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re: Your all-time LSU BASKETBALL team
Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:25 am to TopWaterTiger
Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:25 am to TopWaterTiger
all-time LSU 7ft team
Shaq
Stanley Roberts
Rick Mattick
Andy Campbell
Ray Borner
Yugoslavian dude
Justin Hamilton
Andrew Del Piero
Geert Hammink
Shaq
Stanley Roberts
Rick Mattick
Andy Campbell
Ray Borner
Yugoslavian dude
Justin Hamilton
Andrew Del Piero
Geert Hammink
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 8:27 am
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:56 am to JW
I've always felt that we have the sharpest curve in all-time players of any program. Our first 3 (Pete, Shaq and CJ) are (imo) hands down the best of any program, of all time. They are so good, that our top 5 is still arguably the best even though our 4 & 5 are probably significantly behind some of the all time great programs (Kentucky, Duke, UCLA). And after that, it plummets precipitously compared to top level programs with storied histories.
We'd have almost no depth, but our starting 5 would run with anybody.
Mine would be:
PG -- Pete
SG -- CJ
SF -- Macklin(Pettit, if we get to take them as compared to their contemporaries)
PF -- John Williams
C -- Shaq
You could run a number of other forwards in there, or even swap out for another guard, and it would be roughly the same team. When you have CJ draining it from anywhere on the court, Shaq owning the inside, and Pistol Pete just doing Pistol Pete, all you really need are a couple of credible threats that can make easy wide open jumpers (and hopefully play a little defense).
We'd have almost no depth, but our starting 5 would run with anybody.
Mine would be:
PG -- Pete
SG -- CJ
SF -- Macklin(Pettit, if we get to take them as compared to their contemporaries)
PF -- John Williams
C -- Shaq
You could run a number of other forwards in there, or even swap out for another guard, and it would be roughly the same team. When you have CJ draining it from anywhere on the court, Shaq owning the inside, and Pistol Pete just doing Pistol Pete, all you really need are a couple of credible threats that can make easy wide open jumpers (and hopefully play a little defense).
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:08 am to TopWaterTiger
Ben Voogd
Tack Minor
Malcolm White
Magnum Rolle
Regis Koundjia
Tack Minor
Malcolm White
Magnum Rolle
Regis Koundjia
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:38 am to RGJ18
Is that your top 5 under acheivers?
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:59 am to TopWaterTiger
Sparky Wade over Vernel(who btw was not a guard) and John Williams by a thread over Brandon Bass.(more post-season success)
Posted on 4/20/12 at 11:03 am to TopWaterTiger
lets not forget Landers Nolley
Posted on 4/20/12 at 11:58 am to TopWaterTiger
Agree with all, except I would put HiC in place of Singleton. Close call though.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 12:37 pm to Skillet
7'0" Yugoslavian dude = Zoran Jovanavich. He was buds with Ricky Blanton but injured himself in a pickup game prior to the 1986 season. Went home instead of sticking it out. Once Nikita Wilson was ruled academically ineligible it left Blanton, a 6'6" small forward who didn't dunk, as the center. It was incredible watching him during the tournament scoring double figures (mostly inside) against John Salley, William Bedford and Pervis Ellison.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 12:15 am to TopWaterTiger
I look for a team in addition to individual excellence. In my mind, Pettit/Pete/Shaq are head and shoulders above everyone else in LSU history. Need to fill in roles after that. My greatest regret was "If Livingston could average double digit assists on one leg, what could he have done if he was not hurt?"
1st team
PG Ethan Martin - with Pete, we don't scorer
2G Pete - with a 3 point line? enough said.
SF John Williams - unselfish, all round player
PF Bob Pettit - Nasty and driven
C Shaq - duh, try triple teaming him with this team!
2nd team
PG Chris Jackson - Would be Randy if he had not been hurt.
2G Ronnie Henderson - CJ would be good if not PG
SF Hi-C - money player
PF Rudy Macklin - Outstanding on the boards
C Big Baby - struggled with this one. A lot of one year guys like Cookie/Tree/Gert
All in all, this is an astonishing amount of talent for a football school
1st team
PG Ethan Martin - with Pete, we don't scorer
2G Pete - with a 3 point line? enough said.
