Hope to see Naz Reid develop his post game

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He absolutely needs to develop that before leaving

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Well Wade better help him do it quickly b/c Reid will not be here for long. I'd be shocked if he's not a one and done.

Heard he was playing hurt last night, but yeah, I largely agree.

wade tried to post him up a couple of times later in the game and memphis was having none of it. not much you can do when the defense is denying the post except to hit the open man, which lsu did.

i would imagine that is going to be the story all season. teams just aren't going to let reid operate down low, teams that are better than memphis like auburn, tenn, fla, ky, state, vandy, etc. get used to it. if i'm a coach, i'm taking my chances with him on the outside that he's going to charge trying to get to the rim or miss a 3.

having said that, you could design some plays with 2 bigs down low and see which one pops open. if the d sags a man into the paint, lsu has 3 on 2 outside. i like lsu in that scenario every time against anybody. no way any team can guard skylar, tremont, javonte with 2 players

I think we'll see more designed isolation plays for Reid later in the year. Wade himself works with the bigs at practices. He'll help develop Reid.

Knock down shooter ? This team has insane shooters with waters and Edwards. Plus Reid , Mays, etc., sheesh

Who said he was "only" sitting on the perimeter? Yeah, he's had some dunks and put backs. But he's taken a lot of three's. There just isn't any reason for that. It's not a criticism of him, because he's a good shooter. But your bigs should be inside rebounding when others miss, and drawing defenders to the rim to open things up for guys like Waters, Smart, Mays and Edwards, who can all shoot it.

I'm fine with Reid taking the open three when the opportunity presents itself. I just don't want him to spend half or more of his time camped out on the perimeter.

You don't pay attention to what bigs have to do now in the NBA to make it do you?

The days of sitting on the block are gone. He came to LSU to showcase his talents for next year's draft, and that's exactly what Wade is putting him in the position to do.

If you watch, he looks absolutely natural posting up. Has he done it a whole lot? No, but when he has he showed he was absolutely capable.

Maybe it's his size, but he looks kind of awkward doing everything else. Although, he has shown the ability to do it all. Make no mistake about it, if he sat on the block all game he would absolutely dominate. The kid is a player.

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Reid isn’t great at posting up and looked bad doing it

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This is so incredibly wrong.

I don't know why you are explaining to me that he can dominate in the post. This is precisely what I'm saying that I want him to do. I know he is capable. Did I question his ability? No. I said I want him to move inside more.

And yes, I see what bigs are doing in the NBA. What gave you the impression that I didn't? I specifically said that I don't care for the mentality that is being taught to young big men, to sit on the perimeter.

He's here to help this team win. He can showcase all of his skills without trying to emulate the Kevin Love's of the world. Scouts aren't stupid. They know if he can shoot or not, without him having to force the issue.