Roster

[quote="oldschool Redmen" post=285515][quote="Chicago Days" post=285480][quote="Paultzman" post=285479][quote="Class of 72" post=285477][quote="Paultzman" post=285395][quote="JohnnyFan" post=285393][quote="Paultzman" post=285366][quote="JohnnyFan" post=285365]I am pumped! If Diakite leaves, we can bring in another transfer guard. :blink:[/quote]
Or you could possibly be happy :)[/quote]

Are you saying we have someone already "locked up"? :p[/quote]
Never that easy lol[/quote]

My green tea leaves tell me we have a replacement coming in very soon.;)[/quote]

Sense one in particular is being “convinced” as we speak[/quote]

Great '72 & Paultz: So, maybe Breaking 'Real" News we can believe in?!!?
Thanks guys![/quote]

lmao Chicago don't fall for it, or in a few weeks it'll be, oh he had second thoughts and went to a different BE school, like Femi.
Gotta know the drill at SJU. Never get to excited until he signs the LOI.
Sorry, but as a SJU fan, I'm just trained that way.[/quote]

Thanks for the warning Oldschool. It’s the loose-board on the ship, the key to solidifying the roster, so I remain in hope mode. Let’s go Johnnies.
 
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I’m w Old School. I consider it a long shot. If he pops , I will be pleasantly surprised. That said, I’m optimistic about Ponds returning.
 
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Your 2018-19 roster (assuming Heron gets the hardship waiver):

PG Ponds
SG Simon
SF Heron
PF Clark
C Keita

Guards - Dixon, Trimble, Williams
Forwards - Figueroa, Roberts, Earlington

Transfers - Caraher, Wright

Dixon and Figueroa most likely the first two off the bench. Trimble will be able to carve out a role if he's in better shape by virtue of the fact that he's potentially still our best three point shooter. Roberts will likely be the 9th man in the rotation and will get some minutes simply because we need to give Keita a rest. Don't see Williams and Earlington getting much burn this year.

ON PAPER: The best looking St. John's team in close to 20 years. The pieces are in place. Now it's time to put this thing together.

WE AREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
 
Roster looks like this I think.

Still very thin at the 4 and 5 spots IMO but very strong everywhere else. Hopefully Keita will be really good and Roberts can contribute

0 Sedee Keita SO Forward 6-9 240 Philadelphia, Pa.//South Carolina
- LJ Figueroa SO Forward 6-5 195 Tampa, Fla.// Odessa (TX) College
2 Shamorie Ponds JR Guard 6-1 175 Brooklyn, N.Y./Thomas Jefferson
3 Mikey Dixon SO Guard 6-2 170 New Castle, Del.//Quinnipiac
4 Jay Camus SR Guard 5-10 170 Queens, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy/Manhattan
5 Justin Simon JR Guard 6-5 215 Temecula, Calif.//Arizona
- Josh Roberts FR Forward 6-9 210 Troy, Alabama
- Greg Williams FR Guard 6-4 205 Lafayette, La.
12 Bryan Trimble Jr. SO Guard 6-3 220 Kansas City, Mo./Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.)
13 Marvin Clark III SR Forward 6-7 230 Kansas City, Mo.//Michigan State
- Marcellus Earlington FR Forward 6-5 240 Ramsey, New Jersey
- Mustafa Heron JR Guard 6-5 218 West Haven, Ct.//Auburn
23 Justin Cole JR Guard 6-2 190 Rockville Centre, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy
24 Brandon Lawrence JR Guard 6-2 175 Union City, Calif./Moreau Catholic

David Caraher SO Forward 6-6 220 Redshirt
Eli Wright JR Guard 6-4 190 Redshirt



Coaches
Chris Mullin - Head Coach

Mitch Richmond - Assistant Coach

Matt Abdelmassih - Assistant Coach

Greg St. Jean - Assistant Coach

Dan Matic - Director of Basketball Operations

Luca Virgilio - Management Analyst

Chris Huey - Graduate Assistant

Beau Levesque - Graduate Assistant
 
The bad news - I wish I hadn't wasted my time trying to figure out minute distribution a few weeks ago.

The good news - At least I didn't spend my time poring over the U.S. Census searching for every unknown male over 18 who is at least 6'8 and 230 pounds.

The best news - Ponds is returning and Mustapha Heron starts classes Monday.

Great week, gladly renewed my tickets yesterday.
 
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[quote="mattc" post=286959]Your 2018-19 roster (assuming Heron gets the hardship waiver):

PG Ponds
SG Simon
SF Heron
PF Clark
C Keita

Guards - Dixon, Trimble, Williams
Forwards - Figueroa, Roberts, Earlington

Transfers - Caraher, Wright

Dixon and Figueroa most likely the first two off the bench. Trimble will be able to carve out a role if he's in better shape by virtue of the fact that he's potentially still our best three point shooter. Roberts will likely be the 9th man in the rotation and will get some minutes simply because we need to give Keita a rest. Don't see Williams and Earlington getting much burn this year.

ON PAPER: The best looking St. John's team in close to 20 years. The pieces are in place. Now it's time to put this thing together.

