Pels rumored to be interested in Simmons

Hell no.

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Graham
NAW
Hart
Haye
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I guess TMurph will shoot 14 3's a game for us.

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Our roster would be gutted and Simmons is a horrible match for Zion.

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who are you losing there that matters?

Simmons can literally guard any position on the court. That solves so many issues defensively for us.
If that were the package, i'd try my best to keep NAW and send Kira out instead with another pick.
and i doubt they'd want that package, rather package some of that for another player they actually want, like maybe CJ McCollum.


I've done a breakdown before about Simmons and Zion including gifs of examples of how it would work. Those two running pick and rolls for each other would be deadly. It wouldn't work as well this year, but if Trey Murphy turns into a legit 3 point threat, than having BI and Trey waiting for open 3's while Simmons and Zion work the paint together, all you then need to do is find another good 3 point shooter, and if NAW can become a 40% open 3 point shooter, that's a really good lineup both offensively and defensively. You have next offseason to address that 3rd 3 point shooter to play with them if NAW isn't that guy. I imagine a half court offense with lots of ball movement and player movement. No sitting around watching one on one shite. Move the ball, penetrate, keep moving, keep penetrating until you get a wide open 3 or a layup. Don't rely on iso ball, rather move the ball and players enough to give them open shots or running starts at the rim b/c Zion and Simmons are almost unstoppable when they have a head of steam towards the rim. You get the defense moving and scrambling and they would be an extremely hard team to defend against. Even having NAW and BI attacking the paint and trying to finish over people is good offense b/c if Zion or Simmons man comes over to help they will get the put back off the miss as both are excellent offensive rebounders.


Whatever team gets Simmons, if they play him at the 5 and surround him with 3 point shooting is going to be good. He is the prototypical 5 for todays game. You let him start fast breaks off rebounds, and once you get him in the halfcourt and slow things down he becomes your center setting picks and rolling to the rim b/c he's one of the best rim runners in the NBA. He's similar to Lonzo in that he's great on the fast break, but terrible in the halfcourt with the ball in his hands. Get the ball out of his hands in the halfcourt and he'll be a much better offensive player.

I'm all for it.

The pelicans have a lot of trade assets so they will be “rumored” for every player seeking a trade. And the rumors will be coming from the players camp.

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Hell no.

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Yall dudes are morons. We play absolutely no defense on the perimeter. And maybe the best perimeter defensive player in the league becomes available and you say hell no. And supposedly Vincent is some shooting God. Maybe that can be a fix also. Obviously depends on the price also.

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Yall dudes are morons. We play absolutely no defense on the perimeter. And maybe the best perimeter defensive player in the league becomes available and you say hell no

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Exactly, and his value is incredibly low right now even though he’s a perennial all star.

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Simmons, despite some of the statements to the contrary I’ve heard, is a terrible small ball five.

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Is this your opinion, or you've seen some advanced stats that say this?


I agree this wouldn't work if you had Simmons, Zion, Val out there. Simmons has to be the 5, and we'd need two really good perimeter defenders that can shoot. Murphy may be one of those guys. Maybe NAW can be, but i wouldn't hold my breath on that. There are plenty of guys out there that would fit that mold well, really good defender that will knock down open 3's, score maybe 12 a night. That's Alec Burks.

What's not to like about a lineup of Burks/BI/Murphy/Zion/Simmons? How is that different than if you substitute Val for Simmons as far as spacing goes offensively? What 5 is going to be a better fit with that lineup other than Simmons? I think that linuep puts a lot of pressure on Zion as the point guard, but hey, if he is who we think he is, we/he will be alright.

so you think a guy playing in a top 5 market in the country right now, for a city that is probably harder on their own players more so than another other city in the country, wouldn't want to step away from the limelight a bit and simply work on being a better basketball player without all the attention on his game 24/7?

I could argue that our market is a match made in heaven for him right now.

Fit is overrated sometimes. We would have 3 young All star level players that all play different positions. It's a big improvement and we can always find complimentary pieces.

I don't know if he wants to be here or even play ball anymore. But if his head/heart are into it, I'd take him..

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TeddyPadillac

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I don't disagree with what your saying teddy, I'm more concerned with Ben's mental state and his lack of effort to improve. It seems like he's content with being an athletic freak and hasn't added anything to his game since getting to the league. Two major red flags for me.