Dior Johnson commits to Pitt
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I couldn’t sleep last night so I watched as many highlights and interviews as I could find, and there are many out there. He’s the most impressive recruit I’ve seen us “get” in my 22 years as a fan.
If you can keep his head right, he has the skill and swag that’s required to easily get us into the NCAAT and instantly lift us back to the level of respectability needed to get us back on track to being a solid program again.
I don’t often get overly excited, but wow is he talented.
What do you base McNeilly's high ceiling on? After Payton, JUCO stats make me question what we'll get from McNeilly.
Several possibilities in, IMHO, the the most probable order of liklihood.
1. Dior starts because he was promised it whether he earns it in practice or not.
2. Starts as most talented option but plays selfishly and hurts "team" play and performance.
3. Gets sub minutes because he is not the best option as a starter.
4. Starts as the best option and plays unselfeshly making the team better.
He averaged close to 5 assists per game in the EYBL last year and he can score with a 2-1 assist to turnover ratio. Passing or team ball isnt his issue. He needs to fully commit to Jeff Capel and the program and be willing to be coached up. And what I mean by fully commit is, listen to the coach, unlike the last Johnson (X) that played under Capel that wanted to do things his way.
Dior has the talent to start and produce immediately at a pretty high level.
My guess is that he will play like every other guard that plays under Capel.
When you keep hyping up every guard that comes thru then they all fit a certain pattern and you can’t wait to get rid of them… there is a common denominator
Dior will not come here for backup minutes. That's the whole reason he's coming here.
A few months ago. These are obviously just highlights, but it shows you he can pass along with score and he looks for his bigs on the inside for easy points. Hugley should be the biggest beneficiary of having Johnson on the floor with him.
With that said, Im hoping we find a player at the 4 position who can shoot and give John space. Because Johnson with Hugley could be a great duo with adequate spacing.
Hinson ain't bad from 3
And jorge shot 44% from 3 at img
As I said in the other thread, the twins are the biggest wildcards by far this coming year because of shooting imho. A 7 footer that can shoot opens up all kinds of possibilities. The potential upside of the twins is big if they can be developed.
I'm not sure what more jorge needs to develop really besides strength and defense.
He can stand in the corner
The 2 biggest areas imo are - Strength and getting their motors up a bit.
The motor thing is always big.
But with this team being deep we can play efficiencies or deficiencies whichever way you look at it
This isn’t necessarily Pitt specific, but he’s going to be making some coin here.
Reminds me of that kid from Marquette years ago, Steve Novak. 7 footer who played more outside and shot very well.
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