http://lfballonhoops.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html
"Last night JR Inman, Jeremy Hazell, and Anthony Mason Jr. played together on a pretty good team of current college players against the Uptownere who had some very good players including Speedy Claxton, Andre Barret, Donnie McGrath (sp), Kenny Aduleke, and others not named. Starting in July the Uptowners will have 4 more professionals playing including Troy Murphy, Dunlevy, and Ryan Gomes.
My sources tell me all the players looked good with JR and Mason having monstor dunks on guys in traffic. The Uptowners won the game by around 6 but everyone left impressed with the younger players on the Dyckman Team. Antonio Pena joins them for the next game."
"Love surfing the various message boards on Rivals, as well as Redmen.com, and BigEast Boards. I also enjoy reading Johnny Jungle, which is way more than just a blog."
"What's going on at SJU?
Norm, one of the true gentlemen in the game, has one last chance to get it done at St. Johns. They have decent talent on board and if they come together as a team they could be pretty good. The one factor everyone is forgetting is they could get the old Rob Thomas back. If he comes back the way I think he will, SJU will be a much improved team. Burrell and all the returning kids who will be improved, plus the new guys who might just be better than the limited press clippings they have, and Rob Thomas. Not bad to me and a team that could definitely compete especially if Anthony Mason is what folks expect him to be."
Gotta admit, after he said that SJU needs Jarred Famous "more than another team in the country" a few weeks ago..
... Good ol' LFball was "dead to me" as well... but he's come back "strong" in my book with the two blogs posted on this thread..
.. Could not agree more with his assesment of this years SJU team. Especially his main point that a
HEALTHY Rob Thomas is a would give this team a
HUGE boost on the offensive end. Plus, i agree with his observation that some players just don'tr have the "fire in their belly" to compete at the highest level like Davis & Jessie... who had
ALOT of skills(and had senior year at loughlin) but never took that "next step" in college. In fairness to him i think alot of that was Jarvies fault. He got in his doghouse & basically went uncoached for his final two years at SJU. He might have been a little trobled but he was not a "bad kid" & deserved better than what he got from Mr. "Life Skills"..
.. although i gotta disagree with his take on Mase. I think junior does love the game & wants
DESPERATELY to be part of a winner here at SJU. Unfortunately, injuries & playing with one of the worst point guards in school history has held him back. The fact Lawrence couldn't run a fast break
OR throw a decent alley-oop pass cost him more than a few points imo.... fortunately, he still has
ONE more chance to prove that he could be one of the
BEST players in the Big East this year & finally get us to posseason play..
.. nice find jj!!
p.s. -
"In Mase WE Trust"..
.. peace!