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Dont think many college age guys would shake off Dunn.

After spending time seeing who CJJ goes after and who all we already have, while I would be glad to have Mr. Dickerson on board, I dont think he is the difference between a Final Four and a Sweet 16 caliber team. He is not that good, you can show me any site or analyst but he would not start here and would be a minor contributor in year 1. Like most people and SoS can stand by this they see the rankings and not the player, he is not a very versatile player.

Save the scholly and use it on another transfer and sit or graduate type player. CJJ has done very well with transfers and sorry I will take the beating he is not that good and would struggle to find PT here in his first year.

Stanislaus and Brother Martin will be going at it this year.

SSC also has the nations leading passer!

This will be good

Shows even national writers can be trolls as well.

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Amazing news. The future is so bright. Our coaching can't even screw up the talent coming in

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Not sure if serious?

If you could please leave the troll comments like this to the rant thank you.

Someone could get a steal right now if the Titans are okay parting ways with him after one year.

Two questions Mstate......

1) Will the outfield lounge, bbq areas be made smaller almost to a smaller group of diehard fans, or will it be just as expansive as it is now. Whether it is good or bad still is different and brings a certain atmosphere to DNF.

2) What is the giant circular plaza thing in right field meant for? Standing room only?students? I see what looks to be some stands.

All in all well done and great facility. Any LSU fan should welcome better upgrades across the conference, continue to strive to make the SEC #1 in all sports.

You really have to commend CJJ on the program he has built thus far. Getting the top players in the state to stay at home or come back!

Implementing a system that focuses on using players strengths, regardless of position. It is an NBA type offensive philosophy, and while it is not nearly as complex, he is a very good and underrated strategist, most of the people that complain are football fans that show up just to complain. I personally love a matchup style of basketball, rather than a strict offensive base set every time down. He has the program right where it needs to be, you now have a mix of older players that have experience and younger guys behind them that can learn and when their time comes step in an contribute. Every single player has gotten better after their first year with Coach Jones. While I think Dickerson is a good player and would love to have him, I think Jarreu brings more versatility. Robinson will be and is better than Dickerson right now.

Primary Ball Handler: Gray (SR) 6'1
Wing: Blackeney (FR) 6'4
Wing: Hornsby (SR) 6'4
Forward: Simmons (FR) 6'10
Block to Block: Robinson (SO) 7'1 (Victor if eligible (SO) 6'9)
6th Man: Quarterman (JR) 6'6
F: Robinson or Victor
Wing/F: Epps (SO) 6'9
Wing: Sampson (FR) 6'4
Point/Wing: Patterson (SO) 6'0
Reserves: Malone (JR) 7'0, Bridgewater (SO) 6'5

But you see the foundation is there, and yes while a big is maybe a bigger need as it stands, having one more experienced ball-handler that can also knock down open shots and bring leadership would be tremendous.

A lot to be excited for, with the exception of Gray, Robinson, and Malone, everyone else can compete and be effective against multiple types of players.

One thing that I see is with Epps being back healthy, we will be much better against zone defenses from a spacing perspective.
(Against 2-3)
Top: Quarterman
Wing: Hornsby
Wing: Blackeney
Short Corner: Simmons
Rover: Epps
5 guys that can knock down open shots and can all run the floor, which is the key to being effective against any zone. If you can speed up the tempo and get the zone moving and never have time to set, it becomes very problematic.

Also something Simmons HS coach did was place Ben at the top in matchup zone type sets. Having long armed guys like Quarterman and Blakeney that also have incredible timing and hustle would be very hard for opposing offenses. Have Victor and either Malone or Epps, going corner to corner with their length.

With Simmons any coach would salivating to have because there is not a single matchup he does not have a clear advantage in, on atleast one side of the court.

We will add one more player, could be Jernard Jarreau.

Still need to see if Victor for sure gets his sixth year which could be a blessing in disguise if he doesn't, I do hope he does but would mean the staff gets to look at more guys in game situations and build more depth, which hurt us last year badly.

Aaron Epps will make a huge jump in terms of minutes and playing time. Believe Tim Quarterman will start off as our 6th man but play starters minutes and be there at the end of games, he looked very comfortable in that role.

1 Gray
2 Tone
3 Hornsby
4 Simmons
5 Victo

Wing Quarterman
Wing/Post Epps
Post Robinson
Guard Patterson
Wing Sampson
Post Malone

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There is no shame in getting swept

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Multiple people that I have talked to all say State, LSU, then UK.

State will get him, sorry to say

Been going to Mr. Luthers in Bocage since I was born! Great place and would recommend to anyone. Always $30 and under.

I agree having more depth in the frontcourt is not only needed but always a good thing.

But can you explain why you want Ben Simmons on the wing as opposed to the post?
And I do not mean in transition handling the ball, or end of game and shot clock situations.

Also think we end with Kasongo and Payne.

He should not and is too good of a player to wait LSU out. While I would love to have Sampson as a part of this class, as an objective fan, he should not and we as fans should not expect that out of him.

Would be a great pickup.

Transfers thats still have their redshirt available, and can then play 2+ years are great, better than any recruit for any class unless there is obviously a Top-20 talent.

While it would be nice to pickup a grad big, like a Justin Hamilton or Calvin Godfrey type, for a one year flyer, it would also be nice to have one more guard, specifically a guy that is 6'4-6'7 that can play both guard positions.

While yes, Simmons will play some 3, he will unless we pick somebody else up probably play a lot of 4. With a system such as CJJ, which is both a great thing and can be a bad thing at times, need 5-6 reliable ball handlers and perimter oriented players.

This myth that Ben Simmons cannot or should not play the 4 is mostly people that look purely at height/weight/skill set. With Coach Jones there are no set positions really with the exception of a primary ball-handler, and numbers 1-5 for lane assigments. As anyone saw with Duke small ball is still bery effective when you create matchup nightmares with quickness and fast ball movement.

Lineup to start I would assume is this right now.
1 Quarterman
2 Hornsby
3 Blakeney
4 Simmons
5 Victor

If we get Malik slide, Q to the 6th man role, a role he is excellent at.

Really exciting times for LSU basketball. Very cool they are so close already which bodes really well for our success next year. If we get Newman, Top-10 no doubt, without probably Top-20 to start.