Max Hooper - SF - Harvard Transfer - Irvine, CA - ST. JOHN'S

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

Bernardi is a generous 6'2.  Hooper is legit 6'6.  That alone can differentiate one from the other.  Bernardi at his size would have to create his own shot.  Hooper at his size wouldn't have to.

And most didn't think Bernardi wasn't a BE player.  They just questioned those who wanted him to come in and contribute immediately.  Hooper is being looked at as a specialist.  Bernardi wanted to play significant minutes and would not have seen that here.

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

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Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

He looks like a fine player who would be better suited at one of the local mid majors or A10 schools. Now that SMU is moving to the Big East they will recruit better players than they cold target before. If I were Berardi I would be looking at schools like Rhode Island for example.

Hooper is being looked at as a specialist.  Bernardi wanted to play significant minutes and would not have seen that here.

Why Hooper transferred? Perhaps because he played only 4 minutes.

The specialists dont´play much time. How many minutes would play Hooper here?

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 10:57:06 AM

Hooper is being looked at as a specialist.  Bernardi wanted to play significant minutes and would not have seen that here.

Why Hooper transferred? Perhaps because he played only 4 minutes.

The specialists dont´play much time. How many minutes would play Hooper here?

Nobody here knows why he only played in 1 exhibition and 1 reg season game.  Hopefully a smart reporter asks him.  Maybe he was struggling with the demands of Harvard academics?  Maybe Amaker was going with upperclassmen?  You have watched the video.  The kid can play.  He played at arguably the most famous HS in California and for annually loaded Brewster team in the competitive NEPSAC.  And he is very close friends with Karr.  I don't know how many minutes he would play.  But if he's playing more minutes that means he's earning it.

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:05:52 AM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Iowa State?

He verballed to SMU when they were still A10 though.  Technically not power conference but it worked out. 

Quote from: Chilleb on March 29, 2012, 11:19:13 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:05:52 AM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Iowa State?

He verballed to SMU when they were still A10 though.  Technically not power conference but it worked out.

C-USA you mean.

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:21:54 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on March 29, 2012, 11:19:13 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:05:52 AM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Iowa State?

He verballed to SMU when they were still A10 though.  Technically not power conference but it worked out.

C-USA you mean.

Yeah

Quote from: fordham96 on March 29, 2012, 11:23:55 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:21:54 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on March 29, 2012, 11:19:13 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:05:52 AM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Iowa State?

He verballed to SMU when they were still A10 though.  Technically not power conference but it worked out.

C-USA you mean.

Yeah

iona i was talking about and he probably had some idea that they would be going big east during his tenure at smu.

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:25:27 AM

Quote from: fordham96 on March 29, 2012, 11:23:55 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:21:54 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on March 29, 2012, 11:19:13 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:05:52 AM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Iowa State?

He verballed to SMU when they were still A10 though.  Technically not power conference but it worked out.

C-USA you mean.

Yeah

iona i was talking about and he probably had some idea that they would be going big east during his tenure at smu.

Hmmmm Iona.  To be honest I think he can play at higher level like a Fordham.
I don't think when he verballed SMU was even talked about but who knows who knew what when it came to the conference carousel.

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

Bernardi is a generous 6'2.  Hooper is legit 6'6.  That alone can differentiate one from the other.  Bernardi at his size would have to create his own shot.  Hooper at his size wouldn't have to.

And most didn't think Bernardi wasn't a BE player.  They just questioned those who wanted him to come in and contribute immediately.  Hooper is being looked at as a specialist.  Bernardi wanted to play significant minutes and would not have seen that here.

Maybe Lavs sees him as similar to one of his few lost recruits at UCLA - sharpshooter Spencer Gloger - who he signed, but then lost to tranfer to the Ivy before he played a game for UCLA.   6'6-6'7 shooter.  A "poor man's" Jason Kapono.  Has had a heckuva Euro career after being all-Ivy at Princeton.  Lav's thought he could bring Gloger along slowly, and have him ready to replace Billy Knight alongside Kapono.  Knight was a slow, 6'5 pure shooting wing also, who did little for 3 years (including a redshirt season), befoe ending up a 14 pt, 43% 3pt shooting SG his last two years.  Billy never made the league, but did play several years for the Globetrotters.

This kid would be a weapon.  It seems like every other school has some specialist they can pull of the bench to launch threes. Why not us?  We have the slashing wings and wide open style to get this kid plenty of open looks.  He's a long 6'6/6'7 kid that could be hidden in our zone while he develops his foot speed. 

He'd be invaluable in practice and he'd be a kid that the defense would HAVE to mark up and defend 25 feet from the basket, stay in contact with while he runs in and out of screens, and not switch off during screens. It's very tough to do that with a kid like D'Angelo on the floor. A truly sick shooter has such a wide-ranging impact on the game...he causes his opponents to close out recklessly, doesn't allow his defender to help at all--which, in turn, makes it exponentially easier for a Branch or Garret to get to the basket...a shooter doesn't allow his defender to crash the boards and causes problems in transition. 


Also, how many missed threes result in offensive rebounds?  A much higher % than other missed shots.

Quote from: 0404 on March 28, 2012, 10:00:20 PM

Steve Novak can't get his own shot either.

Neither could Brady Heslip, but he won a game in the tourny for Baylor. Coach fcked up not getting him open in elite 8

Why don't you ask Lou why he couldn't get Chris Mullin open in the final 4 game?

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:25:27 AM

Quote from: fordham96 on March 29, 2012, 11:23:55 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:21:54 AM

Quote from: Chilleb on March 29, 2012, 11:19:13 AM

Quote from: Moose on March 29, 2012, 11:05:52 AM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 29, 2012, 11:00:14 AM

Quote from: ris on March 29, 2012, 10:54:20 AM

There were many posters who said that Brian Bernardi was not a Big East player. Now those same posters are very happy to have in our team a guy who has played 4 minutes in a Ivy team (and he was not injured).

I don't think there is a comparison of the two players. Hooper is much bigger and Berardi would not contribute at St Johns. Berardi will always be a topic because he is a NYC kid. Its time we move away from loving the NYC kids. Lavin will grab the top 13 kids available for St Johns coast to coast.

If Bernardi didn't go to Xaverian there wouldn't be as much talk about him.

i think smu was his only chance to play in a power conference if he ends up de-commiting from there wouldnt be suprised to see him in maroon and yellow next year.

Iowa State?

He verballed to SMU when they were still A10 though.  Technically not power conference but it worked out.

C-USA you mean.

Yeah

iona i was talking about and he probably had some idea that they would be going big east during his tenure at smu.

Chilleb, got any inside info?

 Post story on Bernardi said he selected SMU because Matt Doherty's "Princeton-style offense" was in his words, the best fit for his style.

Link: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_scho....cx3dSOLsNnhBefO

NYPost_Brazille RT @BrewsterHoops: #Brewster alum @maxthehooper has an offer from #Oakland to go with his offer from #StJohns

Anyone hear anything about him visiting this weekend?

Hooper update.  Looks like it is between Oakland and SJU.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/04/13/harvard-transfer-hooper-considering-st-johns-oakland/