Effigy wrote:m0ng0 wrote:Yeah 21 per and the guy sucks...and he is 23. Nobody wants that do they? Find a coach who can put these pieces together. Very creative figure out how to make a small lineup work. DiAntoni comes to mind.
That’s who I wanted last time. But dame wanted the former player.
who are you talking about?
m0ng0 wrote:Yeah 21 per and the guy sucks...and he is 23. Nobody wants that do they? Find a coach who can put these pieces together. Very creative figure out how to make a small lineup work. DiAntoni comes to mind.
I'm assuming you're talking about Simons?
what exactly does Simons do well? He sure doesn't do anything at an elite level. I guess you can say he shoots three's well, but what exactly does that mean? He finished 71st among qualified players (
on pace for 82 made). Batum and Porzingis were better
other than that, what does he do to any level above average? He's got decent handles, but he doe NOT have good court vision when using those handles. He has never demonstrated any consistent efficiency at passing or facilitating. He's not exactly one-dimensional on offense, but at best, he's only offered hints of other dimensions besides perimeter shooting
out of the 15 Blazers who played 20 games or more this season, Ant was 15th at the rate of attempts at the rim. Less than 17% of his shots were at the rim. Which probably explains why he has such a poor FT Rate
so, to summarisze his offense: he's a bit above average as a 3 point shooter, and above average in the mid-range. He lacks any consistent PG or faclilitation skills. He's a poor rebounder
and as we all know, he is absolutely terrible on defense. Out of the 24 Blazers who played last season, Ant was 24th in defensive rating and 22nd in DBPM. He may be the worst perimeter defender Portland has had since Nolan Smith. He's a sieve.
put it all together and what might it mean: He has PG size without PG ability. He's an undersized SG who does not have the size or defense to guard NBA SF's, so he's not a wing; not in length and certainly not in versatility. He doesn't attack the rim or get to the FT line. He's not 3&D because he is a big negative on D and he's only a lower-case 3. He's a defensive liability
among qualified players statistically:PER - 108th out of 190 (
14.8 when NBA average is 15.0)
TS% - 107th out of 198
FTRate - 182nd out of 243
assist rate - 70th out of 190
rebound rate - 189th out of 190
winshares/48 - 165th out of 190 (
.054 when NBA average is .100)
BPM - 142nd out of 190
Salary - 58thso, he's 58th in salary but only in the top-100 in one of those categories above and that's only 70th. If you composite those 7 categories, than Ant is 58th in salary but 138th in the composite. So yeah, he's overpaid by a significant amount
before the season started I was all in favor of giving the Dame/Ant pairing a chance to see if it wouldn't be a repeat of the FAILED Dame/CJ pairing. I thought Ant was different enough from CJ to make it work. But he's not. He's best suited as a 6th man when you don't need the 6th man to provide any defense. But he's too expensive for a 6th man; he should be making around 15M/year instead of the 26M he'll be making the next 3 years. He's 24 and will be entering his 6th season. there's a little hope for some upside, but Ant is getting pretty close to the '
what-you-see-is-what-you-get' plateau. And what I want to see is Ant on another team
