I really hope Jordan is paying attention to what Lavin is doing at St. John's. In 3 years, our coaching staff has already put 1 player in the NBA (Harkless) and potentially has 2 others who are on the cusp (Harrison and Sampson). If the key players stay past this season, which is probably the expectation at this stage, and the team is able to add a dynamic playmaking guard in Jordan to go along with an already solid backcourt with Harrison, Branch, and Greene, then they are going to be a terrific team next year. And he in no way should be discouraged by who is currently there because he will get plenty of PT out there.
Why his final 3 looks strange to me with Temple (even as his "hometown team"). While Lavoy Allen has made the league this year, He's the ONLY Owl in the League. The last Guard to make it was Lynn Greer, who had a 41 game cup of coffee career. Before him, you have to go all the way back to Mark Macon. In it's entire history, Temple hasn't produced a single 3 assist a game career NBA player. A single 5 rebound a game player. A single 15 pt a game player. Only TWO double digit NBA players (pretty far apart, too - Eddie Jones and Guy Rodgers).
Lavin, as we know has sent 4 PGs to the league, and 15 players to the NBA in 9 years as a head coach (a truly mind boggling number). And Rysheed's other school, UCLA, has the most NBA players ever. And far and away the most PGs ever (there was a day in the NBA 3 years ago, where Baron Davis, Earl Watson, Jordan Farmar, Darren Collison, Russell Westbrook and Jrue Holiday all started at PG for their teams. 6 of the 30 starting PGs in the league from one school). I think the decision is waiting on a determination of Ben Howland's status. Howland, in 9 seasons at UCLA, has sent 13 players to the NBA, and 6 Point Guards, including 2 All-Star PGs (and two other PGS from Pitt - 8 total in 13 years). To put that in Perspective, Mike Krzyzewski, in nearly 30 years at Duke, has sent 8 PGs to the NBA. And that's counting Austin Rivers as a PG.
I don't think the numbers are lost on these recruits.