it isn't that hard when you can defend 4v5 in the half court, knowing that Simmons is completely incapable of shooting. seen it in two series already w/ Bledsoe vs Miami and Toronto

Hes saving it
Not showing his hand

Hey buddy, Simmons has made three 3-pointers this season

I really don’t get what the fascination is with Simmons, I mean yea he plays defense and has the playmaking ability. Problem is he can’t be your guard and he can’t offer anything in the half court. His offense hasn’t really evolved at all since he came into the league

The irony in this statement considering it's the same situation for Giannis....which is why he can't get his team out of the conference despite having the #1 seed in b2b seasons.

Giannis has entire defensive schemes made to stop him. It isn’t a shortcoming of Giannis when his teammates fail to hit open 3s

Nobody walls off Simmons from driving to the basket because they don’t need to. Also Giannis has definitely opened up his shot selection taking way more 3s than Simmons... what you’re saying is complete bullshit

Put a bigger guy on Simmons, and he'll drive right past them. Sag off him? Ask Rudy Gobert how that worked out as Simmons dropped 42 on his head attacking the rim when the Jazz put Gobert on him when Embiid was out and Simmons essentially started at point-center...

It's not quite as easy as you're saying to stop him getting to the rim when he actually wants to score. This isn't rookie or second year Simmons that could be stopped by putting a center on him who stands in the paint lol. Does he need to be more aggressive and look to score more often? Yes, he's way too passive and doesn't take enough attempts per game which is the biggest knock on him. Then again that's his game, he's an incredible passer and has crazy floor vision and consistently finds the open man so if it's working and the offense is flowing then we'll ride with it but if not then we'll demand more scoring out of him for sure.

This team is built MUCH better around Embiid and Simmons than in seasons past. Actual shooters around them, Tobias is a 20+ PPG guy on 50/40/90 efficiency playing under Doc, and it doesn't hurt that Embiid is spacing the floor and knocking down threes at a 38-40% clip. The addition of George Hill will be nice as well, another sharpshooter that can play solid defense.


Giannis opened up his shot selection? He's shooting 30% from 3pt. He took more threes per game last year, (4.7) than this year (3.8). What's beneficial about that? I mean Giannis is shooting 28.9% from 3pt over the past three seasons and has pretty much never shot better than 30%.....defenses defend him the same way they defend Simmons and pretty much dare him to take those threes, that's a win for the defense. Everyone knows Giannis eats at the rim, and pretty much is useless elsewhere else. He's an absolute monster at the rim, but he's not going to hurt you from outside and every defense knows that.

edit: also, Giannis averages 12 potential assists per game. That's good for 21st in the NBA, he's not suffering from his teammates like you claim.

This post was edited by Sixers on Apr 12 2021 08:51am

why are you not sending me weird threatening pm's anymore? I miss those.

You still didn’t address my point. Nobody doubles Simmons in the half court that’s a fact. Giannis is sometimes triple teamed. Check out the Miami and Toronto series for proof of this.

Neither did you address the fact that at least Giannis has the willingness to expand his game. Of course you wouldn’t actually admit to it, but you were on here boasting about Simmons adding a 3 pt shot but now suddenly it’s a non factor. The plain and simple fact is Simmons is scared to hurt his stats by taking those shots. Giannis takes them even knowing he’s mediocre at best right now, if Giannis even starts hitting around league average from 3 that would drastically open up his drives. Lemme know when Simmons starts taking more than one 3 every 10 games

This post was edited by SSBBWGiantessLover on Apr 12 2021 05:09pm