re: LSU basketball transfer portal watch

It’s imperative to keep Phillips. I hope he stays. A debate I’ve had with others on this board revolves around expectations we have for taller wings and centers. We had a few last year(Reed and Phillips) that a lot of people said were “overrated” or blamed McMahon for lack of development. My point is and has always been the transition from hs to college is extremely difficult for players 6’9+. If you look at the top 100 hs players and take the stats of players with said height, you would be astonished how much they “underperform” based on what the expectations are from the majority of the fan base. HS bigs 90% of the time are projects, and most will be acquired in the portal unless he is “transcendent”. I hope to see a lot of them go to smaller schools and be the focal point against less talent and then transfer rather than go to a big school, don’t play, get frustrated and transfer to another big school and rinse and repeat. That’s the trend I’m seeing now. They’re chasing paper over development, sadly.