Rick Pitino just lately sat down and watched three of Kadary Richmond’s finest video games at Seton Corridor final 12 months.
There was one factor that the St. John’s coach seen between Richmond this 12 months and final 12 months.
“The only major difference I witnessed is the ball was in his hands more at Seton Hall, and I feel he’s put on about eight to 10 pounds that he needs to lose,” Pitino stated Friday. “He’s not as quick as he was then. I talked to him last night about it, in studying you could see it. … He needs to be at 205 not 212, 214, and I think that’ll help him immensely not get as fatigued and it will help his quickness.”
Requested if that’s possible to do in the course of the season, Pitino joked: “Just lose a pound or two a week, like most of you guys should.”
The 6-foot-6 Richmond is averaging 10.8 factors, 5.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists, numbers which can be down throughout the board for him from a 12 months in the past.
Clearly, this can be a totally different fashion and he’s enjoying with one other ball-dominant guard in Deivon Smith.
Richmond is definitely capturing the very best proportion of his faculty profession from the sphere at 46.8 p.c, however on solely 9.9 shot makes an attempt.
“In his defense, he’s playing with Deivon, who wants the ball,” Pitino stated. “At Seton Hall, he had the ball 80 percent of the time.”
Most, if not all, of the Massive East coaches this weekend will put on sweaters to honor late St. John’s coach Lou Carnesecca, the convention’s director of communications, John Paquette, instructed The Publish.
Carnesecca would have turned 100 on Sunday.
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They may also put on a Carnesecca pin.
“We thought about doing this around the time of the funeral, but didn’t think that was the right time,” Paquette stated. “We thought this would be a good time to acknowledge all he’s meant to St. John’s and the Big East and New York college basketball. I think it will be kind of cool.”
Injured wing Brady Dunlap has returned to the group after spending the vacations at residence in California.
He stays on observe to return from left hand surgical procedure in both late January or early February.
