re: All time LSU Basketball starting 5 and who would come of the bench?

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C- shaq
PF- Ben Simmons
SF-Tasmin Mitchell
SG- pete maravich
PG- Chris Jackson

Bench C-Glen Davis
PF-Stromile Swift
SF- Garrett Temple
SG- Marcus Thornton
PG- Tremont Waters

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You must not know a lot of all time LSU players

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Big Bob has to be the 4, and I don't see any way that can be questioned. Move Simmons to the 3 if you want to keep him, Jackson and Pistol shoot plenty well to make it all work

I think 4 cannot be argued:
Shaq
Pettit
Pistol
Jackson

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With those guards you pretty much have to have a SF who is a lock down defender. Don't bash me too much but someone like Garrett Temple would make that lineup better than almost any other player that has ever gone to LSU. You don't need a scorer at that point but you do need someone to play D on scorers who aren't bigs.

An in shape John Williams would be nasty with the other 4.

Ethan Martin is often forgotten.

How has there been no mention of Glover Jackson on the list?

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It is actually incredible how much basketball history LSU quietly has.

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It revs up every now and again. LSU is top 4 in SEC history. Basketball is LSU's pastime. Well before Saban and before skip, LSU had some outstanding runs in basketball. John Brady brought some of it back, but it's been lost for over a decade now.

The day of reckoning is here!

Yep. Blanton was a steady hand.

The answer to this question is always "it depends." If the objective is to put together a team against other all-time teams to play in a tournament, it seems like one needs to account for size, strength and athleticism. The inclusion of Bob Pettit is always difficult because of his size and relative athleticism in college compared to current players. He'd probably be a role player coming off the bench to match up, for example, against a Bill Walton.

If we are looking to defeat other teams, I think our toughest starting 5 would be:

C-Shaq (7'1")
PF/C - Stanley Roberts (7'0")
SF - Ben Simmons (6'10")
SG - Pete Maravich (6'5")
PG - Chris Jackson (5'11")

Guys coming off the bench:
Bob Pettit (PF, 6'9"), Rudy Macklin (SF, 6'7"), Marcus Thornton (SG, 6'3"), Randy Livingston (PG, mythical injury-free,6'4"), Dewayne Scales (PF, 6'9"), Stromile Swift (PF, 6'10"), Jevonte Smart (PG/SG, 6'4"), Don Redden (SF, 6'6").

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Do your research on Bob Petit

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Let's honor Bob Pettit by spelling his name correctly.

Man, I left off John Williams, too. He was too good (poor man's Lebron) to be kept off. Put him in somewhere.

I also realize there are a lot of solid guys not on the team - Big Baby, Bass, Blanton, Ethan Martin, Howard Carter, Tyrus Thomas, Tasmin Mitchell, and some defensive aces like the G. Temple, Oliver Brown, B. Woodside. Lots of guys to make an assortment of great teams.