Carino on Ron and Jaden

[dpwhite]

Some good tidbits here

 

[Rhuarc]

Certainly makes those who are freaking out in the Hornets workout thread seem like they are overreacting. Shocker.

 

[ScarletR30]

I think it has been expected for a while but nice to see carino reporting Caleb as coming back.
Would be a big addition for this team next year.

 

[dpwhite]

I think it has been expected for a while but nice to see carino reporting Caleb as coming back.
Would be a big addition for this team next year.

“seems likely” not guaranteed yet though

 

[willisneverrana43]

This article says what you’d expect to be said about Jaden Jones. That’s what happens when you ask someone other than one of the guys who likely advised Jones to declare in the first place.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

This article says what you’d expect to be said about Jaden Jones. That’s what happens when you ask someone other than one of the guy’s who likely advised Jones to declare in the first place.

If the Carino article is accurate (that we’re not technically holding his spot), not putting his name in the portal as a back up was literally the dumbest part of all. To return to college anywhere other than RU he’d now have to sit out.

 

[Scangg]

If the Carino article is accurate (that we’re not technically holding his spot), not putting his name in the portal as a back up was literally the dumbest part of all. To return to college anywhere other than RU he’d now have to sit out.

Maybe he did stop going to classes knowing he was going to go pro no matter what and wouldn't be academically eligible to play if he returned to college?

If academics weren't an issue, it doesn't make sense why he wouldn't put his name in the portal as a backup plan but he seems to have no interest in returning to college anyway

 

[Eagleton95.99]

Relative to Jaden Jones, it's interesting to note that when talking about Harper (a proven elite offensive player), the thing the scout said Harper had to prove was that he could defend NBA wings and move his feet. I wonder what this scout would say about Jones' defense? Scout: "I see he shot 23% from 3. But can he guard a wet paper bag?"

 

[kcg88]

If the Carino article is accurate (that we’re not technically holding his spot), not putting his name in the portal as a back up was literally the dumbest part of all. To return to college anywhere other than RU he’d now have to sit out.

I think he knows he's not going back to college.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

I think he knows he's not going back to college.

Yup. Has to be the case. Unless Carino is wrong and we’re not technically holding Ron’s spot (I.e. Pike already knows for sure he’s not returning). In which case we’d still have an opening for Jones.

 

[willisneverrana43]

If the Carino article is accurate (that we’re not technically holding his spot), not putting his name in the portal as a back up was literally the dumbest part of all. To return to college anywhere other than RU he’d now have to sit out.

The kid's being advised by either Larry, Moe or Curly.

 

[Scarlet Blind_rivals]

The research of his name on Max Preps, Jaden Jones went through 5 high schools in 3 1/2 years.

Freshman Cy Rock Learning Center Tx
Sophomore Dallas HSAA Tx
Junior Prolific Prep CA Nov/ St Louis Christian Academy MO Dec
Senior DasCHE Academy Tx Dec/ Rutgers Jan.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who sorted through his academic standings and approve enrolling him into Rutgers with all that paperwork. The other odd thing is his first appearance he played was February 10th 2021 vs Iowa, almost 1 year to the day of his first appearance, February 5th, 2022 was the last game he played, ruled ineligible after 1 full academic/athletic year?

Not sure if it works that way, but it appears like it did.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

The research of his name on Max Preps, Jaden Jones went through 5 high schools in 3 1/2 years.

Freshman Cy Rock Learning Center Tx
Sophomore Dallas HSAA Tx
Junior Prolific Prep CA Nov/ St Louis Christian Academy MO Dec
Senior DasCHE Academy Tx Dec/ Rutgers Jan.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who sorted through his academic standings and approve enrolling him into Rutgers with all that paperwork. The other odd thing is his first appearance he played was February 10th 2021 vs Iowa, almost 1 year to the day of his first appearance, February 5th, 2022 was the last game he played, ruled ineligible after 1 full academic/athletic year?

Not sure if it works that way, but it appears like it did.

But he remained on the sidelines and traveled with the team for March Madness. If you are academically ineligible you wouldn’t Be able to do that, right?

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I wonder how many people that are negative now on Jaden Jones also were negative on Pike for not playing him.

 

[Kbee3]

I loved the quote from the scout...."He (Jones) hasn't done anything."
Hard to argue with that.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

There has to be zero chance he returns to college. I have to think he isn’t that badly advised that he wouldn’t put his name in the portal.

 

[BellyFullOfWhiteDogCrap]

The research of his name on Max Preps, Jaden Jones went through 5 high schools in 3 1/2 years.

Freshman Cy Rock Learning Center Tx
Sophomore Dallas HSAA Tx
Junior Prolific Prep CA Nov/ St Louis Christian Academy MO Dec
Senior DasCHE Academy Tx Dec/ Rutgers Jan.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who sorted through his academic standings and approve enrolling him into Rutgers with all that paperwork. The other odd thing is his first appearance he played was February 10th 2021 vs Iowa, almost 1 year to the day of his first appearance, February 5th, 2022 was the last game he played, ruled ineligible after 1 full academic/athletic year?

