2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[cow]

You have to treat Simmons as a center. Thats what he is. He's a 6'10 center with a minor post up game. Except he can also guard everyone on the court. Think about that. With Simmons out there, there is no matchup that he cannot defend. He can easily guard Kawhi one possession and Zubac another, and do it well. Further as a 6'10 center, he can also do stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QyKq0BQ5D4

And that's before even talking about his ELITE passing ability.

He's unique. He disappears in the playoffs because PHI has a center already and Simmons is relegated to standing out on the top of the key where he's ignored. Imagine Simmons as Dwight Powell here. Set screens, rebound, dunk, make passes out of the post. Dude would do SOOO well here.


I urge you to watch this amazing breakdown on him by what I think is the best analyst out there right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x3-B4ogAqA

Simmons could solve all of his problems if he just let it fly.