markell johnson saved tww

6/20/2016 6:10:37 PM

Johnson reclassified to this year?

6/20/2016 6:17:40 PM

^yes.

6/20/2016 6:33:16 PM

Is kapita still here?

6/20/2016 6:54:55 PM

read where markell johnson won't arrive till August for the fall semester...kinda like Mav last year.

6/20/2016 7:05:03 PM

oh we back

6/20/2016 7:06:11 PM

6/20/2016 7:09:14 PM

6/20/2016 7:13:39 PM

6/20/2016 7:21:02 PM

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"Glad to be on the board after about 3/4 of a year month."

6/20/2016 8:10:01 PM

Is this dude really worth getting this excited about?

6/20/2016 8:41:28 PM

Top player out of Ohio and 9th PG out of his class, and we need a backup PG.

[Edited on June 20, 2016 at 8:43 PM. Reason : U tell us!]

6/20/2016 8:43:01 PM

Yes.

We needed PG backup duties from a solid contribtor. Kid is a 4 Star which is very impressive as a backup.

He should see good minutes...a little small/light but can throw on some weight and really compete next year after DSJ is gone.


Plus he can only get better by going up against DSJ in practice.

Big pickup from a depth perspective. Gott seeing that depth helps.

6/20/2016 8:44:23 PM

yeah and this is the 3-4 year player you need for program continuity. Only Carolina can bribe 5 star recruits to stay forever.

6/20/2016 9:05:10 PM

Are we really to the point of ignoring 4* players at positions of need?

This is the same situation as Lorenzo Brown. He was a 4*, had to prep, came in and ended up being a really good player for us. The difference here is that ideally he'll be able to practice behind Dennis Smith Jr and gain some experience coming off the bench to make him more prepared for '17 when he'll be expected to play more. And if he has to go to a prep school, the staff liked him enough to still want him, so he'd be just like the Lorenzo Brown situation.

This is a great pick-up, esp. if he's able to play in 2016. We can keep Dorn and Henderson from having to try and play PG(they probably could fill in, but not natural PGs).

6/20/2016 9:11:46 PM

If he plays this year maybe Rowan won't play as much! (Because dorn and henderson wouldnt have to play backup pg, thus freeing them to play more on the wings)

I can dream, can't I?

6/20/2016 9:31:59 PM

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"Are we really to the point of ignoring 4* players at positions of need? "

By my count it's only one person ITT.

6/20/2016 9:50:42 PM

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"Is this dude really worth getting this excited about?"

lol. we signed an athletic 4* combo guard who can both play the point & score and he probably won't even start this year (barring the typical State scenario where DSJ tears his other ACL, Dorn runs over someone on a scooter, Henderson flunks out, etc.). if nothing else, that's pretty big for this program to land a dude as highly regarded as Johnson who knows he's probably not gonna get a ton of minutes off the bat.

feel like it's been a real long time since we've been able to enter a season with 10 eligible scholarship players who could be in our rotation (which is assuming Lennard redshirts but Yurtseven qualifies) and all of them seem like they can contribute. I mean, Kirk may still need some polishing and Hicks might be in a similar situation as Kirk last year, but still.

6/20/2016 10:08:44 PM

^^^

Rowan is going to kill it next year.

6/20/2016 10:41:17 PM

Oh we back!!! Don't doubt the GottFather.

6/20/2016 10:42:07 PM

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" Rowan is going to kill it next year."

By it, i assume you mean our defensive efficiency.

6/20/2016 10:46:05 PM

Damn that's huge.

Well done by the Gottfather,

6/20/2016 11:03:46 PM

Imagine if he worked this hardball year long without being threatened with termination.

6/20/2016 11:12:51 PM

yeah, he probably just starting recruiting these guys once some websites said he was on the hot seat

6/20/2016 11:40:37 PM

^^ holy fucking dumb.

6/21/2016 12:08:06 AM

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"yeah, he probably just starting recruiting these guys once some websites said he was on the hot seat "

6/21/2016 12:22:56 AM

Now he just needs to get Kapita to the party and Newman lined up for next year. Don't stop now Gott.

6/21/2016 5:47:49 AM

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"yeah, he probably just starting recruiting these guys once some websites said he was on the hot seat "

6/21/2016 7:26:48 AM

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"By it, i assume you mean our defensive efficiency. "

Not as bad as Scott Wood did...and he'll give us more on offense.

