Chris Murray with some Arik Armstead news

Chris Murray has a post up on Arik Armstead who says the Wolf Pack is in the running. Hey, there's no downside to this whatsoever even if the 6-foot-8 two-sport star keeps his commitment to USC (where his brother plays football).

We recently saw Armstead play in Las Vegas with the Compton Magic squad. Keeping in mind this is a one game analysis, here's what we witnessed:

Armstead loves and initiates contact. A couple of plays in a row, he lowered his shoulder and bulldozed his opponent, which unfortunately resulted in a pair of offensive fouls. He then took to the perimeter a bit (10-15 feet) and effectively popped some faceup jumpers. He moves well but that being qualified as quickness for a 270 pounder. It seemed unlikely he could keep a quality big as tall or taller than himself away from earning good looks at the basket but the reverse is also true.

Our guess: he is a future pro football player, not necessarily so in the direction of the NBA even though it appears he enjoys hoops more. But he has a great dream and more power to him.