June 21, 20214 yr Author Not officially confirmed but the timeline and reporting suggest he has it. https://arizonasports.com/story/2691397/nba-announces-1-positive-covid-19-test-chris-paul-enters-protocols/
June 21, 20214 yr Man that really fucking sucks. I've never been a big Chris Paul fan, but the way he has been playing spectacular this post season.
June 21, 20214 yr Simmons needs to accept that he's a 4 and just embrace it. if he would do that and work on learning the in's and outs of that position he could be fine. look at where Zion takes all of his shots from. Ben needs to get over the idea of being a PG and try to play like Zion. still work on catch-and-shoot threes and FTs, but play like the athletic big man that you are.
June 21, 20214 yr My love for all things curry is well established, but if can't afford to take Steph's little bro off the floor--even when he's being roasted by [checks notes] Kevin Huerter--because he's consistently been your second best offensive threat all series, then you've made some suboptimal personnel and coaching decisions.
June 21, 20214 yr So glad the Sixers lost. Hate the formation of that team for today’s game. Break it up.
June 21, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, HookEm said: So glad the Sixers lost. Hate the formation of that team for today’s game. Break it up. Is it finally ok to distrust the process?
June 21, 20214 yr I thought the process was a disgrace to competitive athletics and an insult to the fans in Philly and the basketball gods. That said, they fucked it up. So many assets, so many stupid picks, bad trades, and bad signings. And whatever they were doing internally with regard to player development certainly didn't work. I feel bad for Ben Simmons. He shouldn't be this broken. It's painful to watch a guy who should be dominating fail at the most fundamental skill in the game.
June 21, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said: Porzingis for Simmons. Let’s get weird. Philly went from possibly getting Harden for Simmons, to hoping for CJ McCullough.
June 21, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, Message Board User said: Non-zero chance that in a few years the consensus will be that the Hawks won the Luka trade. This is much more of an indictment of the Mavs front office than it is the actual players. Compare the cast Trae has vs Luka's. It's laughable. And not to mention Rick Carsisle and his bozo in game decisions. They married themselves to Porzingis and he is about as worthless as Ben Simmons.
June 21, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, shadow_operative said: Simmons needs to accept that he's a 4 and just embrace it. if he would do that and work on learning the in's and outs of that position he could be fine. look at where Zion takes all of his shots from. Ben needs to get over the idea of being a PG and try to play like Zion. still work on catch-and-shoot threes and FTs, but play like the athletic big man that you are. His issue is much bigger than that. Dude doesn't even attempt to shoot. We seriously don't even know whether he's a bad shooter. I've never seen such an enormous mental block in a certifiably talented basketball player. Verifiably bad shooters like Giannis and Westbrook still jack up 3s like there's no tomorrow. His own teammate Matisse Thybulle has launched over 300 3s in his career and came into the league as with the rep of a garbage shooter. Simmons' personality type strikes me as a guy who cant stomach publicly "looking bad" when doing something. Like the kid in middle and high school you played sports with who always went out of their way to "look pretty" while playing. Simmons is the grown up version of that. Style over substance. Edited June 21, 20214 yr by Catdaddyhorn
June 21, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said: This a pic of this play. The score was 88-86 Hawks at this point. Should have been an easy play for a tie game. Fucking brutal.
June 21, 20214 yr On 6/19/2021 at 10:13 PM, shadow_operative said: KD's mom to PJ: "I love you too." 😂 i love it. This was funny. It was right after PJ clobbered KD and his mom was yelling about it. PJ heard her and told her he loved her.
