Ryan Martin PF South Plains JC

 @JucoRecruiting: Ryan Martin (6'9/F/2014) of South Plains will take an official visit to St. John's this weekend.

Anything to do with Thomas?  Or just another forward because we lost Cunningham?

Anything to do with Thomas?  Or just another forward because we lost Cunningham?

Would be great to get both. We'll see by Monday probably.

From London, perhaps some eligibility issues ala Sanchez? Kid is certainly an athlete although doesn't look 6'9 in the video. He's got some skill it seems. Some nice dribble moved and some passing ability. I'll leave it to marillac to talk about his lack of form and footwork.     

I like the aggressiveness on both ends

@NYPost_Brazille: JUCO forward Ryan Martin of South Plains will take official visit to St. John's starting Sat, source said. @JucoRecruiting had first #sjubb

@NYPost_Brazille: Ryan Martin from London England, attended Bridgton Academy. Averaged 9.8 PPG, 8.6 RPG for South Plains, one of top JUCOs in nation. #sjubb

Have to hope that sooner or later we will get good news in the recruiting area.

Kid can dribble, create his own shot and hit it, made some nice passes FWIW, and seems to have a flair for blocking shots. Didn't see much rebounding and no other defensive skills.  Do like his energy level, but hard to judge against slower competition.  Solid prospect it seems, but are we too late to the table?

Who better him or Thompson?

Agree he looks pretty good here.  Athletic with long arms and aggressive.  I agree that is love to land both Thomas and this kid.  We are lean on front court players. 

In addition he plays on one of the best JC teams in the country and put up good numbers.

Kid can dribble, create his own shot and hit it, made some nice passes FWIW, and seems to have a flair for blocking shots. Didn't see much rebounding and no other defensive skills.  Do like his energy level, but hard to judge against slower competition.  Solid prospect it seems, but are we too late to the table?

Averaged almost nine rebounds per game so has skills in that department.  If he averaged 10 and 9 i think we would all be happy.

Quote from: DFF6 on May 01, 2014, 11:22:37 PM

Kid can dribble, create his own shot and hit it, made some nice passes FWIW, and seems to have a flair for blocking shots. Didn't see much rebounding and no other defensive skills.  Do like his energy level, but hard to judge against slower competition.  Solid prospect it seems, but are we too late to the table?

Averaged almost nine rebounds per game so has skills in that department.  If he averaged 10 and 9 i think we would all be happy.

Agreed, but the highlight video didn't show him fighting for those tough rebounds (maybe they weren't flashy enough to make the cut).     

Anything to do with Thomas?  Or just another forward because we lost Cunningham?

With Thomas leaning toward Fordham, need bodies now

Quote from: MCNPA on May 01, 2014, 10:47:35 PM

Anything to do with Thomas?  Or just another forward because we lost Cunningham?

With Thomas leaning toward Fordham, need bodies now

Thank you, Baldi.  Now I know we're going to get Thomas.

Quote from: Marco Baldi on May 02, 2014, 07:08:25 AM

Quote from: MCNPA on May 01, 2014, 10:47:35 PM

Anything to do with Thomas?  Or just another forward because we lost Cunningham?

With Thomas leaning toward Fordham, need bodies now

Thank you, Baldi.  Now I know we're going to get Thomas.

The force is strong with this one

If he averaged 10 and 9 i think we would all be happy.

Right, this guy no one's heard of before yesterday will come in and average a double double and we'll all be pretty happy. 

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=5317320

3 Star coming out of HS.

NJIT and Adelphi in the mix as well