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Post by hoopjunkie on Apr 11, 2021 18:48:24 GMT -5
Luke Southerland to LeMoyne He'll kill it there. WAs hoping he'd end up at St. Rose.
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Post by OneIndian on Apr 11, 2021 19:29:13 GMT -5
You guys realize Illinois already has a really good freshman PG from NY, Andre Cerbulo. He played against Albany Academy several times for Lu-Hi. Really good player B10 6th man of the year & I believe he’s the only legit PG on the roster, the other is a walk-on.
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Post by hoopjunkie on Apr 11, 2021 20:17:56 GMT -5
Didnt know Illinois lost both Frazier and Miller. Two huge losses in their backcourt. I can see why they'd want Pickett.
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Post by Quackman on Apr 11, 2021 21:02:16 GMT -5
Didnt know Illinois lost both Frazier and Miller. Two huge losses in their backcourt. I can see why they'd want Pickett. I’m thinking he’ll stay closer to home. Watch Penn St orBC as potential landing spots. Personally, I’d like to see him at Virginia, his defense would fit right in there
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Post by hoopjunkie on Apr 11, 2021 21:13:16 GMT -5
Didnt know Illinois lost both Frazier and Miller. Two huge losses in their backcourt. I can see why they'd want Pickett. I’m thinking he’ll stay closer to home. Watch Penn St orBC as potential landing spots. Personally, I’d like to see him at Virginia, his defense would fit right in there I have to think getting to the NCAA's will be a big reason, along with playing time of course, for the school he chooses. Dont see BC or Penn St getting him there.
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Post by bigsaintg on Apr 11, 2021 21:19:08 GMT -5
Is Jimmy Ratliff eligible to come back and play another year and not count as a ship?
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Post by hoopdad on Apr 12, 2021 10:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by orange77 on Apr 12, 2021 11:14:53 GMT -5
If I had to suggest a high major team where Jalen might find success, it would be Michigan. They had a grad transfer PG this year who was much smaller with a similar game to Pickett's, and their 7' center would really thrive with a pick n roll option. Plus, they have a great young coach (Juwan Howard) and Ann Arbor is not too far from western NY. Not sure that I see any real comparison between Jalen’s game and Mike Smith’s game. Each has their strengths, but don’t see a lot of similarities. Juwan Howard is 48. Not particularly young, but not old either. And Rochester is about 370 miles from Ann Arbor......eleven hours round trip by car, but flying’s a possibility, though that gets expensive depending on how often you do it. We’ll see how it plays out, but the Big Ten may be too much of a step up for JP. Wish that he had stayed in Loudonville, but hope he does well (and gets a degree) wherever he ends up. S22, you may be correct on all accounts (although I still consider Howard relatively young, in just his second year as a college coach), but at least one other thinks Jalen might be a good fit for Michigan: www.maizenbrew.com/basketball/2021/4/12/22379277/michigan-basketball-transfer-portal-options"Another guard that could be a natural fit in Ann Arbor is Siena transfer Jalen Pickett. The 6-foot-4 two-way star averaged 12.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists as a junior in 2020-21, but an injury limited him to just 14 games. He entered the season as the unanimous MAAC Preseason Player of the Year after scoring the most points in Siena history over the first two years of a career. He has his eyes on the next level, as he declared for the 2019 NBA Draft, so Howard’s NBA pedigree could be a major draw. Similar to Mike Smith’s up-transfer from Columbia, Pickett would be walking into a situation where he can transform his game to suit the dramatic increase in surrounding talent at Michigan." And if Jalen is looking for a P6 team with legit expectations of making the NCAA tourney, there are not too many options closer than Ann Arbor.
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Post by bulldog1440 on Apr 13, 2021 10:32:08 GMT -5
BB Recruiting
Should Syracuse Target Siena Transfer Jalen Pickett?
By Damon Amendolara Posted on April 12, 2021
The transfer portal has created a deluge of talent moving across the country, and one of the biggest targets is in Syracuse’s backyard. Siena point guard Jalen Pickett is getting major interest from power conference teams. The 6’4″ speedster was the MAAC Player of the Year and according to News 10 in Albany is drawing offers from ACC rivals and others. Virginia and Miami are reportedly interested, as is Maryland, Illinois, Penn State, and UNLV.
