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I've heard reports that MPJ needs another back surgery to help fully correct his issue and he'd be out this coming year. Saw a few comments from scouts and anonymous GM's saying Teams were scared off by MPJ because the back injury is believed to be worse and he's gonna need a 2nd surgery and teams didn't want to RS him and kind of waste a lottery top 10 pick on a guy who wouldn't play this year.
The reason he didn’t shoot any 3s last year is very literally because he can’t make them.
I honestly don't know, and am glad he is only 21 (or whatever he is) and has acknowledged in all of his post-season interviews he has a lot of work to do this off-season. i'm happy to let him have his summer and just hope that he is working on things. here he is shooting 3s pre-game this season, so it isn't like he physically can't:
This is what most Sixers fans have regurgitated for the last year. Saying oh the Sixers wanted him to focus on being a PG this year since he never played it and didn't want him to take in too much at once. He'll start working on his shooting next offseason. If a guy can't focus on two things at once as a professional NBA player I kind of question things. Also there were a ton of rumors in college that Simmons Big dogged practice and acted like he didn't need too. Even when his uncle one of the assistant coaches tried to get him too. There was some rumors about poor work ethic on Simmons part from college and national team level. I even read somewhere where Aussie teammates called him The Yank and not in an endearing way. Australians ae very laid back not braggadocios type people and Simmons to some came off as another talented kid but acted like an American instead of appreciative. I haven't heard anything about poor work ethic with the Sixers so far though. But many put his poor work ethic as part of his shooting issues in college.
Just remember nothing ever comes out positive with being associated in anyway with that family. Honestly if I was Simmons agent or agent of any athlete in sports I'd tell them stay away from those girls as much and as far away as possible because nothing but bad things comes with that family.
the guy averaged a hair under a triple double his rookie season. I am ok with how he did, and am fine giving him a chance to work on his game.
I'm one of those talk is talk. Actions speak louder then words. Ive seen so many players say the right things in sports before only to do the complete opposite or continue doing what didn't work before.
Sure for a guy who had ample time to get use to the league and prepare a full year in advance while rehabbing. lets see how he does first adjusting to everything one else playing him. I think if he continues to play the way he did then Boston flat-out made the blueprint how to play Simmons and make him almost irrelevant for a whole game. I'm not that high on Simmons like so many others are. I've even questioned how many games of Simmons many 76ers fans saw of him I college and only regurgitate what the media hype said and saw the highlights. I'm a huge SEC fan and watched a lot of SEC basketball that year and other players. Simmons was probably the least impressive I saw. Yes he's athletic and moves well for his size. However I saw the Kentucky bigs who were basically NBA talent compared to other bigs in College bully him in the paint. I saw a guy who was literally afraid to shoot, a guy who tried to go for the highlight reel assist or only passed if it guaranteed him a stat. I also saw teams go after him on defense because they weren't afraid of him. People were impressed with his STLs and blocks per game but most of that was because of the accumulation of attempts he had per possession per game. He was possible the weakest defender on LSU. I'll give the Sixers credit for working with him and hiding some of his faults but I think if he doesn't improve slightly the Celtics made the blue print to stop him.
I live in Philly. So the only rumors I ever saw on Ben were all these positive rumors for 2-3 yrs. I did my own research looked up different scouting reports out for many people and even looked up on some stuff about history of certain other players and such. I also have an Aunt who has family in Australia and my cousin's fiancee is from there. Many of them have said the same thing about Simmons personality that these articles said even amongst their friends. The only people defending it were the Simmons Aussie D-riders who are similar to the Lebron people who feel the dude can do nothing wrong.
Dude do you have any idea how good he was in college? A true shooting percentage of 60% on 28.3% usage? 25th best DRB rate in the entire country? A top 150 assist rate, a top 120 steal rate, the 15th best FT rate. Come on, man. That team sucked because they had an atrocious coach, no size beyond Simmons, and nobody who could hit an outside shot. Really, in a thread built on awful takes, this ranks as an all-timer.
i'm not a fan of CBB, so i didn't watch him often there. However i watched him in summer league (i think if i remember correctly) and have seen a good 60-70 of his games. at what point can Sixers fans begin to draw conclusions about Ben?
This is such the biggest copout that people have defended Simmons with. If the team was so bad how come he didn't go to another school? Rumors were he wanted to be the big man on Campus and his Uncle was a coach there so he thought he could get away with more. He had scholarships to Duke and KSU and other big time schools but knew he wouldn't be big guy on campus and have to compete. It's fairly easy to pad stats on bad team. MCW ring a bell? Jonathan Giovony did a great write up in 2016 of many Simmons not being the #1 prospect with a lot of this. Calling his stats hollow etc.
