re: Ben Simmons tearing up NBA prep camp

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Oh man, here we go. I've seen him play multiple times in person.

He best compares to KD. Hands down, the number one player in this class. He's every bit of 6'10 and plays on the wing. Will need to improve his shot (has a hitch) and defense (side to side movement) but both of those will come when he finally stops growing.

I was talking to some scouting peoples (the ones you've read their stories if you want legitimacy) and my quote was this, "If Jarell Martin was a 5 star then ranking services need 6 and maybe 7 stars to rank Ben Simmons." Number of people who disagreed: 0. He's a once in a decade type of talent. This is no knock on Jarell at all either. Ben Simmons is just that good.

Bookmark this, quote it, take a pic of it, whatever you want to do because you'll need to remember it when he's dominating at the NBA level in hopefully 3-4 years (you know, 2 and through instead of one and done... prayers going out).

Edit: Reread what I said, he shoots it extremely well and guards well too but those are the only two possible knocks in his perimeter/face up 4 game. He does struggle against the 7 foot 260 type but that isn't his game so no worries.

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