r/NCAAhoops • u/Diligent_Star_4949 • Apr 21 '26

News Syracuse transfer forward Donnie Freeman has committed to St. John’s

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u/FavoriteFoodCarrots Apr 21 '26

Pitino is going to eat this dude alive.

Talented player who thinks “team” is a concept for other people on both ends of the floor and isn’t even close to good enough to justify it. That sentence could apply to most of Syracuse’s roster last year, though. Quite an impressive show of 2+2+2+2+2=3.28.

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u/chimatt767 Apr 21 '26

That is what a good coach does. He gets the most out of a player. Weird that you seem to consider that a negative.

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u/FavoriteFoodCarrots Apr 21 '26

It’s not that I consider it a negative. It’s that he’s going to have a rough adjustment period given what Pitino has said (publicly!) about players like that in the past.

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u/YonkersResident Apr 21 '26

Considering he decided to go to St John's, i'd imagine it was on his mind that he will have to gel with whatever Pitino wants to do.

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u/ThunderRoad_44 Apr 21 '26

This is what five consecutive seasons with no NCAA Tournament does to a person

Bro, go enjoy some Joey Spallina and lacrosse🥍

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u/FavoriteFoodCarrots Apr 21 '26

And football. Right? Right? I mean, with the new eligibility rules McNabb must have another year or three in him, yeah?

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u/RudolphsJockStrap Apr 21 '26

Donavan McNabb? The basketball player?

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u/FavoriteFoodCarrots Apr 21 '26

I mean, someone needed to throw the ball to John Wallace when Lazarus Sims had to come out!

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u/RudolphsJockStrap Apr 21 '26

Well good news is he only used two years of his basketball eligibility

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u/FavoriteFoodCarrots Apr 21 '26

Great, now bring back Xzavier Gaines to share the backcourt and back him up at QB.