(12-20-2013 08:41 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote: How do you guys feel about recruit Justin Johnson? My brother married into his family so I've watched him play a few times over the last few years. I was hoping Marshall would go after him, but not sure if we even tried. He's a good one. Just was wondering how you guys felt.
sorry i'm late to the party. i got a chance to see him play this summer with our guys during pickup ball.
though a rising h.s. senior he didn't appear out of place at all. he has a college ready body and enough swag he was taking it at college juniors and more than held his own.
when i first saw him i thought he was a little chunky with h.s. baby fat but he's just one of those kids that has probably been thick his whole life. thick enough to bang inside. but i saw him drain a couple set 3's as well and he showed a good stroke that should translate into being able to hit his free throws.
best thing about him was his motor. i've coached a lot of hoops and baseball. a kid either has the motor or not. he does.
after watching him for 5 minutes i turned to my buddy and said i'd offer him right now.
we were fortunate to get him in the early period as we probably wouldn't get him late. he was already getting attention from boston college who offered. hard to turn down playing duke and carolina twice a year and more bcs level offers would have come after the year he's already having.
we also could've lost him last minute to uk if calipari threw a crumb his way last minute like he did with hawkins after we'd recruited him for a couple years.
we've been on jj since his sophomore year and really needed to not whiff again on a top target. we picked up 2 more biggies right after his. he'll have 2 seniors in front of him so he won't have a ton of pressure his freshman year.