Bonus Scouting Report on DerMarr Johnson
Matt Moore, writer for Ridiculous Upside, Hardwood Paroxysm, and NBA Fanhouse is an expert on everything D-League related. After seeing the post about the training camp signees, he sent us a scouting report of what he saw in DerMarr during his time with the Austin Toros.:
After watching him last year in Austin, here's the book on where he was at last year.
- Tentative to drive, often pulls up for ill-fated three.
- Solid on defense, his time on the pros is evident, and his learning curve is short
- When he gets motivated and isn't hesitant? He's got flashes of swagger.
- Those flashes burn out after getting shut down by someone more athletic or more physical.
- Can guard multiple positions with his size.
- Trigger finger, trigger finger, trigger finger.
- He's coachable when he feels like it. It's not that he's totally unresponsive, but if he doesn't believe in what you're selling? T-R-O-U-B-L-E.
- He's actually pretty good in the open floor and doesn't force it. He's been around, so he's got some confidence.
- He has a shooters touch, but he doesn't always know when to rein it in.
- Listen to me very, very closely. Take him and Blatche and put them as far away from one another as humanly possible. I recommend some sort of laser grid in the locker room [Editor's Note: Would a taser grid work as well? I know where I can find one of those.]. Same with Stevenson. In fact, just go ahead and keep him away from everyone but Caron.
Many, many thanks to Matt for that excellent write up. My gut reaction after reading that is that Dermarr won't have any problems fitting in here, which may or may not be a good thing.
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Based on Prada’s report earlier and Ridiculous Matt’s, I’m even less enthused about possibly signing DerMarr. Multiple arrests and coachable “when he feels like it,” well, that might me OK for a star player, but a marginal guy needs to be someone who’s gonna run through a wall for the team. I’ll take Taser for that role, thanks (rather than the dude who’s been tasered).
It’s mind-boggling to me that a skill-less goon like Mark Madsen or a YMCA All-Star like Brian Cardinal can carve out a solid career in the league for himself but more talented guys like this float around. Don’t you want to be in the goddam NBA? Then act like it.
"Now, obviously individual production does not unilaterally equal better team production, but there's a high level of causation."
by Vanilla Gorilla on Sep 23, 2008 8:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh
Not to mention the fact that Eddie Jordan is not really a “discipline” kind of coach (to say the least) – and this kid could spell trouble for the team as a whole. Can you say “chemistry break down”?
Coach on a short leash, with a mandate to win now! Young players that have discipline and maturity problems. It may take only one guy in that locker room to tip the scales – and the “great team chemistry” we’ve grown accustomed to could become a thing of the past.
by Rook6980 on Sep 23, 2008 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DeMarr, this is your wake up call....
On tape and on paper, this guy has the goods to really help back up Caron at the 3… but can he grow up a bit, well actually a LOT?
Here is a good test for the Captain and some of the other professionals in the Wizards organization.
by khrabb on Sep 23, 2008 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Johnson is too passive …. if he was assertive on the court and used his abilities to better effect he’d be a good NBA player playing regularly in an NBA rotation.
In other words, he’s most likely to serve as a temporary band aid until the team finds someone better.
by NBR on Sep 23, 2008 10:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Johnson realizes...
That this is one of his last chances.
He probably won’t pan out for the Wiz, but he’s at least worth a camp look.
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by Truth About It on Sep 23, 2008 11:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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