'18 CA PG Logan Johnson (Commit)

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waterhead said:
Yah...I know some kids who could switch hit in baseball and maybe preferred to do most things right hand but 1 certain thing left hand (like golf or something unrelated). In basketball I don't know many, if any, who shoot left but have a power right hand dunk (or vice versa). Or dribble left and can zip the ball for an assist with the right. In one of the videos you can see him make a hard baseball pass style assist with his right hand even though his preferred dribble hand seems left.

It's just weird but it's definitely a huge positive for a PG to be so comfortable either way!
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My brother is left-handed and my mom used to pitch to us when we were really little, so I just batted the same way as my brother. So I grew up hitting left-handed but was able to do both as I got older bc I could hit way farther right-handed.
 
jacobkdoyle said:
My brother is left-handed and my mom used to pitch to us when we were really little, so I just batted the same way as my brother. So I grew up hitting left-handed but was able to do both as I got older bc I could hit way farther right-handed.
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I wasn't bad hitting a baseball left or right handed but I when I threw a baseball left handed (not my dominant hand) I probably looked like a grade school girl's first time throwing a ball.

If I could jump 12" higher...my left hand power dunk would probably look similar to a 1 year old trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
 
The first time I saw footage of him ,what really jumped out at me was the form on his jumpshot. I have not seen anyone put their non -shooting hand to the front of the ball like he does- most have their off hand much more to the side. I wonder if UC's coaches will try and change that. I like every thing about his game but that really looks weird to me.
 
rogerOH said:
The first time I saw footage of him ,what really jumped out at me was the form on his jumpshot. I have not seen anyone put their non -shooting hand to the front of the ball like he does- most have their off hand much more to the side. I wonder if UC's coaches will try and change that. I like every thing about his game but that really looks weird to me.
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I noticed that too but so long as he isn't spinning it off of both hands, it probably isn't a huge deal. Still wouldn't be surprised to see that change. Very minor change. If anything, it would help him have better vision to the hoop.
 
waterhead said:
Yah...in this last video here he finished all shots around the rim with his right hand or with both. All of his dunks were either with right hand or both and it appears by design as some lone right hand dunk attempts were in warmups or open court. It looks like he actually PREFERS finishing around the rim with his right although he shoots outside with his left. In the first video I saw it was almost the same exact thing. Predominantly a right hand finisher by an overwhelming majority in the highlight videos.

I am not sure I can remember a guy who shoots lefty but prefers to finish with his right. It's strange but I think it's a huge asset to be that good with both hands. It appears he favors his left when dribbling and penetrating the lane but he doesn't mind assisting with his right at all.

Very ambidextrous! Tough to guard when going to the bucket because of that.
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The Q is, if a team guards his R hand, can he still easily go to the L hand. I would guess so.

Also, I know it was a mixtape and I'll highlight tape, but that was some serious lack of Defense in that game. Even for mixtape standards.

I also looked at part the game against lamelo ball and both teams playing no defense. I know it's SoCal, and they are laid back, but please.
 
Herb Jones from the 1992 FF team was one of the best finishers in college bball that year. Awesome L handed dunker in traffic on the break. Check you tube.
 
Would love to get another 4-Star, “evans, Clark, Cumberland” level player in this class. Keep it rolling
 
Nice get for the cats, love it. Gotta thing he spends his summer playing with his brother too, can't hurt going against an NBA player everyday.
 
I don't get it. Is he a 4 star or a 2 star? I've never seen such a discrepancy in ratings for a player from site to site.
 
MacBearcat said:
I don't get it. Is he a 4 star or a 2 star? I've never seen such a discrepancy in ratings for a player from site to site.
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Well if we know anything about recruiting at this point, we know that when ever a guy commits to UC (football or basketball for that matter), their rating drops. :confused:

I don't worry much about Mick's recruiting... he's proven time and time again that he can get good players/athletes.

The question mark is whether or not Mick can develop/progress them and whether or not he's a good enough X's and O's coach to produce results in March.
 
ThomasMac said:
Well if we know anything about recruiting at this point, we know that when ever a guy commits to UC (football or basketball for that matter), their rating drops. :confused:

I don't worry much about Mick's recruiting... he's proven time and time again that he can get good players/athletes.

The question mark is whether or not Mick can develop/progress them and whether or not he's a good enough X's and O's coach to produce results in March.
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while I would like to see more success in march getting to 7 straight trips to the tourney is a rare accomplishment. I would say he is developing his players.
 
WAITE HOYT 2 said:
while I would like to see more success in march getting to 7 straight trips to the tourney is a rare accomplishment. I would say he is developing his players.
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I can't deny that this is an accomplishment... and it's only December so there is definitely time to grow/develop this year but this offense looks as stale as it has in years past... and all of this with the best offensive weapons we've ever had under Cronin. But like I said, it's only December.
 
One thing I know is that either our recruiting is good, or our player development is good. Could be both, can't be neither.
 
jacobkdoyle said:
One thing I know is that either our recruiting is good, or our player development is good. Could be both, can't be neither.
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Recruiting is very good. Mick does a good job of finding hidden gems. How Evans and Cumberland weren’t ranked higher is beyond me.

Mick is always one of the first ones to offer and when these kids blow up, they get picked off by bigger schools or schools that play in better conferences. Ky Bowman from BC is one name that comes to mind... Brimah from uconn, Teague from UK, and Joel Embiid just to name a few.
 
ThomasMac said:
Recruiting is very good. Mick does a good job of finding hidden gems. How Evans and Cumberland weren’t ranked higher is beyond me.

Mick is always one of the first ones to offer and when these kids blow up, they get picked off by bigger schools or schools that play in better conferences. Ky Bowman from BC is one name that comes to mind... Brimah from uconn, Teague from UK, and Joel Embiid just to name a few.
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Cumberland was a 4 star top 100 player in the rankings.
 

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