Anyone knows which players are on campus/ near campus for the summer working out?
'BIG' DAY FOR JOHNNIESBy LENN ROBBINSJune 10, 2008 http://www.nypost.com/seven/06102008/sports/big_day_for_johnnies_114815.htmGlenn Braica, St. John's assistant basketball coach, went to the Canary Islands in March and landed a big fish. The Red Storm yesterday announced the signing of 7-foot-1 center Phil Wait, who had coaches from UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas and Virginia Tech flocking to the islands. Wait, a 21-year-old from Manchester, England, averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds last season at Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H., which plays in the same New England prep-school league as St. John's players Justin Burrell and Paris Horne, both of whom attended Bridgton Academy. Wait was a teammate of Connecticut guard Jerome Dyson. Uncertain if he wanted to play professionally in Europe or go to college in the U.S. and develop his game in hopes of playing in the NBA, Wait enrolled at Gran Canaria Basketball Academy in Spain. The skilled big man, who would not have been available if he played on the AAU circuit, began garnering a lot of attention. When Wait seemed headed to playing professionally in Europe, several schools backed away, but St. John's kept the recruiting process active. He visited St. John's recently and decided he'd have a chance to develop, as did former St. John's players Lamont Hamilton and Qa'raan Calhoun. "He's got to work on his upper body strength, but he's a skilled big man who can score," said St. John's coach Norm Roberts. "We have a post player in Dele Coker who's really strong and is looking to learn to score, and now we have a post player who has a nice scoring touch. He can pass the ball, like most European players, and he wants to develop his upper body strength."lenn.robbins@nypost.comp.s. - Calhoun? Robbins is a nice person.. .. peace!
He visited St. John's recently and decided he'd have a chance to develop, as did former St. John's players Lamont Hamilton and Qa'raan Calhoun.
Quote from: oldred10 on June 10, 2008, 12:16:53 PMHe visited St. John's recently and decided he'd have a chance to develop, as did former St. John's players Lamont Hamilton and Qa'raan Calhoun. develop lamont and Q?? Puleeeze
Question is: We got ourselves an athletic team except for the bigs - although I think Sean and Dele can run. TJ can't. Dont know bout this big brotha, but sometin tellin me he aint no Jackie Joyner. What kinda team we puttin out next year?
If he could follow the career path of Aaron Gray I'd be pretty happy. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=15476http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gray_aaron00.htmlHe didn't do too much in the beginning of his career but really blossomed by the end of his career when he added more strength/size and became a force.