re: Your all-time LSU BASKETBALL team

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Pettit was so far ahead of Macklin it is a joke. Look at their respective pro careers.

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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).