6th Man of St. John's Basketball
St. John's Red Storm => Recruiting Archives => Recruiting => 2014 Class => Topic started by: fordham96 on May 01, 2014, 05:02:21 PM
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http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/168236/myles-stewart (http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/168236/myles-stewart)
Evidently kid is walking on at SJU.
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just watched a video. really good size and decent hops. his 3-point stroke looks good, but they always make all the shots in these videos. myles stewart doesn't have the same ring to it as marco, but hopefully the student section will have fun with him.
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got to wonder , rivals had him as a 3 star and others gave him 2. He might be able to help out. Most walk-ons saw how lavin started walk-ons this season and thought " wow i can start in the big east " :)
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Teammate & buddy of Elijah Stewart.
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Sounds like Tristan Smith
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Teammate & buddy of Elijah Stewart.
Stewart recently cut his list to 6 schools per scout.com: BC, USC, Oklahoma St, Gonzaga, Pitt and Cindy.
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Teammate & buddy of Elijah Stewart.
Stewart recently cut his list to 6 schools per scout.com: BC, USC, Oklahoma St, Gonzaga, Pitt and Cindy.
Yeah, no package here.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA)
Not bad
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA)
Not bad
Doms replacement hah!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkMtUFBdkc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5Sx2vT7EA)
Not bad
Doms replacement hah!
He may gave to play PF if buzz about Fordham getting Thomas is true. Ha.
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
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He looks tall for a SG in the videos. Good thing because we need a SF and this kid may be able to give us some time there. 3-star prospect odd to add as a walkon but I'll take it.
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
If a schollie opens up, you should get preference. If walk-ons are pared down due to numbers, you get preference. You choose...lol
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
Can bring baggage.
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
It just means they are recruited to be on the team. A normal walkon would have to try out.
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
Can bring baggage.
LOL
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He looks tall for a SG in the videos. Good thing because we need a SF and this kid may be able to give us some time there. 3-star prospect odd to add as a walkon but I'll take it.
Agree. Maybe he can add some outside shooting and take some of Dom's minutes at SF if Dom hasn't improved his shooting.
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The last Westchester kid we had ended up as a starter...on a top 25 team.
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The last Westchester kid we had ended up as a starter...on a top 25 team.
DeeWayne Poleeee'!
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
It just means they are recruited to be on the team. A normal walkon would have to try out.
Gerard Rivers who transferred was a preferred walkon. Don't see that term too much in D1 basketball but it's a common thing in D1 baseball.
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http://nypost.com/2014/05/02/lavin-scores-top-la-prospect-myles-stewart-as-a-walk-on/ (http://nypost.com/2014/05/02/lavin-scores-top-la-prospect-myles-stewart-as-a-walk-on/)
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6'6 ?
Posted by Ed Gonzalez on May 2nd, 2014
Westchester guard Myles Stewart announced that he will be a preferred walk-on at St John’s University in New York City next year.
The 6-foot-6 senior was apart of a Comet team that advance to the Open Division Regional Finals this season.
http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/ (http://sportsjournalla.com/boys-basketball-westchesters-myles-stewart-to-walk-on-at-st-johns/)
wtf is a "preferred walkon"?
It just means they are recruited to be on the team. A normal walkon would have to try out.
Gerard Rivers who transferred was a preferred walkon. Don't see that term too much in D1 basketball but it's a common thing in D1 baseball.
Very common in football too.
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Jack Trotter at Stanford was a preferred walkon. I thought that was really unusual because he was 6'9" and from Moraga, so he definitely could have gone to St. Mary's for free. Hard to turn down Stanford, though. Had a good soph year, not much else though.
It sounds like Stewart could be pretty good for us assuming his knee is 100 percent. We need a game-ready backcourt in a bad way after next season, so I'd give Stewart as many minutes as possible at SF and shift him back to his natural position in 2015-16.
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Jack Trotter at Stanford was a preferred walkon. I thought that was really unusual because he was 6'9" and from Moraga, so he definitely could have gone to St. Mary's for free. Hard to turn down Stanford, though. Had a good soph year, not much else though.
It sounds like Stewart could be pretty good for us assuming his knee is 100 percent. We need a game-ready backcourt in a bad way after next season, so I'd give Stewart as many minutes as possible at SF and shift him back to his natural position in 2015-16.