According to the report, Pickett’s phone “has been ringing off the hook.” That makes sense. Despite playing at a mid-major, his talents are obvious. He nearly topped a triple-double ten times so far with the Saints. Busting Brackets says, “Pickett is a pure point guard that can shoot and score at an efficient level. He doesn’t have many weaknesses and his overall game translates well to the power conference level.” Jeff Borzello calls him a “big-time playmaker.”
“I don’t have to play at a power five necessarily. I just want to go to a school that can compete and play in the NCAA tournament right away and play with really good players, maybe have a couple NBA prospects on their roster already.” – Jalen Pickett
If Pickett wants to play on a squad with multiple NBA prospects, he probably doesn’t stand much chance finding that outside a high-major. Syracuse certainly has that type of talent. No matter the preseason and mock draft predictions, SU continues to pump out NBA players annually. By the time the ’22 class gets here, the Orange may have brought in one of the best classes in program history.
Siena found a diamond in the rough. Few schools offered Pickett, who was a standout for Aquinas in Rochester. He helped lead Aquinas to the state title as a junior, averaging 20 and 10. He was also AA’s Player of the Year. He donned an Albany City Rocks uniform at the AAU level, and was deemed a 3-star recruit. Siena snatched him up, and now he’s one of the most coveted transfers available. He did a post-graduate year at Ohio’s SPIRE Institute, but Pickett had few offers when he verbally committed as the first Siena recruit for then-head coach Jamion Christian in 2018.
Certainly, Syracuse must have done its due diligence on Pickett in high school. Hard to miss a kid who wins the state title and is the player of the year less than 90 minutes away. There was clearly something SU wasn’t impressed by three years ago. But Pickett has become a standout with those two years of playing time at Siena, and now should be reevaluated.
“One of the nice things, especially about programs at our level, is kids come here and the stay four years and you build up that affinity for them. I remember always having this conversation about Siena, we’ve done well and there have been some semipro teams in the area that always didn’t sustain, and I always thought it’s because you don’t build up an identity with the players. Here you can do that, but now unfortunately we might be losing some of that.” – John D’Argenio, Siena AD
Obviously Buddy Boeheim and Joe Girard are two starting guards returning next season. The way Boeheim shot in March means he will be in the starting lineup every night. Will Girard? He went through some mighty slumps. Could Pickett play the point with Buddy manning the shooting guard spot? Does it matter who is the traditional point guard if everyone touches the ball?
The Daily Gazette writes, “When Pickett arrived at Siena, he projected to start his college career playing as somewhat of a secondary ball-handler. A preseason injury to Khalil Richard thrust Pickett into the role as Christian’s lead guard, and Pickett excelled in the Saints’ attack that was pick-and-roll heavy.”
Maybe Pickett doesn’t make a perfect basketball fit at SU, but in building today’s college hoops roster is anything ever perfect? The simple math is to win, programs need talent. Pickett is from upstate New York, has played college in Albany, and has plenty of teams wanting his services.
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Post by saintsfan12 on Apr 13, 2021 10:37:37 GMT -5
God I hope not
Anywhere else, please
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Post by hoopjunkie on Apr 13, 2021 10:50:17 GMT -5
Cant see Jalen wanting to be the 4th guard at Syracuse.......playing time will be most important factor in which P6 school he ends up at.
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Post by hoopjunkie on Apr 13, 2021 10:50:48 GMT -5
God I hope not Anywhere else, please UAlbany??
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Post by saintsfan12 on Apr 13, 2021 10:53:52 GMT -5
God I hope not Anywhere else, please UAlbany?? Haha wait.. Delete this before the universe sees
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Post by hoopdad on Apr 13, 2021 11:42:58 GMT -5
"The 6’4″ speedster"? Did I miss something the last 3 years? Jalen is a talented player but a speedster? I think not!
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Post by billmurray on Apr 13, 2021 11:46:38 GMT -5
"The 6’4″ speedster"? Did I miss something the last 3 years? Jalen is a talented player but a speedster? I think not! I thought the same thing. Given that I discount everything else in the article. I don't think Syracuse is a good fit for Picket. Too many minutes already eaten up at the guard slot.
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