Which young LSU player has the most upside potential?

campybatman · Post #1 » by **campybatman** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 12:25 am

Perhaps, Davis (he'll need to lower his weight) could start for a team eventually. It'll probably come down to which of these players will get the best opportunity down the road. Maturity might be the only thing holding Thomas back. While the other two play behind All-Star power forwards. Interestingly, with the exception of maybe Thomas, the other two are undersized for power forward. I think Thomas could be somewhat taller than them. Could affect Bass and Davis when rebounding the ball and for certain defensive assignments. But, I believe Bass and Thomas at least possess long arms but Davis doesn't. Still, for anyone of them, their intangibles might help them exceed their limitations.

Brandon Bass (second round 2005)
Tyrus Thomas (first round 2006)
Glen Davis (second round 2007)

Post #2 » by **Bleeding Green** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 12:36 am

Tyrus Thomas, easily. The question is will he realize his potential or be a relative waste?

Datruth345 · Post #3 » by **Datruth345** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 1:40 am

Paul Millsap went to Louisiana Tech not LSU

SonicYouth34 · Post #4 » by **SonicYouth34** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 2:08 am

Bleeding Green wrote:Tyrus Thomas, easily. The question is will he realize his potential or be a relative waste?

I do hope BBD is better though, love that kid

humblebum · Post #5 » by **humblebum** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 2:26 am

If the question is: which LSU alumni will have the better NBA career among Tyrus Thomas, Glen Davis, and Brandon Bass than I'd have to say it's gotta be Glen Davis. He has the best mix of size, talent, character, basketball IQ, and work ethic. I could easily see Glen Davis having a David West-esque rise to All-Star status when he puts it all together. It sounds crazy now but I just feel like Davis has too many tools in the toolbox not to become a bigtime NBA player.

TheCelticTruth · Post #6 » by **TheCelticTruth** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 2:27 am

tyrus thomas easily has the most upside because of his speed and hops...i think davis and bass work harder though

and millsap...yeah not lsu

keltickings · Post #7 » by **keltickings** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 3:27 am

Bleeding Green wrote:Tyrus Thomas, easily. The question is will he realize his potential or be a relative waste?

Couldn't have said it better.

DynastyInTheMaking · Post #8 » by **DynastyInTheMaking** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 10:41 am

Anthony Randolph.

The_Pope · Post #9 » by **The_Pope** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 12:35 pm

DynastyInTheMaking wrote:Anthony Randolph.

Seen. This kid will easily be better than Davis or Thomas.

EdSkae · Post #10 » by **EdSkae** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 1:58 pm

Bleeding Green wrote:Tyrus Thomas, easily. The question is will he realize his potential or be a relative waste?

Thomas is the most athletic. Davis is the more skilled basketball player.
I'll say Davis will have the better career. There is a good chance Thomas will never see the floor and understand the game the way Davis does right now.

Post #11 » by **tlee324** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 2:51 pm

I think it depends on where you feel "upside" really consists of. If you think it's about athleticism, and physical attributes like height and length, then you would likely go with Thomas, hoping the skills follow through in terms of being able to shoot the ball, find open players effectively, developing low-post moves, etc. I think the people in this situation have cornered the "upside" label because you can't teach those physical and athletic attributes, but you can learn the aspects of the game.

A player like Glen Davis may have more "BBIQ" and have better post moves or be able to find open players better, and he can definitely get better in those areas as well, giving him some respectable claim to having "upside", but he will never be able to gain the athleticism and physical attributes that a player like Tyrus Thomas has.

Based on that, I feel Thomas would be seen by more as the player with the most upside.

campybatman · Post #12 » by **campybatman** » Sat Mar 8, 2008 8:39 pm

I think players with lesser talent have to work harder and they do so to last in the league. Those having a lot of talent slack at times depending on their personality make up and overall attitude and work ethic or lack there of.

Thomas' worst case scenario is Stromile Swift or Darius Miles.

Would be something if Davis could manage his body to an ideal weight like Carlos Boozer.

cisco · Post #13 » by **cisco** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 3:11 pm

bonsaiflipflops wrote:I think players with lesser talent have to work harder and they do so to last in the league. Those having a lot of talent slack at times depending on their personality make up and overall attitude and work ethic or lack there of.

Thomas' worst case scenario is Stromile Swift or Darius Miles.

Would be something if Davis could manage his body to an ideal weight like Carlos Boozer.

Or like our very own, Kendrick Perkins.

sonny · Post #14 » by **sonny** » Sun Mar 9, 2008 9:44 pm

Bleeding Green wrote:Tyrus Thomas, easily. The question is will he realize his potential or be a relative waste?

Put Tyrus on a team that won't play him at a position he can't play (sf) won't name him starter on 2 occasions, have him play well and then bench him for an inferior player and he'll blossom.

campybatman · Post #15 » by **campybatman** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:52 pm

Conditioning were concerns for both Jefferson and Perkins so Davis isn't alone. But, hopefully Davis can find a way to trim his weight. Fans might not have seen the best of his game yet. Losing weight tends too affect your game for the better. I hope so because I don't like his "Big Baby" nickname or hearing the tired wisecracks or comments by Heinsohn or whomever about his weight. He's a young player and not an overweight veteran.