re: tOfficial LSU 2015/2016/2017 Basketball Recruiting Thread

Tell us more about Kaiser Gates.

You need to watch Darcy play more. He's crazy skilled for a big man. He didn't have size LSU needed and tbh, didn't have room for a player who wasn't ready to play last year. I think he'll shock quite a few this year.

i assume he'll be much stronger which will help him tons, he's quite comfortable witht he ball acutally, still learning the game. think he can still and will contribute down the line.

The one thing about Darcy is he's defense. He just doesn't know what to do on that end. He doesn't use his arms well at all and has trouble going straight up, which leads to a lot of unnecessary fouls. He also gets pushed around way to easily under the basket but that has more to do with his weight than anything else. That can be fixed pretty easily. I do worry about bulking him up though because he'll lose some of that quickness he has, which is one major advantage he has over a lot of other bigs. So he's kinda stuck in no man's land in a way. Do you put weight on him so he doesn't get pushed around as easy on the low block, or do you let him stay at his current weight so he doesn't lose his quickness? I kinda think we might be able to use Darcy and Epps on the court at the same time. On offense Darcy would be able to set up on the wing or in the corner and drain threes while Aaron plays around the basket, but when we're on defense you'd switch Darcy on to the PF and Aaron on to the SF. I think that would work.

I think if Blakeney committed we would be telling Sampson Blakeney is our PG...because Blakeney is good with the ball in his hands, and Sampson could still come in and play the 2.

Then we create a mess with Gray and Hornsby if they both return - but it's a good problem to have. Blakeneyt absolutely is a starter from game 1, and I think we would bring Sampson off the bench.

But JMO, if we got Blakeney, I dont think we get Sampson.

I think our best hope this class is something like:

Simmons
Thomas
Blakeney OR Sampson
Lott
Aussie

Was watching Blakeney recruit videos when I saw this guy on the side and decided to click it. Surprisingly, he has an LSU offer and is a solid point guard. Plus he has some solid dance moves:

Corey Sanders Is The Most Entertaining Player In The Country
(Go to the 4:43 mark to see his dance moves)
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Couldn't agree more. It's unfair to the players and very trashy.

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I feel like any/all of the people who predominantly post basketball info here shouldn't be making claims or forming opinions on possible transfers unless there is pretty obvious information public. I really dislike it. It's a question that one should just deflect and say very little about.

There's not a lot of people who cover lsu basketball so it makes the main basketball people's word feel almost like a legitimate news source. We know players follow this site. We know players families follow site. No reason to make false accusations for whatever reason.

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So that comes with these big time recruits as we can see that's the direction JJ is going. To get these players it comes with a price meaning you have to offer something good (starter or a major role). Plus college sports is becoming a transfer orginazation because these kids want to play.

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Oh, I'm very familiar and kinda sad that LSU now has a big transfer/process culture now. I knew a new coach would change some things, so I hope it's not a trend.

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Who would have thought Malik Morgan Anthony Hickey would have been dismissed but that's cause coach is looking to the future for better players

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This isn't true at all though. Morgan wasn't kicked off, and Hickey was dismissed from the team for reasons unrelated to his basketball performance. There are no better players that were taken in because we still have two scholarships open.

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To me it seems that JJ dismissed Hickey cause he had the same player in Gray and that would have cut into his minutes.

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That's absolutely wrong. 0 truth in this statement.