King Malta wrote:I think Simmons would be preferable to Booker. D'Lo is definitely ball dominant but he has displayed in recent seasons that he can co-exist with another dominant ball handler and that he can hit shots whilst playing off the ball. Also, having two legitimate go to ball handlers isn't a bad thing IMO.
I'd also like to get a positive defender into this team. As fun as a Booker/KAT/D'Lo trio would be offensively, it would be an absolute clown show on the other side of the ball.
If Simmons comes, then Malik is a must to stay and get paid somehow. No way do I want to see them backtrack down to only two strong 3pt shoooters. Having Beasley, Dlo, Kat right now in this system of 45 threes has me feeling alright about it all. Any more threes we get from hot/cold inconsistent shooters is just icing. If Beasley gets sign/traded or walks and Wolves are left with Simmons, Dlo, Kat, then the team is back to living and dieing on inconsitent bench shooters for a third offensive player.
I think having three 3pt shooters to rely on carries most defensive weaknesses. They can eat up deficits quickly if needed. I don't hate the idea of Simmons here at all but I'm not giving any really good shooters capable of 40% from 3 for him. I would rather roll with what they have and draft some depth/hope or just trade picks out. It just breaks this system too much when nobody can get a shot to go in. One or two players trying to carry offense just isn't enough. One injury away from being the same team as always. If you can get Simmons and keep Beasley/Dlo/Kat then sure. Some of these guys will just have to learn to share minutes more and I agree Simmons could play some 4 here. But he's likely not better than Gordon at the 4 who can at least occasionally hit 3s.
Simmons literally has made two 3pt shots in his career. People complained about Rubio avoiding and allowing defenses to sag off him. But this is something else entirely. I really wonder if Simmons is just protecting his career numbers while he works on becoming better at 3 outside of prying eyes. One day maybe he starts shooting 3s and can be average and that way not destroy his TS and FG overall numbers before that day comes. He best hurry up though. If he came here playing as usual this team may never reach forty 3s attempted again.