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Ben Simmons question
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:31 pm
Legit question-I keep hearing how great Ben Simmons is, yet the team this year hasn't been that great. Just does not make sense to me when one great player in college hoops can carry a team. I think back to when Carmelo Anthony(who is a one dimensional ball hog but that's beside the point) took a team of nothing else to the championship at Syracuse, and then of course Syracure has been nothing since. However seems like Simmons has not really made an impact like that at lsu
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Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:32 pm to Cpaguy
CPA guy, you waited a long time to troll this board 
welcome
ETA: College basketball has a lot of emphasis on guard/perimeter play. Simmons struggles in that area, and is not really his natural position. He really has a lot of work to do in his offensive game. His best skills involve passing and running the floor, which always helps to have great skill around you, particularly when it comes to shooting the ball.
It is really a combo of a lot of things. I'm not sure Ben will ever be the NBA player that Carmello has been. He is certainly a ball hog, but there is no denying he is an excellent scorer.
welcome
ETA: College basketball has a lot of emphasis on guard/perimeter play. Simmons struggles in that area, and is not really his natural position. He really has a lot of work to do in his offensive game. His best skills involve passing and running the floor, which always helps to have great skill around you, particularly when it comes to shooting the ball.
It is really a combo of a lot of things. I'm not sure Ben will ever be the NBA player that Carmello has been. He is certainly a ball hog, but there is no denying he is an excellent scorer.
This post was edited on 3/6/16 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:38 pm to Cpaguy
Member since the thirteenth of July... and one post. 
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:39 pm to Cpaguy
When he cashes that 100 million dollar contract in a few months he will be laughing at cpaguy
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:40 pm to Cpaguy
LSU wishes they had Gerry Mcnamara and Hakim Warrick on this team
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:42 pm to Cpaguy
Gerry McNamara, Hakim Warrick, Jim Boheim, and 43 consecutive winning seasons including a final four run as recently as 2013 all say hi. Syracuse is a basketball school.
This post was edited on 3/6/16 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:19 pm to Cpaguy
You didn't even ask a question
Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:21 pm to Cpaguy
A team of nothing else?!?! Do you even know what you're talking about? That Syracuse team was freakin stacked.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:23 pm to Cpaguy
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Ben Simmons question by Cpaguy
Legit question-I keep hearing how great Ben Simmons is, yet the team this year hasn't been that great. Just does not make sense to me when one great player in college hoops can carry a team. I think back to when Carmelo Anthony(who is a one dimensional ball hog but that's beside the point) took a team of nothing else to the championship at Syracuse, and then of course Syracure has been nothing since. However seems like Simmons has not really made an impact like that at lsu
Apparently your dumb arse never heard of Hakeem Warrick and Jerry McNamara
I hate when you mindless idiots spout off I hate when you mindless idiots spout off
Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:29 pm to Cpaguy
Dude just stop watching basketball if you're gonna compare LSU and Suracuse and Boeheim to Johnny Jones.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 4:27 pm to vidtiger23
Dude knows he is a jackass and won't be back to show face. That's the beautiful thing about the Internet, you don't have to be accountable for your actions
Posted on 3/6/16 at 8:34 pm to ShreveportTiger1987
Melo led them to the championship, he left and they have not won the championship since. To be CLEAR, I'm no melo fan and he sucks in the NBA, but my point being one player there gets them a ring, here lsu may not even make the tourney
PS, if anyone on here knows les miles let him know that MAYBE he might want to recruit a QB in one of these great recruiting classes of his
PS, if anyone on here knows les miles let him know that MAYBE he might want to recruit a QB in one of these great recruiting classes of his
This post was edited on 3/6/16 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 3/6/16 at 9:30 pm to Cpaguy
quote:Well, he seems to betacking a new approach of offering every QB who is already committed to go to another school. Let's see how that works out.
PS, if anyone on here knows les miles let him know that MAYBE he might want to recruit a QB in one of these great recruiting classes of his
Back to Syracuse, they used a 7'2" center who wasn't very good but could be a big guy with 5 fouls inside, allowing Warrick to play PF and Simmons to play small forward. Johnny Jones prefers to play 3-4 guards and relies on Simmons and Victor to play 40 foul free minutes... while defending the hoop from guards that seem to have no trouble penetrating.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 10:54 pm to ShreveportTiger1987
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Ben Simmons question A team of nothing else?!?! Do you even know what you're talking about? That Syracuse team was freakin stacked.
I must have missed all those national championships Syracuse won before/after Carmelo
Posted on 3/7/16 at 1:33 am to Cpaguy
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I must have missed all those national championships Syracuse won before/after Carmelo
There's 14 total schools with multiple basketball championships...
Posted on 3/7/16 at 1:34 am to ShreveportTiger1987
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That Syracuse team was freakin stacked.
That team really wasn't stacked. Quite a run they made.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 8:56 am to Cpaguy
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I think back to when Carmelo Anthony(who is a one dimensional ball hog but that's beside the point) took a team of nothing else to the championship at Syracuse, and then of course Syracure has been nothing since.
Wat
Posted on 3/7/16 at 9:14 am to Cpaguy
4 guys from that Syracuse teams averaged 11 points or more. They had a PG in McNamara that averaged over 4 assists per game to go along with 13 points per contest, as well as a big man that could protect the rim with over 100 blocks. LSU is a legit PG and a rim protector (Jordan Mickey) from being a contender.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 9:18 am to pellietigersaint
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I hate when you mindless idiots spout off I hate when you mindless idiots spout off
You mean 90% of all posts in threads about Ben Simmons?
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