Sidiki Johnson, problem player at best
Not necessarily. We don't know his issue with the coach/team. I have no problem with Sidiki adding depth to our roster as long as lavin and Co. thought hed be a good fit. He'd be eligible in December next season at a position we desperately need depth at. If he came here though, he'd need to know that there are no guarantees for PT either. If we land Gathers and/ or Jakarr, Sidiki would possibly work with this guys and possibly behind them.
He's not in the mega athlete mold that we like but I wouldn't turn our noses at a top 100 big man transfer if we're in definite need. He has some skills. I think he might work quite well as a center in our system along with gods gift. It would allow us to add both Gathers and Jakarr and not interfere with their PT. I think Sidiki would find enough PT at the center spot here over next few years. We're recruiting mostly PF types. Sidiki could split time with gods gift next season, then Gift graduates so he'd only be competing at center with whatever freshman bigs we're recruiting for 2013. We have a lot of ships to give and plenty of need for a big body like Sidiki, as long as he's not going to be a "head case".
Fwiw, Lavin is good at relating to these types of kids. Maybe it was just a bad fit under Miller? Who knows? Then again, he had problems in HS as well and was dismissed from Oak Hill.