Sanon moving to St

• Jonathan GivonyMar 26, 2025, 08:19 AM ET Close NBA draft analyst and author Signed Up With ESPN.com in July 2017
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Previous Arizona State wing Joson Sanon, among the top players in the transfer website, has committed to St. John’s and coach Rick Pitino, he told ESPN on Wednesday.

“Coach Pitino thinks in me and my possible and what he can do for me,” Sanon told ESPN. “He preaches working hard, and I wish to reveal him I’m the hardest working player that’s ever bet him. The way Coach P teaches defense is something I want to invest my time into.”

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1 Related Sanon, a 19-year-old freshman who averaged 11.9 points in 28.3 minutes per game and shot 36.9% from 3 this season, did not take visits to any schools after getting in the transfer website Tuesday. The No. 23-ranked player in the 2024 high school class, Sanon viewed St. John’s take on Georgetown at Madison Square Garden in March 2024 before initially devoting to Arizona State, his representative, Derek Malloy of LIFT Sports Management, told ESPN.Malloy stated he encouraged Sanon to leap at the opportunity to bet a Hall of Popularity coach in Pitino as soon as it existed to him.”New York City City, Madison Square Garden, Rick Pitino. If we weren’t the very first to take it, I ‘d envy the person who did, “Malloy said.St. John’s, a No. 2 seed in the

NCAA tournament as the Big East regular-season and conference tournament champions, lost 75-66 to John Calipari and No. 10 seed Arkansas in the second round. The Red Storm were 2-for-22 from beyond the arc in that game, making a vibrant shot maker like Sanon a clear priority.Pitino will lose a minimum of three starters from this season’s roster– elders

Kadary Richmond, Deivon Smith and Aaron Scott– who all played between 27 and 32 minutes per game. The status of juniors RJ Luis Jr. and Zuby Ejiofor, St. John’s leading scorers and most highly related to NBA potential customers, is yet to be determined. The team is most likely to lose a number of players to the transfer portal.More than 1,150 Department I players have actually entered the transfer website given that it opened Monday, far surpassing the previous years’overalls at the very same stage.Jonathan Givony is an NBA draft professional and the creator and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a personal hunting and analytics service utilized by NBA, NCAA and worldwide teams.