07-08-2022, 03:57 AM
(07-07-2022, 10:17 PM)sterlingmallory Wrote: In the playoffs, teams sag off him and just dare him to shoot, and since he won't, he becomes completely useless. We saw this play out in Philly and I see no reason to think the same thing wouldn't happen here.
I think the problem in Philly was that he was the main ball handler at all times. If he can give the ball to Luka in such a situation and then goes into motion playing give&go or pick&roll, with the gravity Luka has on defenders, good offense will happen.
If you can convince Simmons that he's the PG in transition (and he generates a lot of transition opportunities on his own with his defense) and once you play against a set defense, he turns into a supercharged version of Dwight Powell, it might work very well.