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Real talk, he should come to Sacramento. The Young Socialite can hop on a quick jet ride to hit up San Francisco or LA night life and during the work week he can just chill and thrive in a situation where the fanbase would be absolutely thrilled to get bounced in the first round.
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looooooooool https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status/1432883432481230855?s=21
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Sep 1, 2021 05:34
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It's possible Fox can be obtained but every indication from the organization and the local beat writers is that Fox is not on the table and that Monte wants to put a star next to him, not just shuffle things around The team is in no way a contender or even good but Monte doesn't seem very inclined to trade a very good player who actually wants to be in Sacramento for Young Socialite Ben Simmons
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Sep 1, 2021 06:07
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I’m not thrilled with Mitchell but there is plenty of time in the backcourt to share with them given Tyrese’s versatility. And moving on from either of those two just because you have Davion Mitchell is a bad idea. Haliburton is on a rookie deal which makes his value a lot higher than normal. He’s not as good as Simmons now but he’s cheaper and improving and doesn’t have massive holes in his game that requires specific roster building.
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MourningView posted:you're not giving up on them just for fun or something you are using them to acquire a significantly better player than either of them Simmons is a significantly better and more impactful defender, passer, and has better size and is a problem is transition. But the appeal for teams like GS, Sacramento, or Minnesota is putting him next to their core not to replace it. Simmons is a complete non factor in the half court. If you replace Fox with Simmons, where does your half court offense come from? It’s not coming from Simmons or Holmes or Barnes or Hield, so you’re putting a lot of pressure on Haliburton to be a lead playmaker there which I thought everyone knew was not going to be his ticket to success. Replace Haliburton with Simmons and you’ve got a half court lineup with really bad spacing for Fox and no real secondary playmaker or grease guy unless you think Mitchell can step into that role. And the Kings don’t really have any assets to fill that out. He’s a better player but his limitations mean you can’t just do a straight swap and assume the team comes out ahead.
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Sep 1, 2021 17:27
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MourningView posted:The trade said they wouldn't consider giving up either of them and not wanting to swap Haliburton for a genuine star level talent is insanely stupid. It's a lot easier to find guys who can make a jump shot to put around them than it is to find guys who can do everything Simmons does and at some point the team has to play defense too if they're going to be any good. Just refusing to budge from a core that probably tops out at like the tenth best team in the west is bizarre. It's not like you're breaking up a team that looks like it's on the verge of being a contender. It’s not so much fretting about breaking up the core of a bad team, it’s that they really don’t have a good roster to put around Simmons if either Fox or Haliburton are out and little avenues left to do so. It’s a ton of money to commit and Simmons isn’t a player you can just put some low salary shooters around and think you’ve got a good team
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If you just toss the ball to Simmons in the half court and ask him to cook you’re going to end up with a cold Totinos party pizza
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Sacramento got into a tizzy when Webber complained there was no good soul food here so I’m excited at the prospect of what would happen with Simmons
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If he doesn't shoot at all then he unlocks nothing no matter if he's on the perimeter or posting up or going to the hoop. Or if he just refuses to ask for the ball because he knows he'll get fouled. It's possible the Atlanta series/2021 playoffs was an aberration or outlier, but it is also just an extreme case of the same things that have always been dogging him since Jared Dudley called him out. It's possible that his numbers are in large part to the general light gameplaning and paying attention to on defense that generally plagues the regular season. I don't know why it took so long for the rest of the league to realize they didn't have to close out on Draymon Green in random games in January but I guess the regular season malaise and drudgery puts players recognition on autopilot in lowstakes games. If Philly actually thought this was a blip and that he'll be back to shooting and play making at his previous rate come the start of the season I don't think they would been shopping him the way they have been. WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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MourningView posted:This is also probably true of Tyrese Haliburton. He's had some monster games but I don't think people realized Hack-A-Ben could be a real thing until that series. So you're betting either that the rest of the league didn't take note or that Ben recognizes a flaw in his game and will come back and try to fix it.
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Ben is a career sub 60% FT shooter he’s never been good from there but no one knew he could react like that Also it’s hard for Atlanta to foul someone and send him to the line when he’s completely hiding on offense Again, this really isn’t stuff that is that new with Ben. We’ve been on a continuous slide that started with begging him to shoot wide open 3s and then please take some jumpers to he’s not even wanting the ball because he’ll have to shoot FTs. The Atlanta series may be a blip but him refusing to take shots that he’s not comfortable with and letting that effect his game isn’t some new found hot take. WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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 MoreyHe may still swing a nice return for Simmons but I love that every GM is taking the opportunity right now to tee off on him quote:The Warriors front office isn’t currently split on whether or not to accept a Ben Simmons trade offer from Philadelphia. There isn’t — and has never been — a realistic one on the table for them to discuss. Talks can’t be considered dead because they’ve never even really been alive, multiple sources confirm.
