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June 22, 2021, 10:36:13 PM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
He is the one that needs to blame with what happened to the Sixers this post-season.
He is the worst free throw shooter in the history of the NBA playoffs (all players who attempted at least 70 shots).

I want to blame Doc Rivers too because they know already from the start that Simmons is afraid to shoot and having a hard time shooting free throws and yet he still puts him in the court. For what?? For defensive purposes? He might be a good defender like I said but still, he can be a liability to his team because of his problems.

I just hope that the team where he will land in this offseason will be the one who can improve his shooting skills. I might be optimistic to this player and he might still redeem himself if he will be traded in another team and they can improve him too. Golden State might be one, Portland might too. Any other team might do as long as they can improve his shooting skills because he is the worst TBH.
Those two are responsible for the sixers second-round exit, as a coach you already know, that he is not performing well, why would you waste those precious minutes just to see him run around like a headless I don't know what to call him, and for Simmons, I think there is something wrong, he does not seem to be injured, he's not even in the mood to shot an open lay-up, I think they have to let him go, if he plays like that and says he got an off night or series, then pay a high school player to play, for sure that guy will outscore him with that kind of attitude.
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June 22, 2021, 09:42:32 PM

Regarding Suns versus Clippers, yes it's Ayton who is doing a neat job on the paint to let Suns be in the front this halftime.
12 points and 6 rebounds already. I am glad I put a bet on player props for him. It's a sure win since Zubac is not that good defending big men like him and Jokic.
This could go all the way up to maybe 30+ points and rebounds if the Clippers won't adjust preventing him from getting near the rim.
Clippers on the other hand is just tailing the Suns despite the bad shooting percentage especially with PG13. Patrick Beverley is a plague for Booker.  Cheesy

The Los Angeles Clippers are battling with the Phoenix Suns until this 3rd quarter not letting the scores go too far. the real battle will be in the 4th quarter where they will have a chance to push this game to OT again if they are persistent in battling throughout the 4th quarter. Western Conference finals are on another level this year, both teams are strong enough to keep up the phase with each other.
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June 22, 2021, 09:25:38 PM
That Simmons situation is a nightmare. What’s going on in Philly? First Fultz and now this? I think some changes are needed in the coaching staff over there that go far beyond the head coach.

Suns vs Clippers game 2 in a bit. I hope we get some sort of a timeline for Chris Paul’s return. I feel like Booker might not be able to carry them for 4 games alone and I’m still on the fence about if Ayton can keep up his amazing postseason play.
It's almost like a curse.  Grin

Regarding Suns versus Clippers, yes it's Ayton who is doing a neat job on the paint to let Suns be in the front this halftime.
12 points and 6 rebounds already. I am glad I put a bet on player props for him. It's a sure win since Zubac is not that good defending big men like him and Jokic.
This could go all the way up to maybe 30+ points and rebounds if the Clippers won't adjust preventing him from getting near the rim.
Clippers on the other hand is just tailing the Suns despite the bad shooting percentage especially with PG13. Patrick Beverley is a plague for Booker.  Cheesy
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June 22, 2021, 08:50:47 PM
It's time to trade Simmons, they can get a good player/s in return that could shoot free throws and do the defense, maybe not as good with Simmons but they should get something that is reliable especially in playoffs time. I think Sixers could have won that series if Joel got some consistent help from his teammates.
Yeah, the Sixers definitely need to trade him, but there is a problem. Simmons signed a huge contract until the 24/25 season, and I doubt that other teams will agree to trade a couple of good players for him. By the way, it's funny that even Shaq had a free throw percentage better than Simmons.

They don't need to trade him.  He is a very good player who had a terrible series, period.  Points guard of his size don't grow out of trees.  Yeah he can't hit a 3 pointer but you don't need him to.  He can learn that aspect.  His basketball is and leadership at still a young age isn't teachable. 