Michael Carter-Williams whose college team went 30-10 and made the Final Four? What?
Ok I read this. You're parrotting everything it says. Do you have any thoughts of your own?
I'm not talking about you personally. I know some don't watch college which inflates what they think about players. I know Eagles fans who don't watch College and blinked and were upset the Eagles traded up to get Carson Wentz and we so on getting Elliot bandwagon for a few months. Their problem was the fact they didn't watch Carson in college and how he played in a pro offense and was doing things as a QB at the second level most guys at the highest level QB wise weren't doing and stuff hadn't seen since Peyton Manning. You can only take so much for word of mouth and highlight reels. You also have to remember this year would he have had the success he had with the time coaches had to work with him if he played last year? You kind of have to factor how well he'd have done without the extra coaching and an extra offseason before the "Rookie season" this year. I don't think Simmons will come close to anything Lebron. I kind of agree maybe he comes more as a D Wade or something. However if he can't get a jump shot he'll be nothing more then a nice asset who can create for other players and get some boards. also a lot of his faults were exposed early in the year when Embiid was out. He struggled big time. He did better later in the year last what 15 games Embiid was out? But remember they had an easier schedule later in the year. First half of the season I believe I read on my old board someone posted was one of the top 3-5 toughest to begin the year and the 2nd half was one of the easiest in the NBA? I don't like drawing huge conclusions on guys especially basketball after 1 year for a guy. Player especially NBA can really fluctuate unless they are elite level players.
Yeah I think he was a highly overrated player way before this. He basically disappeared in games he was suppose to dominate. I watched him in HS and he was basically dominating kids much smaller then him. Easy to dominate people way smaller then you. My rival HS had a Football player named Simonie Lawerence went on scholarship to Minn U. Was an RB/LB he dominated our league broke a ton of records but was out played in college. My point is I think Ben Simmons was so flawed that he'd have benefited from staying in college longer because in the NBA there's really no time to develop players. Too many guys rely on their athleticism but don't have a great IQ for the game. Athletic ability only takes you so far and Ben Simmons is one of those athletes in sports who has relied on his athletic ability for most of his developing career. Won't get you far in a league with guys just as athletic and bigger and stronger then you.
Are you still talking about the guy who 19/12/5 in college and then 16/8/8 as a rookie?
pretty sure his uncle was the #1 reason he went there. Don't remember all the details but he discusses it in that documentary he had. and he is very open about how much he hated his experience in CBB, so i am sure his motivation wasn't as good as it could have been.
Ben has been recognized by plenty of people in the NBA as having an exceptional basketball IQ and one of the highest they have seen from a guy his age they can remember. And i woulf argue 1 year with Brett Brown and the resources the NBA has (which has been used against Ben for ROY) helped Ben more then 2-3 more years in college
I think his stats are kind of padded in College. Easy to put up better stats in the pros when you have a full year of NBA coaching as well. I have my doubts he'd have been that good without the whole year he had out of college with NBA coaching and how he played last year. He really struggled his stats did when Embiid was out for awhile early in the year he struggled to even come close to avg that where people questioned if he was that good. He then really struggled against Boston. I don't have that big of hopes for his career either now that he's dating someone in that trash Kardashian/Jemmer family.
Please find me a second year player who averaged 16/8/8 then.
He actually admitted in his documentary like modogg said his Uncle was a top reason he went to LSU. He also said how much he hated college as a whole which explains a lot of the issues he had. The whole he went to LSU for the other reasons is speculation from other guys as well.
IQ may have been a poor choice. It should've been skills as in terms of shooting and other stuff. He may have an exceptional IQ but I still saw the stupid passes in college and doing too much. Exceptional IQ though is one of those things that many scouts and experts throw around constantly with guys. It doesn't mean much too me until I see them them doing it though
Second year in college or NBA? you won't have many in college do to the 1 and done. The NBA is so watered down defensively I don't put a lot into those numbers anymore. It's like the QB who avg 300 yards per game who are far and away not the best. One of the reasons Matthew Stafford is so overrated. Sure he throws for a lot of yards but have you seen his TD/INT ratio? Maybe I'm but these stats being put up now I'd be more impressed if it was done in the 80s and 90s not the soft version of the NBA today.
This might be my favorite post in the history of this entire board. What???
