Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 5030428, member: 2117"] A lot of my prediction is banking on S'Myah Smith coming back healthy. She's a really solid player and could be a difference maker inside going up against bigs like Watkins and Beers. Morrow was quite good this year but will need to emerge as a go to player with Reese out (something I think she's capable of doing). In terms of rebounding, LSU will still be excellent there. Morrow is an elite rebounder (she averaged a double double starting alongside Reese), and Williams/Flau'jae are outstanding rebounders as guards. Smith too has shown to be a good rebounder. Reese is a great player who will be missed, but she wasn't very good offensively for LSU this year. If you take out her production against the slew of awful midmajors in the preseason, Angel only shot 44% from the field vs. SEC/ranked/NCAA games which is quite mediocre for a post player who takes 90% of her shots within 8 feet. In the NCAA tournament she only shot 33% overall. To me, LSU has potential to be better than they were last year due to fixing shortcomings at certain positions even if they don't appear to be as strong on paper. If the offense restructures to have the PG/Smith be glue players who focus on getting the ball to Morrow/Williams/Flau'jae in spots where they can be effective, I think the upside is tremendous for LSU. [/QUOTE]