Jonathan Simmons reads ST

[FuzzyLumpkins]

nope. They didn't have him running the point until the last four minutes, when he started to turn the ball over and make bad plays. It looked just like summer league. The rest of the time he was getting the ball within the flow of the offense, and he was great at it. That's where he got his assists.

Yup. They were running plays through him on the second unit on isoes and pnr. He wasn't bringing the ball up the floor but if that is what you mean by 'playing PG' then your a en is awful.

The Spurs run pnr and isoes spontaneously through the offense. Bottom line is that he was running plays as the primary ballhandler in half court sets.

[DJR210]

Jonathan Simmons, you ing got you better do this every game or we're gonna roast your ass here

[Obstructed_View]

Yup. They were running plays through him on the second unit on isoes and pnr. He wasn't bringing the ball up the floor but if that is what you mean by 'playing PG' then your a en is awful.

The Spurs run pnr and isoes spontaneously through the offense. Bottom line is that he was running plays as the primary ballhandler in half court sets.

Okay. Since you don't know , and you never listen anyway, you can have this argument with yourself. Have fun.

[DPG21920]

That is the unnoticed or underrated part of Simmons game that makes him interesting: his 3PT shooting. He's gone through plenty of stretches where he makes that shot. That is so big.

Like when Chinook was talking about starting him in place of Danny I brought that up. He actually brings 3PT shooting most of the time which is a big deal and a huge part of his value.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Okay. Since you don't know , and you never listen anyway, you can have this argument with yourself. Have fun.

Spurs do run pnr, dribble handoffs, and isoes organically out of motion. Simmons did get those looks and used them to his advantage as the primary ball handler throughout the game.

I answered your post directly clearly indicating that I had read and understood what you said. If you don't want to argue then fine but this is one intellectually dishonest copout you are hiding behind here.

[Obstructed_View]

That is the unnoticed or underrated part of Simmons game that makes him interesting: his 3PT shooting. He's gone through plenty of stretches where he makes that shot. That is so big.

Like when Chinook was talking about starting him in place of Danny I brought that up. He actually brings 3PT shooting most of the time which is a big deal and a huge part of his value.

Let's hope that this is a sign of things to come. His three point shooting wasn't great in summer league.

[davidbowie]

is simmons the one that was trashing us on Vine when ray allen hit the 3? i cant remember

[ElNono]

Draymond Green also noted Jonathon Simmons' 20-point explosion.

“Then we let Simmons come in and destroy us in the first half. And he continued it in the second half. I mean, no disrespect to him, but you can’t let guys like that come off the bench and get 20. It’s hard to win like that.”

http://www.espn.com/blog/golden-stat...esounding-thud

[Obstructed_View]

Just saw the highlights on ESPN. Simmons has block of the year and dunk of the year so far.

[itzsoweezee]

Mother ers were on here saying some no name dude from Argentina was a better player than Simmons. There are a lot of morons on this forum

[TheGreatYacht]

Kyle fans: Why does Pop baby Simmons so much? Ugh. He's going to get undeserved minutes

[Splits]

Draymond Green also noted Jonathon Simmons' 20-point explosion.

“Then we let Simmons come in and destroy us in the first half. And he continued it in the second half. I mean, no disrespect to him, but you can’t let guys like that come off the bench and get 20. It’s hard to win like that.”

http://www.espn.com/blog/golden-stat...esounding-thud

Raymond should have gone to his signature move to slow him down

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[SAGirl]

Nah not going to on him TBH. He's not going to shoot like that regularly bc that's not possible, but so long as he plays with teammates and moves the ball then takes what's coming to him, I have to respect his game. He balled out big time tonight...

[ceperez]

No other explanation tbh

I don't doubt that.

Sad to see so many ST posters on his case during pre-season. I've been saying since day one that Spurs need that kind of athleticism to win against GSW.

[ceperez]

Draymond Green also noted Jonathon Simmons' 20-point explosion.

“Then we let Simmons come in and destroy us in the first half. And he continued it in the second half. I mean, no disrespect to him, but you can’t let guys like that come off the bench and get 20. It’s hard to win like that.”

http://www.espn.com/blog/golden-stat...esounding-thud

Wow.... sounds pretty disrespectful to me! Good thing Simmons added insult to injury by dunking on the last play.

[kobyz]

Now you all starting to ride Simmons , i was the only believer in him here while getting much critics for this... You should all bowing down for me, once again i was proving as the greatest basketball mind here, lol all you couldn't recognize the kid still had promise, lol all you laughing when i said Simmons should get bigger chance and even a place in the starting lineup instead of Green regardless of the injury...

