re: Ben Simmons returned for the BKN Nets tonight

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Great player for one year at LSU, but the other 4 players on the court sucked.

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The frick!?

Tim Quarterman - Played in the NBA (#74 HS prospect)
Antonio Blakeney - Played in the NBA (#15 HS prospect)
Craig Victor - NBA G-League and done very well in Europe (#39 HS prospect)
Keith Hornsby - Very solid player for us and still playing internationally

That + Simmons was a top 10 starting 5 in the country. Bench wasn't great, but we had Josh Gray, Jalyn Patterson, Brandon Sampson, Brian Bridgewater, Aaron Epps, etc.

That was the worst coaching job I've ever seen. That team is the most underachieving team in any major sport at LSU in my lifetime. Simmons had a great year statistically, but the culture was terrible and the in-game coaching was so bad I'm pissed off typing this.

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As someone else said above, Johnny handled Quarterman in a terrible fashion. Good coaches deal with kids like that in one way or another.