⭐ OFFICIAL 2020-2021 NBA Off-Season Thread: Olympics begin 7/23; NBA Draft 7/29⭐

[xxpizzo]

Ben is who he is at this point. No need to get lost in that. Still a good player. He just will probably never be the #1 on a team.

hes a option 3 and at best option 4 for us in the scoring dept and WE been saying this since day 1

us SIXER fans know this, its yall (not you) who get on him everyday for not scoring 30+ because some of your favs go and do that on a lot of nights and still lose

he helps the team win in other areas..

do us sixers fan want to see him score more, ofcourse we do but its not the priority for us

 

[Maximus Meridius]

4.0 earthquake in Inglewood. Did that wake you guys up too? Maximus Meridius @atlsfinest @tyisny

Still living rent free

 

[Zo gif]

MPJ would have been the #1 pick if he didnt have to go to college.

 

[misha]

Meanwhile..

Guys a baller plays to his Strengh and can shoot that ball

 

[addict4sneakers]

MPJ been hooping. Playing with Jokic helps a lot cause he doesn’t have much off the bounce. Great on the glass though

 

[Maximus Meridius]

hes a option 3 and at best option 4 for us in the scoring dept and WE been saying this since day 1

us SIXER fans know this, its yall (not you) who get on him everyday for not scoring 30+ because some of your favs go and do that on a lot of nights and still lose

he helps the team win in other areas..

do us sixers fan want to see him score more, ofcourse we do but its not the priority for us

Well that's because y'all hyped him as a franchise/once in a lifetime player. Now that everybody see he's not we got understanding.

 

[amitt5504]

He’s a PF not a PG. he’s been better this past week and showing aggression we haven’t seen in a while. He’s hitting his FTs

will he ever be a 2nd option, hell no but if he understands when to be aggressive and how to do so during crunch time, I’m ok with 13 ppg.

Been saying this......

he’s been handling the ball a lot less since ASB especially towards the ends of games. These games ain’t nothing but practice so let’s work out the potential issues/find advantages with him off ball since we all know that’s the case.

I credit Glenn for actually trying this now with 20 games left than deciding to make a switch a day before the second round in the playoffs

 

[HOU$TON]

His ft% is also piss poor. So i am not sure how good of a shooter he can be

I don’t think he’s as bad as his % shows but I also don’t think he’s a good shooter really. With work he can be average but he does a lot of other things well. The potential is in his passing and driving really.

 

[misha]

hes a option 3 and at best option 4 for us in the scoring dept and WE been saying this since day 1

us SIXER fans know this, its yall (not you) who get on him everyday for not scoring 30+ because some of your favs go and do that on a lot of nights and still lose

he helps the team win in other areas..

do us sixers fan want to see him score more, ofcourse we do but its not the priority for us

I’m not saying average 30 . Im saying wheres his improvement in the offense . Can he shoot a lilttle mid range if teams leave him open . Is he willing to take at least one three a game when teams give him 10 foot of space and don’t close on him . Y’all acting like we want him playing like Jim shooting 7 threes
All I see on Instagram in the summer him shooting deep threes and **** capping for likes Where’s that in the games ? What’s the worst that can happen . We still gonna say he can’t shoot because he don’t shoot . If he shown a little improvement then that’s different

 

[tay1]

4.0 earthquake in Inglewood. Did that wake you guys up too? Maximus Meridius @atlsfinest @tyisny

I live in Inglewood and I felt that ****. I thought homie upstairs was wylin at 4:45 am until I checked Twitter .

 

[addict4sneakers]

It’s not even shooting 3s. Dude isn’t a dawg on offense. His bag is little and been little from day one. Giannis can’t shoot and he’s a 30 ppg guy. Zion isn’t shooting and he’s at 26. Stringer barely takes jumpers and he’s at 21.

 

[xxpizzo]

I’m not saying average 30 . Im saying wheres his improvement in the offense . Can he shoot a lilttle mid range if teams leave him open . Is he willing to take at least one three a game when teams give him 10 foot of space and don’t close on him . Y’all acting like we want him playing like Jim shooting 7 threes
All I see on Instagram in the summer him shooting deep threes and **** capping for likes Where’s that in the games ? What’s the worst that can happen . We still gonna say he can’t shoot because he don’t shoot . If he shown a little improvement then that’s different

good post finally not a reply with a dumb *** meme

very true about the summer vids, we been seeing them for 3 years now LOL **** i used to see it live every home game before the game started when i had season tickets he would should 10 straight and make like 8 out of 10

his form looks good i wouldn't say excellent but it deff is there for him to take at least few shots and for us not be mad that he did.. his willingness to not shoot is a bit of a pain in the *** to us fans of course

what bothers me the most his when he picks and chooses when to be aggressive. some games hell have 12+ attempts but then some games itll just be 7 or fewer with no in between

if he dont start out strong scoring wise he just disappears and tries to really get seth/green or korky going from the 3 with a lot of passes and he will just give up on the attacking phase of his game

 

[ill steelo]

you must forget when he was avg 21 pts, 8 boards and 8 assist in feb huh in 10 games on 13 attempts shooting 62% from the field

i still got faith but i aint gonna front like most fans and say im not embarrassed though

He played at a similar level in January 2019 and again in January 2020. It was an aberration then, it’s an aberration now.

