No. It makes sense. I had read earlier that the Sixers had arranged that a shooting coach be made available for off-season work but Simmons blew him off to work with his stepbrother. "Always with family and constantly babied" sounds about right.Is anyone actually shocked by this?
Stephen A. Smith Shares Troubling Details On Ben Simmons — The Spun
Ben Simmons‘ playoff performance left the former No. 1 overall pick’s future in Philadelphia a bit murky. It seems Simmons and the Sixers are at a crossroads.apple.news
I think it’s accurate to say that Simmons has never been a worker. Even at LSU, there were many reports that he wasn’t invested. Nothing in Philly in the 6 years since disproves that.
Plus his mystery illnesses don’t speak well of the man. I will speculate that he is too much of a party boy between games and tends to abuse his body with alcohol or party drugs for which he later plays the mystery illness card while recovering from being hungover, or worse yet, not. He may be putting his money, his clothing, his women, his party lifestyle before his basketball work to cure his shooting performance. Again this is unfounded speculation and I hope I’m totally off on this statement.
26 is no longer young when you’re going into season #7. He is what he is at this point. Philly needs to move on. I bet Morey knows that and what he’s saying is just posturing.
One other thing has really bothered me about Simmons. (I’m not a Sixers fan but loved Ben’s potential and thought he could be another Scottie Pippin, who I consider to be one of the top ten players ever.) One game he hit a 3 and after the game Brown said that he’d like to see Simmons take at least ONE three a game. After that, Simmons simply stopped shooting threes. Make of that what you will.
This might hurt more than the Sixers getting bounced by the Hawks. I loved listening to Marc. Whenever the Sixers were not carried locally I felt like the game was missing something. To not hear “Hold on Allah…we’re coming in for a Landing” at the end of a close game or “TURNING GARBAGE INTO GOLD” on a putback will be missed.
Or when Danny Green shoots a 3 pointer “from the Greenhouse”. I’ll miss Zumoff too. He and Alaa have a great rapport.
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The article lays out two possible scenarios, one good, one pretty bad, IMO.This might be one of the more realistic trades being talked about.
NBA rumors: Sixers eye two Kings players for Ben Simmons trade
The Sixers are starting to field Ben Simmons interest - but they won't be taking just any offer that comes their way. By Adam Hermannwww.yahoo.com
That all depends on perspective. While the Sixers' window is obviously now, giving Morey three potential lottery picks and Hield to parlay into another star wouldn't be the worst thing. This may not be a one-step swap of Simmons for an all star shooter.
I see what you’re saying, try to trade picks and Hield for someone else. That might work out, but standing pat with Hield and the draft picks would be a loss, which was my original point. I did not consider the possibility you introduced. (Neither did the article, IIRC.)
