Cam Johnson from Pitt is transferring. Can play right away...42% from 3...3.9 grade average....6'8....Good player...Hope UC follows up.

Is he eligible because he graduated early? I know he's played 3 seasons, but i think he was a 2014 recruit so he would have had to graduate in 3 years. Must be a pretty smart kid.

He would be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer. Even better, he has 2 years of eligibility remaining because of a medical redshirt.

I don't think we would have a good shot at him though. He probably wants to step into an immediate starting role. That's not a given with Evans and Cumberland returning.

(04-02-2017 10:21 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I don't think we would have a good shot at him though. He probably wants to step into an immediate starting role. That's not a given with Evans and Cumberland returning.

3 - 40 min players is the same time as 4 - 30 min players

You could start Johnson, Evans, and Clark at 2,3,4 and still get Cumberland 30 min off the bench. They all have the size and rebound well enough that when Clark is off the floor we'd be fine.

(04-02-2017 10:49 AM)ucbrownsfan Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 10:21 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I don't think we would have a good shot at him though. He probably wants to step into an immediate starting role. That's not a given with Evans and Cumberland returning.

3 - 40 min players is the same time as 4 - 30 min players

You could start Johnson, Evans, and Clark at 2,3,4 and still get Cumberland 30 min off the bench. They all have the size and rebound well enough that when Clark is off the floor we'd be fine.

But then you have to find minutes for Keith Williams and Tre Scott. I mean, if Johnson wanted to come here, it would probably be a no-brainer assuming he is a high-character kid. But he would have to come in knowing he may be coming off the bench and/or only playing 20-25 minutes.

We need a new Johnson to complain about anyway.

(04-02-2017 11:49 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 10:49 AM)ucbrownsfan Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 10:21 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I don't think we would have a good shot at him though. He probably wants to step into an immediate starting role. That's not a given with Evans and Cumberland returning.

3 - 40 min players is the same time as 4 - 30 min players

You could start Johnson, Evans, and Clark at 2,3,4 and still get Cumberland 30 min off the bench. They all have the size and rebound well enough that when Clark is off the floor we'd be fine.

But then you have to find minutes for Keith Williams and Tre Scott. I mean, if Johnson wanted to come here, it would probably be a no-brainer assuming he is a high-character kid. But he would have to come in knowing he may be coming off the bench and/or only playing 20-25 minutes.

Is this kid not better than Scott?

Was ACC All Academic Team.

An outstanding student who was a member of the National Honor Society ... was also salutatorian at Our Lady of Sacred Heart ... Signed with Pitt on April 21, 2014 ... Earned scholarship offers from several Ivy League schools including Columbia and Penn .

(04-02-2017 01:29 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  We need a new Johnson to complain about anyway.

LOL

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Quote:Cameron Johnson to transfer from Pitt

The turnover ravaging Pitt's basketball roster this offseason — largely confined to players with limited roles and modest production — now includes its leading returning scorer.

Redshirt sophomore Cameron Johnson has requested his release from the university and will look to transfer, his father, Gil, said Saturday. Pitt confirmed the news Saturday morning.

The 6-foot-8 guard, who carries a 3.9 grade point average, is set to graduate this month and will have two years of eligibility remaining at whatever school he selects. As a graduate transfer, he will be immediately eligible.

The decision to transfer, Gil Johnson said, did not have to do with Kevin Stallings, who just finished his first season as the Panthers head coach; rather, it had to do with the uncertainty next season facing Pitt, which will have at least seven new players.

Johnson, a Moon native and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart graduate, averaged 11.9 points per game and was the team's best and most reliable outside shooter, making 41.5 percent of his 3-pointers.

He would become the fifth Pitt player with remaining eligibility to not return next season, joining Crisshawn Clark, Damon Wilson, Corey Manigault and Justice Kithcart, the first three of whom opted to transfer following the end of the Panthers season. Kithcart was dismissed from the program March 3 for conduct detrimental to the team.

When paired with four graduating seniors -- Michael Young, Jamel Artis, Sheldon Jeter and Chris Jones — Johnson's departure means Pitt will be returning only a combined 9.3 points per game from the four players currently scheduled to play next season, a group led by forward Ryan Luther at 5.7 points per game.

A message to Stallings requesting comment was not immediately returned.

Craig Meyer: cmeyer@post-gazette.com and Twitter @CraigMeyerPG.

First Published April 1, 2017, 12:58am

Transfer CJ

(04-02-2017 01:42 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 11:49 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 10:49 AM)ucbrownsfan Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 10:21 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I don't think we would have a good shot at him though. He probably wants to step into an immediate starting role. That's not a given with Evans and Cumberland returning.

3 - 40 min players is the same time as 4 - 30 min players

You could start Johnson, Evans, and Clark at 2,3,4 and still get Cumberland 30 min off the bench. They all have the size and rebound well enough that when Clark is off the floor we'd be fine.

But then you have to find minutes for Keith Williams and Tre Scott. I mean, if Johnson wanted to come here, it would probably be a no-brainer assuming he is a high-character kid. But he would have to come in knowing he may be coming off the bench and/or only playing 20-25 minutes.

Is this kid not better than Scott?

Good point. I don't think he is better than Cumberland or Evans though. I still think on this team, he would be a 6th man. If he is okay with that, then hell yeah I would take him.

(04-02-2017 01:29 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  We need a new Johnson to complain about anyway.

what happened to bjunk?

looking at pitt's team stats, who the hell played pg? their best players were all over 6'6

(04-03-2017 07:44 AM)Lush Wrote:  

(04-02-2017 01:29 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  We need a new Johnson to complain about anyway.

what happened to bjunk?

looking at pitt's team stats, who the hell played pg? their best players were all over 6'6

Nobody.....they only have one player returning...he averaged 3 per game.