Historic college steals/blocks splits and topped Gary Paytons steals record.

And the defense translated to the NBA just fine as expected.



This post was edited by Sixers on Jan 25 2020 05:59pm

2nd easiest schedule remaining in the NBA and our starting 5 has only played in 19 games together .... get healthy and ball out 💪

And everyone still only talks about the Lakers. Small market teams make me laugh.

Did you call Philly a small market team? Lmao 🤔🤣🤦‍♂️

All-Star caliber players Ben Simmons has guarded this season (Butler, Tatum, Siakam, Beal, LeBron, Westbrook, Harden) have shot a combined 26 of 87 when guarded by Simmons, per NBA.com. That’s 29.8%.

He also happens to lead the NBA in steals (2.2), defensive loose balls recovered (1.1) and is tied for fourth in deflections (3.8) per game. Third in the NBA in defensive win shares.

This post was edited by Sixers on Feb 1 2020 11:16am

And dead last in the NBA in shots outside of 8 feet

What's that have to do with anything? Super random lol

And still averaging almost 17 PPG on just 11.5 FGA per game. 💪

woah 17 ppg how many superstars have managed those gaudy numbers

That's crazy numbers

I am in absolute disbelief

I didn't know as a point guard and floor general his job was to take 20+ shots a game and shoot 45% from the floor like some PG's lmao. Scree him for only needing 11 shots a game to average 17 a game and shoot almost 60% from the field 🔥

I thought maybe being 4th in the NBA in assists per game and leading the league in passes per game would be a pretty good indicator of the type of elite passer and distributor that he is (even without many shooters around him). Not to mention being the best rebounding guard in the league, or leading the league in steals or defensive loose ball recoveries, or being top 3 in deflections, or being top 3 in defensive win shares. Or you know, just playing elite DPOY caliber defense all season.

But fuck it, what about his PPG? Sports Center says that's all that matters.

Remind me again what type of numbers Giannis was producing at the same stage of his career? Not in his 7th season playing but in his 3rd.

This post was edited by Sixers on Feb 1 2020 03:06pm