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re: LSU WBB - Bella Hines enters transfer portal - commits to TCU

Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:31 pm to
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
12959 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:31 pm to
From Bella's IG

quote:

AND TO THE LSU FANS, YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME. I'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THIS CHAPTER AND THE MEMORIES WE CREATED
TOGETHER.


So it meant a lot but you're leaving. What memories did you create? You stopped by for a cup of coffee.

I really liked her play, attitude, and hustle. She had a future here but it will be elsewhere. This is par for the course with the transfer rules and NIL opportunities.

Posted by Asleepinthecove
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2023
2200 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:33 pm to
Bella is more of a shooting guard. I wouldn’t think she would be anything other at LSU or another school. The question is, what happens to Johnson next year? Does she move back out to be more like Williams, or does she continue to play the 4 position. I guess it depends on who we get in the portal.
Posted by GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
14988 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:53 pm to
Another factor no one is talking about. Kim is recruiting several top players in The Portal. It COULD be that some of our frosh don't want that kind of competition.

Big10 schools are supposedly throwing their $$$ now to WBB, at least several of those schools are.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
80360 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

newsflash wings are technically guards.

Z and Mikaylah won't be playing the 2, which is what Bella plays.
quote:

. plus you still got two people ahead of her if you think she is just a PG.

Two people have to start. Bella would've been the first guard off the bench getting a ton of minutes.
Posted by Jim bean xxx
Member since Sep 2018
10197 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:08 pm to
quote:

Bella would've been the first guard off the bench getting a ton of minutes.


Exactly!!!

This is all about money…Kim won’t be held hostage

Hit the damn bricks!!
Posted by gumbodawg
Baton rouge
Member since Dec 2003
415 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:24 pm to
Love Bella’s presence and persona and ability to knock down pressure shots. Hate to lose her. But not an elite athlete. Runs pigeon toed and not explosive. Definitely behind Fulwiley, Jada, and Mikayla so can’t see her starting next year anyway.
Posted by des4271
Member since Oct 2014
4683 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:27 pm to
That’s a shocker, could have seen her getting a lot of playing time next year.
Posted by LSU Tiger Eyes
Key Biscayne, FL
Member since Sep 2003
3909 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:29 pm to
Sounds like the father is another Simmons kind of-(fill-in-the-blank)!
Posted by Jim bean xxx
Member since Sep 2018
10197 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:31 pm to
quote:

Runs pigeon toed and not explosive.


Funny, but true

Messes up her handles too…the ball is always far from her body when dribbling

She is a spot up shooter that plays a little defense
Posted by Keltic Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2006
22020 posts
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:50 pm to
Why would Knox want to leave? She was basically a starter
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
7686 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:17 am to
Looks like I wasted money on that bedazzled Bella #3 jersey.
Posted by icecreamsnowball
Member since Mar 2025
1358 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:27 am to
TIGER BAIT
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53881 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:32 am to
She doesn't have the chest
Posted by Beau Fontenot
Upper Delta
Member since Oct 2018
813 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:44 am to
Of the two, Knox would definitely be the bigger loss. After getting benched for her technical, she really improved and became an important part of the team.
UCLA needs some players, which kinda worries me. She's from that area, but neither she or Hines seem to fit their culture.
Posted by Jim bean xxx
Member since Sep 2018
10197 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 10:58 am to
Ole miss picked up a commit from vol player cooper today

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Kim usually releases name at the end all at once…we shall see
Posted by FMtTXtiger
Member since Oct 2018
5318 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 11:00 am to
this stinks, someone got a decent offer i guess.

team would have been pretty good going into next year.
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
15949 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 11:12 am to
Yeah, this one has taken the wind out of my WBB sails. She even did a video squashing any talk of transferring with and without Kim. She said she's trusting the process. She would have been a star here, she was already on the way to.
Posted by ramchallenge
Member since Nov 2009
3712 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:12 pm to
Not taking anything away from her, because she gas good potential, but there are plent guards in the portal with better skills who can replace her.
Sorry to see her go, but after reading what her dad said, he's the one who pushed her to leave, thinking she's going to be a great WNBA player and hasn'tgot enough playing time...
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
8488 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:16 pm to
She wants a national championship opportunity.
Posted by outerstater
Member since Jan 2022
1025 posts
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:31 pm to
They have a lot of opening at Tennessee, hate to see her go. It's bad at Tennessee.
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