Quote (SSBBWGiantessLover @ May 24 2021 09:43pm)
Bam passing up wide open elbow jumpers like he's Draymond
Bam looks absolutely terrible, like beyond anything we could have imagined. He has absolutely no confidence anymore and is getting bullied and playing small.
It's hilarious that last year people actually tried to argue with me and say he was better than Embiid.
Quote (SSBBWGiantessLover @ May 25 2021 12:49am)
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his 5th career playoff game with 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in 35 minutes or less. The only other player with more than one such game all-time is LeBron James (2 games)
but go ahead lets talk about Simmons and his 5 point game
I understand that rebounding, assists, defense, and intangibles are valuable to every team but Simmons has MUCH higher expectations as a #1 overall pick and analysts claiming he will be a HOF/MVP caliber player
deferring to your teammates doing all the scoring works against shitty teams like the Wizards, but Simmons will be exposed as not enough when they have to eventually face a real team
Oh cool, Giannis finally showed up and played like he's supposed to play as the best player on his team in the FIRST round on his home court? Congratulations lol. He still can't shoot worth a damn, what was he 1-for-7 from 3pt last night after going 0-for-3 (and 0-for-17 outside of the restricted area) the night before? The defense plays off him and he still misses...he should get the point and just stop shooting them lol
And idk why you keep talking about Simmons, he's our #3 scorer and the Sixers blue print doesn't revolve around him scoring 20 a game. They don't need him to score 20+ a game to win it all, i don't know why you don't understand that. He literally creates more threes for his teammates than ANYONE else in the NBA by far. Our Giannis (aka our top player) is Embiid, except he can actually shoot from outside of the restricted area and he can shoot free throws at a really high clip unlike Giannis. Do we want to see aggressive Simmons? Absolutely. Is he capable of scoring 20+ on any given night? Absolutely. Do we want to see him forcing it and putting up 20 field goal attempts? No, because he doesn't need to do that to heavily impact a game and he's a pass first creator who makes life easy for the shooters around him.
The current roster is EASILY the best built around Simmons for his playing style thus far in his career as he has THREE 40%+ 3pt shooters in the starting lineup alone which is something he never had before. The Sixers have better spacing than ever before, and Morey hasn't even had his first full off-season yet to continue to improve it. I'm okay with Simmons not scoring a ton as long as he's creating for others, but when they need buckets and the threes aren't falling for the shooters he has to step up there's no denying that.
I look forward to a Sixers vs Bucks ECF's matchup. Handle business with the Nets in the next round
This post was edited by Sixers on May 25 2021 08:33am