Lamont Jones - PG - American Christian School - Aston, PA - IONA

The Rivals article was rubbish. Alex Schwartz has been in Miami out of touch with anything going on for the entire year. It's merely commentary with no substance.

thanks dave

So if a dead period is starting for a couple weeks please dont say this can drag on for that long.  I don't know if we could analyze this any other way as we already have hit everything

LOL its not the person i was envisioning thats involved in his recruitment. everyone (including me) can breathe easily.

LOL its not the person i was envisioning thats involved in his recruitment. everyone (including me) can breathe easily.

Would love to know who you were 'thinking' of.

Dave, what kind of news from Momo's camp can we expect and when?

As someone said earlier, will this drag out during the dead period?   I know you must have great sources, but it would be nice for St. John's to put out an official announcement.

What is the Momo-Kyle Anderson connection, if any?

Minor point, how hard is it to change the "SG" to a "PG" in this thread's title?

Dave, what kind of news from Momo's camp can we expect and when?

As someone said earlier, will this drag out during the dead period?   I know you must have great sources, but it would be nice for St. John's to put out an official announcement.

What is the Momo-Kyle Anderson connection, if any?

Minor point, how hard is it to change the "SG" to a "PG" in this thread's title?

Dead period just prevents on campus and off campus visits.  It doesn't prevent phone calls either way.  And I'm sure MoMo knows where campus is and has been there.

Devils advocate. Shouldnt MOMO's assists #'s be higher ?

I support bringing Momo on board, but I do think peter has made some great (and truthful) points.

Momo is a headache.  Has been a headache since his HS days and I hear he's still a bit of a handful.  IF we decide to bring Jones on board, Lav will really need to work to make sure this A) doesnt alienate Nurideen Lindsey (who could be pissed off because of this) and B) doesnt affect the chemistry with the rest of the group.  However, the reason I support bringing Momo on board is that, after watching a number of our recruits play, I really feel a number of these guys will be deficient offensively coming into the Big East next year, and we could REALLY use some scoring and this would be a huge boost. 

This move is all about weighing the pros and cons.  I can certainly see and understand either side of this argument.

Didnt you say on facebook a couple of days ago that you wanted MOMO so bad you would change your name to MOMO Rabinowitz or something like that if he came here ?

Quote from: TRabinowitz on May 19, 2011, 12:38:49 PM

I support bringing Momo on board, but I do think peter has made some great (and truthful) points.

Momo is a headache.  Has been a headache since his HS days and I hear he's still a bit of a handful.  IF we decide to bring Jones on board, Lav will really need to work to make sure this A) doesnt alienate Nurideen Lindsey (who could be pissed off because of this) and B) doesnt affect the chemistry with the rest of the group.  However, the reason I support bringing Momo on board is that, after watching a number of our recruits play, I really feel a number of these guys will be deficient offensively coming into the Big East next year, and we could REALLY use some scoring and this would be a huge boost. 

This move is all about weighing the pros and cons.  I can certainly see and understand either side of this argument.

Didnt you say on facebook a couple of days ago that you wanted MOMO so bad you would change your name to MOMO Rabinowitz or something like that if he came here ?

Yep!! Swaying back and forth on whether I want him. 

NYDN article on Momo: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2011/05/19/2011-05-19_lamont_momo_jones_will_transfer_from_arizona_may_land_at_st_johns_uconn_or_seton.html

Quote from Daily News article on Dermon Player, who is one of the people in his ear: "But one Big East assistant coach – whose school is not seeking Jones – characterized the process as Player "shopping" Jones around perhaps because "he may want to get back into college coaching."

"I would never use a kid to get a job," Player said."

Again, I hope the staff trudges carefully with this one.  The kid has always been a circus and has had many voices in his ear throughout his basketball career.

There are people within who are for and people who are questioning MoMo's value on a whole to the team. So for the reports either way could be depending on who you're hearing it from. Everything I said prior holds true to how things unfolded in real time today. There are still some doubts which has kept Lav's fingers on the trigger but yet to pull. Literally it keeps going back and forth. I might get another text in an hour that says done again. I'm going to refrain from posting more play by play on this. When its officially done, done. I'll chime back in.

I'll reiterate my desire not to have MoMo. I'd rather live or die with Stith spilling minutes who's a competitor and good teammate. MoMo's talent is far superior but sometimes it isn't worth it.

There are people within who are for and people who are questioning MoMo's value on a whole to the team. So for the reports either way could be depending on who you're hearing it from. Everything I said prior holds true to how things unfolded in real time today. There are still some doubts which has kept Lav's fingers on the trigger but yet to pull. Literally it keeps going back and forth. I might get another text in an hour that says done again. I'm going to refrain from posting more play by play on this. When its officially done, done. I'll chime back in.

I'll reiterate my desire not to have MoMo. I'd rather live or die with Stith spilling minutes who's a competitor and good teammate. MoMo's talent is far superior but sometimes it isn't worth it.

I'm starting to agree that MoMo is probably not even worth it.  This thing seems like it wont help us that much and might even cause a logjam with the guys we have.  Maybe we should just see what happens with Harrow or just move on all together.  I'm wondering if Lavin will even go ahead with MoMo at this point.

Quote from: Dave on May 20, 2011, 01:10:23 AM

There are people within who are for and people who are questioning MoMo's value on a whole to the team. So for the reports either way could be depending on who you're hearing it from. Everything I said prior holds true to how things unfolded in real time today. There are still some doubts which has kept Lav's fingers on the trigger but yet to pull. Literally it keeps going back and forth. I might get another text in an hour that says done again. I'm going to refrain from posting more play by play on this. When its officially done, done. I'll chime back in.

I'll reiterate my desire not to have MoMo. I'd rather live or die with Stith spilling minutes who's a competitor and good teammate. MoMo's talent is far superior but sometimes it isn't worth it.

I'm starting to agree that MoMo is probably not even worth it.  This thing seems like it wont help us that much and might even cause a logjam with the guys we have.  Maybe we should just see what happens with Harrow or just move on all together.  I'm wondering if Lavin will even go ahead with MoMo at this point.

MoMo has his negatives, yes.  But Harrow would create more of a logjam.  MoMo coming in as a Jr. with immediate eligibility means he's a Sr. in 2012 with possibly Jevon and or Kyle.  Harrow coming in as a Soph, would be much closer to Jevon and or Kyle in 2012.

I agree with Moose if Lamont gets his waiver he would help balance out the scholarships.  It would work out great if Jevon needs an extra year but something doesn't smell right and assuming it is either Lamont or someone in 2012....I would prefer to hold it for some of the high level talent in 2012.

So yesterday he was going to St. John's 100% and now he isn't?

So yesterday he was going to St. John's 100% and now he isn't?

Huge matzoh ball.

Why all the negativity with this kid? Has he ever actually been suspended or in trouble with either school officials or the law? I know he's bounced around high school to high school and gave a few committments along the way, but that is not uncommon these days. Anyway, why not give him the benefit of the doubt?

Am I missing something?

I would prefer to hold it for some of the high level talent in 2012.

Ditto.  We're very close with Anderson and Gathers (whom I'd prefer in the long run), and in good shape at the guard position next season (in my opinion). 

The only thing that would make MoMo a very important pickup is if Nuri wasn't on track to be here this coming year due to schoolwork issues.  I know he needs summer classes to fulfill all his coursework.  Hopefully he is doing so.

Personally, I think it's hard to say we are set at the guard spot next year. To say oh, we don't need a PG like Momo because we have Nuri, Stith and a couple of combos is a bit of a reach. Momo is an established high major guard that already has proven he can play on a high level. The other guys haven't.