I’ve been saying it for 4 years. You can’t be a star in the NBA as a perimeter player with 0 fine motor type basketball skills. He has no shake, no foot work, no touch. He is a load downhill in transition. He is really fast and strong but he has no fine skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by NBA all the way
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They should get credit. As much as we lost fame 5; they went out and won this game. Especially in the 2nd half. They really just collapsed on the lane as a team hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by ewing
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I feel bad for him. Mentally he a little broken right now. Even with confidence he just needs to get better at basketball thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by More-Than-Most
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No, even after crapping the bed multiple playoffs now, I still think Simmons has value because of his age and skillset. I 100% think they could get legitimate assets for him. Harris, on the other hand, while clearly a better postseason performer, doesn't have remotely as much value. I'm not sure there's a team out there willing to take on his contract for less than two 1sts attached.Quote:
Originally Posted by warfelg
A little broken? He’s very broken mentally. I wouldn’t be shocked if it comes out he has some form as anxiety.Quote:
Originally Posted by ewing
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I dunno. An elite defender and playmaker making $20 million a year is a pretty solid NBA career. You need me to run you through the lists of all-time NBA busts? I assure you Simmons is nowhere close to the top of that list.Quote:
Originally Posted by koldjerky
Hey Philly fans, how about Lauri Markannen + a Giordano’s large deep dish for Simmons?
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Oofph. Really disagree on that Harris one. He doesn’t have as much value but he’s not a “attach assets to” type. I do wonder if the Griz would want to play JJJ at the 5, bring Big Val off the Bench, because there’s a team that would want Tobi.Quote:
Originally Posted by mightybosstone
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As a #1 overall with all the hype? Dude was suppose to be transcendent. Self inflicting offensive refusal is absolute bust worthyQuote:
Originally Posted by mightybosstone
That is pure gold! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by statquo
Harris is about to be 29, is essentially a 19/7/3 guy and makes the 14th highest salary in the league. On what planet is a competent team going to trade for him and the $115 million he's owed the next three seasons without getting assets in return?Quote:
Originally Posted by warfelg
He's not Westbrook or Wall bad, but his contract easily has to be one of the 5-10 worst in all of basketball. If you're a GM and you trade for Harris, but you don't dump an atrocious contract of your own or get at least one unprotected first in the deal, you should be immediately fired the next day.
Once Simmons stopped being aggressive he lost his offense game. He stopped attacking the basket because he didn’t want to shoot free throws. His confidence was shaken bad in this series.
Btw how about Morey coming in and having to revamp this roster straight away.
Traded Horford and Richardson last season.
Gotta move at minimum Ben this season and possibly Harris as well.
Just off the top of my head: Hasheem Thabeet, Jay Williams, Greg Oden, Adam Morrison, Kwame Brown, Michael Olowokandi, Anthony Bennett, Sam Bowie, Darko Milicic, etc. That's 10 guys right there who were highly touted top 3 picks who would 100% kill to have had the career Simmons has already had at 25.Quote:
Originally Posted by koldjerky
Simmons is not on the career trajectory we thought he'd be on. He's not an elite player, and may not even be a top 25-30 guy right now. But he's a three-time All-Star and one of the best defenders in the game. Let's not lump him in with guys who weren't even average starters most of their careers but were taken top 3.