re: Moussa Cisse crystal Ball pick to LSU

All I've said is I think Cisse could replicate KBW's numbers from last year when he's at LSU.

He's an elite talent. He will be a One and Done. AGAIN...I LIKED KBW...but it's not like KBW was some All-SEC guy that cannot be replaced. We missed on his replacement this year because of Alleva. He did some things really well and was a good basketball player and great teammate. He fit into our team absolutely perfectly. Yes, he impacted the team more than sheer numbers. As a basketball player he is limited, it's why he's a very average G Leaguer.

If you read through this thread, it's very strange. It goes from talking about how Cisse is an elite talent, you do whatever you can to make room...to basically saying don't expect much his Freshman year because he's a Freshman. I think him averaging less than 7 and 6 is a massive letdown considering his talent.

There's so many things about that which are wrong. There's also many reasons why Dante has not transitioned well to college, and he should not be taken as the gold standard.

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I know Cisse has good size, but the people he’s playing with and against, it's not even comparable.

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He's not the #8 overall player because he plays at 30 games at Christ the King. He's ranked there because he plays 50+ games a year on the AAU circuit with and against other ranked players.

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He may very well come here and put up better per game stats, but he will never be physically able to stand up to guys like KBW.

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never be physically

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You cannot be serious. Literally what? Well I guess people could tell him and his people he won't make it in the NBA if he will never be able to handle guys (even though he's 6'11 220 as a soon to be 17 year old)

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Cisse won’t be 3rd in the league in rebounding,

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How do you know?

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He won’t be a very smart defender who doesn’t miss rotations

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How do you know?

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do other things to help his teammates

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How do you know?

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defend the rim at an elite rate

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Especially how do you know?

This is a Cisse recruiting thread. It's a thread about why he's awesome and why he will be awesome. It's not a thread about why the #8 player who WILL ABSOLUTELY 100% BE A ONE AND DONE won't be as good as a 5th year senior who averaged 8 and 7.

The argument that a Freshmen won't be as good just because he's a Freshman is absurd. More often than not a 5-star player is a major impact player, especially top 10 players.

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Nobody in this thread is doubting his potential especially long term.

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Literally one person is and that's who I am arguing with.

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You act as if he’s the second coming of shaq based off highlight tapes.

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People do not read in this thread. Go back, look what I said I expected his numbers to be. I essentially said KBW. Are you reading what I'm saying?

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Read the professional scouting report that says he will need to find some sort of an offensive game to carve out a niche in the nba.

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Dude...again, are you reading what I've said? I said he probably won't score double digits.


I think this really proves that people don't actually read what others write. I said 9ppg, 8rpg, 2.5bpg. He's known as an elite shot blocker. He's ranked where he is because of what he brings around the rim. Trendon Watford is averaging 7.2 rebounds, I see it very probable he can average 8.