By CHARLIE PARENT & ADAM ZAGORIA
St. John’s players A.J. Storr, O’Mar Stanley, and Kolby King have all entered the transfer portal, they announced Tuesday.
The news comes just eight days after legendary coach Rick Pitino came on as the Red Storm’s head man.
Others are expected to follow the trio in leaving the program.
Storr was the leading contributor of the three, averaging 8.8 points per game in his freshman campaign. Stanley averaged 4.7 points per game last year and King scored 1.7 as St. John’s went 18-15 and missed the NCAA Tournament.
Pitino talked at length about the transfer portal in his introductory press conference and said he planned to add 6-8 new players to a St. John’s roster he would build around returning big man Joel Soriano.
“I need guys who can shoot the basketball, not get fatigued, get after it defensively,” he said. “We’re probably going to have to bring in 6-8 players for this basketball team and that’s going to take a lot of work.”
He added that there would be turnover on the current St. John’s roster, which began Tuesday with the departures of Storr, Stanley, and King.
“A lot of players probably won’t be back on this team because they’re probably not a good fit for me,” he said. “…It takes a certain type of player to play for me…and if you’re not, it’s just not a good fit, it just doesn’t work.”
Where St. John’s stands with several of its top transfer targets, including Walter Clayton Jr., Nick Timberlake, and Chris Ledlum, can be found here.
Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter
Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram
The post St. John’s A.J. Storr, O’Mar Stanley and Kolby King to transfer appeared first on Zagsblog.