Rowan is going to be a big part of our team next year...deal with it.[quote]

6/21/2016 7:32:32 AM

6/21/2016 8:37:44 AM

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"Is this dude really worth getting this excited about?"

I mean, he's no DSJ, but yeah, this is pretty big

6/21/2016 9:01:38 AM

well Markell is a Cleveland native, so he's got a championship pedigree

6/21/2016 9:13:10 AM

he was the PG for Lebron's AAU team right?

6/21/2016 10:05:31 AM

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"Not as bad as Scott Wood did...and he'll give us more on offense."

Not according to stats after 1 year. but maybe rowan gets a lot better

6/21/2016 11:13:46 AM

^No way. Players never improve after their freshmen year, especially white ones. Rowan will never get better (even though he played pretty well after being thrown into a role that he wasn't expected to play).

6/21/2016 11:22:22 AM

i was only comparing their freshman years. wood actually didn't get any better defensively. but his freshman year was better than rowans.

6/21/2016 11:26:24 AM

Reminds me of a young tyler lewis

6/21/2016 11:35:09 AM

First Rule of Sports Talk

6/21/2016 11:45:19 AM

Rowan's PT will be interesting this year. I expect he'll definitely see some time at the 3, but could see him playing the stretch-4 some this year as well, read where he gained a couple of inches and bulked up a bit.

2-deep assuming everyone is eligible:

PG: DSJ, Johnson
SG: Henderson, Dorn
SF: Rowan, Henderson/Kirk
PF: Abu, Hicks/Kirk
C: Yurtseven, Anya

Freeman would redshirt and Kirk might see the court at the 3 or 4 depending on how he develops this offseason.

If we somehow add Kapita, I think Hicks would RS along with Freeman.

6/21/2016 11:45:36 AM

is Kapita supposed to be that much more college ready than Hicks? not trying to be a smart, just haven't read anything on that one way or another

6/21/2016 11:50:52 AM

Yeah Kapita should have been in the 2015 class but didn't make the test scores needed so he did a year in a prep school. So he should be a year older than Hicks and a little more physically prepared to play college ball.

Hicks - 6'7", 210lbs, 3* PF
Kapita - 6'8", 240lbs, 4* PF

I think Hicks could contribute(think Freeman as a Freshman), but if we land both it wouldn't surprise me if Hicks ended up just taking a redshirt year.

[Edited on June 21, 2016 at 12:04 PM. Reason : .]

6/21/2016 12:03:40 PM

6/21/2016 12:45:37 PM

http://www.smudailycampus.com/sports/smu-is-better-off-without-ted-kapita

Seems a bit salty.

6/21/2016 12:45:52 PM

Dukes class is so good the lists just start at 2

6/21/2016 12:56:28 PM

any guesses where we'll fall in the pre-season rankings?

6/21/2016 1:27:28 PM

Not in any of them I hope.

6/21/2016 1:30:45 PM

^^^^lol at the MEET RUSM ad on there with the hot chick

I can't help but read it as MUST REEM

[Edited on June 21, 2016 at 1:55 PM. Reason : .]

6/21/2016 1:35:11 PM

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"could see him playing the stretch-4 some this year as well, read where he gained a couple of inches and bulked up a bit."

Where did you see that? If he can add some strength, he could be a really deadly scorer from a stretch 4 position. No traditional PF is going to want to chase him around screens all over the court.

He's already got a pretty big frame and looks like he could easily add some weight. Just a matter of doing so.

6/21/2016 1:39:34 PM

mmm i'd totally like to meet rusm with her

[Edited on June 21, 2016 at 1:43 PM. Reason : ^^]

6/21/2016 1:43:05 PM

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" Where did you see that? If he can add some strength, he could be a really deadly scorer from a stretch 4 position. No traditional PF is going to want to chase him around screens all over the court. He's already got a pretty big frame and looks like he could easily add some weight. Just a matter of doing so."

Seen it reported on various sites that he's gained an inch or two since the season ended and put on about 15lbs of "good" weight.

So he could be looking at 6'8" 230lbs already, so certainly could play some stretch-4 if he puts on a few more pounds of "good" weight.

6/21/2016 1:50:09 PM