re: How Would LSU's Top Basketball Players Together Fare in NBA?

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The big problem is there's no NBA-caliber small forward. Macklin did not last long in the NBA. Bass can defend small forwards but he's a power forward. So you've got a big hole there.

I would put Livingston at point because if you start both Maravich and Abdul-Rauf, there may not be much passing. Abdul-Rauf would be my sixth man, followed by Thornton.

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I agree on both counts. SF is where I was looking and LSU has had good ones, but not really ones you look to on an NBA championship caliber team.

I like the Livingston at PG possibility with Chris Jackson off the bench. CJ can play point in spurts too. Livingston would have been a great one if he had not gotten hurt and was right there with Jason Kidd as a senior in High School. He could have run that team well, I think. He still works with NBA developmental players, I believe.

I think that this is a playoff team with wins in the high 50s to low 60s. I added Roberts and Hamminck to have bigs coming off the bench to spell Shaq for the playoff run, but a Shaq in his prime (Orlando/Early LA) with a Maravich, Petit, and Chris Jackson/Livingston would be a great combo. Look at the team that Shaq made the Finals with in Orlando before getting destroyed by the Rockets. His supporting cast was nowhere near this good.

Team could win a championship depending on matchups.