THE LAST TIME I saw Wayde Sims, he was smiling.
It wasn’t hard to make Wayde smile. A joke could do the trick, but it wasn’t necessary. Usually, any question about basketball elicited an ear-to-ear grin. He loved the game.
On Wednesday, less than 48 hours before his death, Sims was smiling because Boot Camp was over. LSU’s annual preseason conditioning test is not for the faint of heart, but the Tigers got a pleasant surprise this year for the final session.
“We didn’t expect it,” Sims said, flashing that smile through his words.