nomorezorro wrote:i love simmons but he makes no sense for this team offensively. don't need to add a guy who needs the ball in his hands when you've got zach/demar (not to mention lonzo; don't need a guy who mucks up spacing when so much of our offense is built around demar killing teams in the midrange
IMO he doesn't have to make big things offensively. Our offense from the starting lineup has the big3 and Lonzo from 3pt land (and Lonzo has also great passing high bbiq, wich helps offense too). It's enough, offense will take care.
Ben Simmons as our starting PF on offense would have to cut to the basket and make buckets from close range, on fastbreaks, get offensive rebounds, make good passes/assits, which he could do. Vuc is a good shooter from range at C, it helps him too.
On the other hand, on defense he would make the most sense. Traps, rebounding, athlecism, a player we could put on Durant, Giannis or every hot scorer 1 to 4.
Only question is would he accept that role? Who knows? Maybe - just speculation - he would love that wouldn't have to deal mentally with the pressure doing things he can't do (scoring every game, making 3s, etc).
IMO he has the tools (except his head?
) to became a Rodman/Pippen hybrid type defensive force, a top3 DPOTY candidate every year. Very valuable.
Worth thinking about, he fits our players timeline too.
Time has come...