June 21, 20214 yr 59 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said: This a pic of this play. The score was 88-86 Hawks at this point. Should have been an easy play for a tie game. Fucking brutal. He was intimidated by the elite rim protector, Trey Young
June 21, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, shadow_operative said: Simmons needs to accept that he's a 4 and just embrace it. if he would do that and work on learning the in's and outs of that position he could be fine. look at where Zion takes all of his shots from. Ben needs to get over the idea of being a PG and try to play like Zion. still work on catch-and-shoot threes and FTs, but play like the athletic big man that you are. Yeah, I've been thinking this for a while. I do think he could stay at PG if they went a lot more uptempo. Run at every opportunity. Him in the open court is great. Then when running opps arent there get Embiid the ball on the block. If he is going to move to PF then he could play like Giannis. Be too quick for most concentrate on getting to the bucket every time. Work on a post game.
June 21, 20214 yr 15 minutes ago, immortal13 said: He was intimidated by the elite rim protector, Trey Young the rim. fify.
June 21, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Message Board User said: God, I love the internet. This legit almost made me choke.
June 21, 20214 yr 29 minutes ago, d2o said: Yeah, I've been thinking this for a while. I do think he could stay at PG if they went a lot more uptempo. Run at every opportunity. Him in the open court is great. Then when running opps arent there get Embiid the ball on the block. If he is going to move to PF then he could play like Giannis. Be too quick for most concentrate on getting to the bucket every time. Work on a post game. That can work great (the PG part) during the regular season but I can’t see it getting them through a best of 7 against a talented team. they have to break it up. Sending Simmons to Portland for CJ makes sense for the blazers with a pairing with Dame. It gives the Sixers a shot creator and more outside shooting, but I don’t know if the defense is sustainable for them- they will get roasted by bigger guards in the half court I would think.
June 21, 20214 yr Trae Young had five buckets in a game 7 and the Hawks won. This team continues to be so un-Atlanta.
June 21, 20214 yr Are we finally seeing the end of these one way defensive players? I know that coaches LOVE these guys for some reason. You can be a defensive guy but you can't be a complete black hole. If you're 7'2" and can't make the other team pay for a running a 6'8" guy out there, you're basically useless. Throughout basketball history, we've seen guys like this compromise 2-3 of the starting slots but now it's down to basically 1 if that. Simmons is a complete black hole, which means the other 4-6 guys have to score 100+ points by themselves and that's an uphill climb. People would bitch about Westbrook's shooting with the Thunder but they'd routinely have 2-3 guys in the rotation that couldn't score so basically the 3 main stars are having to score 25+ a piece.
June 21, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, Buzzrock said: Trae Young had five buckets in a game 7 and the Hawks won. This team continues to be so un-Atlanta. I was saying this all game. Trae is cold as ice and they still were in the game........on PHIs floor. That aint just Simmons. That's a failure of the whole org.
June 21, 20214 yr 24 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said: Are we finally seeing the end of these one way defensive players? I know that coaches LOVE these guys for some reason. You can be a defensive guy but you can't be a complete black hole. If you're 7'2" and can't make the other team pay for a running a 6'8" guy out there, you're basically useless. Throughout basketball history, we've seen guys like this compromise 2-3 of the starting slots but now it's down to basically 1 if that. Simmons is a complete black hole, which means the other 4-6 guys have to score 100+ points by themselves and that's an uphill climb. People would bitch about Westbrook's shooting with the Thunder but they'd routinely have 2-3 guys in the rotation that couldn't score so basically the 3 main stars are having to score 25+ a piece. Think its that the skill level in the NBA is higher than ever so if you have a guy with a hole in their game it gets exploited come playoff time. Even offensive specialists have nowhere to hide now. In the past you could have a guy like Seth Curry stand in the corner and defend some dude that will barely ever put the ball on the floor. Now you have random guys like Kevin Huerter that can abuse matchups like that.
