Washington and Carey in the portal

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[cuse10]

Good for Jalen. Hope that URI has an offense that allows him to maximize what abilities he has.

 

[SUbear]

Good place for him he's probably not acc caliber at this point I wish him well there providence is a really nice city.

URI is not very close to Providence, but then RI is so small anywhere is pretty close.

 

[longtimefan]

URI is not very close to Providence, but then RI is so small anywhere is pretty close.

Cranston?

 

[pwong]

Cranston?

URI is about 35-40 min from Providence College. URI is in South Kingstown. I grew up about 20 min from both.

 

[Briancuse]

URI is not very close to Providence, but then RI is so small anywhere is pretty close.

For some reason I thought the campus was close to prov. But ya it's such a small state.

 

[jdubs30]

I think they both start...

 

[721Comstock]

I think they both start...

So, the PG, and the non-SG?

 

[jdubs30]

 

[sutomcat]

View attachment 182252

I admired how Jalen rooted for his teammates and did not pout during a season that had to be very difficult to watch from the bench. He seems like a very good young man.

I am sorry things did not work out for him here. I hope he gets a lot of playing time and his new coach shows some patience. If so, Jalen is going to develop into a very good player for the Rams. I will be rooting for him.

 

[tee1222]

So, the PG, and the non-SG?

 

[orange79]

URI is about 35-40 min from Providence College. URI is in South Kingstown. I grew up about 20 min from both.

For some reason I thought the campus was close to prov. But ya it's such a small state.

There is a small Providence campus, but it's more of just a building than an actual campus. As pwong said, it's about 30 miles from South Kingstown.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

This is a great choice. He can probably be 6th man and average 10 per or be third guard. Russell handles PG duties he won’t compete for those minutes. They have another very good 2G that returns.

They lose the guard that shared the point with Russel, their main forward, and Obi Toppins brother who sucked but is transferring to UK.

Their adds are good. Hassan Martins brother from Charlotte (he was the main big on Hurleys best teams) and the Mitchell twins from Maryland. 3 solid front court guys who don’t compete with Jaylen for minutes.

Those Mitchell’s remind me of the Martin twins who went to Nevada and are cashing checks for the Hornets.


Good luck Jaylen! I’m working 20 miles south of Boston so games at the Dunk to watch Brycen and Ryan Center for Jaylen sound good to me. Much better venues than lame Conte man I hate playing BC so much even if it’s close to me. Shame you can’t bet RI teams at Twin River.

 

[walsh2012]

Rhody

Jalen playing with the hopes of UCONN and Georgetown just to spurn them makes me really appreciate him more.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Good spot for him. Wish him nothing but the best!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Carey will do well and someday we'll welcome him back with open arms on Boeheim's Army. And it'll be a cool moment to have him back in orange.

 

[rrlbees]

Rubbed me the wrong way today when he said SU didn’t give him a chance

 

[pearl31]

Good for Jalen. I hope he shines there.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Rubbed me the wrong way today when he said SU didn’t give him a chance

Never showed anything but a bad handle and shot. He had his chance, just wasn't good enough. He's at a mid-major, that'll tell you something

 

[jdubs30]

Rubbed me the wrong way today when he said SU didn’t give him a chance

JB has done this for 40 years - he saw Jalen in practice for a year and a half and plenty of games - I trust his judgment. Also he ended up at an A10 school ...

 

[cuse10]

JB has done this for 40 years - he saw Jalen in practice for a year and a half and plenty of games - I trust his judgment. Also he ended up at an A10 school ...

I don't know if that's an insult to the A10. The best team in the country before the season ended was from the A10. He plays at one speed and wasn't a fit based on how Boeheim has run his offense for close to a decade now. 2012 and before, he'd have fit in well when SU used their athleticism to get up and down the court.

 

[Jzsshuttles]

Rubbed me the wrong way today when he said SU didn’t give him a chance

He actually said that?

 

[rrlbees]

He actually said that?

yea, in an interview. He was a great teammate as we saw. But I wish he hadn’t taken that parting shot.

 

[jdubs30]

I don't know if that's an insult to the A10. The best team in the country before the season ended was from the A10. He plays at one speed and wasn't a fit based on how Boeheim has run his offense for close to a decade now. 2012 and before, he'd have fit in well when SU used their athleticism to get up and down the court.

A10 is a fine conference, but he was a top 50 kid in HS; I’m sure A10 wasn’t on his radar then. He had interest from Kansas, Miami, etc the first time around. I’m sure if he could have went P5 he would have. Dayton was fantastic this year but the rest of the conference was meh at best; it’s a mid major

Not sure I agree with you there, we ran this year when we could. If Jalen proved he could play like that at this level without turning it over, I’m sure we would have ran more.

I like Jalen; he was clearly really into games this year from the bench. But I dont think it was JBs playing style that held him back. I hope he’s successful at URI.

JB has great success with transfers coming in, and the guys leaving aren’t as successful. It’ll be interesting to see how Carey and Goodine fare elsewhere

 

[OrangeDW]

A10 is a fine conference, but this kid was a top 50 kid in HS; I’m sure A10 wasn’t on his radar then. He had interest from Kansas, Miami, etc the first time around. I’m sure if he could have went P5 he would have. Dayton was fantastic this year but the rest of the conference was meh at best; it’s a mid major

Not sure I agree with you there, we ran this year when we could. If Jalen proved he could play like that at this level without turning it over, I’m sure we would have ran more.

I like Jalen; he was clearly really into games this gear from the bench. But I dint think it was JBs playing style that held him back. I hope he’s successful at URI.

JB has great success with transfers coming in, and the guys leaving aren’t as successful. It’ll be interesting to see how Carey and Goodine fare elsewhere this year

I think our playing style defensively maaaaybe held him back. We’ll see. He was good in the zone, but he might be even better in a system where he can pressure the ball defensively and then leak out and run the floor.

And he needs to be off the ball on offense. I can’t see him thriving in the halfcourt at this point, but he should be able to do well in transition as a two.