In case you were wondering, here is how Ben Simmons has defended Kevin Durant in 4 games

🔒43 possessions
🔒14 points
🔒6/16 from the floor
🔒1/5 from 3
🔒3 turnovers

The defensive duo of Ben Simmons and Matisse Thybulle on the perimeter is everything vs the Nets come playoff time

Stat of the Day #102

Here is every NBA player on record with both steal and block rates of 3% or higher (min. 18 minutes per game):

Bobby Jones, 1977
Hakeem Olajuwon, 1989
David Robinson, 1992
Matisse Thybulle, 2020
Matisse Thybulle, 2021

The first 3 are in the Hall of Fame.

Thybulle's historic steal/block numbers in college have translated to the NBA as well as one could imagine. 💪

You forgot to leave out the 40% fg, 31% 3pt, 57% ft, 3.8 ppg, 1.9 rbp, 1.0 apg all in 19.3 minutes per game.



This post was edited by SaF7 on Apr 2 2021 04:41pm

Nobody ever said his offensive game is there yet, though it's improving slowly. He is shooting 40% from 3pt over his last 13 games which is encouraging.

If he becomes even league average offensively he is a lock for All-Defense selecrion and goes into DPOY convo in coming seasons. His limited minutes is the only thing holding him back from All-Defense status this year already, and the only reason he's not seeing more minutes is because he's not consistent enough offensively.

1.5 steals and 1.0 block per game in only 19.3 mpg is incredible though. When we need a defensive stopper he's the man along with Simmons. This kid is special defensively💪🔒

This post was edited by Sixers on Apr 2 2021 05:41pm

Bump

no he left them out.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh snap got em

Fourth time in franchise history the Sixers have swept the Celtics in a season series. Last came during the 2000-01 season

Embiid has posted up more than anyone in the entire NBA and is the 5th most efficient post scorer of players who have 100+ posts ups (HE has 175+ more attempts than any of the 4 above him).

Joel Embiid also averages the most FT attempts per 36 minutes in NBA history this season. Definition of unguardable 💪

This post was edited by Sixers on Apr 13 2021 07:41pm