I think we can't blame people around Sixers organisation looking at Simmons poor performance in this series and thinking that it's better to trade him. There are even comparison with Lebron in the last 2 years, however, we saw the big difference, Simmons is not on his level, can't shoot a 3 even FT. He should have learn already specially on how they lost the series against Toronto. He should developed by now, but it seems more weaknesses has been seen on him. He can't simply carry a team or be a leader.
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June 22, 2021, 06:56:11 PM
It's time to trade Simmons, they can get a good player/s in return that could shoot free throws and do the defense, maybe not as good with Simmons but they should get something that is reliable especially in playoffs time. I think Sixers could have won that series if Joel got some consistent help from his teammates.
Yeah, the Sixers definitely need to trade him, but there is a problem. Simmons signed a huge contract until the 24/25 season, and I doubt that other teams will agree to trade a couple of good players for him. By the way, it's funny that even Shaq had a free throw percentage better than Simmons.

They don't need to trade him.  He is a very good player who had a terrible series, period.  Points guard of his size don't grow out of trees.  Yeah he can't hit a 3 pointer but you don't need him to.  He can learn that aspect.  His basketball is and leadership at still a young age isn't teachable. 
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June 22, 2021, 06:51:10 PM
It's time to trade Simmons, they can get a good player/s in return that could shoot free throws and do the defense, maybe not as good with Simmons but they should get something that is reliable especially in playoffs time. I think Sixers could have won that series if Joel got some consistent help from his teammates.
Yeah, the Sixers definitely need to trade him, but there is a problem. Simmons signed a huge contract until the 24/25 season, and I doubt that other teams will agree to trade a couple of good players for him. By the way, it's funny that even Shaq had a free throw percentage better than Simmons.
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June 22, 2021, 06:23:32 PM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
He is the one that needs to blame with what happened to the Sixers this post-season.
He is the worst free throw shooter in the history of the NBA playoffs (all players who attempted at least 70 shots).

I want to blame Doc Rivers too because they know already from the start that Simmons is afraid to shoot and having a hard time shooting free throws and yet he still puts him in the court. For what?? For defensive purposes? He might be a good defender like I said but still, he can be a liability to his team because of his problems.

I just hope that the team where he will land in this offseason will be the one who can improve his shooting skills. I might be optimistic to this player and he might still redeem himself if he will be traded in another team and they can improve him too. Golden State might be one, Portland might too. Any other team might do as long as they can improve his shooting skills because he is the worst TBH.

In defense of Coach River though, he definitely has to put Ben back he is the second best player in that Sixers team. And in previous interviews, he defended Simmons from the media, however, Ben has a mental break down in this series, lots of questions and we got the answer now, he can't carry a team, he has exposed in this series.

I was the reply in which he has a chance to dunk the ball but opted to pass it. That was one example that he has no longer the confidence to shot the ball. You can see the Joel went after him and I'm sure he ask Ben why he passes the ball inside of dunking it. So now basketball media is after Simmons, even Joel goes on the interview, not specially giving names but you can see that he is referring to Simmons.

It's time to trade Simmons, they can get a good player/s in return that could shoot free throws and do the defense, maybe not as good with Simmons but they should get something that is reliable especially in playoffs time. I think Sixers could have won that series if Joel got some consistent help from his teammates.

Right they have can get a better piece which can help their campaign, Simmons is not doing any good on their rotation so maybe its time to let him go and seek for better option. I know simmons is good but I think he's not enough to make Sixers became a champion. Maybe they should also sort this problem and find a better plays since this current rooster is pretty solid.
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June 22, 2021, 05:50:25 PM
That Simmons situation is a nightmare. What’s going on in Philly? First Fultz and now this? I think some changes are needed in the coaching staff over there that go far beyond the head coach.

Suns vs Clippers game 2 in a bit. I hope we get some sort of a timeline for Chris Paul’s return. I feel like Booker might not be able to carry them for 4 games alone and I’m still on the fence about if Ayton can keep up his amazing postseason play.
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June 22, 2021, 03:39:10 PM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
He is the one that needs to blame with what happened to the Sixers this post-season.
He is the worst free throw shooter in the history of the NBA playoffs (all players who attempted at least 70 shots).

