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I'd rather take the guy who is a good teammate and actually feeds the post without turning it over

I wonder how this team would fare with Roe, Luscious, and Sherman

Lucious was a very underrated PG. He got a lot of flack for his random wild passes, but he was a way better distributor than Lucas. His 3-point shooting was very erratic, when it was on I feel like he could shut a game down by himself.

Bottom line is this: Lucious was 2 for 3 getting to Final Fours, and he helped lead the Spartans to the 2nd one. Season 3 was a complete crash and burn. If we get to the final four this year, then Wood edges out Lucious. Wood is going to be a huge part of this season. It's hard to marginalize Lucious's contributions that much if we don't reach a final four this year.

This. I'd like to see him even the first time against Big Ten teams before calling him better than Korie. So far, Wood has played a little better than Lucious wood have. Hope it continues into conference play.

I think this year we may have benefited more from having Appling play the 2 and let Lucious and Trice man the 1 but in the long run, Appling playing and learning the PG position will be huge for us. This paves the way for an Appling / Harris starting backcourt next year. If Appling hadn't learned the position, they'd be fighting it out for playing time at the 2.

Lucious= sports car, higher top speed, way more maintenance.

Wood= Volvo wagon, reliable, effecient, maintenance free.

On the Court Korie lucious.... Off the court Brandon Wood.

Korie was a proven scorer as well. Yes he would probably have 5-6 T-O's a game but at the same time he would make some great plays for us.

Wood hasn't played against pressure in the Big ten season/ Tournament time. If the Spartans make it the Elite 8 than ill give Wood more credit but right now I would take lucious

Proven scorer? He averaged what, 5 or 6 ppg. While shooting a low %. Everyone acts like Lucious carried us to the two final 4s, the first run, he barely played or contributed to. The second, he hit a big shot versus MD yes, but we were up by about 15, before Lucas went down, and when Lucious came in to run the point, Maryland started killing us. He played OK against NIU, but how tough of a game was that really. Then are other tough game in the run, was vs. Tenn, where he wasn't very good. Korie Lucious is a back-up PG, that's it. I'd much rather have Wood, the better scorer, shooter, DEFENDER, and rebounder.

........and Wood has proven this ........when exactly?
Also a bit harsh on Korie, don't ya think? He adequately filled in for Lucas and took us within 2 pts of a championship. That DOES MEAN SOMETHING. Last year, he was a scab on a prostitutes' labia.....and probably the description you posted. But to say he wasn't instrumental or 'very good' in leading the offense is pretty sad.

Like it.

We know what we're getting with Brandon. Korie was sometimes a defensive liability against taller teams because of his size, but he was ice cold on nights that he got going.

Count me in to the crowd that likes the coolness of Wood over the fire of Lucious.

One good thing is that Wood is stepping into a good situation - if he was our scoring machine, then i'd be worried about his lack of high-pressure games. If he has an off night, we know Appling, Trice, and Dawson can probably carry the backcourt for a full game.

Wood !

Sincerely,

Red Lobster Management

Your first point is unfair. Korie was HUGE in getting us a lead at the end of the 1st half vs. UConn. He single-handedly turned the game around in our favor. He came in and scored two 3's and then got fouled on another 3, all in a span of about 5 minutes.