Would you guys want him back on the Spurs?
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Would you guys want him back on the Spurs?
No.
Sure. We only have 17 guards now. Gotta have more.
How the mighty have fallen. Werent there people trashing the Spurs because they didnt keep Simms?
Why don't we just get Gary Neal back while we are at it.
Hope he banked his paychecks.
He seems unnecessary with Lonnie Walker and DDR on the roster. He’ll probably show up wherever Nephew signs.
No thanks
Yes. If he is still healthy he is a decent backup SF.
I had a feeling he wouldn't look as good in Orlando and especially in Philly. He shouldn't have left S.A. Oh well.
No.
Dude wanted 50 mil. :lmao
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Originally Posted by Dejounte
He's better than that piece of shit Mills so why not?
Where are all those who laughed at the Spurs for not offering Simmons a cap-busting deal?
He's too tall.
I'd take Number Two back before this guy.
Same as Speedy, so-called savior of Tony, then dropped out of the league a couple of years later.
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Originally Posted by Russ
This dude really fucked up. Should have stayed pat and improved on his game. Especially at his age, but whatever.
Isn’t Simmons a locker room cancer? Wasn’t he one of the guys in kahwis ear helping him turn on the Spurs?
I'd take the reigning FMVP/likely MVP over pretty much anyone, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventyniner
Scrub. Doesn't deserve the roster spot.
Also celebrated Ray Allen's 3. Never forget.
Ding ding dingQuote:
Originally Posted by Realdeal1
Not from his perspective, taking the money was the only sensible thing...Quote:
Originally Posted by GrapplingYautja
Lol the low iq posters thinking we should have ponied up for this scrub that keeps getting bounced between teams and can't even get on the floor :lmao
JSimms has like 6 kids that I'm sure he's paying alimony on, I guarantee he'll be broke AF 3-4 years after he's out of the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by picnroll
Him and Kawhi were good friends. Pop choosing wombat over Simmons really hurt kawhi
No
Signing for big money vs staying with the established contender was a choice that caused him a shorter career I'm sure. If Spurs and Simmons worked it out in free agency Simmons wouldve been productive and more marketable vs going to that constant lottery team. I imagine he regrets it more than the Spurs for sure but, Spurs just have a way to make vets fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetonidas
:corn:Quote:
Originally Posted by Russ
He was never really good to begin with. Had a couple ok games in the playoffs and had flashy dunks. All his numbers tell us that he sucked in general tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by SpursDynasty85
Beat me to what I was gonna say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dejounte
He had a really good story and was a solid bench guy for us but a lot of folks overrated him. Hopefully he can find another team who will give him a shot but I doubt and don't want it to be with us
Dude got paid. He did anything but fuck up. it just turns out its hard to make it in the NBA.Quote:
Originally Posted by GrapplingYautja
You might want to learn what alimony is before you guarantee anyone's financial status TBHQuote:
Originally Posted by Mugen
He sucked ass the minute he left the Spurs, not surprisingly.
Didn't San Antonio offer him a similar deal as Orlando but he wanted more from the Spurs? Not to mention didn't he want to be promised guaranteed playing time or something like that?
I remember him being released from unrestricted free agency status from our guys due to him requesting it, because the team didn't agree to his roster situation and playing terms. He pretty much pulled a Stephen Jackson. Lmao
Child support, alimony, whatever it'll be, he'll be broke soon. Just stick to your breakfast burrito, fat boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
WTF is this about?Quote:
Originally Posted by BG_Spurs_Fan
Spurs never made an offer and didn't want to keep him. Same with Dedmon. There was some friction in the locker room with them and the old headsQuote:
Originally Posted by D-Robinson 50 fan
Him saying fuck the Spurs on twitter in 2013, way before we turned him into an NBA playerQuote:
Originally Posted by FkLA
Lol Simmons. I know we give Forbes a lot of shit but he’s easily been a better player than Simmons turned out to be.
There's an instagram or twitter video of this scrub celbrating Allen's 3 on '13. The worst part is that it wasn't because he was a Heat's fan, he was just a Spurs' hater.Quote:
Originally Posted by FkLA
Guys got one foot out the nba door
Wait I thought he wanted to spread his wings and fly like b/c Pop was holding him down? Ungrateful cunt just like his bitch-made buddy.
He was never anything more than a dunker who could defend for a few possessions in isolation, as the metrics always told us..Orlando got much better when they removed him from the rotation, actually, they made an impressive run immediately after(Magic fans were begging for him to be removed from the team)..
Salute to him for getting paid, though..he made more money than he ever should have, everything worked out for his life, all because of an open tryout..
Kawhi getting hurt in game 1 was the best thing to ever happen to him.. he got a nice series of stat-padding against a coasting team that led to a nice contract..crazy how life works..
his NBA career was a blink of an eye.
Can he still dunk?
PATFO not offering him a deal and taking a chance on Gay turned out to be a great move tbh.
that bridge is burnt. I liked the trail-from-behind blocks.
