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Who is Watkins?

Edit - Never mind. Jamir Watkins from FSU. A high volume scorer and good all-around player. Not a big fan of the shooting percentages, but I'd guess it would go up in our system a bit.

Coach Hayes loves him some Kamhariyan Johnson... our most recent commitment. I finally just watched his highlights myself. How had I never heard of this kid until after he committed (and he's up here in north AL not that far from me)? He's a terror on the field.

Kamhariyan Johnson

Not a big loss for SC. Streaky shooter who doesn't play a lick of defense.

Eh. 9 points and 6 rebounds. He's okay when he's mentally bought in. Good kid that can get mentally detached on the court quite often. He'll have brief moments where he shines and then many more that will make you want to pull your hair out. Expect a role player that often will play hard but not smart and will certainly use his allotment of fouls.If you're expecting a "double-double" guy, you will usually be disappointed.

Sounds like Barrington Hargress, the PG from UC-Riverside, might be one to watch. He's only 6', but at this stage in the process, beggars can't be choosers if we can get a 20 ppg scorer.

Yep. And going to need to get some more size out of the portal.Griffin might take Reid's spot. Need to get at least one frontcourt guy, though.

We're apparently recruiting Johnson as an interior DL.

Honestly, we need another big guy. Unless they think Reid (if he comes back) or Jemison are big enough to help down low. Maybe Jemison is defensively. I don't know. Stevenson was our 4th guy who could at least offer some semblance of size inside (other than Nelson, Cliff, and Sherrell).Mo wasn't that tall, but he was good enough defensively to be a factor inside when needed. IMO, we really could use one more guy over 6'8". We have Sherrell, Williamson, and TBB able to defend the post. While Stevenson wasn't particularly good at defending inside and Mo wasn't that tall, they were at least not terrible defending guys and helping in the paint.

We have an army of perimeter guys. I like them all a lot (even counting Rylan if we sign him). I especially like the big upgrade in perimeter size. However, I really think we need that one tough guy inside.

Someone that tends to be fairly reliable posted similar negative vibes on Reid as well. Haven't heard the rest of that. All of that combined would be.... the nightmare scenario (relatively speaking... we should have a top 15 roster regardless). Hopefully, it all turns out to be bad info or it swings back in a positive direction.

Yeah. Regarding Murphy, technically he's not a good system fit because he's not a good shooter or transition guy, but considering our need, we really could use a guy like him. A good, tough interior defender, rebounder, and clean-up scorer that shoots 2's at a high percentage. We need that a lot to go with our other front court guys (who, fortunately, are all good shooters). I like him.