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Posted on 12/11/17 at 10:54 am to dukke v
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That disappeared during critical moments of games.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 10:55 am to dukke v
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That disappeared during critical moments of games.
by all means bring up 1 instance and act like thats the norm.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 10:56 am to ChewyDante
Stromile Swift would have eaten Bob Pettit for breakfast.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:07 am to Rickdaddy4188
Well he vanished in the second half of the OU game... didn't even attempt a shot the last ten mins... winning that game alone and LSU makes the tourney.....
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:11 am to LSUbase13
Love Ben Simmons. It’s great to see a former tiger tearing up the nba. Geaux Ben
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:11 am to EST
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It's like he wasn't even here.
Pretty much this. Dude didn't want to be here, not sure why he didn't just go play in Europe for one year.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:15 am to LSUbase13
Great representative of the university.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:16 am to ChewyDante
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I'm putting Maravich at the 2 and a one Mr. Chris Jackson running point.
Why? That seems completely backwards to me. CJ at the #2 would be phenomenal
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:22 am to LSUbase13
Ben Simmons was going to find a school to do exactly what he did here. He would not go to Duke, KY or Kansas because they would make him play team basketball, not use the games to practice his skills for the NBA instead of what was best for the team. All of the above teams/coaches has put very highly ranked freshman on the bench because they were not playing hard enough or not in the best interest of the team.
The silver lining to the cloud was it speeded up JJ's exit so we could get a top coach like Wade here.
The silver lining to the cloud was it speeded up JJ's exit so we could get a top coach like Wade here.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:23 am to LSUbase13
Who?
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:27 am to tigercraig
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Why? That seems completely backwards to me. CJ at the #2 would be phenomenal
Pete has greater length and Jackson strikes me as more PGish. Penetrate the lane and kick to Maravich outside for the 3 ball. I'm pretty sure we'd be incredible at those spots whichever way you do it.
Either way, Thornton ain't starting over either of those two. I honestly don't know shite about Bob Petit's game so I passed on swapping him out too. All I know is Tyrus, Glen Davis, Brandon Bass, and Stromile would all be savage in that spot as well.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:33 am to tigercraig
Ben is more Pippen than Jordan in terms of drive and leadership. But he was a great player on what should have been a good team that was instead an average, poorly coached team.
If he didn't enjoy his college experience then it's on him. He didn't HAVE to go wherever his godfather coached. Conversely Tasmin Mitchell did the same thing, came to play for Butch, and had a great career. His "camp" may have put too much on his plate with the showtime thing, and that just intensified the focus of the microscope.
It's too bad that team couldn't have at least made the tourney and won a game. He'd probably at least be remembered more fondly similar to how UT fans think of Durant. You don't hear Tiger fans badmouthing Antonio Blakeney the way they do Ben; Blakeney fought as best he could till his last game. AB was always going 100% whereas Ben seemed content to go on cruise control (especially on D).
As time passes I hope more fans forget the ill will because it's dumb to carry it. Dude failed to deliver the massive expectations but he's developing into one of the best in the world. It's a shame it didn't work out but disowning the guy doesn't solve anything. His dad is probably the one that the haters should have beef with. Think of Ben the recruit: he couldn't wait to get here and was all LSU. Things went south and he left after 1 year which was always going to happen.
If he didn't enjoy his college experience then it's on him. He didn't HAVE to go wherever his godfather coached. Conversely Tasmin Mitchell did the same thing, came to play for Butch, and had a great career. His "camp" may have put too much on his plate with the showtime thing, and that just intensified the focus of the microscope.
It's too bad that team couldn't have at least made the tourney and won a game. He'd probably at least be remembered more fondly similar to how UT fans think of Durant. You don't hear Tiger fans badmouthing Antonio Blakeney the way they do Ben; Blakeney fought as best he could till his last game. AB was always going 100% whereas Ben seemed content to go on cruise control (especially on D).
As time passes I hope more fans forget the ill will because it's dumb to carry it. Dude failed to deliver the massive expectations but he's developing into one of the best in the world. It's a shame it didn't work out but disowning the guy doesn't solve anything. His dad is probably the one that the haters should have beef with. Think of Ben the recruit: he couldn't wait to get here and was all LSU. Things went south and he left after 1 year which was always going to happen.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:37 am to LSUbase13
It's not his fault his head coach was an unemotional, brainless, incompetent buffoon.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:42 am to LSUbase13
None - one and done does not engender life long support
Posted on 12/11/17 at 11:51 am to LSUbase13
He doesn't consider himself a representative of LSU or college ball for that matter. He was entertaining for awhile and led us to some wins but then the last month he was here he just threw in the towel and quit trying. No attempt at defense. He was really pissed that he got benched for not attending class. After all he was here to play basketball and not be a student.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:04 pm to basiletiger
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Stromile Swift would have eaten Bob Pettit for breakfast.
The NBA HOF begs to differ. Swift's career averages of 8.4 PPG and 4.6 RPG are not going to scare anybody.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:31 pm to GeologyGrad88
Different time. The athletes of today's world would dominate those of 40 years ago. It's not even debatable.
Stromile Swift was a big reason why the Tigers went from last place in the SEC west in 1998-99 to SEC Champions in 1999-2000. In that season, the Shreveport sophomore led LSU in scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounding (8.2 rpg), field goal percentage (.608) and blocks (95). His field goal percentage of 60.8 percent ties him at seventh all-time for a single season at LSU and his 95 blocks rank him fifth all-time. That year, Swift led the SEC in blocks and was third in scoring.
Swift was a big-game performer, notching 29 points and nine rebounds to knock off #5 Arizona as well as a 23-point 10-rebound performance in the second round of the NCAA tournament against Texas, a win that catapulted LSU to its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance since 1987.
Swift concluded his stellar 1999-2000 season with Consensus First Team All-SEC honors, as well as the Co-SEC Player of the Year award. He was also a Consensus Second Team All-American before being selected No. 2 overall in the 2000 NBA draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies. In only two seasons, Swift remains the second-best shot blocker in LSU history with 130 blocks. He is also eighth all-time in field goal percentage with .560 percent.
Stromile Swift was a big reason why the Tigers went from last place in the SEC west in 1998-99 to SEC Champions in 1999-2000. In that season, the Shreveport sophomore led LSU in scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounding (8.2 rpg), field goal percentage (.608) and blocks (95). His field goal percentage of 60.8 percent ties him at seventh all-time for a single season at LSU and his 95 blocks rank him fifth all-time. That year, Swift led the SEC in blocks and was third in scoring.
Swift was a big-game performer, notching 29 points and nine rebounds to knock off #5 Arizona as well as a 23-point 10-rebound performance in the second round of the NCAA tournament against Texas, a win that catapulted LSU to its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance since 1987.
Swift concluded his stellar 1999-2000 season with Consensus First Team All-SEC honors, as well as the Co-SEC Player of the Year award. He was also a Consensus Second Team All-American before being selected No. 2 overall in the 2000 NBA draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies. In only two seasons, Swift remains the second-best shot blocker in LSU history with 130 blocks. He is also eighth all-time in field goal percentage with .560 percent.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:32 pm to LSUbase13
He went to LSU?
Posted on 12/11/17 at 12:37 pm to LSUbase13
who?
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