re: Malik Newman...UPDATED

Yeah, if I had to call it right now, Martin goes Mickey stays. I could live with that.

Mickey
Simmons
TQ
Blackeney
Newman

We would win a lot of games with that starting five.

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If Mickey leaves he won't get drafted at all. He's been playing like arse these last couple games. He isn't finishing at the rim, he isn't defending around the rim, and he's getting destroyed on the boards. If Jarell wasn't beasting right now we'd be out of the tournament.

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Do you really think that Mickey's draft evaluation will rest solely on four games? What about the 20+ prior to where he was clearly LSU's most consistent and probably best all around player? These four games are simply a slump that won't affect his draft evaluation one way or the other. By your logic, Martin shouldn't be considered viable draft prospect either due to the fact that UNTIL these last 4-5 games he had a propensity to completely disappear in big moments late in games. Also, except for the occasional charge, he still plays very lazy defense.

For the first time in his LSU career we're starting to see Martin play up to the potential that everyone thought he had coming in to LSU. He very well may be playing himself into a first round draft pick and I for one hope that play continues. But to think that Mickey has no chance of getting drafted simply because his is struggling right now is ridiculous.