(06-20-2021, 09:49 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Cannot really say that. Over the entire series Simmons/Embiid lineups clearly outscored the Hawks and the 76ers bench lost the series.
Simmons was +4, +10, +14, 0, +7, -7, +1. Overall +29 for the series.
It's really hard for you to keep trying to find little nuggets you can live with to say to protect the opinion of him you've been jumping up and down on, and yelling from the highest hill this whole thread.
"destroyed his confidence" -- so that's a reason that is acceptable now? Because it sure hasn't been acceptable on the other half of this thread.
Unlike KP, whose 7 game series came against the worst possible matchup for him in the league coming off a surgery that obviously effected his movement.... Ben Simmons was guarded the entire series by defenders that he was quicker, TALLER AND HEAVIER than because he's bigger than Gallo, Collins, Williams and YOUNG.... He was completely healthy and there you go..
I saw him DRIVE on Lou Williams and chicken out at 6 feet from the basket and jump turning to try to find someone to throw it out to...more than once. Simmons wasn't guarded by any ace defenders this series, not one defender the quality of Morris, Leonard, George, or Batum...not one.
No...sorry, dude. Your boy just exposed himself right in front of you when you were working so hard to defend him.
Doc Rivers was just asked "Can Ben Simmons still be a point guard on a championship team?" and he said "I don't know the answer to that question right now."
Ben Simmons and Kristaps Porzingis are literally preparing this off-season for their NBA legacy...right here. It is absolutely on the line for them both right now.
"There are no friends on the court." - Luka Doncic