Simmons25 wrote:76ciology wrote:Conspiracy theory..
Biid doesn't like Ben's style of play. He likes playing the style he did with the Nets game.
"We've got to do a better job of finding me in the post."
My take is again.. In this superteam era, you need to be able to find the right balance. And in this case, I still prefer Ben running the first unit. Kicking out to open shooters, including Biid. If Biid's shooting is off, then let Biid play as a roll man off Ben/Biid two man game.
Biid should then take charge AT THE POST, when he plays without Ben. Most times with the 2nd-3rd unit (with Fultz and Saric)
I actually agree with this. Ironically that Nets game was probably the quietest game Simmons has had so far because the ball was in Embiid's hands.
JoJo's game style is very ISO heavy, clear out 1 side and let me go 1 on 1. He had to do that last year because we had no other scorers for him to play with other than Ilyasova who sat on the 3 point line.
I'm not entirely against Embiid playing this way and having the ball most times as he can score against anyone... but I have a problem with Joel getting it at the 3 point line and thinking he is a point guard and trying to dribble it up. He needs it in the post 70% of the time.
Joel also has to learn to make the right decision when it comes to shooting and passing. Too many times already this season I have seen him making a choice to shoot it and burning teammates who are wide open. All that is going to achieve is stagnation on offense. Teammates are going to give up making cuts and trying to get open if Joel has the ball and they know he isn't going to pass it.
At the right context, Biid's heavy iso play is good. Notice how we go to him whenever we need points in crunch time.
A Biid offense usually ends up with a challenged shot attempt. While with a Ben offense, it usually opens with a shot with quality look (less to none challenged). And even without Ben last season, Biid wasn't that much of a plus player on offense.