Arsenal wrote:Ben Simmons should pattern his offensive game after Zion. He knows how to get his without shooting well or having the ball in his hands all the time.
I don't think he can finish/eat contact like Zion.
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Arsenal wrote:Ben Simmons should pattern his offensive game after Zion. He knows how to get his without shooting well or having the ball in his hands all the time.
youngcrev wrote:Arsenal wrote:Ben Simmons should pattern his offensive game after Zion. He knows how to get his without shooting well or having the ball in his hands all the time.
I don't think he can finish/eat contact like Zion.
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Actually if you ask me which Center I want for my perfect championship caliber team, I will chose Asik hands down
Arsenal wrote:Ben Simmons should pattern his offensive game after Zion. He knows how to get his without shooting well or having the ball in his hands all the time.
LloydFree wrote:youngcrev wrote:Arsenal wrote:Ben Simmons should pattern his offensive game after Zion. He knows how to get his without shooting well or having the ball in his hands all the time.
I don't think he can finish/eat contact like Zion.
People focus on the 3pt attempts, but avoiding contact is his biggest problem. If he were to seek out contact on his drives, and get to the FT line, he'd be an effective Offensive player.
Shooting one or two 3's a game doesn't change anything. Teams won't change the way they guard him. They'll ignore him the way they ignore Giannis and Fultz when they shoot. If Simmons wants to have a significant jump on offense in the short run, he has to draw fouls and make FT's.
LloydFree wrote:youngcrev wrote:Arsenal wrote:Ben Simmons should pattern his offensive game after Zion. He knows how to get his without shooting well or having the ball in his hands all the time.
I don't think he can finish/eat contact like Zion.
People focus on the 3pt attempts, but avoiding contact is his biggest problem. If he were to seek out contact on his drives, and get to the FT line, he'd be an effective Offensive player.
Shooting one or two 3's a game doesn't change anything. Teams won't change the way they guard him. They'll ignore him the way they ignore Giannis and Fultz when they shoot. If Simmons wants to have a significant jump on offense in the short run, he has to draw fouls and make FT's.
syntax wrote:Reading this thread is hard work. It's bad enough watching other teams trash Simmons but Sixers fans too...
Let me cheer you up with some positivity.
Over Embiid and Simmons’s three seasons together, the Sixers are tied with the Nuggets for the NBA’s fifth-best regular-season win percentage (.616).
During the 17-18 season, the Sixers net rating was better than the Bucks. Of the 142 duos that played more than 1,000 minutes that year, no pairing posted a higher net rating than Simmons and Embiid.
Simmons is darn good the way he is now. And considering what he has achieved while dealing with a dysfunctional franchise shows his talent. He is a 2x all-star, all-nba and all-nba defensive player and I hear people comparing him to Shaun Marrion?
Ben doesn't need to make drastic improvements, once the team is working and the system and coaches Philly will be back to to its 17-18 glory.
Improvements in his game will come of course, and will be a bonus. Just be thankful the 6"10' NBA steals leader who can switch 1-5 and lock up anyone is on your team.
Black Mage wrote:syntax wrote:Reading this thread is hard work. It's bad enough watching other teams trash Simmons but Sixers fans too...
Let me cheer you up with some positivity.
Over Embiid and Simmons’s three seasons together, the Sixers are tied with the Nuggets for the NBA’s fifth-best regular-season win percentage (.616).
During the 17-18 season, the Sixers net rating was better than the Bucks. Of the 142 duos that played more than 1,000 minutes that year, no pairing posted a higher net rating than Simmons and Embiid.
Simmons is darn good the way he is now. And considering what he has achieved while dealing with a dysfunctional franchise shows his talent. He is a 2x all-star, all-nba and all-nba defensive player and I hear people comparing him to Shaun Marrion?
Ben doesn't need to make drastic improvements, once the team is working and the system and coaches Philly will be back to to its 17-18 glory.
Improvements in his game will come of course, and will be a bonus. Just be thankful the 6"10' NBA steals leader who can switch 1-5 and lock up anyone is on your team.
It's not trashing a player when you merely acknowledge his obvious weaknesses and suggest moving him now for a better player, that fits your team's best player perfectly, is available.
I also thought you only max two-way players, not defensive specialists who are either incapable of or have not bothered to improve their offensive game.
Black Mage wrote:syntax wrote:Reading this thread is hard work. It's bad enough watching other teams trash Simmons but Sixers fans too...
Let me cheer you up with some positivity.
Over Embiid and Simmons’s three seasons together, the Sixers are tied with the Nuggets for the NBA’s fifth-best regular-season win percentage (.616).
During the 17-18 season, the Sixers net rating was better than the Bucks. Of the 142 duos that played more than 1,000 minutes that year, no pairing posted a higher net rating than Simmons and Embiid.
Simmons is darn good the way he is now. And considering what he has achieved while dealing with a dysfunctional franchise shows his talent. He is a 2x all-star, all-nba and all-nba defensive player and I hear people comparing him to Shaun Marrion?
Ben doesn't need to make drastic improvements, once the team is working and the system and coaches Philly will be back to to its 17-18 glory.
Improvements in his game will come of course, and will be a bonus. Just be thankful the 6"10' NBA steals leader who can switch 1-5 and lock up anyone is on your team.
It's not trashing a player when you merely acknowledge his obvious weaknesses and suggest moving him now for a better player, that fits your team's best player perfectly, is available.
I also thought you only max two-way players, not defensive specialists who are either incapable of or have not bothered to improve their offensive game.
youngcrev wrote:Black Mage wrote:syntax wrote:Reading this thread is hard work. It's bad enough watching other teams trash Simmons but Sixers fans too...
Let me cheer you up with some positivity.
Over Embiid and Simmons’s three seasons together, the Sixers are tied with the Nuggets for the NBA’s fifth-best regular-season win percentage (.616).
During the 17-18 season, the Sixers net rating was better than the Bucks. Of the 142 duos that played more than 1,000 minutes that year, no pairing posted a higher net rating than Simmons and Embiid.
Simmons is darn good the way he is now. And considering what he has achieved while dealing with a dysfunctional franchise shows his talent. He is a 2x all-star, all-nba and all-nba defensive player and I hear people comparing him to Shaun Marrion?
Ben doesn't need to make drastic improvements, once the team is working and the system and coaches Philly will be back to to its 17-18 glory.
Improvements in his game will come of course, and will be a bonus. Just be thankful the 6"10' NBA steals leader who can switch 1-5 and lock up anyone is on your team.
It's not trashing a player when you merely acknowledge his obvious weaknesses and suggest moving him now for a better player, that fits your team's best player perfectly, is available.
I also thought you only max two-way players, not defensive specialists who are either incapable of or have not bothered to improve their offensive game.
Come on, man. Referring to Ben Simmons as simply a defensive specialist is not merley acknowledging his weaknesses. Everyone acknowledges what he can't do. Some ignore what he does.
syntax wrote:Nash has never finished in the top 50 in steals, never cracked the top 100 in defensive win shares nor placed in the top 350 of defensive rating.
The Suns have also been the worst defensive team in the league in terms of points allowed during the time Nash has been on the team.
syntax wrote:Even with Marion they were always the worst defensive team in the leageu