Just like any local kid it comes down to whether he wants to stay home or leave upstate/central/Western NY. Fortunately we have pretty good history with the real locals. It's not just our staff recruiting him It's also his friends and family.
I think someone else mentioned this but why couldn't he, or anyone else, become a paid spokesman for syracusefan.com. I think our payside could fund it.
If what is known about JJ wanting to get the keys to the kingdom, seems like an easy sell to slot into the starting spot replacing Hubb from day one. Plus the academics from ND.
Agreed
I think the assumption was, since he grew up a UNC fan, if offered, he would no doubt go to UNC. He has not been offered by UNC, and if he does get the offer, he is likely to take a visit there. That may be why he is leaving one visit open.
The only ones surprised are a few here that were running the narrative that he valued a great education so much that he'd go one year there instead of lowly Syracuse (or somewhere else) because of academic reasons. Just a reminder to a few... one and done's aren't looking at academics unless it has three letters included... n b a
To my knowledge, he hasn’t been offered by them. I started this thread, based on my son’s relationship with him (they are separated by 3 years, so they haven’t stayed in touch, sorry) and it is known that JJ grew up a UNC fan.
We know one thing, he will not be the man at Duke. He would be their 3rd best (highest ranked) recruit in that class and then he would be expected to be out the door. If he is allowed to come back a second year, he would then be behind another crop of top 10 recruits. He will never be the man at Duke. And when he is gone, he will be way down on their list of past players. At SU, he would likely be our best recruit of this cycle. If Benny comes back, Benny is the man. But, JJ would likely start and he would be one of our top scoring options. Personally, I think the SU situation is better than the other three on that list. But, I am not exactly objective. But, who cares about ND basketball? Nobody. Who cares about NW basketball? Mike Greenburg, that's it. I hope he sees it that way, he would be the diamond of this recruiting cycle.
No other way to look at it other then he really wants to come to SU, but wants to see if someone else can grab his interest. He's been around the Cuse his entire life, he knows what's here. Does he take a chance in going elsewhere cause the grass is always greener, or stay home and do the "known entity" thing? Tough choice.
Bazely was a gut punch. This guy was someone who committed out of the blue and has never stepped foot on campus. Bazely decommitted much later as well. I believe he also signed too.
Bazely was a debacle. Bazely had signed a LOI and then decommitted in March of his senior year. Lands decommitting the summer before his senior year gives us much more room to operate, especially with the transfer portal, which wasn't an option when we lost Bazely.
He obviously values academics and a private institution. Notre Dame, Duke and NW are highly rated private schools.
He will be a sure fire NBA pick if he comes to SU. Nobody treats guards with his skills better than JB.
Bazley hurt, no doubt, but it’s not like he’s the first to leave schools at the alter. People thought it was different when the one and done was over. Found this interesting article
Could we do an annual midnight madness type scrimmage to benefit all players, or is 'pay for play' not allowed?
During the next page and a half? People will probably discuss JJ
