Capt. Tuttle
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David Patrick, assistant at LSU, is Ben Simmons' godfather.
Ben Simmons: What could have been
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NineOneSeven
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Kid is scary good. Best prospect since Anthony Davis.
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Why, does anyone other than steph curry ever make a shot fro the outside. Kidding, a little
We know how Davis ended up at UK$$$
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"He'll need to develop a jump shot at the next level."
When I watch Simmons, I see Billy Owens.
Plays upright, but good handle. Excellent passer. Jumper is satisfactory, but hardly great.
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He will likely be the #1 pick whenever he decides to declare.
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The biggest "what could have been" in the JB era was Sam Perkins.
On the other hand--the greatest "dodged a bullet" was John Wallace. Who knows where the program would have gone if he had not gone to SU.
I thought the biggest "what could have been" in the JB era was Kenny Anderson when we were loaded except for a point guard.
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We would have been better with Sam Perkins. We would have been champions with Anthony Davis.
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Except Fab Melo was on that roster. Would SU have suspended him before he got them in trouble?
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I am a huge fan of Big Smooth. Never realized he considered Syracuse.
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24 four hours before he announced, SU thought they had him.
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Pre-Internet days... I got to watch him a bunch with the mid nineties Sonics. Good solid player. The guy always let the game come to him.
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the biggest "what could have been" was a tie between Arinze and Fab. We had them the entire season and we were the #1a team with Fab and #1 with Arinze.
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Legend his they found a scholarship for his girlfriend.
They also thought they had Marcus Liberty.
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"They" being UNC?
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UNC gave Perkin's girl a free ride. (Legend has it)
SU thought they had Marcus Liberty up until the day before signing day. He called up his recruiter, I believe Wayne Morgan, and apologized to the coach but he was going to Illinois because they were going to take care of his whole family.
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Then, there's the one about Earl Kelley.
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My recollection is Sam also went MIA for the week before NLI day. Seems he wasn't taking calls from 315 area code.