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JustTheTip said:
He had an awful, awful, awful coach, and he coasted.

His talent was still very obvious.
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Well ya, iirc he was a pretty high lottery pick. Of course he was talented. Just out of the ordinary for a player with his talent to miss the tourney is all. At least in my opinion. I could be wrong though, maybe its more common than i think, I dont follow college ball all that closely.
 
JustTheTip said:
He had an awful, awful, awful coach, and he coasted.

His talent was still very obvious.
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Not surprised he coasted. He probably knew that team didn't have a chance and that his eye was on becoming the greatest in the NBA.

But I was seriously surprised when my son told me just how badly he ignored him and his friends(14-year-olds) before and after the summer league game in SLC while guys like Jaylen Brown, etc. came over and talked with them, signed their phones, etc. before AND after the game. Simmons was right there the whole time and wanted nothing to do with it.

But just the way he carries himself on the court reminds me of MJ massively. His confidence is like, "these dudes don't have a chance of stopping me". He has an economy of motion like MJ, too, he waits for the moment and strikes.
 
Impressive stat line last night:

8-11 FG
5-6 FT
12 REB(2 OREB)
10 AST
1 STL

in 33 min.
 
fishonjazz said:
Well ya, iirc he was a pretty high lottery pick. Of course he was talented. Just out of the ordinary for a player with his talent to miss the tourney is all. At least in my opinion. I could be wrong though, maybe its more common than i think, I dont follow college ball all that closely.
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I don't think Lillard ever made the tournament. It's not common, but it happens.
 
spycam1 said:
I don't think Lillard ever made the tournament. It's not common, but it happens.
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He played at Weber St. though. Huge difference between a tiny school making it (you have to win your conference tourney--only way) or LSU.
 
spycam1 said:
I don't think Lillard ever made the tournament. It's not common, but it happens.
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Ya like I said, there are exceptions for sure.
 
Who was Aussie poster here who warned us about Exum being way inferior to Ben Simmons? He wrote before draft something like that - Exum is not even close to real super talent coming out of Australia - Ben Simmons 4 years ago.
 
str8line said:
Not surprised he coasted. He probably knew that team didn't have a chance and that his eye was on becoming the greatest in the NBA.

But I was seriously surprised when my son told me just how badly he ignored him and his friends(14-year-olds) before and after the summer league game in SLC while guys like Jaylen Brown, etc. came over and talked with them, signed their phones, etc. before AND after the game. Simmons was right there the whole time and wanted nothing to do with it.

But just the way he carries himself on the court reminds me of MJ massively. His confidence is like, "these dudes don't have a chance of stopping me". He has an economy of motion like MJ, too, he waits for the moment and strikes.
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He's had a rep for being a completely full of himself **** since early high school No surprise with what you've said.
 
Rubashov said:
i think its a great story with Brett Brown coaching him, Brown is very, very well known and respected in Australia. It would have been great to see Jonah Bolden make their roster too. In the glory days of the NBL Brett Brown coached the North Melbourne Giants, their big rivals were the Melbourne Tigers (now United) and the South East Melbourne Magic. Ben's father Dave played with the Tigers and Jonah's father Bruce with the Magic. Its really a nice story of basketball coming full circle.
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Dante's dad, Cecil, was also a team-mate of Dave Simmons with the Tigers for one season.
 
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