He's better then Mills ...there is that
there's no point...
not only has he been something of a trainwreck in recent years, but he'd do nothing but take valuable minutes from lonnie
Nah. He's actually bitter when the Spurs didn't give him the contract. Instead of being grateful, he actually made an indirect hate post to the Spurs I believe. Good for him for getting that contract but probably hist last.
i remember he had like one nice game in the wcf after kawhi went down, where he shot like 7-17 or something, and the hype took off. spurs got swept with him as kawhi's replacement. some nice dunks tho.
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Originally Posted by RC_Drunkford
The Spurs did offer him a deal but he wanted to be released as per the articles below.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...d-11286413.php
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/07/13...ed-free-agent/
The articles under here have proof of what I said about him wanting more guaranteed and bigger role. Quotes coming from his mouth.
https://airalamo.com/2017/10/27/san-...t-free-agency/
He thought he was better and worth more than what San Antonio or any team was willing to offer him. He did get a solid deal from Orlando but it wasn't what he wanted the Spurs to pay him.
Welp.
Somebody bit the hands that fed him in an effort to get more than he could chew
Whom, whomp, whomp!
Simmons saw that he was clearly of more value tha patty mills and wanted to be treated as such, and u ppl in here are mad at him for feeling like that? Yall would make great slaves... Anyone that goes against Massa is bad, right?
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Originally Posted by duncan2k5
You are beyond retarded
Agree. This is a classic progress stopper situationQuote:
Originally Posted by spurraider21
yes, and Ayres too, IMO
He can play in China. Or in the Philippines. :bobo
How far do you think Lonnie Walker has advanced?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dverde
Weren't him and Dedmon leaving part of the reason Kawhi was unhappy?
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Originally Posted by therealtruth
they were his bff's on the team
Fuck yeah. Cut or see what you can get for Patty, Marco and Forbes. Simmons is more of a SF and did really well under our system. Need some players with some balls out there. Current team is waaaay too soft. A lot of this has to do with (I think) the whole playing defense without fouling point of emphasis thing. Yes fouling is bad but the refs adjust to aggressive teams. (See Raymond G.) We need some misfits on the damn team to stir shit up. Patty, Marco and Bryn have done good things for us but in an ever-changing NBA you cant be stuck on "loyalty". It's a damn business.
Go away dummy... U can't even formulate a legible counter argumentQuote:
Originally Posted by slick'81
. I love the spurs but I absolutely hate their fan base. These are the type of people I avoid in a daily basis and carry guns to protect myself against. This is why no one but washed up players seeking a last big pay day wants to play for us anymore.
Yes, I'm sure it's because the fans don't want their team to sign awful players. The guy was straight doodoo for the Spurs. There really isn't any way to argue otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by james evans
No. Just, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by therealtruth
Who did he think he was--Patty Mills?Quote:
Originally Posted by dabom6
Lol the usual PATFO fluffers getting their assholes ready with lube because they didn't sign Simms. They tried, just got curved. Kind of like when Pop flew to California twice to beg Kawhi to stay in his plantation and got rejectedQuote:
Originally Posted by D-Robinson 50 fan
The expanded definition of slavery: being paid $19 million to sit on your ass and then force your way to another team. Damn, the Spurs should pay him reparations.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht
agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by paperboy77
https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/ima...ies/smilol.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by james evans
A lot of folks need to chill with comparing anything like this to slavery because it's very disrespectful to people who were actually enslaved. I do understand the correlation and why people make the comparison but it's still extreme.
Being a celebrity and especially a professional athlete is kinda like being in the military in my opinion. You Volunteer to sign up, you have great chances to get promoted in your field, being a former member can assist you greatly in future employment opportunities, you receive decent pay and benefits, and you constantly get guidance and structure on how to complete the tasks at hand.
The draw backs are a hectic schedule because you're pretty much on call 24/7 and 365 days of the year, you have to wear uniforms to work, drug testing, constantly have to do community service type projects to help promote your employer, and always have to be cognizant of how you carry yourself in public to avoid making your employer look bad.
Of course being a celebrity isn't as strict and way more lucrative than the military but they a similar in my opinion
I don't blame him. One should always try to take advantage of the moment because you never know how long it will lastQuote:
Originally Posted by dabom6
No he isn't. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by RD2191
Damn I never saw the report that they offered him 9 million per year. Dude is an idiot to take a lesser deal in Orlando. Back then there were reports that the Spurs never made an offer, I guess those were wrong. Seems PATFO is not as stupid as I thought they were. Then again the Mills and Pau deals still make them look stupidQuote:
Originally Posted by D-Robinson 50 fan
He’d likely going Lakers now for minimum
Simmons is still a good story though. He was in the friggin G league one year unknown and netted at 26M contract the next year. Imo, Amazing. It was his decision and a fair one but 20/20 now I'm sure he would like to be a Spur. He is 30 and dealing with injury. If we can get him under 2.5M yr for a defender off the bench, no brainer. But it has to be a mutual decision, could be burned bridges, hope not.Quote:
Originally Posted by RC_Drunkford
r for sure.
