The big news in the world of Syracuse sports today is that Mike Waters is reporting that Iowa State forward Wesley Johnson will be transferring to SU - which goes along with Coach Boeheim's dream to one day put 5 small forwards on the floor at once.
The 6'7" wing player appears to have been lightly recruited coming out of high school, but blossomed in Ames Iowa, averaging over 12 points per game in both his freshman and sophomore years. He came on so strong that he went from an unheralded recruit to having a profile on NBA Draft Express - and Ohio State was definitely interested in his services.
He appears to be the typical Jim Boeheim player - a lanky, athletic wing guy that can run the floor, play above the rim and cover a lot of ground in the zone (the zone isn't going anywhere people, deal with it). Bloggers have had some mixed reaction to Johnson, you can get to know him better here, whereas A.E.M. over at the Orange Squeeze isn't sure he's the right fit for SU.
From our perspective, as we found out last year, you can never have too many good players and on paper Johnson appears to be the real deal, so we obviously welcome him aboard. However, in looking at the roster in two years, there will be quite the log jam of guys in the 6'5" to 6'8" range, including Paul Harris (if he's still here) Andy Rautins, Mookie Jones, Kris Joseph, Wesley Johnson and James Southerland. Which pieces will still be there and where they will all fit is something the coaching staff will have to figure out, but that's why they get paid the big bucks, but stockpiling talent is never a bad thing.
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