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when was the last time we had two 7 footers on the roster??

Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:32 am
Posted by IndianInBR
L'auberge
Member since Dec 2015
3272 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:32 am
So excited for basketball and hopefully this virus goes away by the time bball returns!
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 8:33 am
Posted by Woodreaux
OC California
Member since Jan 2008
2790 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:35 am to
Geert, Robinson and Shaq?
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
10434 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:35 am to
Darcy and Elbert
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48946 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:49 am to
Garrett Green and the Tuba kid?
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:50 am to
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Tuba kid?
you mean Tuba?
Posted by the obvious one
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2018
524 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:53 am to
1980
Mattick and Campbell

1990
Shaq, Geert Hammink and Stanley Roberts

1991 & 1992
Shaq and Geert

Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:54 am to
Geert Hammink
Stanley Roberts
Shaquille O'neal
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
42807 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:55 am to
Two Kavell Bigby types that need some work especially offensively but I'm confident Wade can get them going.
And if nothing else you have rim protectors that can give fouls down low.
Both of their highlight tapes show similar athleticism to Bigby Williams.
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
68354 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:56 am to
Not trying to smash anyone's hopes but I dont see either contributing much this season. I can see Penn-Johnson maybe getting in 10-15 minutes a game or so and Gray about 5. We didn't get the 7 footer we really wanted in Cisse who easily would have played 25+ a game.

Wade really wanted to go to his new defense with a 7 foot swatter in the middle almost all the time but he's going to have to adjust that and probably put that on hold a bit for 1 more season.
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 8:59 am
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
5700 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 9:28 am to
ATG's Rick Mattick and Andy Campbell.
Posted by vanillabear
Member since Jan 2015
80 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 11:16 am to
Garrett Green was 6’11
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41214 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 12:28 pm to
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Geert Hammink
Stanley Roberts
Shaquille O'neal



What's crazy is all three were drafted in the 1st round by the same team.
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48946 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 12:36 pm to
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Garrett Green was 6’11

That's 7'
Posted by chewstick
Member since Oct 2009
1414 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 12:40 pm to
Nothing wrong with 15 min a game. Depth that we haven’t had in a loooonnnggg time
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11298 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 1:01 pm to
Robinson??? Who dat?

edit: Aah Stanley, lol.
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 1:02 pm
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
68354 posts
Posted on 8/4/20 at 1:06 pm to
quote:

Nothing wrong with 15 min a game. Depth that we haven’t had in a loooonnnggg time



Well what's wrong with it is Wade wanted to switch the entire defense to a zone-man matchup look it seemed like with a swatter in the middle. That swatter was going to be Cisse, play probably 25-30 min a game, and get spelled by Anselem or Gray some....so basically we could always have that long shot blocker in the middle and have the rim protected.

With Penn-Johnson and Gray, you're so limited on the offensive end, and neither of those 2 have the offensive rebounding or shot blocking close to Cisse had, you're stuck maybe getting 15-20 minutes max a game out of those two before it just doesnt become particularly efficient to have them out there. So now we cant really do that same defensive look when we dont have a shot blocker on the floor the majority of a game. Losing Cisse definitely changed up how Wade is going to have to approach the year defensively, which sucks because the plan was pretty dang good until it simply didn't happen. We now have 2 young 7 footers who are still more developmental than ready to play right now. Penn-Johnson spent 2 years even at Washington and could almost never even get on the court. It isn't like a KAvell Bigby-Williams situation as Penn-Johnson played in a total of 11 games abd 49 minutes in 2 seasons at UW as an end of bench player. KBW played in every game basically at Oregon his 1 year there and played on average 10 minutes per game and had some averages that looked good to extrapolate like offensive rebounding and shot blocking.
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 1:11 pm
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