WE AREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE[/quote]

Agree except I think Figueroa starts over Keita. When lovett was playing Owens didn't start. I like the idea of small ball with four guys who can shoot from the outside and five who can drive to the hoop. We'll have to gang rebound and I think Sedee gets plenty of time depending on the situations.
 
If (big if) Heron can play this yr, dare I say it will remind me of the great UConn teams when they were ranked and winning rings. Lots of great guards and maybe 1 true center at times. One of the biggest benefits to getting Heron isn't even the fact that he can rack up points himself, but the fact that he will free up our other guards to get 1 on 1 matchups instead of being doubled like Ponds was so much last year.
 
Playing a little devil's advocate here:

Understanding last season's percentages could of been outliers, anyone else a bit concerned we could be starting three subpar 3 point shooters in our backcourt with Ponds, Simon and Heron?

Heron was 42% as a frosh, but 33% as a soph.
Ponds was 37% as a frosh, but 25% as a soph.
Simon actually shot 41% last year, but defenses wouldn't even play him near the 3 point line, clogging the paint when he had the ball or helping well off him in the corners.

I think they are all talented enough to figure it out, but spacing is key and if they continue to struggle it could potentially hurt the offense and make us an "easy" guard. It's really my only concern...
 
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=287103]If (big if) Heron can play this yr, dare I say it will remind me of the great UConn teams when they were ranked and winning rings. Lots of great guards and maybe 1 true center at times. One of the biggest benefits to getting Heron isn't even the fact that he can rack up points himself, but the fact that he will free up our other guards to get 1 on 1 matchups instead of being doubled like Ponds was so much last year.[/quote]

AND ANOTHER BENEFIT OF Mr. Heron is that his presence will attract other similarly talented recruits (as I did with William Tecumsah Sherman and Phillip H. Sheridan lol). Can only help!
General Grant
 
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[quote="QueensBoy" post=287131]Playing a little devil's advocate here:

Understanding last season's percentages could of been outliers, anyone else a bit concerned we could be starting three subpar 3 point shooters in our backcourt with Ponds, Simon and Heron?

Heron was 42% as a frosh, but 33% as a soph.
Ponds was 37% as a frosh, but 25% as a soph.
Simon actually shot 41% last year, but defenses wouldn't even play him near the 3 point line, clogging the paint when he had the ball or helping well off him in the corners.

I think they are all talented enough to figure it out, but spacing is key and if they continue to struggle it could potentially hurt the offense and make us an "easy" guard. It's really my only concern...[/quote] But as Mike Zaun pointed out Ponds had to carry us last year. W more talented players , opposing defenses are going to have too be more honest.W Figgy , Ponds, Simon,Clark and hopefully Heron and Dixon , we have a lot of fire power and all players will have to be covered.Plus we have more depth , also players won’t be as tired or forced to play a lot of minutes w fouls. All this should increase our shooting percentages.
 
I know everyone loves offense but we should not lose sight of the fact that Heron is a terrific, intense, focused defender. With he and Simon we could have two players who can cover multiple positions with smothering defense. Everything I have heard about Figueroa is that he also is a very committed defender. If Ppnds buys in on that end we could truly be a lock down defensive team because you know he has the ability to excel on that end.
 
I have been watching this game long enough to know that unrealistic high expectations often leads to big disappointment. We are looking good, but will be incorporating a lot of new parts. Good news is that the timing is right, as the Big East is not as loaded as usual. Let's give these guys a chance to get to know each other on the court before putting too much weight on their backs.
 
[quote="Ray Morgan" post=287146]I have been watching this game long enough to know that unrealistic high expectations often leads to big disappointment. We are looking good, but will be incorporating a lot of new parts. Good news is that the timing is right, as the Big East is not as loaded as usual. Let's give these guys a chance to get to know each other on the court before putting too much weight on their backs.[/quote]
To that end, I wonder if some of the leaders (Clark or Simon?) try to get some of the others together to play some "informal" games later in the summer, say August.
I also wonder whatever happened to the every 4 year teams could travel to play in Canada or Europe. I think Lavin had that one year. I remember watching as one of the posters here hooked us up so we could watch the game against McGill school or something like that. I think we lost one of those games and I remember some people were upset after the loss.
 
[quote="Section9" post=287102][quote="mattc" post=286959]Your 2018-19 roster (assuming Heron gets the hardship waiver):

PG Ponds
SG Simon
SF Heron
PF Clark
C Keita

Guards - Dixon, Trimble, Williams
Forwards - Figueroa, Roberts, Earlington

Transfers - Caraher, Wright

Dixon and Figueroa most likely the first two off the bench. Trimble will be able to carve out a role if he's in better shape by virtue of the fact that he's potentially still our best three point shooter. Roberts will likely be the 9th man in the rotation and will get some minutes simply because we need to give Keita a rest. Don't see Williams and Earlington getting much burn this year.

ON PAPER: The best looking St. John's team in close to 20 years. The pieces are in place. Now it's time to put this thing together.

