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I thought his team defense was awful, tbh, but nice energy, otherwise..
Anderson continues to impress me, though, not sure why Pop doesn't trust him, at all..
Agree with you. I definitely think he has potential, and some mistakes are rookie mistakes.
Needs to look at film, learn and get better. I like him with Anderson bc he supplements Anderson's lack of athleticism, and the chemistry they have from playing in the dleague and SL together shows. He played some minutes with Kawhi, and Kawhi found him cutting to the basket. Overall, I like what he provides and would like to see him more when Manu sits, and maybe even in uniform when we expect to play a lot of small ball.
He can only get better from here. Good game from him.
I thought his team defense was awful, tbh, but nice energy, otherwise..
Anderson continues to impress me, though, not sure why Pop doesn't trust him, at all..
It was, he was lost out there at times, I liked his individual defense on Barton though, he did a good job of denying him the ball and staying in front of him. I feel better with him as a 3rd defender with Green-Leonard out there.
Anderson's defense is nice too, he's got a Leonard like effect with his length, when he closes out on 3pt shooters he does a good job of contesting their shots just from his reach, really hard to shoot over. I wouldn't mind seeing him against GS, that length could bother the shooters.
I think Pop's been reluctant to play him due to his lack of 3pt shooting, it's a shame he's shooting so bad from 3, his shot hasn't looked good from there idk if he can improve it this year.
Anderson's BBIQ shows the most in his team defense.
He didn't score a whole lot or had the highlight plays, but he was in whenever we made a run, that is why he has such a high +/- in this game. Even when others were scoring, he was doing all the little things (like Pop says) that wins us games. I am sure it does not go unseen by Pop. Pop loves all those little things that wins us games and will continue to be strict with him to make him better.
Simmons is super athletic, but he does get lost on D. He's not so aware of what's going on. I have seen that every game he has played, but if you talk on D it helps and I really think that them together are really good as a group.
-Kawhi was looking for him & Simmons made himself available when Kawhi was getting doubled...seems like they have a nice chemistry from scrimmage
-Danny was directing him on both offense/defense so he still isn't sure about his positioning on the floor which is part of the reason he looks hesitant (his performance will improve when he gets comfortable playing in the system)
-Seems like the spin move is his signature, players don't care about his scouting report so he's going to get a couple of scalps w/ that move
Amazing how all of his highlights come assisted by Kawhi or with Kawhi on the floor. I am thinking his most natural position really is SG.
Kawhi and Simmons two man game can be dangerous.
My latest contribution to the Vicaroge:
Looks like there's a new long in town
Wouldn't mind seeing Simmons/Anderson start for Green until Danny can figure out how to shoot again. Pop needs to be pushing whatever buttons he needs to to get Danny on track. The SL won't be clicking offensively until Green and his spacing click, so it's not like Pop can ignore Danny to try to get LMA and Kawhi comfortable.
I'd mind if Anderson started tbh. Dude isn't good and won't be good. The need to develop Simmons.
The more I see his play, the more he reminds me of a poorman's Evan Turner
Black man's very poor manu. Impressive no less. Expect good and bad games from him in the future trying to work some rotations.
Genuinely thought Pop would put him in the doghouse after that first turnover right after he checked in, I bet he was ting his pants looking at the bench after Lakers scored on the fast break
Had a good game from then on though, he was aggressive offensively and Pop likes this.
He's played like 10 games LOL
Dude has a decent ceiling
I said very poor my man.
Atleast he in drives to the rim, just needs to take some pointers from Manu and learn to go AROUND the defender sometimes to get there instead of through them and getting called for the offensive foul.
You just described a unique trait that makes Manu unique
His aggressiveness is great.
He's basically the opposite of Anderson.
If you watch Simmons, he's always calling for the ball
All the stupid bull on this forum-well Simmons got ALPHA in him.
He is always calling for that rock.
He's awesome but his weaknesses are glaring
His defense blows ass, he can't work around screens for
And he's not a good 3 point shooter
Usually up and comer spurs shoot au ious in summer league then get better.
He shot great and went to .
I love Simmons but he's very much still a project
I completely agree with your assessment. To correct on the SL shooting. He didn't "shoot" particularly well, he had a lot of highlight dunks off TO, he split PnR and got to the rim against bad SL defense and he caught some nice passes from Anderson. His skill is getting to the rack, drawing fouls and finishing through contact.
I think precisely because of his deficiencies, his role is to be aggressive and attack the rim. If he's not going to do that, he won't play because there are other guys that can do everything else (defend,rebound,pass,shoot) better.
You know how players are assigned roles? Simmons role is to slash. He is an offensive player. If he is not going to be aggressive getting to the rack and drawing fouls, he won't play quite simply. What made Pop love him is that aside from his athleticism he is a very nice passer.
Those two are the NBA level skills he brings to the team. Everything else is currently in development.
I told my wife this exact thing... He won't get much time right now, but when Many retires, he'll be thrown right in. He'll know everything he needs to know an his shot will be better.
Until Green finds himself, this guy can drive to the basket and teams aren't expecting it from the 2 anymore. Let him ball. Forreal though, dude needs to stop with all that excitement.
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