I want to blame Doc Rivers too because they know already from the start that Simmons is afraid to shoot and having a hard time shooting free throws and yet he still puts him in the court. For what?? For defensive purposes? He might be a good defender like I said but still, he can be a liability to his team because of his problems.

I just hope that the team where he will land in this offseason will be the one who can improve his shooting skills. I might be optimistic to this player and he might still redeem himself if he will be traded in another team and they can improve him too. Golden State might be one, Portland might too. Any other team might do as long as they can improve his shooting skills because he is the worst TBH.

In defense of Coach River though, he definitely has to put Ben back he is the second best player in that Sixers team. And in previous interviews, he defended Simmons from the media, however, Ben has a mental break down in this series, lots of questions and we got the answer now, he can't carry a team, he has exposed in this series.

I was the reply in which he has a chance to dunk the ball but opted to pass it. That was one example that he has no longer the confidence to shot the ball. You can see the Joel went after him and I'm sure he ask Ben why he passes the ball inside of dunking it. So now basketball media is after Simmons, even Joel goes on the interview, not specially giving names but you can see that he is referring to Simmons.

It's time to trade Simmons, they can get a good player/s in return that could shoot free throws and do the defense, maybe not as good with Simmons but they should get something that is reliable especially in playoffs time. I think Sixers could have won that series if Joel got some consistent help from his teammates.
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June 22, 2021, 12:52:56 PM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
He is the one that needs to blame with what happened to the Sixers this post-season.
He is the worst free throw shooter in the history of the NBA playoffs (all players who attempted at least 70 shots).

I want to blame Doc Rivers too because they know already from the start that Simmons is afraid to shoot and having a hard time shooting free throws and yet he still puts him in the court. For what?? For defensive purposes? He might be a good defender like I said but still, he can be a liability to his team because of his problems.

I just hope that the team where he will land in this offseason will be the one who can improve his shooting skills. I might be optimistic to this player and he might still redeem himself if he will be traded in another team and they can improve him too. Golden State might be one, Portland might too. Any other team might do as long as they can improve his shooting skills because he is the worst TBH.

In defense of Coach River though, he definitely has to put Ben back he is the second best player in that Sixers team. And in previous interviews, he defended Simmons from the media, however, Ben has a mental break down in this series, lots of questions and we got the answer now, he can't carry a team, he has exposed in this series.

I saw the reply in which he has a chance to dunk the ball but opted to pass it. That was one example that he has no longer the confidence to shot the ball. You can see the Joel went after him and I'm sure he ask Ben why he passes the ball inside of dunking it. So now basketball media is after Simmons, even Joel goes on the interview, not specially giving names but you can see that he is referring to Simmons.
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June 22, 2021, 12:38:49 PM
Good news for the clippers fans! Kawhi is not out indefinitely, dude had an ACL scare and that would have been even next year, look at Klay Thompson for a time line of how hard it is to recover from such injury, and Kawhi just had some stress on it and he will be fine. He is still out for game two and that is a shame but CP3 is out for Suns as well so that means it is a bit of equal for both teams, both teams lost their best players, and suns now rely on booker whereas clippers rely on PG13 which all is equal at this point.

When Kawhi comes back, if Clippers are still one game short that would mean Kawhi could actually make the team win this series, and that is only if he can come back healthy. Unfortunately when Kawhi plays PG13 doesn't really play this well, I do not know the reason but that is going to be a reality check when he finally comes back.
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June 22, 2021, 11:07:37 AM
Tonight, we are going to see the second game of Suns - Clippers series. I was really delighted with the first game which Suns won 120-114. There was literally a some kind of fight between D. Booker and P. George. And D. Booker was the winner one. He had great stats like 40 pts, 13 reb, 11 ast. This was a really nice triple-double. I wonder whether Clippers will manage to answer and equalize the series.
I'm still rooting for Clippers here, they might gonna give us some huge surprise again. Who knows who might step up this time but I'm positive they may get this to win the series. Leonard wasn't yet playing but I guess reserves like Mann can handle it this time around, fingers cross.
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June 22, 2021, 10:52:31 AM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
He is the one that needs to blame with what happened to the Sixers this post-season.
He is the worst free throw shooter in the history of the NBA playoffs (all players who attempted at least 70 shots).

