Season in Review: Justin Watts

I don’t have a lot to say about Justin Watts. He didn’t play a whole lot and I probably have more negative things to say about him than positive. But here goes:

Things I didn’t like:
1. He shots every time he touches the ball. I know he usually only plays during garbage time, but there were a few times where he was needed because of foul trouble. I think he played in the LSU game for about 2 minutes or so in the first half and he took a hard drive and terrible shot, which ended up being a turnover because it was so bad. He shouldn’t be shooting. He was there because we had some foul trouble. Every time he gets in the game he was looking to shoot. In Maui, he had 11 points or so in a game, but he took 9 shots in about 5 minutes to get them (he did have a nice dunk though). In the championship game, he took a shot instead of having Mike Copeland try for it, which really ticked me off. Copeland has paid his dues – give it to him. It’s his senior year.

Things I liked:
1. He was able to spell the guards and you didn’t have to worry about him being a total liability. That’s all. Pretty self-explanatory.

When Marcus Ginyard went down, I was hoping that Watts might be a super defensive specialist that Roy Williams had been hiding, but it did not appear so. However, with Watts, if you saw him on the bench, he was typically hanging out with Copeland and everybody loves Copeland. If he can be another version of Mike Copeland, then I will be happy. Copeland was the guy who made the team laugh and helped them relax, in my opinion anyway, and if he can do the same thing over the next 3 years, then he will have earned his scholarship in my book.