quote:
Gasol also spent 5 years playing ball professionally in Europe before he got to the NBA. When he was Simmons' age, he shot 54% from the FT line and didn't make a single three point shot until his 3rd year in Europe. He made one three point shot his third year. He was 1/6 through three years in Europe from three and shot 58% from the FT line (sound familiar?). Remember when I said Gasol wasn't very good when he was young?

understood, and those are valid points.

I'll still give you $100 in Simmons ever shoots 25% from 3 in a season (minimum 30 attempts). He's got no stroke at all, and he's in his third year in the league.

Hell, 93% of his attempts are in the paint. He literally almost never takes a 15 footer, much less a 3-pointer (1 attempt this year).

Maybe he'll improve - but I don't see it being much.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by lsufball19

Franklin, TN

Member since Sep 2008

71292 posts

Posted on 2/1/19 at 2:15 pm to atltiger6487

And not beat a dead horse, but I think Gasol is somewhat of an apples to oranges comparison. I acknowledge that Gasol is an old school post player and not a point forward like Simmons. He's a facilitator but not a primary ball handler like Simmons is. I think maybe a more fair comparison to a player that is more of a stretch forward is Anthony Davis. While Davis was MUCH better shooting FTs, it took him 3 years in the league before be developed an outside shot. He went 3/21 from three his first three years, and then jumped to 35/108 his fourth year in the league.

The thing Simmons has going for him is he does basically everything else at an elite level and is obviously a very skilled athlete that I think he is capable of at least developing a serviceable jump shot, which if he's able to do, would make him a likely top 10 NBA player, possibly better

This post was edited on 2/1/19 at 2:15 pm

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by Madking

Member since Apr 2016

66579 posts

Posted on 2/1/19 at 2:23 pm to tadelatt

Ben Simmons missed exactly zero games the season he played at LSU so don’t know where you’re getting this half a season BS from. Sad that you have to makeup stuff to cut someone down who busted his arse for your team.

LINK

LINK

This post was edited on 2/1/19 at 2:26 pm

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by atltiger6487

Member since May 2011

19791 posts

Posted on 2/1/19 at 2:37 pm to lsufball19

quote:
I think maybe a more fair comparison to a player that is more of a stretch forward is Anthony Davis. While Davis was MUCH better shooting FTs, it took him 3 years in the league before be developed an outside shot. He went 3/21 from three his first three years, and then jumped to 35/108 his fourth year in the league.

good point. Although, as you say, Davis shot 75% from the FT line his rookie year, so he already had a nice stroke. Ben shot 54.5% FT his first season.

I'd truly would like to see Ben improve his outside shooting. If he became just decent - he's literally be unstoppable.

Page 1 2 3 4