Jai Johnson
Jai Johnson
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Simmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Johnson is one of the leading scorers in the state, and to be honest, I really don’t evaluate based on stats unless I see the player in person. Well, I have seen her since middle school; she, too, is “long and athletic,” and her explosiveness off the dribble, as well as “stop and pop” jumper, keeps getting better see evaluation here
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Johnson showed promise when I caught her in middle school, after all she’s a “long and athletic” guard who showed a knack of being able to set the defender up and blow by them in the set yet over the years, her first step has gotten even better, as well as her body control on her finishes, after contact included but her “stop and pop” jumper is a problem for defenders. She’s applying “on the ball” pressure baseline to baseline, she’s using her quick hands to get steals along with playing the passing lane see evaluations here
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
#17 up from #19 Johnson sold me a few years ago because she was “long and athletic” and had a nice first step to score off the dribble. One thing about me is I don’t have to watch players a hunnid times to know what I’m looking at, that falls into being a REAL EVALUATOR, so seeing her add even more explosiveness, as well as drop the jumper, is making her hard to handle see evaluations here
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Johnson stock continues to rise, like the way she elevates over defenders with her jumper. As good as she was when I caught her 2 or 3 years ago, something has clicked in a major way and I saw that happening back in July as she climbed into the Top 20 see evaluation here What’s unique about her is she has the ability to score changing hands in mid air and I forsee her becoming one of the best open court players in her class. Jumper was clicking, she played the passing lane strongly and applied baseline to baseline heat
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
#19 up from #22 Johnson is a “long and athletic” guard and having watched her for a few years, I think her first step as well as explosiveness while staying under control has shot up, and speaking of shooting up, watching her elevate over defenders off the dribble, as well as using her pull-up jumper was on display at the Super 64 see evaluations here
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Johnson is a “long and athletic” guard and her explosiveness off the dribble grabbed my attention years ago yet her being under control and setting the defender up to blow by them was on full effect as she got wherever she wanted with ease. She also elevated on her jumper, as well as over the defender around the basket
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
#22 (Up from #25)
Johnson falls into my “scary upside” group because when you factor in she’s a long and athletic guard, that too is the base, can score off the dribble as well as drop the jumper, “stop and pop” included, she’s a hard matchup for defenders. I’ve written several articles about her, and after an impressive freshman season, she is ready for club season action see evaluations here
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#24-Johnson has so much potential and upside and at times, I don’t think she understands how good she is yet here’s the deal, she’s a long and athletic guard who can get by defenders with ease to score off the dribble or drop the jumper yet her court vision is another plus offensively see evaluation here
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Johnson was recently added to the PGH 2028 Watchlist and the more I see her, the more I know her ceiling has no roof. She’s long and athletic and seeing her elevate over defenders around the basket as well as from outside to score is going to be a problem for defenders
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Read EvaluationSimmie Colson | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Johnson falls into my saying “her ceiling has no roof” category and one thing I know for certain is that she plays taller than her listed height. She’s a “long and athletic” guard, which is also the base, and her explosiveness off the dribble to score is going to create major problems yet that explosiveness also stands out off the floor as she scores and rebounds over taller players inside the paint. Her timing to block, alter and or deflect shots is nice, her court vision across the board is solid and she defends both in the set as well as baseline to baseline
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