Christian Jones was the last man signed in St. John’s eight-manrecruiting class, and it doesn’t bother him at all.Even when a group is considered special, somebody has to belast.”It didn’t affect me being called that,” said the 6-foot-7,222-pound Jones after the Red Storm’s final exhibition game. ”ButI knew I came in as an underdog, the person nobody knew, thesleeper of the group.”Those descriptions may be short-lived. The native of Arlington,Texas, who attended IMG Academy in Florida, is expected to startthis season for the Red Storm. He’ll be part of a freshmen frontline that looks similar to ones during years of national prominencein the Big East.”We’re normally on the court together in practice and that willmake it easier for us to play together from the start,” saidJaKarr Sampson, a 6-8, 204-pound forward who played at St.Vincent-St. Mary’s in Akron Ohio (the school that gave us LeBronJames) before prepping at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.The third member of the freshmen front line is 6-9, 223-poundChris Obepka from Nigeria, who played at Our Savior New American onLong Island.”Chris does his work on the defensive end, grabbing stuff inthe air and blocking shot after shot,” Sampson said before takinga jab at his teammate who… Read full this story
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