Danny Green: “Ben has gone through quite a bit this year, and it’s not his fault that we lost…you can’t just harp on one player, and to his defense, he said he couldn’t find his rhythm but he did other things for us…i also think it’s a mistake that people think he doesn’t care”
Say what you will about Greens on court skills, but in the locker room he’s a HIGHLY respected guy.
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Harris for KLove.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vee-Rex
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His value is far more polarizing than its made out to be on here. As I alluded to, he is still only 25, you know you have time with him on his contract. Yes there will be selling low from our end, but it's not that low (to the suggestion of just Beasley or Walker) to the point we will be taking a risk player for a star (yes despite the postseason he's still a star).Quote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
Like we agree on, there's something in Philly when it comes to development that is horribly wrong right now. So while a team is buying low, I'm willing to easily bet they're going to bank on: Turn him into a 60-65% FT shooter, space around him, let him play at pace. Maybe they internally talk about getting in his ear about shooting right handed.
And two reasons I believe that:
#1 - Look at this HS highlights. That guy is there that can shoot, can play well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnjzoTBNwGo
#2 - Look at the HS highlights again. Notice anything? Every pass, his drive tendency, his layup hand, his dunk hand.....it's all right handed. He's a righty. So the mental is in the fact his mechanics shooting lefty is bad, so he thinks about it. And when you are too mechanical, the same is true in golf as basketball, you are **** with the shot. So he's so mentally in a rabbit hole of mad mechanics, mental block, that he's afraid to do all those things that make him special. If he can shoot right handed, his natural hand (seriously look it up, he's a righty), it will be less focus on mechanics and more on feel.
This is the other stuff that GM's pay close attention to, and I have heard rumor that's what's actually keeping his value up; the belief that Philly never built around him, more around Joel and Ben was there, and he's shooting with the wrong hand.
If you don’t know what hand to shoot with at 25 you are ****ing hopeless
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Tristan Thompson did at 24 and became much more playable right away.Quote:
Originally Posted by ewing
This is the first I'm hearing of this....Quote:
Rivers on whether Simmons’ family issues impacted him this year: “I can’t answer that, because I don’t know, but it’s another example of, and I’m trying to say this right, that players are real people…i have never had to deal with the public stuff that Ben had to deal with.”
....oh ****:
Holy **** man.Quote:
The family of Aussie NBA superstar Ben Simmons has released a statement denying claims made by his sister that their half-brother molested her when she was a child. ... “I've been asking for therapy but my family would rather sweep it under the rug because it could damage my brothers brand. I'm over hiding.”
Story came out April 13th. Ben's shooting started going to **** at the end of May.Quote:
The family of Aussie NBA superstar Ben Simmons has released a statement denying claims made by his sister that their half-brother molested her when she was a child.
Simmons’ half brother and manager Sean Tribe issued the statement on Saturday on behalf of the family saying they were “devastated” by the allegations and claiming the “entire family deny them”.
In a series of tweets that began on Wednesday, Olivia Simmons accused Mr Tribe of abusing her from the age of three and claimed she had been “silenced for years” from speaking out about the allegations.
“At the end of the day I was molested by my half brother for years from age 3,” she wrote on Twitter.
Might have found the mental struggles.
When you teach him what hand to shoot with tell him what a pivot foot is tooQuote:
Originally Posted by warfelg
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Mmmmm that Love albatross of a contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vee-Rex
I saw the most apt comparison ever in an article:
Ben Simmons is the Sixers version of Carson Wentz.
The Pacers it is! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by warfelg
Hell I would do Bogdan and Tucker for Simmons.Quote:
Originally Posted by NBA all the way
Doc went off about lack of size with Tobi out (well we had it but he didn't trust BBall Paul and Mike Scott fell out of favor) so it would make sense to get those two. Maybe flip Tucker for something else.
Bogdan
Curry
Thybulle
Harris
Embiid
Better but still missing that wing that can get something.
If you follow Nate Jones on twitter, you know he's a wealth of information. He's one of the ones stating that Simmons trade value and perception isn't as low as it's being out to be made online by fans and is confident that he will still get at least a borderline all-star from the west (guys like CJ who are just in a deep conference). I'd check out a lot of what he says if you don't follow or read his stuff.Quote:
Nate Jones
@JonesOnTheNBA
Fit/context matter for like 95% of the NBA. If you can’t analyze guys based on the situation and how it fits into their strengths and weaknesses, you’re doing it wrong.
I brought it up in this thread. It’s absolutely similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by warfelg
Now I’m just thinking of a Flyer and a Phillie player next. Flyers could be Carter Hart already and Phillies…?
I'm not a Phillies fan but what about Hoskins? I wouldn't mind him on my Sox ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by koldjerky
Some good nuggets from an article on the Ringer of all places:
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Consider Portland. McCollum for Simmons as the main piece in a Blazers-Sixers deal is what executives around the league, just like fans, think is a reasonable trade that makes sense for both sides. Simmons could be like a supercharged Draymond Green to Damian Lillard’s Steph Curry. For years, the Warriors have shredded teams because Curry would often draw a trap and pass the ball to Draymond, who could get to the rim or make a clutch pass to a teammate. Simmons would thrive in a role like that since Lillard feels the same type of pressure in the pick-and-roll.
McCollum, in turn, would help the Sixers. Any player who can create their own shot at a high level would. But it’s not a no-brainer deal. McCollum is 29, and he has underperformed in past postseasons. A backcourt of McCollum and Seth Curry would also make for a weak defensive duo. Blazers fans have just about had it with McCollum, just as Sixers fans have with Simmons. But they could each drag their problems to a new team too.
https://www.theringer.com/2021/6/21/...adelphia-76ersQuote:
In 2016, Simmons admitted he’s a natural righty but his dad raised him to shoot with his left hand. “I think I was supposed to be right-handed. It’s all natural now,” he said at the time. Is it? People in his life have encouraged him to make the switch. Former Sixers shooting coach John Townsend worked with Simmons on attempting right-handed free throws and jump shots, but Simmons didn’t stick with it. Former teammate JJ Redick recently said on his podcast that he told Simmons (and DeAndre Jordan) they should make the switch to their right hand.
“I’ve seen them shoot right-handed. It’s better form right-handed,” Redick said. “They do everything else right-handed. I don’t understand why you’re shooting a basketball left-handed.” Redick is correct. Simmons released the ball using his right hand on 67 shots this postseason, compared to just nine shots with his left hand. That rate is consistent with his career rate of using his right hand going back to his time at LSU.