that should lessen the disappoint for Pitino when he couldn't get Nelly Junior Joseph to commit to St. John's.
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I assume that’s a knock on SJU taking a few Iona players, but Rick P. had to replace 11 players and the kids he brought over can play at this level for sure and some will fill out the bench.
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Done deal. Big get for St. Johns. Big loss for KU.
Not a knock at all. There was no sarcasm in what I wrote-I meant what I said. What I was implying is that Nelly Junior Joseph is good quality player that can play in the Big East and would've been a great pick up for Pitino. It must have been disappointing that he couldn't get his former player to follow him to St. John's much in the same way that he failed to get Walter Clayton Jr.
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I still think St Johns is probably in the 5-8 range. Tons of mid major talents and unproven high majors who couldn’t get minutes at their last school. Maybe the Pitino factor gets them up to 3-5, but Marquette/UConn/Providence just have way better rosters.
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He liked how green it is this time of year…
I don’t see them as misses for Pitino and I think ultimately he got better players. I would have probably rather had Clayton Jr. Slightly over Jenkins, but no contest bringing guys like Alleyne and especially Dingle in instead. I think Ejiofor has much higher ceiling than Nelly Junior Joseph.
Ps. No surprise he got handed off to the other Pitino at New Mexico.
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Lol pitino prob coordinated some cgi of uclas campus
Even I can’t defend that one. Lol
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He must be a city guy. It’s a hell of a lot nicer than Queens unless you want something urban. But he’s just making up things to appeal to the fans. He was clearly unhappy with how little Self played him, but he was behind Wilson. Would have been behind KJ Adams. Pitino has playing time.
SJU had a rebuild. Not sure there is a single PG on the team though. Jenkins played more off the ball at Iona though he had good assist numbers. That is a lot of traffic around Alleyne for him to get PT.
PG: Jenkins (Iona),
SG: Dingle (Penn), Alleyne(UConn), Conway (VMI), Davis(Iona)
SF: Taylor (OSU), Luis (UMass)
PF: Slazinski (Iona), Ayo (Iona), Traore
C: Soriano, Ejiofor (KU)
PG: Jenkins (Iona),
SG: Dingle (Penn), Alleyne(UConn), Conway (VMI), Davis(Iona)
SF: Taylor (OSU), Luis (UMass)
PF: Slazinski (Iona), Ayo (Iona), Traore
C: Soriano, Ejiofor (KU)
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They paint the pavement green there?
Tons of talent now for all the pitino haters. They will be a tournament team. He can flat out coach like him or not
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Plenty of Pitino haters out there. The only way you like him is if he’s coaching your team I mean the guys a piece of crap. But he can coach I think most would agree with that.
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It’s wild that it’s looking like Alleyne left just to not start for a worse team.
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Signs are now pointing to Kentucky's Lance Ware committing with Providence as soon as today.
Just 9.2 mpg across his three seasons at Kentucky, but Ware was the 44th best prospect of '20. 6'9 235 forward from Camden, NJ.
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I think Naheim was the player Hurley referenced in the middle of the season that was unhappy at Uconn. He made some sort of comment about knowing who may transfer and I thought he was talking about Samson. Some players just think its not them and there is greener pastures elsewhere. We will be ok without him....an Alleyne for David Jones trade would be a fair replacement if we could somehow get him from the portal.
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I agree, it was Alleyne. But at least it didn't bother him enough to distract from helping out the team. He was a pretty good contributor down the stretch.
Exactly. No matter what his discontentment was, he minimized it from affecting his play and he was a valuable contributor to winning the national championship. I am pleased that he has a diamond studded national championship ring for his sacrifice. I have nothing but good wishes for Alleyne.
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