bwgood77 wrote:Saberestar wrote:darmani wrote:Damn Kangaroo Carter-Williams choked hard!
Ben Simmons is a great role player, but he does not deserve to be an All Star or getting a MAX contract.
He reminds me of Draymond Green...but a bit worse than Green was at his peak.
Simmons is way better in transition and more dynamic, but he is worse than D. Green was at shooting, interior defense and toughness.
At the end of the day he is a 6'10 freak athlete who would be more useful playing point C nowadays, but with Embiid on the same team he will not be able to do that on the Sixers.
I expect him to be traded this summer if they finally lose to the Hawks.
They are both better than you give them credit for but I think Green was better. Simmons is great at what he does but as long as he can't shoot he will be exploited and you will have to put specific people around them to be successful.
Philly was a lucky bounce Kawhi 3 away from beating the team hat became the champions that year.
That Sixers team had Jimmy Butler, he is a game changer and that is why they were that good that season.
The problem with Simmons is that he is getting the MAX, no one would say a word if he were on a $20M per year contract.
He is a good defender but on this era who cares... he is not stopping anyone or forcing to change any offensives sets or anything like that.
He is not better ( or at least much better) than Crowder or Bridges on defense, for example. He is a better athlete than them and that makes him look better occasionally IMO.
