08-13-2021, 08:51 AM
The biggest Simmons problem isn't even shooting for me, its the complete lack of aggression going to the rim.
He has no post moves, doesn't go down hill. If there is some guy (even without rim protection) in the middle he is 80 % of the time afraid of driving. No post game, no mid post game, no floater, afraid of any contact because he can't shoot FTs.
If there is an open lane to the rim he can cause havoc or in transition. Those things happen less in the playoffs (slower pace) and more attention to detail on defense.
He is even slightly overrated as a play maker, because he can't get deep into the post and create the same passing angles like the Lukas / Harden 's of this world. Top tier passer, but medicore playmaker. He can't put the same pressure on the defense than the elite playmakers.
The Hawks series was the copy of the Luka / Clippers series. Embiid on 116.6 / Embiid off 88.8 Off Rating. Ok Doc Rivers has that weird obsession of running bench vs. bench, and never trying to stagger any minutes. When Embiid is off, Curry and Simmons were off for the most part as well. Which costs the Sixers everything, becauase the bench sucked. Hawks won the series, but Hawks got outscored with Trae Young on the Floor
He has no post moves, doesn't go down hill. If there is some guy (even without rim protection) in the middle he is 80 % of the time afraid of driving. No post game, no mid post game, no floater, afraid of any contact because he can't shoot FTs.
If there is an open lane to the rim he can cause havoc or in transition. Those things happen less in the playoffs (slower pace) and more attention to detail on defense.
He is even slightly overrated as a play maker, because he can't get deep into the post and create the same passing angles like the Lukas / Harden 's of this world. Top tier passer, but medicore playmaker. He can't put the same pressure on the defense than the elite playmakers.
The Hawks series was the copy of the Luka / Clippers series. Embiid on 116.6 / Embiid off 88.8 Off Rating. Ok Doc Rivers has that weird obsession of running bench vs. bench, and never trying to stagger any minutes. When Embiid is off, Curry and Simmons were off for the most part as well. Which costs the Sixers everything, becauase the bench sucked. Hawks won the series, but Hawks got outscored with Trae Young on the Floor