Vanwright sounds like a great pickup for the 06/07. Sure it seems like we're overloaded at the small forward with guys like Clark, W. Johnson & Cory Johnson- the fact is only Clark has proven he can play at a Big 12 level.
I also question whether Cory Johnson will be able to play SF in the Big 12. A number of Big 12 teams use a 3 guard lineup and those that don't have very athletic players at the SF position. I'm just not sure C. Johnson can guard guys like Robey & Rush.
If guys like W. Johnson & Vanwright have the quickness & jumpshot to play SG & SF that would great. I've always liked the idea of having bigger SG's as they can contest 3 point shooters better.
I'd still like to get 2 post players out of this class since they can take a couple years to develop and IMO there is a higher failure rate amongst guys 6'8"+. Plus I'm not convinced Marsden will ever be more than a 15mpg player and Cory Johnson hasn't seen the court at
ISU. Even if all goes well a group of Hubalek(sr), Thompson(jr), Marsden(jr), C. Johnson(so), Brackens(fr), ???(fr) would seem like good class balance, allow G-Mac to bring the frosh along slowly and maybe allow
ISU to red-shirt Marsden.
