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Four-Star 2022 PG Puts Pitt in Top Three

Dior Johnson decommitted from Oregon three days ago and now Pitt is in the running.

Stephen Thompson

Four-Star 2022 PG Puts Pitt in Top Three
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PITTSBURGH -- Dior Johnson, a four-star guard from from Castiac, California, decommitted from Oregon three days ago and announced that he has a brand new top three schools. The Pitt Panthers, alongside Mississippi State and Washington State, are the trio of offers that Johnson is going to choose between. 

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John Meyer, director of basketball scouting at 247Sports wrote a glowing review of Johnson's game and sees enormous potential in the 6-foot-3 point guard.  

"Good length and stature for a point guard," Meyer wrote. "Quick athlete with superb body control. Has tremendous instincts as a driver and passer. Delivers the difficult pass. Finishes the difficult shot. High-level lay up maker. Has multiple fade-away moves to his right shoulder. Shoots the ball well enough to be considered a three-level scorer. Has potential to rebound his position well and be a dangerous versatile defender."

Johnson, who is in the class of 2022, holds 19 offers in all from Syracuse, Alabama, LSU and a host of other high-major schools. He is a top-10 player at his position and in the state of California, according to 247Sports. 

With just one scholarship remaining, the Panthers are close to rounding out their 2022-23 roster. Johnson would be a welcome addition, even though right now it appears that Colgate transfer Nelly Cummings will run the show as a lead guard. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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