Maybe a real chance here

[gary2]

Pitt Makes Early Contact With Fordham Forward Transfer Joel Soriano

The Pitt basketball coaching staff is working hard to fill their need for big men on their roster. Losing Terrell Brown and Karim Coulibaly to transfer, coupled with the uncertain future of four-star freshman John Hugley, the Panthers have plenty of uncertainty at the center position. Despite...

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[pittchagg]

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Hope Jeff was on the call

 

[Vader_Storm]

Hope Jeff was on the call

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They already spoke to him once, both Capel and O'toole. This is the 2nd time.

Interest is mutual and high.

He is from Yonkers, New York. Priority recruit.

 

[cabe23]

They already spoke to him once, both Capel and O'toole. This is the 2nd time.

Interest is mutual and high.

He is from Yonkers, New York. Priority recruit.

I could see it coming down to us and St. Johns. He looks pretty good.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I would think we have a decent chance but a 5 from a bad A10 team isnt going to change much. Looks like a slight upgrade over Coulibaly

 

[pittchagg]

I would think we have a decent chance but a 5 from a bad A10 team isnt going to change much. Looks like a slight upgrade over Coulibaly

He’s got pretty similar production to Tre Mitchell.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

I would think we have a decent chance but a 5 from a bad A10 team isnt going to change much. Looks like a slight upgrade over Coulibaly

He’s got pretty similar production to Tre Mitchell.

Lol. Exactly what chagg said. How can you slobber over Mitchell for months then not want Mitchell lite?

 

[cabe23]

Lol. Exactly what chagg said. How can you slobber over Mitchell for months then not want Mitchell lite?

He's like 10x more athletic than Coulibaly and also at least 2 inches taller.

 

[Vader_Storm]

I could see it coming down to us and St. Johns. He looks pretty good.

He's got legit interest coming. Michigan, Oklahoma, Marquette, Georgetown, St. John's, West Virginia, Ohio State, etc... He is high on us with mutual interest, but this is far from being done between us and St. Johns, yet. Expect more schools to come in.

His rebound percentages are OR-15 / DR-28. Those percentages on offense and defense, ( in a far inferior league), are better than Justin Champagnie. He's a legit 6'11 with a huge wingspan. He's also from New York and plays with toughness and is physical.

This is a quality get with upside. A steal. Pair him with Reid and Champ and we have an intimidating frontcourt with massive size and rebound potential.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

He's like 10x more athletic than Coulibaly and also at least 2 inches taller.

There’s always gonna be a set of people who aren’t happy unless we get the Timberlakes of the portal. For as negative as Gary has been at least his targeted guys are reasonable given where the program is at the moment.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Lol. Exactly what chagg said. How can you slobber over Mitchell for months then not want Mitchell lite?

I didn't say I wouldn't want him. I said several times I wished we'd get Kene back because for crying out loud. I have my doubts we'll land anyone better than Kene. We have no one.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

I didn't say I wouldn't want him. I said several times I wished we'd get Kene back because for crying out loud. I have my doubts we'll land anyone better than Kene. We have no one.

And people say I’m negative... kene sucks

 

[Bellack1]

Lol. Exactly what chagg said. How can you slobber over Mitchell for months then not want Mitchell lite?

Why you have to ask. That's what all good Pitt haters do best.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

And people say I’m negative... kene sucks

For a P6 player, yes he does. But he is better than Brown and Max, which I know doesnt say much. He would he the best 5 on our team right now.

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

For a P6 player, yes he does. But he is better than Brown and Max, which I know doesnt say much. He would he the best 5 on our team right now.

Luckily next season doesn’t start tomorrow and they have plenty of time to evaluate and recruit better 5’s with a pretty big prospect in Reid lurking.

 

[JD1976]

He's got legit interest coming. Michigan, Oklahoma, Marquette, Georgetown, St. John's, West Virginia, Ohio State, etc... He is high on us with mutual interest, but this is far from being done between us and St. Johns, yet. Expect more schools to come in.

His rebound percentages are OR-15 / DR-28. Those percentages on offense and defense, ( in a far inferior league), are better than Justin Champagnie. He's a legit 6'11 with a huge wingspan. He's also from New York and plays with toughness and is physical.

This is a quality get with upside. A steal. Pair him with Reid and Champ and we have an intimidating frontcourt with massive size and rebound potential.

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Impressive reel. There are 4 highlights around the :50 to 1:10 mark where he scores baskets against Osun Osunniyi, who was one of the 2 or 3 best defensive players in the A10. He physically overpowered Osun on a few of those, in fact. Consider me impressed.

 

[Vader_Storm]

Impressive reel. There are 4 highlights around the :50 to 1:10 mark where he scores baskets against Osun Osunniyi, who was one of the 2 or 3 best defensive players in the A10. He physically overpowered Osun on a few of those, in fact. Consider me impressed.

Zag updated the list with more schools for Soriano.

Virginia, Creighton, VCU, Virginia Tech, Miami, South Carolina, Providence also added to the schools above.

He's a stepinac kid where O'toole went to school, same school as RJ Davis. I also find it interesting Illinois recruited him the first time around and reportedly offered and Soriano played with the Dominican National Team. That's interesting for 2 reasons. First, Ron Ramon also played for the Dominican Republic. And second, Orlando Antigua does really well landing these types of players and Illinois is not on this list yet and Antigua is also Dominican.

Soriano turned down Illinois and South Carolina for Fordham the first time. Fordham is in the Bronx, New York. Location obviously played a factor.

 

[HOF Coach]

For a P6 player, yes he does. But he is better than Brown and Max, which I know doesnt say much. He would he the best 5 on our team right now.

You are talking nonsense again. Go take your medicines and then go take a nap.

 

[joeydavid]

Lol. Exactly what chagg said. How can you slobber over Mitchell for months then not want Mitchell lite?

A hoopie going to hoopie.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

You are talking nonsense again. Go take your medicines and then go take a nap

Ok, just so we are clear, you believe Brown and Amadusun are better than Kene?

 

[HOF Coach]

Ok, just so we are clear, you believe Brown and Amadusun are better than Kene?

Just so we are clear, why are you always stirring up senseless bull sh*t like this??

 

[joeydavid]

Just so we are clear, why are you always stirring up senseless bull sh*t like this??

I'll take - unhappy with life choices for $200

 

[andypappas]

I would think we have a decent chance but a 5 from a bad A10 team isnt going to change much. Looks like a slight upgrade over Coulibaly

Did you watch the kid play to form this opinion?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Luckily next season doesn’t start tomorrow

What are you talking about?!?!?!? I mean I haven't seen a schedule or anything, but based on reading this board I just assumed our first game of the season was tomorrow. Or maybe Saturday at the latest.

 

[joeydavid]

Did you watch the kid play to form this opinion?

Lol. He doesn't even watch Pitt games.

 

[BFo8]

Did you watch the kid play to form this opinion?

I watched him play a few times and SMF is pretty much wrong. Fordham is horrible but Soriano played hard every time I saw him and has some skills. He’s not a guy who will wow anyone with his ability on the offensive end, but he’s a strong rebounder and a definite step above Coulibaly in my opinion.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

SMF is pretty much wrong

WHAT?!?! NO WAY!!!!

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Info on Soriano. Thinks St Johns has a slim lead on Ok St and Pitt

 

[gary2]

Info on Soriano. Thinks St Johns has a slim lead on Ok St and Pitt

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Thanks for the update