Obekpa

This beats any soap opera.

Should we tweet the fans who transferred out of here imploring them to return?

What's Marco Baldi's opinion on all this?

Where is Moose - the voice of reason?

Do we get a full length satire from Fun out of this?

times like this i really miss CR

If CO stays sju retains players better than most other programs.  With over 400 transfers last year it is unusual to have none.

It is unusual and right now we have one-Max Hooper-unless he changes his mind also.

This smells fishy.   

This smells fishy.   

Are you suggesting Lavin sent him a dead fish in the mail indicating if he transfers he will be sleeping with the fish ?

Give it a rest Desco:

Jay ‏@JayOn_1  6m
Obekpa is definitely staying. Would have never thought it #Sjubb @obekpa12 now get to ass in the GYM!!!!

If this happens, there is no way to look at this except as a positive. He is a key guy, at a position of extreme need. And the only way he would come back is if he agree to fix the attitude issues, a la D-Lo.

maybe Phil staying changed things for him

If this is true add the WCC rebounding machine, kid from Illinois (Jones) and maybe a shooter (Henderson) and we may just be alright.

One more rebounder and we are fine.  He should continue to mature; develop inside game, improve on boxing out etc.  His shotblocking is fearsome and adds a dimension that is valuable.  Gotta get the kid to a pizzeria regularly so he can  put on some weight.  Hope this news is right.

 

If this is true add the WCC rebounding machine, kid from Illinois (Jones) and maybe a shooter (Henderson) and we may just be alright.

if we get the rebounding juco kid and Chris back I might even be optimistic for next year

Never thought I'd be saying that after the last few weeks

For a St.John's fan, there is no time like the summer. That's where all the excitement is.

Good one poison

So if Obekpa comes back, We return everyone besides Sanchez and Sampson. Not too bad. No reason to think we can't have a nice season next year.

Hooper. We still need a shooter

Get at least one or two more rebounding forwards and a shooter and we can be competitive.  We'll also have some true big guys with both delarosa's.   Desco, all of college basketball is a bit fishy.  Nature of the beast.  Don't ask questions.

Can Delarosa be an improvement over Sanchez if he does the dirty work underneath the basket? Sanchez was very hyped and was not the type of player that we needed...Not his fault on being overhyped. If CO is back There is less pressure on Delarosa to become great quickly.

Maybe he learned the old saying...the grass is not always greener on the other side.

+1000

And however one falls on Lavin's future , it does help to mute the negative vibe that has surrounded the program the past 2-3 weeks

Can Delarosa be an improvement over Sanchez if he does the dirty work underneath the basket? Sanchez was very hyped and was not the type of player that we needed...Not his fault on being overhyped. If CO is back There is less pressure on Delarosa to become great quickly.

He's not an improvement over Sanchez because he's a totally different animal.  He's got like 100 lbs and several inches on Sanchez.  Drastically different positions, skills etc.  I'd still like to see us replace Sanchez with another wing, because Sanchez really was a combo forward.  I wish I could find that twitter pic with Delarosa standing next to Sanchez.  He was monstrous next to him,  and Sanchez the same size as Obekpa.

Sanchez was a finesse guy. He did some things well, but Delarosa, from what video I've seen of him, is a straight up big man. Sanchez often thought he was a guard, agdinst teams like Fordham, DePaul, Butler and Seton Hall he could be.

Against Wisconsin, SU and Nova, not so much.

We need players to have some defined roles. He's getting the rebound? Last year, no one wanted that role.

Marial Shayok just decommitted from Marquette. 6'7 Canadian strong athletic forward. Michigan, Indiana and Virginia all recruiting him so the Johnnies probably a long shot at best.

D Lo may have been the best crunch time rebounder and that is sad.   Obekpa goes for the block (which is fine) as long as someone else is under to box out.  Not having that leads to too many offensive rebounds.  We could really use that big bruiser inside late in games.  Hopefully like ADR & the westchester kid have some of that in them. 

This beats any soap opera.

Should we tweet the fans who transferred out of here imploring them to return?

What's Marco Baldi's opinion on all this?

Where is Moose - the voice of reason? ... ?

Per Jayon, Moose is transferring out of JJ.