Question regarding Shareef O'Neal

He should start every game we play until the season is over. Reid has no business starting this year.

Who technically starts the game is not a big deal. But I do think he should be getting at least the same amount of minutes, if not more than Reid.

It is the final week of the regular season. Presumably LSU will reach the NCAA Tournament. So that means LSU may have only 3 games left before tournament play. The development of Reid is not going to suddenly go from 0 to 100 by NCAAT time simply as a result of him playing the bulk of the minutes in the next 3 games.

With two huge games starting tonight play the guys that give you the best chance to win. O'Neal is not the 2nd coming of Shaq. But he has shown, in limited action, he has enough ability to contribute far more than Reid right now. I have no idea why Wade continues to have such a blind spot when it comes to Reid.

To maximize the potential of this team he has to start and play the majority of the minutes over Reid imo . Problem is I don’t see wade changing with 1 week left in the regular season

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Who technically starts the game is not a big deal.

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"Don't look at who starts, look at who finishes"
-Nick Saban

Although Shareef has been quick to get fouls when he gets in, Reid has been like that all season. Shareef plays aggressive on the boards, on D and on offense. Whether he starts or not, he should be getting significant minutes.

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Shareef may not be giving the effort in practice.

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He definitely wouldn't be playing if he wasn't.

Also, before we turn this into a shite on Efton thread (again), let's remember that Reef is 4 years older than him and Reef also struggled for playing time at UCLA when he was Reid's age. Doesn't mean Reef shouldn't be getting more PT, it just means don't give up on Reid.

We will need Reid, Efton, Reef, Days, and Fudge tonight considering that Jaylin Williams may flop and foul out the whole team

He has had a foot problem all season. Wade can't play him if the trainers and doctors don't give him a green light. I hope he is completely well now but I did see him start to limp late in the game. I agree he is talented and should play.

duh

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Shareef may not be giving the effort in practice. Attitude may suck. We really don't know what's going on behind the scenes.

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Being one of Shaq’s kids, I highly doubt that. Big Diesel not having that weak shite.

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Wade may have promised him a starting spot to get him to come here.

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While I too am perplexed that Reid is getting more minutes than Shareef, it was suggested on this board, that this may be a recruiting tool as well. In that WW needs to show future 4/5 stars that they will start right away and/or contribute significant minutes.

Although this seems like a flawed decision, in regards to the current team, I think that’s a legitimate point, and may contribute to deciding Efton’s playing time???

We don’t know who is in the pipeline, and WW may be playing the long game. Identifying potential 5 star recruits starts very early in player’s high school career. Coaches “work” on them for years in some cases.

I will use Tremont Waters as an example.
I remember Will saying he’d been trying to recruit Tremont (although not a 5 star) for years - before ever coaching at LSU. He lost out to John Thompson at Georgetown. But when Thompson left before the 2017/18 season started, Tremont’s Dad didn’t want him playing for Patrick Ewing, so Will swooped in and got him showing the result of perseverance.
And I know this to be true because I spoke to Ed Waters on numerous occasions.
Ed was also quoted as saying “Tremont’s development is important. Some of these kids can go anywhere and can go one and done. But some of these kids are like Steph Curry and Davidson, where they need to go somewhere and develop."
Perhaps their development hinges on playing a lot of minutes, in the eyes of recruits?

And isn’t there a kid on the horizon that wants to play in gold uniforms and WW promised that ?