Bryan Penn(15)-Johnson committing tonight

bananasnblondes

A year ago at this time, he was a top 30, high 4* Center with commitable offers to Kansas, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, and several others.

These days, 247 has him ranked in the 150s, a 3*, and his only remaining commitable offers are from UW and DePaul.

Irregardless, we seem to be the favorite to land him. In terms of big men, I'm slightly more excited than when I learned about Gilles Diercksxxx transferring to UW.

HuskyClaws

His job will be to play rim protector on defense and rebound the basketball. Based on his measurables, if he has some semblance of athleticism then he's a perfect fit for Hop's system.

2001400ex

HuskyClaws said:

His job will be to play rim protector on defense and rebound the basketball. Based on his measurables, if he has some semblance of athleticism then he's a perfect fit for Hop's system.

I'm sure he can learn to step up and let the wing sneak in below him for an easy lay in like Timmins and Dickerson do.

Neighbor2972

https://twitter.com/the_statement14/status/975944812812619776

Rapeculturedawg

Rebounder and shotblocker. Wont be worse than timmins on offense. Great athleticism.

Neighbor2972

Good breakdown of the situation by UWDP

backthepack

Rapeculturedawg said:

Rebounder and shotblocker. Wont be worse than timmins on offense. Great athleticism.

He's at least not a white stiff. He fucking sucks offensively though.

Tequilla

You never know how long it takes for a kid to find their offensive game. And let's be honest, it's not like there are a ton of bigs that are really skilled post players. Worst case is that he's a big in the middle of the zone that makes rim runs and offensive rebounds as a 15-20 minute per game player. Nothing wrong with that.

Pretty sure we have a coach that can develop players now ... so it's not crazy to expect that that he could get better.

Rapeculturedawg

I expect him to be like Paschal Chukwu of Syracuse

ToddTurnerLIVES

Athletic 7 footer with good ball skills. If these coaches are worth a shit he's a good get and should contribute.

backthepack

Rapeculturedawg said:

I expect him to be like Paschal Chukwu of Syracuse

exactly what I was going to say.

ToddTurnerLIVES

Here's some video of him doing shit other than dunking... looks to be pretty well-rounded to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UoxwL0w5o

FKA_Mousecop

bananasnblondes said:

A year ago at this time, he was a top 30, high 4* Center with commitable offers to Kansas, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, and several others.

These days, 247 has him ranked in the 150s, a 3*, and his only remaining commitable offers are from UW and DePaul.

Irregardless, we seem to be the favorite to land him. In terms of big men, I'm slightly more excited than when I learned about Gilles Diercksxxx transferring to UW.

theknowledge

He's the body type you need in the center of the zone. His arms eat space and shrink passing windows. With coaching he should be an asset closing out on mid range shooters when teams attack the soft parts of the zone. I like this, it's what the team has to start looking like to truly be effective in the Syracuse 2/3.

bananasnblondes

FKA_Mousecop said:

bananasnblondes said:

A year ago at this time, he was a top 30, high 4* Center with commitable offers to Kansas, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, and several others.

These days, 247 has him ranked in the 150s, a 3*, and his only remaining commitable offers are from UW and DePaul.

Irregardless, we seem to be the favorite to land him. In terms of big men, I'm slightly more excited than when I learned about Gilles Diercksxxx transferring to UW.

It's a mute point

Gladstone

5 ppg / 3 rpg? wat

why are people remotely excited for this

was he playing on one leg

backthepack

Gladstone said:

5 ppg / 3 rpg? wat

why are people remotely excited for this

was he playing on one leg

He was good in AAU ball. He just started playing ball a few years ago.

BleachedAnusDawg

7 footer that grabs 2-3 boards a game against high school midgets. Sweet.

dnc

BleachedAnusDawg said:

7 footer that grabs 2-3 boards a game against high school midgets. Sweet.

Hard to rebound when you don't play.

His lack of PT is more concerning than his stats.

backthepack

He plays for an Academy that everyone there is going d1.

RoadDawg55

dnc said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

7 footer that grabs 2-3 boards a game against high school midgets. Sweet.

Hard to rebound when you don't play.

His lack of PT is more concerning than his stats.

It’s concerning, but there could be reasons behind it.

He’s an athletic 7 footer (6’11”). I still think he was a big get. I doubt he’s ever a star, but any guy over 6’10” that has any skill at all lasts only 1-2 years in college.