Pitino did it a few years ago with Kyle Kuric. Kid had a full scholarship offer from Evansville and he decided to walk on at UL with the hope/promise of getting a scholarship down the road. But Kuric was not an ordinary walk on. He played a major role on those UL teams.
I don't know how much impact he will make next year but he could be a player. My guess is Lavin wants to see how the roster shakes up NEXT year before he gives him a scholarship next year. If he has 1 or 2 left next year he probably gives one to Stewart. But he expects a big class next year with a number of studs and he doesn't want to give him one this year when he may have to take it away next year if he needs it.
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He'll be starting as a sophomore
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He'll be starting as a sophomore
He's going to be starting next to you, the HC will be Tim Cluess (SJU was going to hire Masiello but word is he was still 3 credits short) and then Dave turns the board into a therapy group for SJU groupies with guest appearances by Ron Artest.
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can you go from scholarship lets say this coming year and then back to walk on the following year ?
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can you go from scholarship lets say this coming year and then back to walk on the following year ?
Yes. People forget Doug McDermott gave up his schollie this past year so Grant Gibbs who was granted a 6th year could stay on scholarship.
But my guess is they don't necessarily want to yo-yo the kid.
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Jack Trotter at Stanford was a preferred walkon. I thought that was really unusual because he was 6'9" and from Moraga, so he definitely could have gone to St. Mary's for free. Hard to turn down Stanford, though. Had a good soph year, not much else though.
It sounds like Stewart could be pretty good for us assuming his knee is 100 percent. We need a game-ready backcourt in a bad way after next season, so I'd give Stewart as many minutes as possible at SF and shift him back to his natural position in 2015-16.
I the CRGreen said something about a third Gasol brother being a preferred walk-on at UCLA.
I'm exited to see Stewert. Anyone who can shoot is welcome. And I know it's just a highlight film but it looks like he actually enjoys playing defense, something our previous shooters failed to do.
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can you go from scholarship lets say this coming year and then back to walk on the following year ?
Yes. People forget Doug McDermott gave up his schollie this past year so Grant Gibbs who was granted a 6th year could stay on scholarship.
But my guess is they don't necessarily want to yo-yo the kid.
Exactly, so if Lavin doesn't use all 13 schollies this season he would save the kid a ton of money even if he has to rip it next year because he needs it for higher rated players because if that happens the kid won't have one for both years. Unless you want to pay his tuition, room and board, meals, books, etc. :)
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He'll be starting as a sophomore
Hey, can't fault Lavin for the good moves. I would have loved a kid at this level to walk on in the 05-06 season. And many others. He's got a quick release. Can't be worse than Hooper on d, and it's a free roll of the dice. If he's starting as a soph, he'll be a great story.
I hope he is.
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can you go from scholarship lets say this coming year and then back to walk on the following year ?
Jamal White.
http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/white_jamal00.html (http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/white_jamal00.html)
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can you go from scholarship lets say this coming year and then back to walk on the following year ?
Jamal White.
http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/white_jamal00.html (http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/white_jamal00.html)
The NCAA frowns on the recruited walkon as a way to get around scholarship limits and the shady loan thing to pay for college but I believe Andre Drummodn ended up being a walkon at UCONN
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Lots of SJU/Lavin ties for Myles. He played for Earl Watson Elite aau team too.
Will be good practice player for St. John's and could be useful in a situational role.
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Lots of SJU/Lavin ties for Myles. He played for Earl Watson Elite aau team too.
Will be good practice player for St. John's and could be useful in a situational role.
Reasonable & sensible comments. Let's not disappoint ourselves once again with crazy walk on world beater comparisons please.
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Lots of SJU/Lavin ties for Myles. He played for Earl Watson Elite aau team too.
Will be good practice player for St. John's and could be useful in a situational role.
That's exactly what we should hope for from a walk on. Someone who can make the rest of our team better via practices. If he can get spot minutes and hit a shot every once in a while, that's just a bonus IMO.
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Will be good practice player for St. John's and could be useful in a situational role.
If nothing else this gives Lavin the sort of shooter he loves: the kind he can put in for 30 seconds, until he misses a shot, and then yank out. Marco Bourgault 3: This Time It's Personnel. With the addition of Thomas and now this kid the team is shaping up to have the sort of depth that Lavin has proved he is completely ill-equipped to handle. Hopefully he settles on a starting rotation by the first round of the NIT.
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Show this kid some love. Please make this topic a sticky. Thanks in advance.
