Australian basketball.

[JT_the_Man]

Ben Simmons highlights from their preseason match!

Scariest part was that it looked like he was only going at about half pace. He's going to be crazy good.

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

Exhibition games
Jonah Boldon had 11 points and 11 rebounds against Cal state
http://www.uclabruins.com/pdf9/4031106.pdf
Issac Humphries had 9 points and 6 rebounds vs Ottawa
http://www.nationofblue.com/final-boxscore-ottawa-vs-kentucky/
7 points and 3 rebounds vs Kentucky state.
http://www.nationofblue.com/final-boxscore-kentucky-state-vs-kentucky/

 

[sojthebest]

Ben Simmons first real game with LSU will be on Foxtel on Saturday (ESPN or ESPN2)

 

[sojthebest]

 

[philthy05]

I'm interested in which of those games will be either good match ups for Simmons or tough teams so we can see how he goes against quality opposition. Obviously the game against Kentucky on the 6th of Jan should be an exciting one ..

 

[Happy Mastenator]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

Marquette - got vote in USA Today, not top 25
Vanderbilt - 18th AP Top25, 20th USA Today
Kentucky - 2nd in AP, 1st in USA Today
Texas A&M - got votes but not top 25 in both

Looks pretty soft schedule at the moment, but that can change. LSU are ranked 21st in AP Top 25, 19th in USA Today

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

Simmons time
Hopefully he drops a triple double.

 

[larrikin]

I wonder how many people in Australia are about to watch College ball on ESPN for the first time

 

[crowsarethebest]

Well first few minutes he's been extremely unselfish, set up his team mates for open looks but they haven't finished. That's the knock on him as well I guess, can he be a go to scorer? As a playmaker he's unbelievable already but he needs to develop the jumper so he can be the man. If he develops the jumper which I'm sure he will he'll be unstoppable... so many options for him.

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

9 points 10 Rebs 4 assists at the half. He should have 7 assists

 

[splendidham]

Ballstreams I believe. Humphries looks like a bag of chips by the way not sure if he will even make the Boomers.

Looks like ballstreams is down now/or broken. Bummer


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[splendidham]

9 points 10 Rebs 4 assists at the half. He should have 7 assists

I was a bit confused by the stat keeping. He had 4 assists to the half, shortly after I saw he was up to 6 and then shortly after that he was put back at 3 assists. I have the game on my drive so mean to watch it later. Wondering about his minutes also because someone tweeted he had played only 20 minutes but I saw he played 29. From the sounds of it he was absent for large amounts of time in the 2nd half due to cramping


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[Happy Mastenator]

From some of the commentary I saw (didn't actually view the game) it also comes back to the fact all the good passing in the world won't get you an assist if your teammate can't knock down an open shot.

He will get a triple double at some stage this year though.

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

Highlights of his debut for LSU:

 

[crowsarethebest]

He was still a class above everyone though, he just looks so smooth. It's just against the better college teams he needs to turn it on and be the man- that's the only question mark on him, whether he has the mentality or skills to be able to take over and score when the team needs him most.

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

Simmons 7/11 14 points - 2 rebs - 3 ass - 2 steals and a block

They have bricked every open shot he has given them.

 

[Warsaw]

Very hot stat line.

 

[moistie]

Dante Exum is running on a "zero-g" treadmill.

 

[Shiv]

Good to see Dante back running, hopefully the recovery goes smoothly!

 

[Pykie]

Holy moly he was good today and he was in second gear.

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

Finished with 22 points 11/17 - 9 Rebs - 6 assists - 4 steals - 2 blocks

That bounce pass was Nash like.

Jonah Bolden had 11 points - 5 rebs
He hit 2 of his 3 - 3 pointers.

Peter Hooley hit 18 against Kentucky.

Deng Adel scored 6 points all fts

 

[Sidebottom2Beams]

Kentucky vs Duke just about to start.

Hopefully Humphries has a big game. it's the game to do it in.

 

[splendidham]

Deng having a very forgettable game today. I'm assuming he's been benched due to lack of production.

Can't wait to see Jonah again on Friday. He did pretty well coming off the bench. That dunk he almost had (made the shot +1) really showed his hips and length.

Ingram and skal both looking pretty bad in the 1st. Skal is a real bad passer. Also getting dominated on the boards


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[splendidham]

Also Xavier Cook backing up his first game of 22p, 9r, 3a, 1s and 4b with 19p, 11r, 3a so far. Looks very improved


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[Sidebottom2Beams]

Skal and Ingram were terrible, Simmons one step closer to number one in the draft.