Donnie Freeman transferring to St Johns

[Orangezoo]

The NY Post article is behind their NYPost+ firewall but it came up available on my Google newsfeed on my phone. A few comments by Donnie included -
- He knows Pitino is going to be tough and not cut him any slack. Says he wants that to make him better.
- He wants to play in meaningful games that they win. Before college he'd never been anywhere where he didn't win. Wants to get back to that.

I'll let others interpret how that reflects on his time at Syracuse.

Professional response. He wanted to move on. When he left we had basically just a few players and nothing locked in.

Money played the factor here it’s just every kid is being coached to leave that out of the interviews. The winning part would more be a shot at UK than us.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Sadly he missed over 2 seasons, almost half the games (37/65). Hopefully for St John’s he stays injury free and fully available for Pitino to push hard.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Good read.

Why Mark Pope losing Donnie Freeman represents a much bigger issue for Kentucky Basketball

Donnie Freeman chose Rick Pitino and St. John’s over Kentucky. The missed commitment is not a talent loss, but it exposes a major flaw in Mark Pope’s process.

www.aseaofblue.com

 

[anglerman]

Good for him he certainly will be well coached

 

[CardiacCuse]

He’s such a square peg. Playing him comes with so many compromises.

people just see the highlights and the good plays and the best performances and thats where their analysis stops

the posters on this board waaaaaaay overrate blocks for some strange reason

its the most meaningless stat in basketball imo

and lets not get started on his FT shooting...good lord...the worst ft form i can remember in decades of watching bball

i like him and his attitude on a personal level...i mean...he did it "the right way"...for what he had to work with, he did about as best as he could. but all the people defending him just shows how far this fanbase has fallen in terms of expectations.

he is not the blueprint at all in what you should be looking for on an ongoing basis...like not even close

 

[JaySU22]

It is a bummer Donnie didn’t realize his talent in Orange but will be fascinating to see if Slick Rick gets him there. Either way I am guessing by mid season Donnie will be the subject of one of those famous Pitino postgame pressers where he’s just completely exasperated with his best players and their shortcomings.

 

[baggerbob]

It is a bummer Donnie didn’t realize his talent in Orange but will be fascinating to see if Slick Rick gets him there. Either way I am guessing by mid season Donnie will be the subject of one of those famous Pitino postgame pressers where he’s just completely exasperated with his best players and their shortcomings.

Don't be surprised if by mid season his Father hasn't got him sitting out with another injury.