re: Official Malik Newman Announcement Thread: Commits to the Dawgs

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Simmons will handle the ball for us a lot

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I hope so.

Now have seen him in two all-star games. Of course those aren't good games to take anything from, but unless we are dealing with the next Magic or LeBron (we're not), I wouldn't want my 6'9" SF playing PG.

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I've made you look like a fool before

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No no no. See you've made yourself look like a fool. Not me.

Really good get by MSU, Newman is going to be a big man on campus next season and respect his decision. Of course I would have loved him in LSU, but its not often a top recruit like him goes on his own to lead a program, even if its most likely for one season.

you assume a lot of things

do you have a father?

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Either way y'all were never even in it. Only people who thought so or reported LSU was in the hunt were all LSU biased.

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I know. You haven't seen me on this board saying anything else. I'm perfectly content with our class thus far.

It shouldn't be easy to assume anything.

Most fathers teach their kids that, is my point.

The point I was making ws that LSU will be a run-and-gun type of team again and Simmons will be a point forward who will be leading those fast breaks a lot.

See what I mean about handling the ball but not being the pg? They do this at many schools and every NBA team.

I should start charging you fwiw.

What college uses a point forward? Haha

I wasn't trying to make anything of this but you're a dumb arse.

Why do people keep acting like all-star games are the end all be all. They are all-star games, you can not take anything away from an all-star game. Why? Because NOBODY is playing defense till the last two minutes.

Simmons was the best ball handler on the court in those games and that's the top talent in the country...what else do you need to see? It's not like he didn't do the same on his aau and high school teams. They want him to run the show the majority of the time because he not I ly can dominate himself but routinely knows when to pass to get others involved. He averaged over 6 assists a game this year.

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Simmons was not the best ball handler lol. He is the number 1 player so they let him do what he wanted.

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The dude had 9 assists in one of those all-star games, he is as elite a ball handler as it gets. It's the REASON why he's the #1 overall prospect. He's 6'9 with elite PG ball handling skills. He's not #1 overall because of his jump shot or long range game which is merely developing. He's #1 due to his ability to handle the ball at an elite level at his size.

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We're talking ball handling and you're talking about passing. While they aren't mutually exclusive, the assists he racks up are because he draws double and triple teams and finds the wide open man.

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Did you not see him multiple times SPRINT down the floor faster than everybody handling the ball? That's pretty damn good ball handling for anyone close to his size.

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He's an above average ball handler for his size

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Wrong. He's number 1 because of his size and athleticism.

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There are multitudes of guys with his athleticism at his size, hell Martin and Mickey had elite athletcism at his size basically...the difference is Simmons is an ELITE player still with the ball in his and and the ability to facilitate. That's exactly why he is #1. Sure, nice handles looks good, but it doesnt make you a great ball handler, being a great ball handler is also about the ability to make good passes than other folks simply cant. Simmons doesnt just get the ball inside draw 2-3 defenders then pass out for an easy assist like you make it out to be, he RUNS the offense through himself and creates opportunities for others all the time.