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St. John's Post Game Thread

RuffRuff said:
Mullins is a freshman and plays like one. Unlike Steph, he isn't one of those kids that plays beyond his years as he's not really filling the stat sheet outside of the shooting all that much. I'm going to call him coming back higher than the 5% I put out there, as I think there is a semi decent chance he can fall a bit in this draft. It may be mid/late teens, or it maybe into the 20's. We'll see.
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It took Steph some time to look beyond his years. There was a good stretch of the season when he was our weak link offensively and looked lost - broken jumper, air balls in the lane, bad reads, didn't fit in our system, etc. It came together piece by piece, and then he had some takeover moments in March/April where he looked more like a lotto pick.

The strength of this draft makes Mullins a bit of a unique case in our history (Liam might not be a first rounder in this draft even if he came back). The fact that we are in the NLI era makes the risk/reward situation a little different than it used to be. He could make good money next year and then double his first NBA salary by moving up a bunch. I think he could improve a ton and take advantage of a weaker draft - he still isn't all that great at getting open in our offense (Solo is several orders of magnitude better at freeing himself around screens in a position to shoot), and his playmaking has several more levels to reach.

However, there is also just the "dream of playing in the NBA" factor where players sometimes just want to get to the league ASAP and not look entirely at the business/financial elements.
 
RuffRuff said:
The StJ showing last night makes me really question their chances in March. I don't feel like Pitino has a really strong grasp on them - also feel like he goes overboard in how he handles those kind of games and loses them as white noise, similar to last years game against Arkansas. I got a lot of the same feelings as that one - like some of these kids mentally check out when the chips are down because of how Pitino handles the situation.

I was weird body language quick. Also, a kid like Darling is ballsy, but that backcourt feels like it has zero IQ.
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Interesting comment...did you hear the Hurley interview where he was telling our guys to play for each other....very diff culture
 
RuffRuff said:
The StJ showing last night makes me really question their chances in March. I don't feel like Pitino has a really strong grasp on them - also feel like he goes overboard in how he handles those kind of games and loses them as white noise, similar to last years game against Arkansas. I got a lot of the same feelings as that one - like some of these kids mentally check out when the chips are down because of how Pitino handles the situation.

I was weird body language quick. Also, a kid like Darling is ballsy, but that backcourt feels like it has zero IQ.
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Hurley is old school but Pitino is really really old school. Hurley has learned how to handle modern young NIL era players, Pitino has not. Telling them their grandmother hates them during a huddle doesn't work anymore 😂.
 
NJHusky said:
Interesting comment...did you hear the Hurley interview where he was telling our guys to play for each other....very diff culture
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Unlike Pitino who opened up in the media how this is Jackson's last year and he'll be pursuing his pro aspirations. Odd way of buidling culture. Hurley builds community, Pitino builds mercenaries and treats more like a pro team. That's why they fold once things get tough.
 
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Fairfield_1st said:
I have 1 small issue with last night's game, and it applies to other games. I just don't care for Braylon taking 3 pointers from 5 feet beyond the arc. They just don't go in very frequently and there must be a better shot available. Alex has earned a few feet behind the arc, but Braylon has not. The 3s Brayloin did hit were much closer to the line and that's where I'd prefer he take them, at this point.
Outside of that, fantastic outcome and well played by everyone. It seems that the more invested Tarris is, the better the team plays.
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I changed my mine on those shots because the rebounds bounce so far out, most of the time we get the offensive rebound.
 
Sorry, I missed it. I saw someone had recorded the Villanova game and was hoping someone recorded this one.
 
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I may be wrong but it seems like Hurley had other players handle inbounding the ball besides Alex on occasion. Our inbounding seemed better tonight as a whole.
 
RuffRuff said:
Unlike Pitino who opened up in the media how this is Jackson's last year and he'll be pursuing his pro aspirations. Odd way of buidling culture. Hurley builds community, Pitino builds mercenaries and treats more like a pro team. That's why they fold once things get tough.
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He will be at Georgia next year. Little birdie.
 
Iluvsuebird said:
Wow you forgetting about DC. He was an eraser at the rim. And pretty dang unstoppable with the lob.
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DC against Northwestern in the second round, 2024: 14 points, 14 rebounds, 8 blocks (this was a severe undercount, should have been at least 10), 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 pf. 5/7 shooting, 4/4 from the line. And then his game against Illinois was arguably even better. 22/10/3stl/5blk
 
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