re: LSU is 16-12 with Ben Simmons

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He would be absolutely going off under Cal, Coach K, etc.

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Nope. He would be a role player and not the focal point. None of those coaches would make a guy who can't hit a jump shot a 6'-10" guard.

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Simmons is getting no coaching to use his skills to bring him to the next level. He would be absolutely going off under Cal, Coach K, etc.

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No, I really don't think so. As Simmons himself has said, he doesn't listen to the coaches, he does what is best for him. That's the way he has been brought up.

I think that's a big part of the reason he came to LSU and not Duke/Kentucky etc; there, he'd be surrounded by equal talent, and would be forced to take direction, or be benched. Here, he's stepped into a big talent gap, and there really isn't more than one other viable big man on the team. Jones HAS to play him.