WE AREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE[/quote]

Agree except I think Figueroa starts over Keita. When lovett was playing Owens didn't start. I like the idea of small ball with four guys who can shoot from the outside and five who can drive to the hoop. We'll have to gang rebound and I think Sedee gets plenty of time depending on the situations.[/quote]

Figueroa as first sub gives you option of giving a rest to Keita, Clark, or Simon.
 
Loving how this off season has progressed. I love the idea of this team and hope they all gel and I wont say where I think we will be ranked as the potential for me is extremely high.

Not sure where to ask this question so I will just throw it in here. Any of our basketball gurus who follow high school ball know anything about a sophomore named Trayvon alexander? scheduled for 2020 graduation plays for friends academy. I am presently treating his grandfather and we were talking college hoops and he told me about him. I watched his mix tape which was very impressive. He is short but I'm sure will grow some more.
 
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[quote="richard A Steinfeld" post=287142][quote="QueensBoy" post=287131]Playing a little devil's advocate here:

Understanding last season's percentages could of been outliers, anyone else a bit concerned we could be starting three subpar 3 point shooters in our backcourt with Ponds, Simon and Heron?

Heron was 42% as a frosh, but 33% as a soph.
Ponds was 37% as a frosh, but 25% as a soph.
Simon actually shot 41% last year, but defenses wouldn't even play him near the 3 point line, clogging the paint when he had the ball or helping well off him in the corners.

I think they are all talented enough to figure it out, but spacing is key and if they continue to struggle it could potentially hurt the offense and make us an "easy" guard. It's really my only concern...[/quote] But as Mike Zaun pointed out Ponds had to carry us last year. W more talented players , opposing defenses are going to have too be more honest.W Figgy , Ponds, Simon,Clark and hopefully Heron and Dixon , we have a lot of fire power and all players will have to be covered.Plus we have more depth , also players won’t be as tired or forced to play a lot of minutes w fouls. All this should increase our shooting percentages.[/quote]

Great points Richard. Ponds was out of sync and taxed last season, being the PG, and the main scorer that other teams double-teamed.
I expect Shamorie to return to freshman 3% range shooting levels, but your main points are germane: we'll have a diverse and high-powered offense(with Heron eligible)--and potentially an in-your-face D--in 2018-19, that I expect will give most teams fits.
Let's go Johnnies.
 
[quote="Logen" post=287144]I know everyone loves offense but we should not lose sight of the fact that Heron is a terrific, intense, focused defender. With he and Simon we could have two players who can cover multiple positions with smothering defense. Everything I have heard about Figueroa is that he also is a very committed defender. If Ppnds buys in on that end we could truly be a lock down defensive team because you know he has the ability to excel on that end.[/quote]

Stop it right there. Are you trying to say that it's possible that our staff is going after a certain type of player who plays both ends of the floor? Because if you are saying that, you may be making the ridiculous assertion that they know what they are doing and have a plan.
 
[quote="fuchsia" post=287170][quote="Section9" post=287102][quote="mattc" post=286959]Your 2018-19 roster (assuming Heron gets the hardship waiver):

PG Ponds
SG Simon
SF Heron
PF Clark
C Keita

Guards - Dixon, Trimble, Williams
Forwards - Figueroa, Roberts, Earlington

Transfers - Caraher, Wright

Dixon and Figueroa most likely the first two off the bench. Trimble will be able to carve out a role if he's in better shape by virtue of the fact that he's potentially still our best three point shooter. Roberts will likely be the 9th man in the rotation and will get some minutes simply because we need to give Keita a rest. Don't see Williams and Earlington getting much burn this year.

ON PAPER: The best looking St. John's team in close to 20 years. The pieces are in place. Now it's time to put this thing together.

WE AREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE[/quote]

Agree except I think Figueroa starts over Keita. When lovett was playing Owens didn't start. I like the idea of small ball with four guys who can shoot from the outside and five who can drive to the hoop. We'll have to gang rebound and I think Sedee gets plenty of time depending on the situations.[/quote]

Figueroa as first sub gives you option of giving a rest to Keita, Clark, or Simon.[/quote]

And Keita as the first sub gives you plenty of options to rest just about anybody in my starting five, guys can play multiple positions.
 
Assuming MH gets the waiver, seems clear that 4 of our 5 starters have to be Ponds, MH, Simon & Clark. All 4 of these guys have proven themselves as significant high major talents. As for the 5th starter, between Keita, Dixon & Figueroa, I have no opinion as I haven't see any of them play. I am sure they will all be excellent players for us during their time here, but suggest we temper expectations a bit. Regarding LJ, there is often an adjustment period from JC play to high major play - see Hardy & Brownlee as good recent examples. Both were far better in their second year with us. Dixon also played in a lower level of competition although he and Keita had a year's worth of practices and several informed posters have opined that they more than held their own in those. We need to hope Keita is ready to play significant minutes as our only big, but that doesn't mean he needs to start,. Trust staff will make the right decision on best starting lineup. Those seven guys plus Trimble will give us an excellent rotation regardless of starting lineup.
 
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