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A G-Leaguer who got 18 million contract because of his plays at Spurs.That's the missconception here. When the did he thrive here? That's the part I'm missing, tbh.
Imagine Simmons on the Raptors bruh.
A G-Leaguer who got 18 million contract because of his plays at Spurs.That's the missconception here. When the did he thrive here? That's the part I'm missing, tbh.
I havent followed his career since he left SA, but this bump feels like a knee jerk reaction. He had a career year last year and we’re only 16 games into this season. Not saying that he won’t be out of the league soon, because happens fast, but the sample size of last year is much larger than this year.
Nah Simmons sucked last year. This thread is evidence of that. OP created it after a good game, but by and large, it's full of Simmons being terrible.
He really need a good coach with a firm hand. No shame in getting that money when he could.
Would've been nice to see if he could've developed anymore as a Spur but going for the money was a no-brainer for him.
But he was never good with the Spurs. At least not for a relevant period of time. That's my point.
He had a couple of good playoffs games and that added to all the highlight reel plays, made a team offer him a contract he didn't deserve. Although 6 mils per year wasn't really that much, tbh.
His "career year" wasn't really any good, tbh.
Citing his career year wasn't to imply that he was the next coming of D Wade, but that he was good enough based on that year to stick around a while longer. Whatever's going on this year, idk, but you have guys like Wiggins and Marcus Morris having 12-13 PER years, with negative box minus, and are still fitting in where they can.
Haven't seen him this season, tbh, but the argument was that a guy with those hops will linger around the NBA... there's all sorts of uber athletic guys that are just in the league for winning the genetic lottery...
simmons in t he spurs system he shined.... his one of them cogs patfo finds that only works in the system, when they go off to another team...they are exposed...
anyway how fast the majority forget about him, remember when he shut down defensively on harden in the elimination game kawhi sat out to advance? fkn ungrateful fans
Dunno about that. Last season in Orlando he had his best stats across the board career-wise (with more minutes).
Like I said, I haven't seen him this season, but Orlando might be tanking and he might just be mailing it in.
should do a trade for him, get him back for defensive purposes, as for his offensive game, we all know what he excel in...which is fast break ... he reminds me of sane lance stephensen without the ballhog 1on1 plays...
beats watching patty, forbes, belli chuck up bricks or trying to defend anyone
No Orlando has been winning enough games to not be tanking this early. They are 7th in the eastern conference and currently 9-9, a better record than the Spurs. He has been awful, his percentages are worse than last season and he’s playing less minutes bc Orlandi wants to win... opposite of what you said!
As I mentioned he got a wrist fracture late last season, in fact I don’t know if it’s his shooting hand. I do believe it probably affected him just not having reps over the summer shooting.
It's hard to judge him bc he's with Orlando, remember Dedmon was buried on their bench as well. The system certainly enhanced his game although he didn't really play all that well until the playoffs against a terrible houston defense and he actually played a lot better last year with the magic than this year.
I'd take him back for the sheer defense. He'd be our best perimeter guard
Charles Barkley puts it so aptly: "Deer can run fast and jump high---but they can't play NBA basketball"
that's why he should've stayed. And because he only costs 6 million
Wow, Chuck accurately forecasted Dejounte's first two years of nba basketball.
To be honest that is most rookie NBA players.
The same DJ who broke one off in Houston, in Houston in the WCSF? That DJ?
He was killing it in Cleveland during the regular season as well. Remember that one possession win on the road versus his biggest big bro in the league? How do you think he performed there?
By running fast and leaping high.
Simmons apparently starting to turn things around.
SIMMONS' SPARK
Magic coach Steve Clifford credited Jonathon Simmons for helping the team overcome a slow start with his intensity off the bench in the second quarter. Simmons had two points and three assists in the quarter, giving Orlando its first lead of the game on a lay-up with 23 seconds to go before James knocked down a 3 at the buzzer. "He brought a toughness to our team and the energy level that up until that point we had lacked," Clifford said.
Simmons finished with 10 points, helping the Magic's bench outscore the Lakers 42-21.
http://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401070967
Would probably be better for this team than Marco. Same salary. Even though Simmons has been awful so far perhaps he’s turning his game on after a slow start (perhaps bc of the wrist injury + he’s always been streaky). But glad for him.
Last edited by SAGirl; 11-26-2018 at 09:51 AM.
Can't go there. Simmons sucks, and even though Marco is sucking, there's a lot of reasons to assume he'll be better in the long run once he shooting stabilizes.
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