Remi Barry - SF - Loomis, CA (France) - Del Oro High School - NEW MEXICO STATE

Basically if we did let him enroll he would have turned out to be Derwin Kitchen and would have been forced to sign elsewhere. If somehow things don't work this year for him at NMS than we can sign him next season.

I'm surprised he didn't go the Andray Blatche route and just prep and enter the draft = his one year out of HS.

To New Mexico State, as posted by Marillac (on Redmen) before Adam Zagoria.  Marillac with the scoop!  New Mexico State accepts non-qualifiers.

[tweet]http://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/21498132757[/tweet]

Thanks  Peter and MJ.  I wish I was wrong about this.  I know the rules are there for the better, but they took a good kid as a casualty this time around.  His choice was St. John's. 

Was curious what he was up to and went over to the New Mexico State site and saw he isn't listed on their roster nor their press release.

http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=9576&SPID=585&DB_OEM_ID=1900&ATCLID=205025540

NM State welcomes four freshmen to the squad this season with forward Renaldo Dixon, guards Drew Herig and Christian Kabongo along with center Tshilidzi Nephawe.

So I put it out there...potential transfer?

Since he didn't "qualify", would he be listed on their roster?!

Since he didn't "qualify", would he be listed on their roster?!

My thought too.
Dont "non qualifiers" sit out a year, not on the team (so not on the roster) ?

Normally I thought "non-qualifiers" go to 2 years of JUCO to get qualified.
Could he could go to 1 year @ NM state to qualify ? He'd still have to sit out another year.

Wow how far we have come in 4 months.
In July he would have been a crown jewel of our recruits-
Now we are stocked with great players coming in @ his position !!!

Thought I'd do a quick look at a "what might have been".   Sometimes the BEST recruiting move is striking out on a kid.

Remi is in his Soph season at New Mexico State.   He's playing  9.6 minutes a game, getting 2.1 pts, 1.9 rebounds, and shooting 29% from the floor, 23% from the arc, and 54% on FTs.

His career highs are 7 pts, twice (oddly, both times against Northern New Mexico - as a frosh, and again this year as a soph) and  5 rebs (once).   He has career TOTALS after 1 1/2 years of 3 blocked shots, and 2 steals  (again, not averages, not per year, but total for career).

OUCH! 

And yet he looked good on his highlight tapes. Go figure.

And yet he looked good on his highlight tapes. Go figure.

Tapes lie.

Lavin said he was a pro...   lol

Lavin said he was a pro...   lol

When? To someone personally?

I said it on the Bourgault thread: The French players (with very few exceptions) are overrated.

I said it on the Bourgault thread: The French players (with very few exceptions) are overrated.

Gotta define "very few" - I'd CERTAINLY take my chances with a roster of Tony Parker, Rodrique Beaubois, Boris Diaw, Joakim Noah, Nicholas Batum,  Johan Petro, Kevin Seraphim, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Rony Turiaff, Ian Mahinmi.   I'd find room for a 7 footer like Alexis Ajinca, or a mobile 6'11 guy like former Lavin player Jerome Moiso (tho his motor was always questionable, he played well for 2 years for UCLA, before leaving as a lottery pick)..

Quote from: gonzalo on January 18, 2013, 04:04:42 AM

I said it on the Bourgault thread: The French players (with very few exceptions) are overrated.

Gotta define "very few" - I'd CERTAINLY take my chances with a roster of Tony Parker, Rodrique Beaubois, Boris Diaw, Joakim Noah, Nicholas Batum,  Johan Petro, Kevin Seraphim, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Rony Turiaff, Ian Mahinmi.   I'd find room for a 7 footer like Alexis Ajinca, or a mobile 6'11 guy like former Lavin player Jerome Moiso (tho his motor was always questionable, he played well for 2 years for UCLA, before leaving as a lottery pick)..

The list doesn´t impress me.

Look the final positions of the European, World Championships or Olympic Games in the last 8 years. France hardly appears in the Top 4. They are not so good.

Quote from: crgreen on January 18, 2013, 04:20:27 AM

Quote from: gonzalo on January 18, 2013, 04:04:42 AM

I said it on the Bourgault thread: The French players (with very few exceptions) are overrated.

Gotta define "very few" - I'd CERTAINLY take my chances with a roster of Tony Parker, Rodrique Beaubois, Boris Diaw, Joakim Noah, Nicholas Batum,  Johan Petro, Kevin Seraphim, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Rony Turiaff, Ian Mahinmi.   I'd find room for a 7 footer like Alexis Ajinca, or a mobile 6'11 guy like former Lavin player Jerome Moiso (tho his motor was always questionable, he played well for 2 years for UCLA, before leaving as a lottery pick)..

The list doesn´t impress me.

Look the final positions of the European, World Championships or Olympic Games in the last 8 years. France hardly appears in the Top 4. They are not so good.

Who is usually the Top 4.  Spain? Who else?

Quote from: gonzalo on January 18, 2013, 09:37:35 AM

Quote from: crgreen on January 18, 2013, 04:20:27 AM

Quote from: gonzalo on January 18, 2013, 04:04:42 AM

I said it on the Bourgault thread: The French players (with very few exceptions) are overrated.

Gotta define "very few" - I'd CERTAINLY take my chances with a roster of Tony Parker, Rodrique Beaubois, Boris Diaw, Joakim Noah, Nicholas Batum,  Johan Petro, Kevin Seraphim, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Rony Turiaff, Ian Mahinmi.   I'd find room for a 7 footer like Alexis Ajinca, or a mobile 6'11 guy like former Lavin player Jerome Moiso (tho his motor was always questionable, he played well for 2 years for UCLA, before leaving as a lottery pick)..

The list doesn´t impress me.

Look the final positions of the European, World Championships or Olympic Games in the last 8 years. France hardly appears in the Top 4. They are not so good.

Who is usually the Top 4.  Spain? Who else?

From Europe: Spain, Russia, Lithuania, Greece.
From America: USA, Argentina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics

Quote from: crgreen on January 18, 2013, 04:20:27 AM

Quote from: gonzalo on January 18, 2013, 04:04:42 AM

I said it on the Bourgault thread: The French players (with very few exceptions) are overrated.

Gotta define "very few" - I'd CERTAINLY take my chances with a roster of Tony Parker, Rodrique Beaubois, Boris Diaw, Joakim Noah, Nicholas Batum,  Johan Petro, Kevin Seraphim, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Rony Turiaff, Ian Mahinmi.   I'd find room for a 7 footer like Alexis Ajinca, or a mobile 6'11 guy like former Lavin player Jerome Moiso (tho his motor was always questionable, he played well for 2 years for UCLA, before leaving as a lottery pick)..

The list doesn´t impress me.

Look the final positions of the European, World Championships or Olympic Games in the last 8 years. France hardly appears in the Top 4. They are not so good.

Sorry, thought we were talking about kids who could help St. Johns.   That roster that doesn't impress you is likely an undefeated D-1 National champion.  So I guess its a matter of perspective.

crgreen - the only thing French about Noah is his socialist policial view. The kid was raised in Brooklyn; to say he is a Frech player is a bit of a stetch...

crgreen - the only thing French about Noah is his socialist policial view. The kid was raised in Brooklyn; to say he is a Frech player is a bit of a stetch...

Noah is a french citizen, who plays internationally for the French National Team.

He did live in France from 1988 to 1998 so I will say he is French.