St. John's players AJ Storr, O'Mar Stanley, Kolby King plan to enter the transfer portal

St. John’s basketball players AJ Storr, O’Mar Stanley and Kolby King each plan to enter the transfer portal, they each told On3.

St. John’s parted ways with Mike Anderson at the conclusion of the season and have since hired Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino.

Stanley and Storr each started least 17 games this past season for the Red Storm. King, a freshman guard, played in 26 games off the bench.

Storr is a former four-star recruit and On3 top-100 high school player. He was the No. 106 player in the 2022 On3 Industry Ranking. The On3 Industry is a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four major recruiting media services. The On3 Industry Ranking is the most advanced, complete and unbiased rating and ranking measurement in the industry. 

Storr, a 6-foot-6 guard, started the last 17 games this season, finishing the year with an average 8.8 points while shooting over 40% from beyond the arc.

Stanley averaged 15.0 minutes per game for St. John’s this past season as a sophomore. The 6-foot-8 forward had the highest field goal percentage among regular rotation players at 64.9%.

King averaged 7.7 minutes per game this year. He was a three-star recruit and the No. 263 player in the 2022 On3 Industry Ranking.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.