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

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There's plenty of logical basketball reasons why McMahon tried to make it work with Baker as long as possible

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There's also plenty of logical basketball reasons as to why Dean should have played over Baker. More so IMO when you consider what the team needed. Our season didn't happen in a vacuum.

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I do think that Dean offered more to this team than Baker did, but insinuating that Baker played over him solely because he had a scholarship is just dumb.

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If some random poster can see that Dean provided more than Baker, how come a coach getting paid millions can't?

At some point you have to give up on being in love with a stretch five and put the best players on the court and make it work. Period. End of story.

Even then Dean could shoot so
Shoutout to everyone calling me dumb for saying he could shoot. Clearly you watched his HS type and saw him consistently drain 15 straight threes every warmup before games. Literally zero reasons to play Baker over Dean. The stretch five argument holds zero water when you acknowledge Dean's ability to shoot.