Mookie Jones TransferWatch Bingo

“I would play harder but I’m so torn over Dexter”

Sorry Sean, gonna keep it up til you catch up.
Better hurry, it’s getting harder to avoid the spoilers on the World Wide Web.

the second row. Straight across. Already got 3 of 5.

has DOCTOR gross finally infiltrated us?!?!

But I’ve seen a few people asking why Jimmy B doesn’t just throw him in for a few minutes when it looks like the team is struggling to score.

I just don’t understand this argument.
1. I’d say the only time all season this team has struggled to score is for a few minute span during the Florida game. And the guys on the court managed to figure out that dilemma without Mookie’s help.

2. Every single person in front of Mookie is very good offensively. And as Mike Waters often quotes Boeheim as asking, “Why would I want to take Billy Owens out of the game?” So who sits on the bench while Mookie is in the game? Andy? Wes? It doesnt’ really matter who — why would Jim Boeheim want to take anyone in the lineup ahead of Mookie out of the game? Okay, Wes was slow to find his points against Florida. But Boeheim left him out there and he eventually found a way to score 17 points and grab 10 boards. He’s not doing that if he sits on the bench.

As for player development, Waters also points out correctly that Jimmy B has a loooooong track record of developing young guys into excellent players. So, if Mookie stays and works hard at what the coaches tell him, I have no worries he’ll develop into an excellent player.

And if he can’t do that and decides to transfer instead, and even turns out to be a star somewhere else, I still say that’s fine with me. Because, from what we’re hearing from the players, as much as their offense and defense are clicking on the court, they are also really tight off the court. And that is probably just as much a part of their success as anything else. This team doesn’t need a headache attitude now or later.