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He committed to USC, which offered him a scholarship. Thus this board listing has to be changed. Too bad, because he looked like he could help us. USC made a big deal oout of his commitment there, saying he was a sleeper, had made remarkable strides this past year, etc.
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No. You're confusing him with Elijah Stewart.
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My apologies. Assumed wrongly that Westchester did not have two guys named Stewart on its team. Glad I am wrong.
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My apologies. Assumed wrongly that Westchester did not have two guys named Stewart on its team. Glad I am wrong.
Not only that they are good friends...LOL
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USC got the better Stewart, but I think our Stewart can contribute in the future if his knees are OK. I can also see him starting a game at SF if Lavin has another one of his weird hunches that don't pan out. Luckily, Stewart is better than the average walk on.
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USC got the better Stewart, but I think our Stewart can contribute in the future if his knees are OK. I can also see him starting a game at SF if Lavin has another one of his weird hunches that don't pan out. Luckily, Stewart is better than the average walk on.
Better than Hooper? I cringed watching Hooper play defense.
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Hooper wasn't a walk on. But I wrote on the boards that people expecting anything out of Hooper would be disappointed, so I'm going to go ahead and say yes, I think Stewart is better than Hooper. Whether he gets the chance to show it over the next four years is another story, though.
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Hooper wasn't used properly. He's a machine and he had a bit of size to him. Could have been good for 6ppg in about 10mpg.
Stewart isn't going to add anything besides good practice time.
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Hooper wasn't used properly. He's a machine and he had a bit of size to him. Could have been good for 6ppg in about 10mpg.
Stewart isn't going to add anything besides good practice time.
Maybe so but in those same 10mpg he probably would have given up 10ppg and 5rpg. I believe he was the worst defensive player in D1 basketball, he could shoot it though.
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Hooper was a machine . . . standing still in an empty gym posing for online videos. He did nothing at Harvard, did nothing at St. John's, and will do nothing at Oakland. He really should have enrolled in the Stern School of Business and donned violet for the final season of his non-rec league career.
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Hooper wasn't used properly. He's a machine and he had a bit of size to him. Could have been good for 6ppg in about 10mpg.
Stewart isn't going to add anything besides good practice time.
It's disturbing that Lavin couldn't find a way to get something out of that kid.
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Hooper wasn't used properly. He's a machine and he had a bit of size to him. Could have been good for 6ppg in about 10mpg.
Stewart isn't going to add anything besides good practice time.
Maybe so but in those same 10mpg he probably would have given up 10ppg and 5rpg. I believe he was the worst defensive player in D1 basketball, he could shoot it though.
Agreed the guy could not cover a hole in the ground. He was a complete defensive liability. He was good to come in for a play or two, hit a 3, but no way you could keep him on the floor for any length of time with guys like Bryce Cotton or Nova guards or Semaj Christon for any period of time. They would expose him in about 2 minutes.
I know the RM game was a mess either way but the RM guards just abused him without regard. I mean they ran him thru screens, off the dribble. He couldn’t stay with either of them for more then 2 seconds.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
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Hooper wasn't used properly. He's a machine and he had a bit of size to him. Could have been good for 6ppg in about 10mpg.
Stewart isn't going to add anything besides good practice time.
Maybe so but in those same 10mpg he probably would have given up 10ppg and 5rpg. I believe he was the worst defensive player in D1 basketball, he could shoot it though.
Agreed the guy could not cover a hole in the ground. He was a complete defensive liability. He was good to come in for a play or two, hit a 3, but no way you could keep him on the floor for any length of time with guys like Bryce Cotton or Nova guards or Semaj Christon for any period of time. They would expose him in about 2 minutes.
I know the RM game was a mess either way but the RM guards just abused him without regard. I mean they ran him thru screens, off the dribble. He couldn’t stay with either of them for more then 2 seconds.
When did Hooper play guard? If Lavin put him on either of those small quick guards on RM he would be the worst coach ever. You must think Lavs is a terrible coach. I doubt he did something that stupid.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
yep...its called having other threats (i.e. Melo, Amare et al)...unfortunately we didnt have the threats to make him an afterthought when in game
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
yep...its called having other threats (i.e. Melo, Amare et al)...unfortunately we didnt have the threats to make him an afterthought when in game
D'Angelo Harrison? Rysheed Jordan? Jakarr Sampson? All good offensive players.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
I'm talking about his talent compared to his peers. Novak is arguably the worst defender in the NBA, that didn't stop him from being effective.
