PhilBlackson wrote:Black Mage wrote:Kyrie, Wall, Lowry, Derozan, Beal, Walker, Oladipo. The West's top end is stronger, but the East is no slouch in guards either.
Never said they were...
But to act as if Mitchell's route to an all-star game isn't MUCH harder is foolish when 3 out of the 4 (some would argue all 4) are the top names for MVP consideration this season. Two of which were already MVPs for the previous 3 NBA seasons and the other was the runner up those seasons lol n likely MVP this season. Your comment knocking DM's lack of all-star consideration or "not being snubbed" as some differentiator was ridiculous.
Many would say Kyrie and Derozan are in MVP consideration this year, with Oladipo a dark horse candidate. Again, it is not that big of a gulf.
Look, DM is shooting 45% from the field and 35% from 3 with a meager 3 boards and 3 assists a game. He is a chucker at this stage of his career.
Simmons crushes DM in boards, assists, OWS, DWS and VORP. He takes 5 fewer shows a game and score just 2.5 points less than DM. Simmons as 5 triple doubles already this year.
There is hardly any statistical category or advanced metric that Simmons isn't better than DM.
I love DM, he was up in my top 6 big board and I wanted Sixers to consider him at 3, but he is not a better rookie than Simmons.