Welcome to Syracuse, BJ Johnson

[albanycuse]

Kid cant play , he should transfer lol. How about this dose of what he can do. He showed balls tonight and was a huge part of this victory. ONIONS!!!! Effen ONIONS!!!!!

 

[NineOneSeven]

D has improved infinitely over the year. And use of a pump fake.

 

[MSOrange]

Huge part??? He WON the game tonight. Actually it was a fantastic team effort. Some guys played better than others but I can easily think of something that each player did to contribute. I love games like that.

 

[tee1222]

Kid cant play , he should transfer lol. How about this dose of what he can do. He showed balls tonight and was a huge part of this victory. ONIONS!!!! Effen ONIONS!!!!!

Ha, Onions!

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Things are finally clicking for him. But it doesn't mean prior criticism was unfounded, just premature, he's really young and needed time.

 

[CraigForth]

So proud of him

 

[dasher]

Kid cant play , he should transfer lol. How about this dose of what he can do. He showed balls tonight and was a huge part of this victory. ONIONS!!!! Effen ONIONS!!!!!

As I said last year, he should have red shirted. His whole career would look different to him if he was a freshman this year.

 

[jgeorge322]

Kid cant play , he should transfer lol. How about this dose of what he can do. He showed balls tonight and was a huge part of this victory. ONIONS!!!! Effen ONIONS!!!!!

Ditto. Kid balled out there

 

[jdubs30]

BJ will be big time next year. Kid works hard. I was totally wrong about him. Kudos to him and OGBJ

 

[PauliePeppas]

As I said last year, he should have red shirted. His whole career would look different to him if he was a freshman this year.

Absolutely

 

[NineOneSeven]

Every single player contributed at certain times despite other head scratching moments.

That's called basketball and playing the game for 40 minutes.

 

[jgeorge322]

As I said last year, he should have red shirted. His whole career would look different to him if he was a freshman this year.

Give yourself a pat on the back for me once your done congratulating yourself.

 

[dasher]

Give yourself a pat on the back for me once your done congratulating yourself.

thanks. There was a message in that post.

 

[NKR1978]

BJ's play the last few games (along with Kris, Buss and Roberson over the course of the year) is exactly why it is moronic to read posts writing these kids off.

Edit: and by "Kris" I obviously mean "Kaleb."

 

[Loose Nukes]

Yeah, and the way people talked about him here was borderline deplorable. A young kid dedicated to playing for the team we love and of course nothing but constant negativity. I wish people would at least attempt to understand these are kids who are trying their best. I'm very glad his hard work is paying off. Really like how hard everyone played tonight and looked like Coach was doing some fine coaching down the stretch. It was a very nice game for us.

 

[Shark58]

BJ's play the last few games (along with Kris, Buss and Roberson over the course of the year) is exactly why it is moronic to read posts writing these kids off.

Kris gone

 

[NKR1978]

Kris gone

Haha - wrong Joseph. Though I'm sure he was written off at some point or other.

 

[BludOrange]

Tonight's dinner for many here...

 

[anomander]

As I said last year, he should have red shirted. His whole career would look different to him if he was a freshman this year.

Totally agree, but I think we were in the minority. I remember the suggestion getting shot down cause he was going to be getting a ton of minutes. His whole career could have been different. Oh well, hopefully things are finally starting to click.

With that said you see what happens when the kid is allowed to play through mistakes, and is given a chance.

 

[SUintheVille]

BJ will have his ups and downs. Glad to see some of his ups. When he has a down, don't freak. The trend is still up.

 

[Jack Hall]

BJ will be big time next year. Kid works hard. I was totally wrong about him. Kudos to him and OGBJ

I have been psyched to see what Malachis got next yr and have assumed he might start (either at 2 or 3) for us but will be interesting to see who gets more PT, BJ or Malachi. Hopefully two prime time players next year at small forward/wing to go along w G!

 

[Trueblue25]

Don't ever count out a young competitor. He's very, very young. We can argue all we want about redshirting, it's beating a dead horse. BJ will mature into a fine basketball player and you will all be very happy in time about it.

 

[Loose Nukes]

Totally agree, but I think we were in the minority. I remember the suggestion getting shot down cause he was going to be getting a ton of minutes. His whole career could have been different. Oh well, hopefully things are finally starting to click.

With that said you see what happens when the kid is allowed to play through mistakes, and is given a chance.

Are... are you... are you from the future?

 

[anomander]

Are... are you... are you from the future?

may mayb maybe

 

[Orange Rust Belt]

I find cases like this extremely interesting. Watching a player look completely lost for the first 3 months of the season, and just suddenly start playing legit D1 basketball is just crazy to me. Is it just a confidence thing? Gets a few extra minutes, makes a couple nice plays, and it just snowballs exponentially? BJ nailed a random 3 a couple games ago, and now we have tonight. Amazing.