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MourningView posted:Kings should maybe worry about actually making the playoffs before they get hung up on what is going to happen when they get there I don't think Simmons + Fox and Holmes and maybe Barnes if he isn't part of the deal is enough to get them to the playoffs and with Simmons and Fox's deals on the books and some picks changing hands you wouldn't really have a way to improve Like, I know you're going to rightfully respond with a snarky remark about why would you watch the Kings but have you actually watched the Kings. There isn't much left on the team if you start stripping things out and Simmons isn't LeBron-lite to spackle over that WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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MourningView posted:I have watched them, and the biggest thing currently holding them back is the thing Ben Simmons is the best at. Adding an all NBA player and arguably the best defensive player in the entire league gets them a whole lot closer to being a good team than farting around as a team that picks between 8-10 every year forever will. I think it definitely gets you into at least the same range as the Grizzles/Pelicans/Blazers for those last couple post season slots. It's a lot harder to find actual star players than it is to find role players to put around them. You would probably win fewer summer league championships though. They can't play defense, correct. But their PPG is a mirage because they have a bland unimaginative system in the 4th quarter that boils down to clear out for Fox ISOs. Haliburton is the only one that attempts to add some dimension to it on broken plays and I'm very not sold on the idea of Simmons being able to point forward very effectively in the 4th quarter where the paint is packed because we have Fox and Holmes out there with him and Barnes is our only shooter. We'd have to become a significantly better defensive team and while Simmons is good I don't know how good we'd be with Holmes playing center and Barnes having to either chase wings around or guard 4s. You can make Simmons a more credible threat in the 4th with some creative movement and passes but we wouldn't have the personnel to pull that off and being capped out and giving up future picks would make that pretty hard to do. Monte has been good at working the fringes but he hasn't demonstrated Morey's knack for finding plus starters in his couch cushions. Simmons is a good player but there is a reason a lot of dire teams who need to do something aren't interested in breaking up the core they have to get him. His limitations and contract make him more of a super role/complimentary player than just get him and figure the rest out later guy.
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Dejan Bimble posted:But would Ben be in Richuan's scoop shot slot? Yep. I love Holmes but his offensive value comes entirely from making himself a dump off or roll option in that scoop shot range. You can maybe try to run a bunch of snug pick-and-rolls to try and make that work and don't really know how that would go Now you could argue Simmons is better than Holmes so move on but not sure where or how we are going to find that perfect complimentary big for Simmons with a Richaun Holmes/Harrison Barnes package. Star players are harder to find than role player but the type of role player Ben really needs don't grow on trees. WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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Dejan Bimble posted:Yeah I kinda love that. They get to replace their defensive anchor and keep a ton of passing. Trading him is sacrilege though. I don't think you could do it without him asking if you think a hedge fund jerk cares about stuff like thatDejan Bimble posted:I get your point. Having an all-nba player means you shouldn't worry about your solid starters fit. It's just an irritating thing to have to basically cross off the key offensive skill of the guy you just signed. Yeah that's my problem with the Kings fit. We'd basically have to send some of our good stuff out to get him and what’s left really couldn’t let Simmons just do his own thing. You could ship out the pieces that don’t fit but at that point you’re building a team around Ben Simmons and I’d rather just tank instead WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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please oh please oh please let Simmons still be on the team for the first Philly home game https://www.reddit.com/r/sixers/comments/ph4l07/exclusive_footage_ben_simmons_caught_on_camera/
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Everyone on that court looks like actors who are hired to pretend to play basketball in some CW teen drama
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Still tickled that Doc is continued to be seen as a highly sought after coachquote:"There are teams that are interested in Ben Simmons, they just don't want to pay the steep price," Pompey said during an appearance on 97.5 The Fanatic Monday morning. "Ben Simmons knows that, so they are saying why should we help the 76ers out when they feel like when Doc Rivers said what he said, nobody apologized, and Doc was never reprimanded."
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Minny’s poop platter has just been upgradedquote:Damian Lillard reaffirmed his commitment to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, seemingly bringing a temporary end to the speculation about his future with the franchise.
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how small we talking? too small for a young socialite??quote:Brian Windhorst on Ben Simmons: I know of at least one other team who is a small market team that has made an offer and has a lot of interest and it just hasn’t gotten public yet
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Ben Simmons has Orlando Magic written all over him
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Simmons channeling that "scream like I'm fighting for my soul against an army of biblical demons while I go up for an uncontested layup" Pau Gasol energy in that photo.
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Kendrick Perkins weighs in https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNBA/status/1439318422953857031
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