11-10-2021, 06:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2021, 06:29 PM by dynamicalVoid.)
Man...Yall got me triggered on this Simmons talk...not gonna lie.
Does Simmons have overly large hands? Because a HUGE red flag with Simmons is someone of his athleticism and talent being trash at Free Throws. An open ass shot. There is pressure involved sure...but this is the Big Leagues. If you cant improve on Free Throws...youre not putting the work to be paid Max money. Bottom Line. Free Throws should be the easiest thing to fix for a Big Leagues player.
Have there been any murmurings from within Simmons camp that he admits he is partially to blame for this fall from grace? As in...does he acknowledge that a lot of the hate and frustration is because of the unwillingness to shoot and that it can hurt a team? Has anything come to light that suggests he has learned from this fall out? Anything? It was a 5 year build up of fans, media and professionals questioning his refusal to shoot. It wasnt a one year ordeal and the world turned on him. The world was trying to help him for years before the fall out. Does he acknowledge any of this? Does he acknowledge that he wasted 5 years of learning how to shoot in real game time situations?
An even more interesting question is if he is willing to try new NBA roles? Is he willing or not? The answer to this question defines his maturity level, imo. Not just willing to...but will you? And will you work like a Max paid player to master this role.
Or...does he stick to the "best basketball play" excuse? Actually the best basketball play in Simmons situation is if he would have shot the ball more. Is he relying on the "most efficient basketball play" excuse?
Now...none of this matters if Simmons is playing 4D chess to get moved to another team.
Also...I stand by Embiid and Rivers public outing of Simmons. It was time to be unconventional. It put Morey in a tougher situation...but Simmons will grow more from this more than if Embiid and Rivers didnt out him and the Org kept quiet and just traded him. If that happened Simmons would just continue down the "business as usual" path of not shooting or putting in proper work to get better.
Does Simmons have overly large hands? Because a HUGE red flag with Simmons is someone of his athleticism and talent being trash at Free Throws. An open ass shot. There is pressure involved sure...but this is the Big Leagues. If you cant improve on Free Throws...youre not putting the work to be paid Max money. Bottom Line. Free Throws should be the easiest thing to fix for a Big Leagues player.
Have there been any murmurings from within Simmons camp that he admits he is partially to blame for this fall from grace? As in...does he acknowledge that a lot of the hate and frustration is because of the unwillingness to shoot and that it can hurt a team? Has anything come to light that suggests he has learned from this fall out? Anything? It was a 5 year build up of fans, media and professionals questioning his refusal to shoot. It wasnt a one year ordeal and the world turned on him. The world was trying to help him for years before the fall out. Does he acknowledge any of this? Does he acknowledge that he wasted 5 years of learning how to shoot in real game time situations?
An even more interesting question is if he is willing to try new NBA roles? Is he willing or not? The answer to this question defines his maturity level, imo. Not just willing to...but will you? And will you work like a Max paid player to master this role.
Or...does he stick to the "best basketball play" excuse? Actually the best basketball play in Simmons situation is if he would have shot the ball more. Is he relying on the "most efficient basketball play" excuse?
Now...none of this matters if Simmons is playing 4D chess to get moved to another team.
Also...I stand by Embiid and Rivers public outing of Simmons. It was time to be unconventional. It put Morey in a tougher situation...but Simmons will grow more from this more than if Embiid and Rivers didnt out him and the Org kept quiet and just traded him. If that happened Simmons would just continue down the "business as usual" path of not shooting or putting in proper work to get better.