re: MBB Offseason '25 Transfer Portal Tracker

I think we are good on bigs, got to like what we got coming in and coming back. The improvement of Collins and Reed during the offseason and Rob Miller during the season was a welcome sign from coach Wilson. Throw in the portal additions and we may have something there. I expect the bigs to do their jobs effectively next year.

Now the guard play has definitely left much too be desired under CMM, and he has not been able to effectively install his offense to any success in his time here. The ball movement has been way too stagnant and predictable I expect that too change with Thomas as the trigger man.

Our last remaking spots should be used for pursuing capable guards preferably who can defend. Considering the off ball guards still available, I hope we did our due diligence in an attempt to retain VJ Miller and gave him a strong arse offer because he could play and with 3 years of eligibility left is something you could build around.

Chandler Jackson should be on the top of the list for our coaching staff, and hopefully a hidden gem like Dji Bailey.

Bailey was not a hidden gem. He was subpar offensively and mediocre on defense. In fact, I would say he covered up too many minutes from VJ

I will say, I think Miller wants to go somewhere that he is taking a lot of shots and he is a focal point. He just wouldn’t be that here. Not trying to be an arse, but if he wanted to come back and fit into the team game we could be really really good. He is that instant offense we MIGHT miss. But he would have to play within the scheme and I don’t think he has any interest in that

Nope check the update I just posted in the Josh jefferson thread. Our staff is keeping everything hush hush right now. But hey… they keep reeling them in and I’m fine with it lol

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Bailey was not a hidden gem

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I disagree with you about Bailey, he was an experienced versatile player, who played with energy, and solid fundamentals. He just wasn't a threat from deep, especially in the corner. But there is a reason that when we were down Chest, and Reed CMM he started him at the 4
Now as far as taking minutes from VJ I definitely agree with you that VJ should have played more, but those minutes should have cut into an aggregate of players not just Bailey.

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That's going to sting next season.

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What did he average last season?

Will it? You take 3 games away from sec play and he averaged 4 rebounds a game

Play 10 feet off of him because he is incapable of shooting and he cannot dribble

He wasn't whining about people not being positive about transfers even though it doesn’t make any sense to be negative. He was not happy with d-bags who are only coming to this thread to trash McMahon and flooding the discussion with their troll post.

So me saying that change needed to be made from our previous players, therefore our 6 and 6 PF leaving does not hurt as much as some of you basketball haters want it to, means I’m sucking off McMahon

It is wild that if someone has a positive take on the direction of our program they are known as “deepthroating the staff”. Matt McMahon must win this year or he is gone. I am really really sorry for the derangement syndrome he has caused some of you, and the wax statues of Wade in the closet are sitting there just melting. Truly, I am sorry. But McMahon is doing great this offseason, and if you care at all about LSU basketball should want the team to win. It blows my mind how many people WANT LSU to lose

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So me saying that change needed to be made from our previous players, therefore our 6 and 6 PF leaving does not hurt as much as some of you basketball haters want it to

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Is that what happened in the post I quoted? Because what I remember reading was you cherry picking stats to try to justify your hope that a player that isn’t even at lsu anymore turns out not to be as good a player as others are saying he is.

But either way, it definitely had absolutely nothing to do with the incoming lsu transfer class, which you bled all over this thread about wanting to talk about because you watched 45 minutes of YouTube videos.

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means I’m sucking off McMahon

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No, your failed attempts at preventing other people from talking about how bad of a coach McMahon is means you’re sucking off McMahon.

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It is wild that if someone has a positive take on the direction of our program they are known as “deepthroating the staff”.

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It’s even more wild that someone that desperately wants people to think he knows about basketball has a positive take on the direction of a 14-40 staff.

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Matt McMahon must win this year or he is gone.

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That’s ambiguous and subjective. Must win what? Even mcpuffs gives the same empty platitudes pretending to hold him accountable.

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I am really really sorry for the derangement syndrome he has caused some of you, and the wax statues of Wade in the closet are sitting there just melting.

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Wade hasn’t even been mentioned and is now coaching at another power program. No one is talking about him coming back to lsu any longer, but you mediocrity loving mcmen keep bringing up his name. Who is deranged in this situation, exactly?

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But McMahon is doing great this offseason

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Based on what? His previous recruiting class rankings have been posted several times. You can continue attempting to spin why those were irrelevant and this one really matters. It just further proves my point.

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and if you care at all about LSU basketball should want the team to win. It blows my mind how many people WANT LSU to lose

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Yes, it’s the message board posters’ fault that lsu is 14-40 in the sec in the last 3 seasons. That makes perfect sense.