and you want Simmons to defend their PF well and grab rebounds leading to fast breaks rather than having him chase around a SF and putting Saric on opponents 4

i'd feel comfortable letting simmons guard a 3. He's probably a lot more athletic then most NBA 3s.

Nah he plays too tall. He's not agile enough to guard fast/quick 3's. He's more suitable for 4s.

this is why he's going to be really good

he's close to 7 ft tall and can move like a SF and pass like a guard

Agreed. I hope Simmons works out. I'm nervous.

you haven't seen this dude play in like a year..

i'm interested to know if you thought Embiid would be the beast he was out of the gate this past season?

And he has that natural aussie killer instinct too

if you watched him at kansas you knew embiid was going to be something special as long as his body held up

This post was edited by TarHeels on Jun 20 2017 07:44pm

You probably haven't seen him play at all aside from highlights.

I seen him play every game in LSU and Summer League. Defense is not his strong suit yet.

Embiid actually played better than I expected tbh. I also didn't expect him to have that many touches in the beginning. But Embiid definitely was more polished than I thought he was going to be.

Excited to see what the sixers bring next season. Hope Embiid plays 70+ games.