I am certain it will happen next year with Anthony Davis and the Pelicans, but in college? As a true freshman? Ridiculous. Louisiana basketball fans are going to witness two of the game's greatest (according to level of their competition!) play ball in the same year with AD in NOLA and Simmons in BR. Awesome times.
Came across this article. Simmons is certainly mature beyond his years. Read below. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...reshman-ben-simmons-on-his-lofty-expectations Personally, I think he is more ready to handle the hype than Shaq was due to his emotional maturity and more seasoned game coming into college. In fact, the trio of Shaq, CJackson, and SRoberts took a while to get chemistry and never lived up to expectations, but this current group of recruits seem to be gelling their games together early. They may only have one year to do it together, unfortunately, so getting the early jump with this recent AUS trip may prove to be pivotal.
The massive improvement in the development of young players with skill and technique has come leaps and bounds since those days. He looks ready to dominate, appears capable of handling such an explosion in his life, and then move forward successfully into the pros.
Shaq, Stanley and CJ could run and gun with anybody. 148-141, 125-124. But when they played a team with a deliberate slow down offense they couldn't adapt. One of the first games of that season in the PMAC they lost to Kansas 76-71.
