Palmetto Proving Grounds

By the way, Slawson was Mr Basketball for SC his senior season and was heavily recruited despite making an early commitment to us to Horn's credit. Furthermore, you are going to see this season that JR Slawson is everything he was billed up to be and don't think other major programs weren't licking their chops at the prospect of him going back on the market with Gill and Harris.

South Carolina has very little basketball talent typically so being Mr. Basketball isn't necessarily as impressive as you would think.

I have no recollection of Slawson being heavily recruited. I do remember Dave Telep saying that he would be a role player early and perhaps develop into a solid starter.

Certainly, he has more upside than he has shown. I agree that basketball is contrary to popular belief a sport where older players are better than young players. The idea that a player who isn't great as a freshman isn't ever going to be good is stupid. A lot of people think that way, I do not. Horn's nucleus figured to improve with age and experience. How much is another question. We will never know.