Justin Taylor transferring to JMU

[anglerman]

Hearing how upset he was about getting booed by our own fans really upset me. Felt terrible for him. He loved Syracuse. Worst thing our fans have done in recent memory IMO. Hope he lands well.

Totally unacceptable. Poor kid was a much better player than he showed. Fans should never do that !

 

[MikeSU02]

Good luck to JT. Hope he does well wherever he lands. He was on a Cuse team that won 20 games.

 

[Eric15]

I wish Justin nothing but the best in basketball and life. He never did anything to misrepresent SU or himself. He's just not cut out for the ACC. He'll do great at a low-to-mid-major.

 

[TexanMark]

Heard he has a g/f at Syracuse. Wonder if that affects his school choice?

 

[M2MPrinciples]

I won't pretend to know the guy outside of who he was on the court, but I wish him well. It was tough watching him struggle the way he did, but he didn't give up on the team and there's something to be said for that. I can easily see him thriving at a smaller program.

I'll never get the students booing one of their own, aside from the fact that college kids are idiots (I should know, I was one).

 

[CuseTG2003]

Totally unacceptable. Poor kid was a much better player than he showed. Fans should never do that !

I'm fine w/ booing the team when they're playing very poorly, but booing an individual player who's trying his best is inexcusable. People suck.

Best of luck JT. Your effort on the boards and defense didn't go unnoticed.

 

[Phin#3]

Heard he has a g/f at Syracuse. Wonder if that affects his school choice?

LeMoyne

 

[tee1222]

Heard he has a g/f at Syracuse. Wonder if that affects his school choice?

Sure it does!
He can now have two girlfriends.

 

[oldpinepoint]

Social media sucks, it’s toxic, if I was a player I would turn it off during the season

 

[RyanCuse44]

Interesting this guy received a text in January, along with some other names scratched off, about this -

 

[TexanMark]

LeMoyne

No brainer...if he blows up he can transfer again.

Love to see LeMoyne move up to the MAAC in 5 years.

 

[Eric15]

I'm convinced Justin's issues this year were more mental than physical. He got a case of the yips that he just couldn't overcome. He shot 39% from deep last year and 76% from the line. This year was 30% and 65%.

A fresh start with a brand new (small) fanbase that isn't as intense as ours will be great for him.

 

[FloridaCuse]

LeMoyne

If so I hope we play them next year. And our fans cheer J.T.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Yeah the booing AT him specifically was a total joke. I wish I was around those morons doing it. Complete idiocy.

 

[tbonezone]

he certainly had his chance here. just wasn't clicking. he'll be a better fit someplace else.

 

[007]

All he gave was everything he had. All he did was whatever the staff asked. How do you not root for a kid like that?

 

[Owens guy]

I'm convinced Justin's issues this year were more mental than physical. He got a case of the yips that he just couldn't overcome. He shot 39% from deep last year and 76% from the line. This year was 30% and 65%.

I wonder if his shot issues are more mental or physical. There hasn’t been an injury reported or hinted by anyone that I can remember.

JT does have a very muscular build. Didn’t JT gain a lot of muscle last offseason?

Best of luck JT. I never questioned your effort and always appreciated you battling taller opponents for boards. You’ll always be Orange!

 

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[pwong]

Heard he has a g/f at Syracuse. Wonder if that affects his school choice?

Lots of kids have transferred out while having a gf at cuse still. Quincy Gurrier, Frank Anselem, Jesse Edwards, Joe Girard in recent memory

 

[hungrychuck]

I liked him. Thought he always played hard and was one of the few on the team with a P5 body.

It’s a shame about his shooting woes, but hopefully he regains the touch next stop.

 

[djcon57]

Interesting this guy received a text in January, along with some other names scratched off, about this -

Interesting to note, it was the day after Q's buzzer beating vs Miami.

We followed that up going 3 of 4 with arguably 3 of our worst losses (Fla St at home, at BC, getting creamed by Wake).

 

[rrlbees]

Lots of kids have transferred out while having a gf at cuse still. Quincy Gurrier, Frank Anselem, Jesse Edwards, Joe Girard in recent memory

I don’t know about the first 3 but Girards GF went with him. I believe she had graduated too. She may be in grad school at Clemson.

 

[pwong]

I don’t know about the first 3 but Girards GF went with him. I believe she had graduated too. She may be in grad school at Clemson.

Quincy Gurrier’s gf/fiance still lives in Cuse i believe. Frank Anslem’s gf was a cheerleader or on dance team when he transferred, Jesse Edwards gf is on staff for cuse field hockey or something?