re: LSU Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2024 (And Beyond)

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He had 29 on 10-11 shooting the game before. I don't think McMahon was going to give up on him after 2 games.

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Against the literal worst team in the country whose tallest player was 6’8’’.

I’d hope a former 5 star could have a good game against them

And I don’t think he should have “given up” on him. Baker had good aspects of his game. But he should have adjusted his role and his spots on the floor accordingly, limiting his looks to areas where he would likely succeed, changing his spots on the court to open up things for other players. Undoubtedly, he had games where he shined... but his minutes and looks made it seem as if this was the expectation almost every game. He was tremendous when he was able to exploit a matchup, but a net negative when that wasn't the case.

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I'm not disagreeing with you, but I don't think McMahon was ever going to adapt his scheme to suit a guy who was an average player at best at George Washington the previous 4 years

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Jalen Cook is a pick and roll point guard. Almost all of Dean's points came through pick and roll at GW. I’m not saying to adapt the entire scheme to Dean, but he opened up a lot more for the team as Baker was a black hole on offense a lot of the time.

Baker is the type of player where everyone has to adapt to playing around him. Dean is the type of player where he adapts to playing around others.