June 21, 20214 yr 50 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said: Are we finally seeing the end of these one way defensive players? I know that coaches LOVE these guys for some reason. You can be a defensive guy but you can't be a complete black hole. If you're 7'2" and can't make the other team pay for a running a 6'8" guy out there, you're basically useless. Throughout basketball history, we've seen guys like this compromise 2-3 of the starting slots but now it's down to basically 1 if that. Simmons is a complete black hole, which means the other 4-6 guys have to score 100+ points by themselves and that's an uphill climb. People would bitch about Westbrook's shooting with the Thunder but they'd routinely have 2-3 guys in the rotation that couldn't score so basically the 3 main stars are having to score 25+ a piece. Yeah this is a problem. If guys like Gobert cant post up 6'8 guys then WTF is he doing on the floor for? It was a lot of the same with Lopez for MIL but at least he is a decent 3P shooter now but having a guy with a good post game not taking advantage of mismatches is coaching malpractice. Edited June 21, 20214 yr by d2o
June 21, 20214 yr Trae Young had five buckets in a game 7 and the Hawks won. This team continues to be so un-Atlanta.We’re gonna have to bet if it’s Hawks Suns.
June 21, 20214 yr Lopez is actually extremely effective in the post. Budenholzer, in his infinite wisdom, just didn't mix in any post touches for Lopez in his "your turn, my turn" offense.
June 21, 20214 yr To be fair to Gobert, the Clippers and Nets are probably the worst match-up for him. Probably does fine against the Bucks, Suns, or Hawks.
June 21, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Loch Ness Monster said: To be fair to Gobert, the Clippers and Nets are probably the worst match-up for him. Probably does fine against the Bucks, Suns, or Hawks. Maybe so but isnt that the coach's job to recognize that and get him off the floor?
June 21, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, tbone_ said: We’re gonna have to bet if it’s Hawks Suns. I'm rooting for that Finals.
June 21, 20214 yr 34 minutes ago, d2o said: Maybe so but isnt that the coach's job to recognize that and get him off the floor? Yep. Ty Lue and his staff outcoached the Jazz and Mavs. Don't see how they pull off four more wins with no Kawhi though.
June 21, 20214 yr Well…it would be slick for Phoenix if they take care of LA in 4 or 5 and Chris Paul plays in one game over a 2 week span
June 21, 20214 yr 13 hours ago, shadow_operative said: still work on catch-and-shoot threes and FTs, that'd be pretty magical for him to transform into. he doesn't shoot threes now, you envision him being a catch and shoot 3 guy?
June 21, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, gsoda3 said: that'd be pretty magical for him to transform into. he doesn't shoot threes now, you envision him being a catch and shoot 3 guy? The biggest hurdle he has is just attempting threes. Guys like Lonzo Ball and other bad shooters were at least willing to shoot them prior to improving their shot.
June 21, 20214 yr Yeah this is a problem. If guys like Gobert cant post up 6'8 guys then WTF is he doing on the floor for? It was a lot of the same with Lopez for MIL but at least he is a decent 3P shooter now but having a guy with a good post game not taking advantage of mismatches is coaching malpractice. Lopez is actually extremely effective in the post. Budenholzer, in his infinite wisdom, just didn't mix in any post touches for Lopez in his "your turn, my turn" offense. Don't know why Bud and other coaches don't take more heat for not recognizing and playing up their strengths. We all understand that it is s player driven league. But good coaching still matters.Brook Lopez should never just stand in the corner with his hands on his knees while waiting for a pass.
June 21, 20214 yr Ben Simmons was drafted in 2016 and has improved exactly nothing in 5 years. Maybe a change of scenery will help but usually guys that are gonna improve over time...you know...actually improve from year to year. There's an upward trajectory in certain areas of their game. I don't know anything about Simmons personally but maybe basketball is not his passion.
June 21, 20214 yr Ben Simmons was drafted in 2016 and has improved exactly nothing in 5 years. Maybe a change of scenery will help but usually guys that are gonna improve over time...you know...actually improve from year to year. There's an upward trajectory in certain areas of their game. I don't know anything about Simmons personally but maybe basketball is not his passion. He once dated Kendall Jenner. That might be the problem.
June 21, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Brothahorn said: 2 hours ago, Loch Ness Monster said: He once dated Kendall Jenner. That might be the problem. Im starting to think it must be in the collective bargaining agreement that errbody in the league gets a shot with one of the Kardashian clan.
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