Even if that is true, don't think for a second that other coaches aren't going to tell superstar players to avoid LSU and Jones at all costs because all he did was devalue Simmons' potential worth and marketability at the next level.

While it isn't Jones' fault that NBA-ready HS players have to go to college for one season, at least Kansas and Duke can say to those guys "if you have to go to college for one year, at least come to a place where you will be in the college basketball spotlight. Don't go to somewhere like LSU and play for Jones where the ONLY sure thing that will happen is that you will see your overall stock decrease."

I know all the Jones fan-boys love to tell the other 98% of LSU basketball fans they are wrong about Jones, but the fact remains that he had his one big shot to truly change the direction of the program this past season and he completely crashed and burned. It's is going to be extremely hard to recover from that negative stigma.

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Posted by dj30

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Posted on 3/30/16 at 10:52 am to Alt26

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at least Kansas

FWIW,

Kansas had the #1 player in the country in Josh Selby and he was a 2nd round pick. They had #2 ranked Cliff Alexander last eyar and he wasnt even drafted. Andrew Wiggins hype dropped a decent amount at Kansas. If you have good recruiters, you can offset some of the negativity.

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Posted by boxcar willie

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Posted on 3/31/16 at 7:14 am to Alt26

It's not LSu's fault nor simmons fault that Simmons was over hyped. The media are the ones who over hyped him.

He'll still be a high pick in the NBA draft and have an NBA career. He just isn't the SUPERSTAR he was hyped to be.

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