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Great article on Ben Simmons (2015 Basketball commit)
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:07 am
Posted on 4/22/14 at 7:07 am
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Talks about where he came from, how he's improving, and his potential. Also lots of interesting facts about how he ended up at Monteverde and LSU.
Talks about where he came from, how he's improving, and his potential. Also lots of interesting facts about how he ended up at Monteverde and LSU.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:23 am to SouthOfSouth
Dude's gonna be a beast
Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:31 am to GeauxLSU94
He's a program changing kind of player.
He's really raw and is still incredible. Will just get better and better and better. Especially playing such high level HS competition.
He's really raw and is still incredible. Will just get better and better and better. Especially playing such high level HS competition.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 8:55 am to SouthOfSouth
Would be nice if this two-year rule passes fairly soon and we can have someone like him for two years.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 9:08 am to GeauxAggie972
I didn't know he had a step brother in Louisiana. Just thought the whole article was really good. I also like the idea of a big guy having good court awareness because the Australian game is much more creative than American basketball. Makes a really good combo.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 9:16 am to SouthOfSouth
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“The basketball culture is a lot different in Australia,” says Simmons. “It’s more of a team-organized thing, and here it’s a lot of individual play. You have to kind of change your game style. I’m definitely learning I need to be more selfish and take over the game sometimes.”
This, in and of itself, is why American basketball over the last 20 years has produced some great individual players, but at times a horrible team game. Just watch fast-breaks these days. Rarely does a guy give it up to an open teammate for an easy bucket anymore. Instead, guys on a 3 on 1 break are hellbent to take it to the basket and draw a foul or shoot a contested shot.
Simmons seems to posses a skill-set to make him a Magic Johnson or Lebron James type of all around player. Someone who has size, can score at will, but also has the ability to make everyone else around him better. Hopefully he doesn't become too "Americanized". A little bit of international play isn't a bad thing.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 9:25 am to GeauxAggie972
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Would be nice if this two-year rule passes fairly soon and we can have someone like him for two years.
truth
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:56 am to SouthOfSouth
his balance and body control at full stride with the ball in his hands at that age is second to none. kid is the real deal, not raw in any sense. ready to contribute straight away.
just think if there was some way martin and mickey are still here
just think if there was some way martin and mickey are still here
Posted on 4/22/14 at 12:03 pm to TheCaterpillar
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He's really raw
I wouldn't say that. He is smooth as silk. Not what I would call "raw" at all.
Watching his video, I am amazed at how effortlessly he switches between both hands. This is a pretty rare skill at his age.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 2:51 pm to wilceaux
I don't mean Jarell Martin raw. I meant he's not even close to his full potential. His ceiling is absurd.
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