Rick Pitino laughed at the suggestion.
No, the St. John’s coach said with a smile, jeers won’t impact senior guard Kadary Richmond when he returns to Prudential Center as the enemy.
“I think being booed is something that he can handle,” the Hall of Fame coach said on Friday as his team prepared for the showdown at The Rock, where the Johnnies have won just once in 13 tries. “Well, he grew up on the streets of Brooklyn, so I think he can handle being booed. He’s not going to cry.”
It figures to be an emotional night in Newark, N.J., as the 6-foot-6 Richmond faces his former team…