Lavor Postel vs Dom Pointer

Has there ever been a player who was more often compared to than Postell? Haha I feel like there is always a guy on the team we compare to him. Used to be Horne.

Lavor had a better 4 year career. Dom has probably had a better single season than any of Lavor's seasons. Yet if we're talking about the entire 4 years, I'd probably give Lavor the edge. However Pointer has made the biggest improvement of any SJU player in 1 season that I can remember. 

Man this is tough!  Postell was one of my favorite players ever and really the SF I use for comparisons.

Dom has had an unbelievable season...one of my favorite seasons from a St. John's player ever.  He can literally guard anyone, although I'm so thankful that they have him guarding bigs instead of small guards this year (something Amase and I have been begging for for years). 

I still have to go with Lavor.  He was a beast....as good as you can get as a rebounder from the SF position.  He was smart, played great D, and the thing that sets him apart from Dom was his ability to shoot.  He was an offensive threat that could space the floor.  He was a career 33% three-point shooter and 79% from the line.  His junior year (Elite Eight season), he shot 41.4% from three on 99 attempts. 

Lavor had a better 4 year career. Dom has probably had a better single season than any of Lavor's seasons. Yet if we're talking about the entire 4 years, I'd probably give Lavor the edge. However Pointer has made the biggest improvement of any SJU player in 1 season that I can remember. 

Lavor's junior season (Elite Eight year) was incredible.
He only played 27.1 mpg (compared to Dom's 34.1 this year):

13.1 Points per game
6.4 Rebounds per game (playing alongside Artest, Grant, Bootsy)
41.4% from three (41-99)
79.4% from FT line
44.4% from the field
.86 Steals per game
.90 Assists (lowest total in career, highest of 2.2 as a frosh pre-Barkley and Artest)

Dom this year:
13.1 ppg
7.4 rpg
2.4 blocks per game
2.0 steals per game
2.9 assists per game
.056% from three (1-18)
76% from FT line
53% from the Field

Judging careers isn't really close.  Postell was a major cog on teams that went to three NCAA Tournaments, won the old Big East, and came a shot from the Final Four.  Dom's awful, awful junior season takes him out of the discussion immediately but a lot of the blame has to fall on Lavin and Sampson. 

Lavor's JR and SR seasons are much closer comparisons for Pointer's senior season.  Would it be nice to have Lavor on this team...that would be a near lock for the Sweet 16.