Skates wrote:Simmons is immature, but not in a getting in trouble off the court way, he isn't attacking teammates, getting arrested, beating women, no drug or substance issues and other than being a weird emo guy in some ways, he has in the past worked really hard on and off the court, even has a nasty disposition on court at times. His immaturity is not laziness, but a lack of the ability to stretch himself to the point where failures are likely to happen and should. Hence he works very hard at improving what he is already good to excellent at and does not work (hard work and the right kind of work are two different things) at improving and then applying his weaker skills.
Would a team want him as an alpha dog? Maybe as your best defender, but not overall. He is a good fit in the right situation, either a team with a core that needs his strengths, which are considerable, and cover his weaknesses, or some smaller market with lazily cheering fans and low expectations. Maybe in the latter situation he would be willing to shoot from distance (ie anything greater than 6 feet out) and expand his game, knowing that looking bad at something won't get him judged by a desperate and/or just happy to be there and distracted by other things fan base and media.
So yes, he is still very valuable, but not to every team or city for certain. His representation is as much the problem here as Simmons and the Sixers/Philly are, since they appear to have assured him he could just hold out and still get his money back after a trade and now that they learned he can't, he is back in a super awkward situation that he isn't ready to handle and one he previously thought he never had to deal with, thanks to Klutch miscalculating.
The League and owners are behind the Sixers on this one, Simmons is the guy they want to draw the line in the sand on given how many years and how much money he is signed for. He is kind of a weird guy who was never made to stand up and be a man for himself, has a lot of growing up to do and needs representation or at least a mentor that he will listen to and that gives it to him straight.
Bro I mean really now. I could get behind the idea of someone not getting arrested, beating women, doing drugs, or having real hardcore problems being a desirable trait in an employee.
*REFUSING TO DO YOUR JOB* is an absolutely impossible thing to reconcile ACROSS THE BOARD, ACROSS THE PLANET, ACROSS THE KNOWN OR UNKNOWN UNIVERSE, Period, Point Blank, Full Stop.
If someone is an employee of KFC, and has never gotten arrested, never beaten a women, never done a drug, but refuses to FRY THE FREAKING CHICKEN, Sorry son, you gotta go!
If someone is an Electrician, and has never gotten arrested, never beaten a women, never done a drug, but REFUSES TO CONNECT THE WIRES, Sorry son, you gotta go!
Why would it be any different for a multiple-hundreds-of-millions-paid Professional Athlete?!
This freaking spoiled brat punk-ass-bitch needs to be proscribed from Professional Sports. There is only so many chances someone can be extended. He's got to go. Go have fun Keeping Up With The Kardashians, but you do not get to Pass Go, Do Not Collect Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars For Refusing To Play A Child's Game.
I mean really now, has society lowered the bar so low?!
