Jalen Johnson transferring

[billikenfan05]

21 minutes ago, BourbanStreet said:

FWIW Jalen Johnson started 24/33 games last year averaging 27.2 MPG. Started 20/33 his FR year averaging 24 MPG. In his last 5 games he had 40, 40, 30, 34, 36. Was he going to start next year, no. Did he start majority of games past 2 years- yes.

He started by default last season 

[moytoy12]

3 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said:

I love Jalen but he’s way too slow (at the moment at least) to be in the NBA 

Too slow and lacks the necessary intensity.  Don’t get me wrong, I like JJ, but he’s not an NBA-level player.

[JohnnyJumpUp]

3 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:

Post disgrace title “SLU Basketball Starter Transferring”. This is half clickbait little j journalism and half slanted to make it look like ford can’t hang on to his top players....

Knowing the team, I look at that title as Ford's 2018 class is stacked and Johnson, who was a starter (regardless if by default), is moving on because he sees his minutes being cut significantly. Now I could definitely see how someone who has no clue about the team or college basketball, would probably read that differently.

[Quality Is Job 1]

In the print edition, it says, "Johnson is leaving St. Louis U. after two years."

[billikenfan05]

21 minutes ago, Quality Is Job 1 said:

In the print edition, it says, "Johnson is leaving St. Louis U. after two years."

Yes because they don’t need to sensationalize it to garner clicks 

[Tonka]

16 hours ago, slufanskip said:

It seems to me people are underestimating Jalen as a player. It's like we believe the player he was as a Soph is all he'll be as a Jr. Usually the biggest jump is between the Soph and Jr years. 

Yes they are, Skip.  If you look at conference play, which is the second half of the season he was a very good player.  One would think that would only continue.  The guy shot over 82% from the FT line in conference play, which led the team.  For a team that was 335th in the country in FT's, that's a big loss.  Jalen shot 43% from 3PT in conference plan, which led the team.  And for a team that was 314th in the country in 3PT shooting, that's another big loss.  He protected the ball relatively well too.  His defense was not great, but I don't think he was a complete liability either.  Also, he appeared to be a great teammate and stayed out of trouble.  I think this is a pretty big loss.  In the end, I'm not sure what the overall impact will be (if any), but it would have been nice to have another experienced player going into next year.  

Best of luck to you, Jalen.

[brianstl]

LSU might be the worst place for him to transfer.  His weaknesses would only be amplified in Will Wade’s system.

[cheeseman]

When you lose your starting job you are no longer a starter. Yes he was a starter but that was past tense in my opinion  it was not an accurate headline  why do you think he decided to transfer

 

[Cowboy]

17 hours ago, Tonka said:

Yes they are, Skip.  If you look at conference play, which is the second half of the season he was a very good player.  One would think that would only continue.  The guy shot over 82% from the FT line in conference play, which led the team.  For a team that was 335th in the country in FT's, that's a big loss.  Jalen shot 43% from 3PT in conference plan, which led the team.  And for a team that was 314th in the country in 3PT shooting, that's another big loss.  He protected the ball relatively well too.  His defense was not great, but I don't think he was a complete liability either.  Also, he appeared to be a great teammate and stayed out of trouble.  I think this is a pretty big loss.  In the end, I'm not sure what the overall impact will be (if any), but it would have been nice to have another experienced player going into next year.  

Best of luck to you, Jalen.

-well stated, thanks for this

-also, JJ started 4 of the last 5 

[Billikid]

On 5/4/2018 at 5:51 PM, NextYearBill said:

kid was soft... didnt fit our bulldog pack

While it's true he's not quite the physical specimen the rest of the squad will be next year, or highly aggressive, I do think we still have to give him some credit for having some mental toughness. I had a class the same time as Jalen in Xavier this year and one day we were both walking down to Chaifetz after class. It was the day after VCU and he was bummed, but if you remember, he had 0 pts in 8 min. He was going to meet with coach and didn't explicitly say about what (but I figure we're assuming playing time here). 

The next game was Dayton and he responded with 16 pts in 20 min. That's a resilient dude. I'll miss him.

[HoosierPal]

3 hours ago, Cowboy said:

 

-also, JJ started 4 of the last 5 

Here are some numbers, with Player, Games Played-Games Started.

Anthony 32-1

Bess 33-33

Foreman 32-15

French 32-32

Goodwin 26-26

Hines 33-1

Johnson 33-24

Roby 33-33

Ford started Anthony and Hines in the last home game, over Johnson and Foreman, as a tribute for Senior Night. 

So a definition of starter depends on 'what your definition of a starter' is.  I find no issue with the title of Stu's article.

 

 

[slufan13]

Anyone hearing where he may end up?

[MattyMo213]

20 minutes ago, slufan13 said:

Anyone hearing where he may end up?

I heard that he was gonna visit Texas A&M back when school was still in session. But that’s all I’ve heard 

[NextYearBill]

oh yeeeah... that tool 

[wgstl]

JJ is off to the Ragin Cajuns

[RUBillsFan]

5 minutes ago, wgstl said:

JJ is off to the Ragin Cajuns

Interesting, verbal commits says they don't have any scholarships left to give (not that it would stop any school from adding a player they deem an improvement) http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/ul-lafayette

[wgstl]

1 minute ago, RUBillsFan said:

Interesting, verbal commits says they don't have any scholarships left to give (not that it would stop any school from adding a player they deem an improvement) http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/ul-lafayette

indeed.

https://twitter.com/RaginCajunsMBB/status/1020005357291270144

 

 

[JMM28]

Thats a solid-ish low major program. A definite downgrade in conference and level from SLU, but hey. 

[ACE]

1 minute ago, wgstl said:

indeed.

https://twitter.com/RaginCajunsMBB/status/1020005357291270144

 

 

This could simply be a case of him wanting to be closer to home, but Ford indicated he was a bit surprised by the Johnson transfer. I wonder if Pearson had never signed here if Johnson would have stayed. As it turned out with Pearson's departure, Johnson would have still been projected to fill an important role on next year's team.

[NextYearBill]

kid was soft. 

[billikenbill]

Good luck to the Bayou Billiken!

[bauman]

There certainly could be a family reason for his decision, but I think the following might be more likely:

JJ saw the Big 4 as taking all the 4/5 minutes and Bess taking most of the #3 (wing) minutes leaving not much available for him.  In addition, he might have assumed that Welmer might be able to play and get some of the 3/4 time.

[AGB91]

Good luck Jalen.

When we really needed help you answered our call.

[dlarry]

Good for him but I bet he won't be as successful as Jake Delhomme. My favorite Ragin Cajun.

[Old guy]

We owe Jalen a debt of gratitude for what he did for us over the last two seasons. All the best to you Jalen Johnson.