re: Chris Jackson LSU Great!

My favorite lsu player ever.

If we're being objective, he blew as many leads as anyone EVAR. He, like all LSU teams historically, didn't quite understand to work the shot clock when you have a lead late in the game. Up 9 with 90 seconds left, cross half court thru the legs crossover deep 3 attempt... with 35 secs on shot clock.

He was certainly amazing to watch though.

"Dude was Pete M good"

That would be a big no. He was a great player but was not quite in Pete's category.

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As earlier posters mentioned, he was the master of getting to the hoop on fast-breaks; if he didn't decide to stop and drain a 3.

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Or stop and drain a 10 footer. Or 15 footer.

Jackson was unreal.

The thing that stood out to me the most is that the ball almost seemed glued to his hands... he had great hands. Around the back, stutter step, catch it in traffic, no-look stuff... he just never bobbled the ball.

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That would be a big no. He was a great player but was not quite in Pete's category.

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Agree with you 100%. Jackson was great. He is the antithesis of Josh Gray. The queazy feeling that I get when Josh Gray has the ball is the exact opposite of the feeling I would have when CJ had the ball. But he was nowhere in Maravich's class. CJ averaged somwhere around 30 ppg for 2 years while at LSU and that was with a 3 pt line. Pete averaged 44 ppg over a 3-year LSU career without one. They were both remarkably consistent with their scoring average being within a point or 2 of their career average every year. Pete's career college scoring records will never be touched.

That is because freshmen were not eligible to play varsity ball when Maravich was in college.

I had Chris and Stanley Roberts in my remedial reading class. Chris was quiet and not very personable. Stanley was a cool dude. There was only 6 of us in the class. Basement in Allen Hall.

Chris suffered really bad from Tourette's Syndrome when he was at LSU...the SEC officials were told to ignore anything that he might yell or say during the game..even in the NBA he would tie his shoes over and over till he felt comfortable...he would walk through a door many times until he felt he did it right...a lot of hangups back then...