Florida State basketball: 3 starting lineup options for 2020-2021 season

What if Sardaar Calhoun starts right away?

With all the depth remaining from 2019-20 and the addition of Scottie Barnes, it’s already taken this long before mentioning sweet-shooting three-star recruit Sardaar Calhoun. The 6-6 wing out of West Plains, Missouri, could be an important piece in his own right.

While Florida State teams under Hamilton typically have no issue scoring, they are methodical, using strong guard play to attack mismatches and turn defense into offense. Rarely will you find a knockdown shooter heavily involved for the Seminoles, but that’s just what could happen with Calhoun.

Though he’s “only” a three-star recruit, there’s no reason to believe he won’t.

Hamilton is optimistic.

“But Calhoun and Barnes are the kind of people that are similar to the guys that we’ve had in the past, guys who do a really, really good job with buying into the system and executing to perfection,” Hamilton told 247Sports.

If Calhoun indeed impresses the Florida State coaching staff, it could bring more balance to the starting lineup and bench units. However, inserting Calhoun with the starters would require something else.

While everyone calls Barnes a point forward now, it’s tough to transition from high school to the NCAA and still be a consistent play-maker from the wing. However, Barnes has been great everywhere he’s gone, so it’s certainly possible.

If all that happens, the Seminoles could be looking at a nice Plan B in which Evans remains a high-level backup play-maker, and the team goes even bigger in the starting unit.

Plan B: Barnes, M.J. Walker, Calhoun, Raiquan Gray, Malik Osborne