Not sure if it works that way, but it appears like it did.

Giant red flag.

 

[PatrickRU92]

There were rumors right after Jones signed with us that he was looking at playing in the G league .This guy does not want to be in college.

 

[Plum Street]

The biggest takeaway is looks like Caleb is coming back . With that I think we are a tournament team again with a chance to win a game or 2

 

[mikeyoc]

The Three Stooges were topflight corporate execs compared to
the clowns advising him

 

[Scarlet83]

The kid's being advised by either Larry, Moe or Curly.

Nope. Dewey, Cheatem and Howe, LLC.

 

[Scarlet83]

The research of his name on Max Preps, Jaden Jones went through 5 high schools in 3 1/2 years.

Freshman Cy Rock Learning Center Tx
Sophomore Dallas HSAA Tx
Junior Prolific Prep CA Nov/ St Louis Christian Academy MO Dec
Senior DasCHE Academy Tx Dec/ Rutgers Jan.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who sorted through his academic standings and approve enrolling him into Rutgers with all that paperwork. The other odd thing is his first appearance he played was February 10th 2021 vs Iowa, almost 1 year to the day of his first appearance, February 5th, 2022 was the last game he played, ruled ineligible after 1 full academic/athletic year?

Not sure if it works that way, but it appears like it did.

Looks like loyalty is a big deal to Jaden.

 

[GilliganIsland]

Jaden has those Cortez Davis vibes

 

[Scangg]

The biggest takeaway is looks like Caleb is coming back . With that I think we are a tournament team again with a chance to win a game or 2

According to ashcatchem we don't even have a playable team next year

 

[NickRU714]

Giant red flag.

Eh. Is it though?
Coach Pike didn’t seem to think Jaden attending 5 high schools was a giant red flag.

 

[kcg88]

Eh. Is it though?
Coach Pike didn’t seem to think Jaden attending 5 high schools was a giant red flag.

Didn't Corey Sanders go to 3 or 4 high schools? And then he stayed here three seasons even with a coaching change.

 

[BellyFullOfWhiteDogCrap]

Eh. Is it though?
Coach Pike didn’t seem to think Jaden attending 5 high schools was a giant red flag.

In this particular case, it certainly was. IMO, multiple transfers = an inability to be honest with oneself. "It's never my fault" kind of mentality, or a kid who was able to dominate in HS due to natural ability, but didn't want to put the work in at the collegiate level to be competitive.
Of course, this isn't true 100% of the time, but it has always raised an eyebrow for me whether it's football or hoops.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

According to ashcatchem we don't even have a playable team next year

Exaggeration. We have the pieces to be pretty good. As long as we have Caleb out there on defense… He has under 2 weeks left now to decide right?

 

[GM]

Pretty much every player goes to 3+ high schools nowadays, doesn’t really mean anything

 

[MADHAT1]

Pretty much every player goes to 3+ high schools nowadays, doesn’t really mean anything

Don't think many do, but there are some cases that prove that does happen and RU had another multiple HS player Cory Sanders
From Wikipedia,
Sanders began his high school career at McKeel Academy in Lakeland, Florida, playing two seasons
] After transferring to George W. Jenkins High School in spring of his second year, he enrolled at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his junior season.
Sanders left IMG in November 2013 for family reasons, transferring to Kathleen High School in Lakeland.
Sanders was ruled ineligible for the first half of his junior basketball year, averaging 15.7 points per game for Kathleen in the second half.
Sanders initially returned to George Jenkins for his senior season, transferring to Faith Baptist Christian Academy in Georgia in September 2014, and finally to West Oaks Academy in Orlando by November.

 

[Eagleton95.99]

Don't think many do, but there are some cases that prove that does happen and RU had another multiple HS player Cory Sanders
From Wikipedia,
Sanders began his high school career at McKeel Academy in Lakeland, Florida, playing two seasons
] After transferring to George W. Jenkins High School in spring of his second year, he enrolled at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his junior season.
Sanders left IMG in November 2013 for family reasons, transferring to Kathleen High School in Lakeland.
Sanders was ruled ineligible for the first half of his junior basketball year, averaging 15.7 points per game for Kathleen in the second half.
Sanders initially returned to George Jenkins for his senior season, transferring to Faith Baptist Christian Academy in Georgia in September 2014, and finally to West Oaks Academy in Orlando by November.

I think the point of the term "red flag" is that it's something that is often correlated with a bad outcome or a problem, but it's not a sure thing. If it was a sure thing, they it would just talk about the issue directly. So changing schools a lot is a red flag that someone might have character and loyalty issues. That's different than actually knowing that someone has character issues.