'11 IN PF Justin Gant (11/12/2010, LOI)

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SycamoreStateofMind said:
Yeah possibly - I mean he plays a 3-4 combo now as it is. I would say that the expectation is that he will start at the 3 by his SR. year, you would hope that to be the case.

Do you worry that his development is similar to that of one Isiah Martin? I guess Koang never got the hype that Martin got, expectations were very high for Martin and not that he has played bad. He has been a fantastic rebounder and shot blocker his entire career.

The big thing with Koang for me is his ball handling. You got to handle it a little bit to play the 3, especially big minutes. He doesn't handle the ball very well - travels frequently and he is not that strong of passer. I think Koang could be a pretty big scorer for us, we are going to need someone to be a scorer for us in the next couple of years and he could be that guy.
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Yes, perimeter handling and passing is a question for him. He may play the 4. But I love to watch him. He looks like he's on a pogo stick out there. I think he could easily get 8-12 reb with some minutes and get putbacks and make a few 3's. I think we are going to see a lot out of him in the next 2 years. I think he's pretty darn agile and quick for 6'9".
 

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From recent history does anyone think Justin will redshirt next season?With Walker,Mahurin,Richard and Kitchell available his minutes might be limited.Watching him I feel he would benefit just like Mahurin from a year of weight training and practice at the college level.If however he comes to practice and tears things up i would be glad to have him play next season.Also if there is room at the 3 he doesn't have to be so strong,I don't feel he's such a bad ball handler and does a good job passing too.Like every other player he will find his place eventually.
 
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hans1950 said:
From recent history does anyone think Justin will redshirt next season?With Walker,Mahurin,Richard and Kitchell available his minutes might be limited.Watching him I feel he would benefit just like Mahurin from a year of weight training and practice at the college level.If however he comes to practice and tears things up i would be glad to have him play next season.Also if there is room at the 3 he doesn't have to be so strong,I don't feel he's such a bad ball handler and does a good job passing too.Like every other player he will find his place eventually.
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Others can say what they are thinking, but in my opinion:

He will redshirt.
*He will seldom play 3.

*We'll have Odum, McWhorter, Smith, Brown and 3-4 more perimeter recruits by 2013. I hope we have at least 2 good wings. RJ might even play 3 before Gant, depending on the matchup.
 

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Justin looks very good in that video,nice moves,strong finishes.Did you see the size of the crowd at Warren Central?
 
hans1950 said:
Justin looks very good in that video,nice moves,strong finishes.Did you see the size of the crowd at Warren Central?
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Not a lot of people there. I thought the THN crowd looked like just the parents. Then I went to Northview/Sullivan this past Fri and it was pretty full. then i found out it was homecoming or something.
 
Anyone catch Justin playing North Central last night? Patriots got owned but he had 25 and 7 on 8-9 shooting. Was wondering if anyone saw it first hand and could also tell us about how the 2 kids we are recruiting from North Central looked.
 
Gant played decent. North still doesn't get him the ball enough. Of course with shipley on the team that will continue to be difficult. One thing I didn't like is that he went for strips last night when it looked like he could have blocked some shots.

Ingram wasn't that impressive. Had an alley-oop dunk but he's not a very good shooter, at least from the ft line. North was trying to find him to foul.

Johnson I liked. Quicker than quick! Controls everything. Key yo their team in my opinion. Not a great shooter and he's little but I would love to see him as a sycamore. Reminds me of a Mike Conley.
 

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Gant had about 12 pts and 10 rebounds today against CG. My second time to see him. I think he looks good. Glad we have him. Great PF prospect with the ability to drive or score inside. Good passer.
 
Ronnie Johnson is WAY too little for the MVC. They listed him as 6-0 in the program; more like 5-8. The Ingram guy.........hard to tell. They had so man similarly-sized players who were good that it was hard to distinguish. OK. Just read the above post - if Ingram is No. 24, we do not want him.
 
bigsportsfan said:
Ronnie Johnson is WAY too little for the MVC. They listed him as 6-0 in the program; more like 5-8. The Ingram guy.........hard to tell. They had so man similarly-sized players who were good that it was hard to distinguish. OK. Just read the above post - if Ingram is No. 24, we do not want him.
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He is #24. I guess you are saying you agree with me.

If we have offered, then either we have made a mistake or he is a different player in AAU.

Johnson is good, but you are right. He is a little guy.
 
You are correct on Ingram. We do not want either of them in my opinion, unless Johnson can play against big, physical point guards better than I think he can. If he does that in the summer, it could be different, but that's playing against players of the same age -- not ones 3-4 years older and dozens of pounds heavier like he will in college.
 

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I don't disagree about Johnson being small but we definitely want him in my opinion. He's good. Would probably be one of the quickest players in the MVC. Mender is about 5'8", 160lbs. Worked for him. Ingram we don't want IMO.
 
Agreed. I think Gant will benefit from a better offensive system at ISU. I can never figure out what North is trying to do, so I can never tell if they accomplish it. I could see in two years a frontline with both Gant and Mahurin on it.
 
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