Also, we've had quite a few players in the last 15 years with better college careers than Novak.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
I'm talking about his talent compared to his peers. Novak is arguably the worst defender in the NBA, that didn't stop him from being effective.
Also, we've had quite a few players in the last 15 years with better college careers than Novak.
Who would that be?
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
I'm talking about his talent compared to his peers. Novak is arguably the worst defender in the NBA, that didn't stop him from being effective.
Also, we've had quite a few players in the last 15 years with better college careers than Novak.
Who would that be?
Well D'Angelo Harrison would be most recent.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
I'm talking about his talent compared to his peers. Novak is arguably the worst defender in the NBA, that didn't stop him from being effective.
Also, we've had quite a few players in the last 15 years with better college careers than Novak.
Who would that be?
Well D'Angelo Harrison would be most recent.
Harrison has to play well down the stretch to be in the same category as a guy who was ready for big games throughout his career. I'd agree that Harrison was supposed to be better than Novak. So were a lot of our recruits. No post season, the career is pointless.
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
I'm talking about his talent compared to his peers. Novak is arguably the worst defender in the NBA, that didn't stop him from being effective.
Also, we've had quite a few players in the last 15 years with better college careers than Novak.
Who would that be?
Well D'Angelo Harrison would be most recent.
Harrison has to play well down the stretch to be in the same category as a guy who was ready for big games throughout his career. I'd agree that Harrison was supposed to be better than Novak. So were a lot of our recruits. No post season, the career is pointless.
Harsh
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We can blame Lavin for Hooper for not making more of an impact here but he did not make a dent at Harvard either and was not recruited heavily elsewhere. Lavin got more out of him than the Harvard coach. We will see how Hooper does at his next stop. Hooper's other shortcomings may simply be too great.
I thought Hooper should have seen more playing time. Even just as a decoy, he would open up the court for slashers. He was the only guy on our roster that defenses would have no choice but to play up in his grill at all times. The kid can shoot the ball although he did not get a great opportunity to show it here. I think he does well at a lower level.
There wasn't a single opponent that he was capable of guarding. You can hit 4 threes in a half, but if you give up 5 threes, and you can't contribute in any other way, how can you really justify being out there?
There are ways to compensate for having a player on the court who is a defensive liability. I can't recall him ever single handedly giving up 5 threes. I think the board is exaggerating how bad he actually was on defense. Not saying he should have played 25 min per game, but I personally would have liked seeing him get 10-15. We had many offensive droughts where having him out there could have definitely helped.
I'm not exaggerating. I watched him play on a number of occasions. He's the worst defender I've ever seen in an STJ uniform - and that includes the 03-04 team that played out the season with garbage.
Yes he's a bad defender, arguably not even worthy to be a division 1 defender. But, then again Steve Novak had no business playing defense in the NBA the year he torched the nets with the Knicks. Like I said, there are ways to compensate having a player on the court who is a liability in other areas.
Novak had as good of a college career as any player we've had in the last 15 years. I'd sign up for that.
I'm talking about his talent compared to his peers. Novak is arguably the worst defender in the NBA, that didn't stop him from being effective.
Also, we've had quite a few players in the last 15 years with better college careers than Novak.
Who would that be?
Well D'Angelo Harrison would be most recent.
Harrison has to play well down the stretch to be in the same category as a guy who was ready for big games throughout his career. I'd agree that Harrison was supposed to be better than Novak. So were a lot of our recruits. No post season, the career is pointless.
Harsh
Maybe so, but the ones who have "it" are ready for the spotlight when the pressure is on. Harrison has to be ready for the big games. If that's not the case, and I'm wrong, I'd welcome anyone who'd like to point out how.
And let me be clear, these last two seasons aren't on his shoulders. They lost as a team.
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If we had more players like Harrison we would all be happier and we never would have had the privilege of meeting needs to go and and Linda. Harrison gets the most out of his abilities and plays well in big games. He played great defense against Syracuse this year as one example.
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If we had more players like Harrison we would all be happier and we never would have had the privilege of meeting needs to go and and Linda. Harrison gets the most out of his abilities and plays well in big games. He played great defense against Syracuse this year as one example.
Xavier? Providence? He didn't play well, but like I said, no one did.
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Is Myles on campus?