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Syracuse Basketball: Samson Johnson would add depth and length

The recruitment of 2021 power forward/center Samson Johnson is heating up, and it’s critically important that Syracuse basketball has become one of the first programs to offer him a scholarship.

Multiple recruiting analysts agree that the 6-foot-10 Johnson possesses tremendous upside and should see his stock climb, although the novel coronavirus pandemic could affect his ability to run with the NY Jayhawks on the Adidas AAU circuit over the spring and summer months.

Regardless, the Orange is squarely in the mix for Johnson, a three-star prospect and rising senior at The Patrick School in Hillside, N.