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How good will the Basketball Team be if they are all eligible?
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:26 am
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:26 am
To all of you Basketball Gurus, how will we stack up? And….do you expect them to be eligible?
I’m an LSU Basketball fan…I watch about every LSU Game, but don’t watch at all outside of that.
I’m an LSU Basketball fan…I watch about every LSU Game, but don’t watch at all outside of that.
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Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:27 am to Safety Blitz
If all of them are eligible? LSU could have a legit case to be preseason top 5.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:29 am to Safety Blitz
This is a championship level team if they can all go. But I have a feeling they’ll do everything possible to avoid letting that happen
You just aren’t supposed to steal away players to a place like LSU. It’s why they hated him so much the first time
You just aren’t supposed to steal away players to a place like LSU. It’s why they hated him so much the first time
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:40 am to Safety Blitz
RJ Luis Jr. would, again, be one of the best players in the country. He was a consensus 2nd Team All American and Big East Player of the Year.
If he's eligible, we'll be downright nasty.
If he's not, and everyone else is, we'll still be a tournament team but I don't think we'd be a top 10 team or anything like that.
If he's eligible, we'll be downright nasty.
If he's not, and everyone else is, we'll still be a tournament team but I don't think we'd be a top 10 team or anything like that.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:40 am to Safety Blitz
Some here said , Wade could win a title with that bunch. 
Wade is going drag his balls all over the media in year 1
Wade is going drag his balls all over the media in year 1
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:40 am to Safety Blitz
Depends on if we get a really good point guard.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:42 am to PP7 for heisman
I still believe we have a strong chance for Graves. I just don’t think he gets drafted where he wants.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:54 am to Safety Blitz
If Wade gets everybody that is currently committed to LSU, then the NCAA and SEC may heavily consider moving LSU to the Southwest division of the NBA Western Conference for this coming season.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:35 pm to Safety Blitz
20+ wins and in the tourney
Posted on 5/21/26 at 12:46 pm to CatfishJohn
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RJ Luis Jr.
This is not going to happen unfortunately. Dude was a pro and won’t be on the team. There are a couple of PGs still available if they don’t get drafted high so if wade can get one this team is not only competitive year one but tourney run competitive. Without an elite pg this team is still really good and could win 20.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 1:07 pm to Safety Blitz
From a very high level perspective, this roster looks to have good frontcourt size and a chance to be really skilled and stretch the floor offensively. For the majority of his career Wade has been very good at putting really good offensive teams on the floor. This roster has a chance to be no different. The biggest concern is at PG. For as skilled as several of these guys are, they may not be good shot creators, which hurts things if you don't have a solid PG getting others in position to fully excel.
IMO, the bigger concern is defense and rebounding. International players are often more offensively skilled their US counterparts, but they don't play as physical a game on defense and on the boards. Niang and Dioubate are more defender/rebounders than the other guys, but we'll have to see if that is enough (pending more roster additions). Particularly, given the majority of Wade's teams have not been good defensively.
I think this roster is going to score, a lot. The concern is the same as many Wade teams. Will it be too imbalanced (good offensively, not good defensively) to allow LSU to really compete with the elite teams? Good? Yes. Elite? TBD
IMO, the bigger concern is defense and rebounding. International players are often more offensively skilled their US counterparts, but they don't play as physical a game on defense and on the boards. Niang and Dioubate are more defender/rebounders than the other guys, but we'll have to see if that is enough (pending more roster additions). Particularly, given the majority of Wade's teams have not been good defensively.
I think this roster is going to score, a lot. The concern is the same as many Wade teams. Will it be too imbalanced (good offensively, not good defensively) to allow LSU to really compete with the elite teams? Good? Yes. Elite? TBD
Posted on 5/21/26 at 1:52 pm to thumperpait
This team will go as far as the PG takes them Still need a legit SEC PG.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 1:59 pm to mcspufftiger7
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This team will go as far as the PG takes them Still need a legit SEC PG.
Agreed. I wish Thomas would've stayed. Hopefully the General has something up his sleeve.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 2:03 pm to mcspufftiger7
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This team will go as far as the PG takes them Still need a legit SEC PG.
In the past Wade has been able to find ways to put good offenses on the floor even without "traditional" PGs. Smart was more of a combo guard. As was Copeland last year at NC State. Yes, a PG like Waters would be tremendous, but Wade has overcome that.
Defense is my concern (as it often the case with Wade's teams)
Posted on 5/21/26 at 2:05 pm to Alt26
Bashir is the guy
Posted on 5/21/26 at 2:21 pm to Madking
Assume for the moment that Luis Jr does'nt make it to the roster, then Bashir is the only incoming player who averaged more than 8 pts/game, and no one averaged more than 5 rb/game, they will be better than last year, but it's a stretch to think they will be better than mid SEC. I hope i'm wrong, LSU basketball has been a snooze fest since WW left.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 2:41 pm to Z28
You’ll be pleasantly surprised
Posted on 5/21/26 at 2:55 pm to Pelican fan99
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You just aren’t supposed to steal away players to a place like LSU. It’s why they hated him so much the first time
If there is a hatred out there for Wade, then why didn't Wade accomplish this at NC State? Why the outrage now he is back at LSU?
Seems like a forced narrative to me.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 3:00 pm to Safety Blitz
I think Luiz is the only one that might not get approved.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 3:08 pm to TopWaterTiger
quote:NC State almost certainly wasn't willing to put up the NIL money that LSU is putting up
If there is a hatred out there for Wade, then why didn't Wade accomplish this at NC State?
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