I don't dislike Ben Simmons, but, if you want to trade KP for him, are we the Timberwolves that just want to win 10 more games in the regular season to get people to buy tickets... (Not sure we'd do that honestly)
OR...
Are we trying to get to the NBA Finals and win a ring?
Because if we are the first, then sure, trade everyone for Ben Simmons, but in the end, you'll get to the playoffs and he won't shoot, he won't drive because he's afraid he'll make a fool of himself at the FT line and instead of having the great Ben Simmons, you'll have a non aggresive Tony Allen on a MAX CONTACT who no one will guard past 10 feet.... And at least Tony would shoot it if he was open.... And we can all spend our off-seasons arguing between the camps of "how we can salary dump him for Davis Bertans" and "don't look at what he's done the whole time, no, really, this year our MAX NBA PLAYER will actually learn to shoot a basketball".
Your choice....
Look, if you could trade for Simmons without giving up KP or Luka, then I'm in, but him as a KP replacement... Man, I'm not in that camp as things stand with him.
Also, recency bias means that the recent has more bearing and I think that is VERY valid in his case, on both sides, and so do all of you that want to trade KP for BS because after the bubble you'd have laughed the assertion to salary dump KP.
The difference? The greatest complaint against KP is his lack of defense last year, but that's an anomaly and we are trying to figure out if that's the new norm.
With Simmons, we are seeing exactly what he is and there is literally no legitimate hope that you can point to that he'll be better, so we are counting on something that has never happened, instead of counting on something that has (KP being better on defense). With KP, there is a valid explanation why it probably will happen again.
There's NOTHING to tell you that Ben Simmons will shoot decent FTs, will not be afraid to go there when it counts, or ever be willing to take open 3s, much less make a decent percentage of them
OR...
Are we trying to get to the NBA Finals and win a ring?
Because if we are the first, then sure, trade everyone for Ben Simmons, but in the end, you'll get to the playoffs and he won't shoot, he won't drive because he's afraid he'll make a fool of himself at the FT line and instead of having the great Ben Simmons, you'll have a non aggresive Tony Allen on a MAX CONTACT who no one will guard past 10 feet.... And at least Tony would shoot it if he was open.... And we can all spend our off-seasons arguing between the camps of "how we can salary dump him for Davis Bertans" and "don't look at what he's done the whole time, no, really, this year our MAX NBA PLAYER will actually learn to shoot a basketball".
Your choice....
Look, if you could trade for Simmons without giving up KP or Luka, then I'm in, but him as a KP replacement... Man, I'm not in that camp as things stand with him.
Also, recency bias means that the recent has more bearing and I think that is VERY valid in his case, on both sides, and so do all of you that want to trade KP for BS because after the bubble you'd have laughed the assertion to salary dump KP.
The difference? The greatest complaint against KP is his lack of defense last year, but that's an anomaly and we are trying to figure out if that's the new norm.
With Simmons, we are seeing exactly what he is and there is literally no legitimate hope that you can point to that he'll be better, so we are counting on something that has never happened, instead of counting on something that has (KP being better on defense). With KP, there is a valid explanation why it probably will happen again.
There's NOTHING to tell you that Ben Simmons will shoot decent FTs, will not be afraid to go there when it counts, or ever be willing to take open 3s, much less make a decent percentage of them
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