I want to blame Doc Rivers too because they know already from the start that Simmons is afraid to shoot and having a hard time shooting free throws and yet he still puts him in the court. For what?? For defensive purposes? He might be a good defender like I said but still, he can be a liability to his team because of his problems.

I just hope that the team where he will land in this offseason will be the one who can improve his shooting skills. I might be optimistic to this player and he might still redeem himself if he will be traded in another team and they can improve him too. Golden State might be one, Portland might too. Any other team might do as long as they can improve his shooting skills because he is the worst TBH.
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June 22, 2021, 09:54:53 AM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
That's ridiculous, he has a better stroke than Shaq.  Grin
Big man with big palms and long fingers tend to have problems shooting the ball but not Kawhi, Jordan and more. I don't know the reasons behind Ben Simmons lack of confidence with shooting the ball. He chose playing basketball, might as well learn how to shoot it.
Maybe he is like the known anime character Hanamichi Sakuragi, but he is learning a little slower than him. He need more effort training on that field. He's still young, let's wait if he can figure out what's the problem.
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June 22, 2021, 09:54:45 AM
Tonight, we are going to see the second game of Suns - Clippers series. I was really delighted with the first game which Suns won 120-114. There was literally a some kind of fight between D. Booker and P. George. And D. Booker was the winner one. He had great stats like 40 pts, 13 reb, 11 ast. This was a really nice triple-double. I wonder whether Clippers will manage to answer and equalize the series.
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June 22, 2021, 09:28:49 AM
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Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
He's afraid to shoot.
He's afraid to drive.
All that because he's afraid to miss from the FT line. He knew he would be fouled.

He doesn't want to be blamed again because of his poor FT shooting but it still backfired on him and the team.

I saw a funny meme earlier that Shaq had a higher FT% than Simmons hehehe.
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June 22, 2021, 09:20:49 AM
No NBA today in what seems like the first time in a while. Tomorrow brings the Suns vs the Clippers for a game two matchup that will still not be featuring Chris Paul or Kawhi Leonard. Devon Booker stole the show in game 1, but Playoff P wasn’t too bad either. I’m looking for Beverly to be a pesky nightmare tomorrow and Paul George to be putting up lots of shots. I think DeAndre Ayton is the difference maker though. If he continues to dominate in the paint the Suns are hard to stop.
We got some good rest too from an every night session of watching.  Cheesy
Zubac will also be a game-changer for the Clippers. We will witness here if he can do something about the massive offensive attack of Ayton.
Clippers cannot do the same play as what they did with Jazz using Gobert as their attack point because of his slow reaction.
Ayton is faster than Gobert and help defense will always come because of the Suns' chemistry on both ends.
Small ball should be set aside now to have a chance to steal 1 game.

And Ayton is a scoring threat too, just like what we've seen in game 1, Booker penetrating and then when Ayton slip inside, he will just throw passes for a dunk. That should be somewhat stop by Zubac. They need to throw a lot of body in Booker though, fresh legs to at least have him work hard. Beverly is too small to guard him.

And then Paul George needs to explode, a 40 point game is needed for him in order for Clippers to win game 2. They don't need to get themselves to 0-2 again, because this is the finals already.

This is the finals and for sure having that 2-0 lead may bring up the boost with the leading team.
I expect more from PG he needs to work it out and make sure that he will explode in the early quarters.

