re: How many ex-Tigers in Olympics men’s basketball this year?

I can think of 50 players who played for the Tigers who were better ball handlers and passers. Simmons was good for a big man but overall . . . nah! Johnny tried to play him under the basket because that is where the TEAM needed him as we had no big men. However anyone who watched those games know that he was at the top of the key behind the three point line far more than he was posted down. And to have a guy who couldn't and wouldn't shoot a three playing there was a joke. Almost all of Simmons points came on fast break layups, free throws or offensive putbacks. Once our opponents realized he was no threat from three, they just jammed the lane with a bunch of bodies and made his driving ineffective.