From watching
the video on his 247 page, he's a good athlete with a college-ready body. That alone is a lifesaver as he's a guy that will be able to soak up some minutes right away.
Definitely perimeter oriented, the stroke's not so bad you'd notice and he seems to like to shoot. If he had rim protection ability we'd see it in the video, so that's a concern.
Definitely more of a 4 than a 5, kind of a bigger, less refined Kipper at the same age. This is not just some bum we're going to Crean in 8 months, and the offer list bears that out. He offers us much more than a Braun or Zdor.
The story
says that he needs to finish up a summer school class, that will be something to monitor along with Kane. When a kid has those questions they aren't here until they're here, but if he's committing it's at least doable. But in the hopeful scenario you'd now split the 5 between Kane and Giorgi, and split the 4 between Kipper and Higgs. That's still pretty bad, but it's better than it was yesterday, and keeps the likes of Tevian and AJ competing for minutes where they belong and pushing the other guys.
You would still definitely take a 5th year side of beef if you can find one. But this is good news! A nice late find by a staff that really needed one.