07-03-2022, 04:41 PM
(07-03-2022, 04:19 PM)mvossman Wrote: He is a ball dominate non shooting wing. Not sure that is much better. He does not rim run or protect the rim. Don't see the fit.
Trying to see evidence that Simmons couldn't be a rim runner. He hasn't been asked to do it, and with Embiid, the knock was always that they operated in the same spaces. With his crazy athleticism and BBIQ, I think a Luka/Simmons PnR would be pretty devastating with either player able to score/pass out of the myriad of options that play presents. The problem is that both guys are being guarded by similar defender types in most likelyhood, so that takes a little of the advantage away. But it isn't like it is the only option. Simmons around the rim brings good things though - whether him scoring, or him making good decisions passing.
Taking out the mental issues, I could see good things basketball-wise with either KI or BS. Hard to see us having the juice to acquire either though.