Official Site of the Tigers · Oct 21, 2019
Five Former LSU Players On NBA Opening Night Rosters
BATON ROUGE – Five former LSU players will open the 2019-20 National Basketball Association season on rosters of teams as play begins Tuesday night with two games.
Garrett Temple and Ben Simmons are the veteran members of the LSU class of NBA players with Temple entering his tenth season in the league, this year with the Brooklyn Nets.
Temple becomes the sixth former LSU player to play at least a 10th season in the league, joining Brandon Bass (12), Randy Livingston (10), Pete Maravich (11), Shaquille O'Neal (19) and Bob Pettit (11).