Personally Suns still have advantage home court crowd brings more energy for the home team. Then players
are really playing as a team, supporting their leading stars, making sure that someone is their for him
when he's been trapped or he needs someone to pass the ball and score.
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June 22, 2021, 09:04:49 AM
The blame game has started after bowing out to the Hawks. I think Embiid and Simmons will part ways after this and coach Doc will retain his job for one more season at least. It would have been a great match up with Sixers and the Bucks but they just blew it.
Simmons must either traded to other team or just stay with the Australian team. He is a liability in the team.
You are being paid $140 Million for 4 years and you can't shoot even just one field goal in the last 4 games?? He has also one open play where he can dunk it freely but what happen to him?? He passed it to Harris and obviously it didn't went in.

The Sixers had won the series if their didn't blew up their huge lead in Game 5. They might be the one who will be facing the Bucks in ECF but.. it didn't happen. Simmons must be traded, Embiid will stay and put some shooters around him. Some guards that can shoot like Seth Curry might do. Simmons has the length and he is an elite defender but that can't cover his lack of shooting abilities, can't shoot free throws and him being scared to shoot.
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June 22, 2021, 07:33:32 AM
No NBA today in what seems like the first time in a while. Tomorrow brings the Suns vs the Clippers for a game two matchup that will still not be featuring Chris Paul or Kawhi Leonard. Devon Booker stole the show in game 1, but Playoff P wasn’t too bad either. I’m looking for Beverly to be a pesky nightmare tomorrow and Paul George to be putting up lots of shots. I think DeAndre Ayton is the difference maker though. If he continues to dominate in the paint the Suns are hard to stop.
We got some good rest too from an every night session of watching.  Cheesy
Zubac will also be a game-changer for the Clippers. We will witness here if he can do something about the massive offensive attack of Ayton.
Clippers cannot do the same play as what they did with Jazz using Gobert as their attack point because of his slow reaction.
Ayton is faster than Gobert and help defense will always come because of the Suns' chemistry on both ends.
Small ball should be set aside now to have a chance to steal 1 game.

And Ayton is a scoring threat too, just like what we've seen in game 1, Booker penetrating and then when Ayton slip inside, he will just throw passes for a dunk. That should be somewhat stop by Zubac. They need to throw a lot of body in Booker though, fresh legs to at least have him work hard. Beverly is too small to guard him.

And then Paul George needs to explode, a 40 point game is needed for him in order for Clippers to win game 2. They don't need to get themselves to 0-2 again, because this is the finals already.

Ayton is like Clint Capela, but a better version as he can shoot free throws consistently. There's no one like that in the Clippers squad for now, but the Clippers has to guard the paint very well and that is by putting Cousins who played some quality minutes in game 1.
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June 22, 2021, 05:09:42 AM
No NBA today in what seems like the first time in a while. Tomorrow brings the Suns vs the Clippers for a game two matchup that will still not be featuring Chris Paul or Kawhi Leonard. Devon Booker stole the show in game 1, but Playoff P wasn’t too bad either. I’m looking for Beverly to be a pesky nightmare tomorrow and Paul George to be putting up lots of shots. I think DeAndre Ayton is the difference maker though. If he continues to dominate in the paint the Suns are hard to stop.
We got some good rest too from an every night session of watching.  Cheesy
Zubac will also be a game-changer for the Clippers. We will witness here if he can do something about the massive offensive attack of Ayton.
Clippers cannot do the same play as what they did with Jazz using Gobert as their attack point because of his slow reaction.
Ayton is faster than Gobert and help defense will always come because of the Suns' chemistry on both ends.
Small ball should be set aside now to have a chance to steal 1 game.

And Ayton is a scoring threat too, just like what we've seen in game 1, Booker penetrating and then when Ayton slip inside, he will just throw passes for a dunk. That should be somewhat stop by Zubac. They need to throw a lot of body in Booker though, fresh legs to at least have him work hard. Beverly is too small to guard him.

And then Paul George needs to explode, a 40 point game is needed for him in order for Clippers to win game 2. They don't need to get themselves to 0-2 again, because this is the finals already.
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