re: Do we have a final 4 quality basketball team next year?

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Simmons is not a huge scorer. He plays a team game and passes the ball. But if he gets 7 assists a game that would not just be a big impact but incredible. Most elite point guards only average 5 to 6.

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Yes, for those who have not seen him play, I understand the expectation is that as the No. 1 recruit and a kid many draftniks say would have been a top 2 or 3 pick, is that he's a scorer.

He can and will score but his biggest strength is his versatility and high BB IQ. He can handle the ball like a guard, and sees the court very well and not only does he see it well, he gets the ball to the right people at the right time.

He needs to work on his perimeter jumper, but from all I've seen and heard I have no doubt he will.

I know we've all been burned over-expecting, but this kid is the real deal IMHO. Mickey and Martin were good players for us as frosh for the most part. I just think Simmons is a different kind of player and on a different level as a frosh.