caliber id feel fine about losing RJ.

 

[paultzman]

Best outcome might be that someone did offer him $3 million, because we were never going to go that high for him. We wish him luck in his future endeavors and pretend no bitterness existed on either side.

Fair

 

[L J S A]

If we can land Hopkins and someone of Watkins’ caliber id feel fine about losing RJ.

A different team, but still a potentially great team.

Last thing we want is for Luis to go somewhere and have his new team go farther in tournament. Then we have to rehash the whole Luis benching next season as well when it's already tiresome now.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Let the record show it’s 7:44PM, I am on the shitter hiding from my kids before bedtime and I guarantee RJ will be back next season! Book it!

Let’s hope you are the Mark Messier of sitting on shitter predictors and not Patrick Ewing

 

[GeorgiaRed]

A different team, but still a potentially great team.

Last thing we want is for Luis to go somewhere and have his new team go farther in tournament. Then we have to rehash the whole Luis benching next season as well when it's already tiresome now.

Or he could do like AJ Storr. Leave a good situation and go the wrong one.

 

[RedStormNC]

If it's $ as deciding factor, Repole said "whatever it takes". But, like good businessmen..he, Pitino, Matt and others who may be involved $ wise...always have a walkway point in a negotiation.

 

[paultzman]

SJ not about to get into a bidding war, per a guy close to program, so adios if this 2-3M figure is in the ballpark. Different positions, but Hopkins leverage may have just increased.