SF John Williams - unselfish, all round player
PF Bob Pettit - Nasty and driven
C Shaq - duh, try triple teaming him with this team!
2nd team
PG Chris Jackson - Would be Randy if he had not been hurt.
2G Ronnie Henderson - CJ would be good if not PG
SF Hi-C - money player
PF Rudy Macklin - Outstanding on the boards
C Big Baby - struggled with this one. A lot of one year guys like Cookie/Tree/Gert
All in all, this is an astonishing amount of talent for a football school
Posted on 4/21/12 at 3:15 am to TopWaterTiger
Jerry "Ice" Reynolds???? No love for the original "Iceman"?
Posted on 4/21/12 at 5:51 am to mdwilkins
1st team
pG Ethan Martin
oG Pete Maravich
sF Rudy Macklin
pF Bob Pettit
C Shaq
2nd team
G Chris Jackson
G Howard Carter
F John Williams
F Dewayne Scales
F Stromile Swift
Back ups
Glenn Davis
Don Redden
Derrick Taylor
Ricky Blanton
Leonard Mitchell, (better than Vernal before he got hurt.)
pG Ethan Martin
oG Pete Maravich
sF Rudy Macklin
pF Bob Pettit
C Shaq
2nd team
G Chris Jackson
G Howard Carter
F John Williams
F Dewayne Scales
F Stromile Swift
Back ups
Glenn Davis
Don Redden
Derrick Taylor
Ricky Blanton
Leonard Mitchell, (better than Vernal before he got hurt.)
Posted on 4/21/12 at 8:19 am to Manswers
quote:Ah, I thought they were talking about Rich Krajewski.
7'0" Yugoslavian dude = Zoran Jovanavich
Posted on 4/21/12 at 8:44 am to Majtj236
quote:
Jerry "Ice" Reynolds???? No love for the original "Iceman"?
Uhhh... that would be George Gervin.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 10:23 am to Tiger in Texas
Magic Johnson was a pretty good passer too. But of course he was impossible to stop by any guard. especially when he posted up
Posted on 4/21/12 at 10:42 am to TopWaterTiger
First team you got right.
Second team:
Glen Davis
Marcus Thornton
Brandon Bass
Derrick Taylor
Stromile Swift
Third Team:
Ethan Martin
Kenny Higgs
Ricky Blanton
John Williams
Howard Carter
So many others could have made the third team as well. Just arbitrary who I picked out of 25 players. I didn't go by just stats but how important they were to their respective teams.
Second team:
Glen Davis
Marcus Thornton
Brandon Bass
Derrick Taylor
Stromile Swift
Third Team:
Ethan Martin
Kenny Higgs
Ricky Blanton
John Williams
Howard Carter
So many others could have made the third team as well. Just arbitrary who I picked out of 25 players. I didn't go by just stats but how important they were to their respective teams.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 10:45 am to King Joey
Pettit was so far ahead of Macklin it is a joke. Look at their respective pro careers.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 10:53 am to TopWaterTiger
quote:
G - Pete Maravich
G - Chris Jackson
F - Bob Petitte
F - Rudy Macklin
C - Shaq
AGREE.
quote:
G - Marcus Thorton
G - Vernel Singleton
F - Stromile Swift
F - Brandon Bass
C - Glenn Davis
G Ethan Martin
G Anthony Wilson
F Don redden
F Nikita Wilson
c Greg Cook
Posted on 4/21/12 at 11:25 am to Tom Bronco
quote:In that sense, yes. But Pettit played in a different generation than Macklin, and did not have his athleticism (from what I've seen). Like I said, if we're casting them based on how they compared to their contemporaries, I'm taking Pettit. But if they just walked out onto a court together, I think Macklin would have the edge. Not necessarily a big one, and I think we'd still have the best starting five with Pettit. Heck, I almost put Tyrus Thomas in there just for the defense (since don't really need any more scoring).
Pettit was so far ahead of Macklin it is a joke. Look at their respective pro careers.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 11:32 am to Manswers
Add CJ and I don't know how they could lose...as long as they distribute the ball effectively. That would be the problem.
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