In the University of Hawai’i basketball team’s search for post players and leaders during this preseason, Gibson Johnson has not been hesitant to raise his hand for both roles.
“I know I’m the only person that has experience at the center, so I feel that my role as a junior and as someone that has played center before (in junior college) … I’m going to have to play a lot of center,” said Johnson, a 6-foot-8 transfer from Salt Lake Community College. “I’m used to guarding big guys in the post, and I can stretch the floor, so that’s going to be my role.