[Solid D]

Now you all starting to ride Simmons , i was the only believer in him here while getting much critics for this... You should all bowing down for me, once again i was proving as the greatest basketball mind here, lol all you couldn't recognize the kid still had promise, lol all you laughing when i said Simmons should get bigger chance and even a place in the starting lineup instead of Green regardless of the injury...

Lol ... like how you did not defend Jonathon in the "Trade MCW for Simmons" thread a couple of weeks ago? The same thread where you were willing to trade 2 first round draft choices or even Danny Green for Michael Carter-Williams?

MCW will be great for us to have, is the player we need at pg to give us the ability to take green out of the lineup and put mills in, he also not a cancer(lol people going automatic for the mainstream assumption, he is a gamer and could be very productive in right situation...

[DPG21920]

Let's hope that this is a sign of things to come. His three point shooting wasn't great in summer league.

True but he shot at 38+% last season so more than respectable over a bigger sample. Like I said, it's something that no one seems to trust or acknowledge with Simmons yet, but it's definitely something he's shown.

[rjv]

hopefully he reads the stupid and arrogant crap that continues to come out of draymond green's mouth too:

"We let Simmons come in and destroy us in the first half, and he continued it in the second half. No disrespect to him, but you can't let guys like that come off the bench and get 20,"

[sasaint]

Wow.... sounds pretty disrespectful to me! Good thing Simmons added insult to injury by dunking on the last play.

Not sure about that last play. Sounds like Draymond Goon may be gunning for Simmons next time.

[james evans]

Kyle fans: Why does Pop baby Simmons so much? Ugh. He's going to get undeserved minutes

hold up, Anderson has fans?

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

hopefully he reads the stupid and arrogant crap that continues to come out of draymond green's mouth too:

"We let Simmons come in and destroy us in the first half, and he continued it in the second half. No disrespect to him, but you can't let guys like that come off the bench and get 20,"

This is because Green is an arrogant stupid mother er. 54-16 the Spurs benched outscored GS. It just wasn't Simmons you dumb in jackass.

The Spurs completely abased them last night. And yes, comments like this is going to just add that extra fuel for the Spurs, not just Simmons. , GS is not even going to make it past the Clips if they have to play them with this current team. It's funny how Green last year was like GS now own the Spurs to we can't like guys like Simmons go for 20. He went for 18 last year you stupid in a Spurs loss to GS at GS. It's just your stupid GM gutted that team for 1 PLAYER. GS went to having a top 3 bench last year to probably one of the worst in the NBA over 1 offseason.

[Obstructed_View]

True but he shot at 38+% last season so more than respectable over a bigger sample. Like I said, it's something that no one seems to trust or acknowledge with Simmons yet, but it's definitely something he's shown.

I'm not sure how to explain it to you, but the reason nobody trusts or acknowledges it is because 50 career attempts isn't a big enough sample to decide that it's 'respectable'. When given the green light, like in summer league, he had one really great game and the rest were pretty bad. Looks like he just earned himself some minutes in the rotation, so we're definitely gonna find out in the next few weeks. It certainly couldn't happen to a nicer kid, so I'm sure we all have our fingers crossed.

[sasaint]

I'm not sure how to explain it to you, but the reason nobody trusts or acknowledges it is because 50 career attempts isn't a big enough sample to decide that it's 'respectable'. When given the green light, like in summer league, he had one really great game and the rest were pretty bad. Looks like he just earned himself some minutes in the rotation, so we're definitely gonna find out in the next few weeks. It certainly couldn't happen to a nicer kid, so I'm sure we all have our fingers crossed.

Perfectly stated.

[SAGirl]

Lol ... like how you did not defend Jonathon in the "Trade MCW for Simmons" thread a couple of weeks ago? The same thread where you were willing to trade 2 first round draft choices or even Danny Green for Michael Carter-Williams?

Well. Apalisoc is pining the Simmons criticism on me, when he wasn't a fan either, among many others here.

I wasn't even on Simmons case until the very last game he played had 5 TO and was heroballing and had played every game like that. By that point, having seen 5 games like that I thought maybe he wasn't going to turn a corner, but there were far more critical guys than myself. I wasn't starting trade simmons threads, he's not good enough threads etc. That is just spurstalk being spurstalk. I did doubt him, but he hadn't shown things to persuade me either. Now everyone is riding him indeed. I am just glad he showed up and maybe I judged him too quickly...