I don’t think you understand how talented as a scorer you actually have to be to average 20 over a significant period.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Steph got no choice but to join Bron at this point, don't y'all Steph fans want him to win more rings?

 

[datznasty]

Two boys from Akron

 

[xxpizzo]

It’s not even shooting 3s. Dude isn’t a dawg on offense. His bag is little and been little from day one. Giannis can’t shoot and he’s a 30 ppg guy. Zion isn’t shooting and he’s at 26. Stringer barely takes jumpers and he’s at 21.

these guys are all first options on a team

simmons is not 1st option and we been saying this

hes is our 3rd

giannis - 20 attempts a game -
zion - 16 attempts a game + 10 FT a game just about because he is AGRESSIVE

 

[addict4sneakers]

these guys are all first options on a team

simmons is not 1st option and we been saying this

hes is our 3rd

he was drafted #1 to be one. Maxed out to be one. Tobias isn’t a #1 and he’s stepping up with Embiid out. He’s improved throughout his career. It’s no excuses for Ben. He hasn’t added to his game in 5 years.

he took 6 shots last night. That’s indefensible

 

[amitt5504]

It’s not even shooting 3s. Dude isn’t a dawg on offense. His bag is little and been little from day one. Giannis can’t shoot and he’s a 30 ppg guy. Zion isn’t shooting and he’s at 26. Stringer barely takes jumpers and he’s at 21.

Yea his bag is little because he’s been shooting with the wrong hand for years. I give him credit for using his right hand more but instead of taking the extra dribble and dunking he does that BS lefty layup too often

if he’s still looking like a 2 pack of *** when playing off ball next to a real PG his *** is gone this summer

 

[amitt5504]

he was drafted #1 to be one. Maxed out to be one. Tobias isn’t a #1 and he’s stepping up with Embiid out. He’s improved throughout his career. It’s no excuses for Ben. He hasn’t added to his game in 5 years.

he took 6 shots last night. That’s indefensible

He tried to take 9. Only 6 actually got close to the rim lol

 

[addict4sneakers]

He tried to take 9. Only 6 actually got close to the rim lol

9 attempts in 26 minutes is still poor

 

[Based Jesus]

Ben Simmons can't be a star player and a key part of your offense in 2021 if he struggles to operate in the halfcourt
He has to improve. He improves, the team improves. It's that simple. And it starts with actually ******* trying

 

[amitt5504]

9 attempts in 26 minutes is still poor

It is. Whole team was *** sans Tobias

it boils down to no perimeter creation. Tobias getting his. Shake getting his. Sous Chef tryna get his.

George Hill ain’t saucing people 1-1 but him knowing how to throw an entry pass will lead to more positive PnR play with Simmons as the roll man. Simmons gonna flourish being the secondary distributor rather than the primary

 

[addict4sneakers]

It is. Whole team was *** sans Tobias

it boils down to no perimeter creation. Tobias getting his. Shake getting his. Sous Chef tryna get his.

George Hill ain’t saucing people 1-1 but him knowing how to throw an entry pass will lead to more positive PnR play with Simmons as the roll man. Simmons gonna flourish being the secondary distributor rather than the primary

Eye remember y’all laughing at me when I said Giannis was the same level playmaker as Ben. I should have been the one laughing

 

[xxpizzo]

he was drafted #1 to be one. Maxed out to be one. Tobias isn’t a #1 and he’s stepping up with Embiid out. He’s improved throughout his career. It’s no excuses for Ben. He hasn’t added to his game in 5 years.

he took 6 shots last night. That’s indefensible

oh damn so now you part of the front office you was there in 2016 and 2019 during his extension? he was drafted #1 to be our #1 scorer and we maxed him out to be our # 1 scorer ? damn news to me


believe me no sixers fan is satisfied with the 6 shots. 6 attempts for him means he wasnt aggressive in which us sixers fans hate seeing knowing he can be more which he has shown at times.. sure not on a consistent basis but the talent/aggressiveness is there

 

[lawdog1]

MPJ been hooping. Playing with Jokic helps a lot cause he doesn’t have much off the bounce. Great on the glass though

The Gordon addition is helping him too because it’s decreased his responsibility on defense. They actually offset each other’s weaknesses quite well.