It was actually 3-year, $20 million, with only $13.3 guaranteed...so if he gets waived, that'd be it for the original contract.
Source?Quote:
Originally Posted by EricB
nah I wouldn't bring him back. Too old at this point and the injury really killed his value. We got too many young guys at his position now. He was a nice player to have before that and played tough. I always loved the guy cause he just played hard. You could see he was an NBA player in his first summer league. The athleticism and defense alone showed that he belongs. He just had to carve out a role for himself and get more consistency on his jump shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursDynasty85
Another one of those role players that lose their powers when they leave the Spurs.
Anyone remember this tweet after the Kawhi trade happened?
Not too bright to burn your bridges with the team that made you, especially when you're just a fringe player in this league. Spurs won't be answering his calls anytime soon.
Why? This team is already overloaded from 1-3, he's worse than all of them (with the possible exception of Johnson) and like Murray, White, Walker and now Johnson, he's physically incapable of defending big wings. That's the need. They already have them to provide average or better defense from 1-3.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursDynasty85
The need is a big wing who's a legit 3-point shooter. I keep saying names like Kidd-Gilchrist, Young, Crowder, Aminu, Hollis-Jefferson, etc. thrown around, but they're all minimal to non 3-point shooters. Put them alongside the starters (because the players they need them to defend are James, Durant, Scumbag, Antetokounmpo, etc.) and the offense would suffocate.
This team is not overloaded with 3. The most 3 we have on this team is now Johnson. It was DeRozan and Gay but Gay is now a 4Quote:
Originally Posted by TD 21
We need a back up DD until Walker IV or Keldon gets up to speed. I think Walker starts off in Gleague and has to compete his way on but he is still one year away imo. Who else can fill the back up 3 while learning the Spurs sytem for within a year? I really think for a one year rental Simmons is better than those names you mentioned. We have our future 3s but we need the a vet who will contribute right away. Simmons would be seamless. Too bad most players will know this now and may not sign because SAS only looking for 1 year deals probably.
:lmao What are you talking about? There's no difference in the types of players Simmons, Murray, White, Walker and Johnson can defend.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursDynasty85
So having Walker, their most promising prospect in 7 years, on a team that needs all the upside it can get, currently being probably one spot away or in a battle (Belinelli) for rotation minutes, in his 2nd season, isn't enough? They need to bury him with an aging, fringe player, who hates the organization and is an ungrateful puke?
Simmons can't shoot or defend big wings. He's literally the worst possible fit.
No. This team needs veteran needle-movers, and/or young building blocks. Simmons is neither.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoSpur02
People need to stop thinking derozan can play the 3. Dude is a midget at that position.:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by TD 21
While this is true... It's a reality. Pop is going to play him at the 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by dabom6
And probably for more than spot minutes.
I'm not endorsing it, mind you... but it's coming to your local movie theater. I hope the popcorn's good there.
Sad reality. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by tonight...you
Mmm... Going to have to order a drink with that popcorn.Quote:
Originally Posted by dabom6
he would've been a better player had he stayed in sa. didn't follow his career at all after he left but i assume the teams he went on to play for expected more of finished product.
You don't follow the draft, you don't follow players that left, do you follow anything beyond the Spurs? ... And yet you make all sorts of definitive statements.Quote:
Originally Posted by gambit1990
This sounds fun!
:lol
1) only into nba, not college or euro ballQuote:
Originally Posted by tonight...you
2) never thought simmons was gonna amount to much / no need to follow him
3) this past season was actually the first season i paid more attention to the league than the spurs
4) my posts are money tbh, had:
raps winning it all
lowry not folding in the POs
siakam winning MIP
houston winning it all 17/18 (would've happened if cp3 didn't get hurt)
westbrook winning MVP 16/17
all these predictions were made before the seasons even started
didn't think kawhi would come back to play the season he played nine games, thought the spurs should've blown it up that year. also had the spurs beating the rockets after tony got hurt, wanted the spurs to draft montrezl harrell... i would put my record up against anyone on this site
Well. He could shoot pre injury and usually it takes a year before they can even feel right let alone play right post injury. Walker IV and Johnson are not ready yet. White and Murray could very well be playing the 1 and backing each other up leaving Forbes, DeRozan, Belli, and Mills left to fill the 2 and the 3 maybe or Bertans and Gay. So, YES, there are plenty of players Simmons can defend over the rest of these guys. That along anothe strecth 4 unless samanic is ready alrrady too.Quote:
Originally Posted by TD 21
Fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by gambit1990
Bertans and gay play the 4 dummy.:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SpursDynasty85
Lol. Thay was the point I was making. I guess you didnt read the posts carefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by dabom6