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Tremont Waters starting PG
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:10 am
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:10 am
Per Wade just now on Sports Today
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 11:17 am
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:16 am to CP3forMVP
Interesting. I’m guessing Mays is moved to the 2 spot? Maybe Will Wade guaranteed Waters a starting spot day one during his recruitment. I just don’t see Mays getting beat out unless Waters is the truth.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:19 am to Darth Aranda
WW has talked before about how he likes playing 2 PG's at the same time
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:22 am to CP3forMVP
Heard he was awful against Tulane but fantastic against Texas. Would be great if the latter is more the reality of who he is. Can't wait to find out.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:25 am to Tiger Ugly
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Would be great if the latter is more the reality of who he is.
As a freshman, I'm going to bet that both of those the reality of who he is right now.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:48 am to Darth Aranda
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Interesting. I’m guessing Mays is moved to the 2 spot? Maybe Will Wade guaranteed Waters a starting spot day one during his recruitment. I just don’t see Mays getting beat out unless Waters is the truth.
He's starting both PGs, he wants them both on the floor at the same time as much as possible. Creates more ball movement, and that's something we really struggled with under Johnny Jones in the half court.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:49 am to ProjectP2294
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As a freshman, I'm going to bet that both of those the reality of who he is right now.
Yep, talented freshmen will struggle at times and be dominant in others. He was probably the worst player on the floor against Tulane, but then dropped like 20 points against Texas.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:54 am to CP3forMVP
With Waters and Ja'Vonte Smart coming in next year, we gonna be staaaaaaaaaaaaaacked 
Posted on 11/9/17 at 11:58 am to Harry Caray
CWW said the other day in a presser that when Mays is off the floor, the chemistry is way different. He's a big fan of Mays' IQ. So yeah he's probably moved to the 2.
Excited for this season.. some refreshing basketball will be played.
Excited for this season.. some refreshing basketball will be played.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 11:59 am
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:04 pm to CP3forMVP
Just curious - did he name the starting lineup? There are a lot of possibilities.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:38 pm to Manswers
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Just curious - did he name the starting lineup? There are a lot of possibilities.
Per Wade on OTB and Sports Today
1 - Waters
2 - Mays
3 - Still open, talked a lot about Sampson.
4 - Would be Epps if not injured. Simms was ahead, but the starting 4 spot will be reevaluated at practice today because Simms has not been consistent enough.
5 - Reath
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:47 pm to MrSavage
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3 - Still open, talked a lot about Sampson.
4 - Would be Epps if not injured. Simms was ahead, but the starting 4 spot will be reevaluated at practice today because Simms has not been consistent enough.
These will be really interesting to monitor. Epps has this spot on lockdown once he's healthy, Combs will play a lot too, he's also not near 100% quite yet.
Sims' playing time will diminish a LOT if he cant start playing defense. Same with Sampson. Coach is not happy with either player's effort on the defensive end which is why it's a question if they will even start tomorrow.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:54 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Heard he was awful against Tulane but fantastic against Texas. Would be great if the latter is more the reality of who he is. Can't wait to find out.
I suspect he will be inconsistent as a Freshman (Wade has said as much). But when he's good, he's really good.
Mays is playing the backcourt with him. Wade has spoken glowingly about Mays and essentially said they are a different and worse team without him on the court. Very high praise from a coach who doesn't appear to toss out compliments lightly.
Waters, Mays and Reath are definitely in the line up. The 3 and 4 spots are up in the air, but don't be surprised to see Rachal. Wade really likes his defense. Sampson is the enigma. You can tell Wade really wants him in because he may be LSU's most talented wing, but it doesn't sound like he's bought in on the defensive side.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:13 pm to Alt26
Thanks. One of the things I was wondering was whether Sampson was starting. It's frustrating if he just isn't putting in the effort to play defense. If that's truly the case, it's in his own best interest to become the best player he can for Wade.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:31 pm to Alt26
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Wade has spoken glowingly about Mays
I'll say this, Mays is the only player on last year's team that I thought brought consistent hard effort throughout the whole year. It was at times mis-directed but the effort was there for him more than anyone else IMHO.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 2:40 pm to Tiger Ugly
Waters went 0-4 and played 13 minutes against Tulane. Interesting, because he stunk it up against The Green Wave.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 4:21 pm to basiletiger
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Waters went 0-4 and played 13 minutes against Tulane. Interesting, because he stunk it up against The Green Wave.
Go and listen to Wade's interview on the podcast from Sports Today on 104.5 ESPN. He again emphasizes (as he has been doing) that Waters will be inconsistent at times due to his status as a freshman, but that his upside is worth the moments of errors. More importantly though, he talks about why he got limited time in the Tulane game and looked bad there for other reasons outside of being an inconsistent freshmen. Basically, they intentionally limited him because they wanted to see what other options were available behind him to assist Skylar with running the point. Also talked about how they were intentionally vanilla in their defensive schemes and offensive sets due to it being an open game.
He said that in their scrimmage against Texas, they played more like their true selves with respect to sets, defensive schemes and rotations due to the fact that he Shaka are friends and he knows that Shaka would keep the information under wraps. His perspective on defensive philosophy is really interesting and what they will be looking to do this year.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:11 pm to basiletiger
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Interesting, because he stunk it up against The Green Wave.
But he reportedly lit it up the next scrimmage vs. Texas.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:15 pm to CP3forMVP
Maybe WW is sick of Mays defensive effort?
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