PAOerfulone said:
Ok, so here's my question? Why the Hell doesn't he just shoot right-handed from the start? If it were that simple, he would've done it a LONG time ago and this wouldn't be an issue. Like I said, this goes beyond just a proper shooting form or shooting motion. It's mental. He just does not want to shoot the ball. With EITHER hand. It's an internal issue with him. Either because he's scared or he simply just doesn't want to, he will not shoot the ball. Which leads to me to your second point and that a trade with to the Warriors may actually the best option for Simmons. Putting Simmons on the court with Andrew Wiggins, a returning Klay Thompson, and Stephen Curry would be the very ideal place for him, because those three guys would be the primary scoring options, and they'd have some second unit guys like Oubre (if they resign him) and Wismen (2nd year, still developing) who could be 4th or 5th options. And Simmons can just be a younger, taller, more athletic version of Draymond and just pass the ball, run the offense, and play elite defense. Just have him bulk up a bit, move him to Power Forward (Point Forward, really) and Golden State will be right back to being a serious title contender. However, I'm not sure if that trade will benefit the 76ers. Draymond has the championship and big game experience for sure. But he's not the player he once was. He's lost a step, he's almost as unreliable shooting the ball as Simmons is. Which is a bad thing because on the Sixers, he'd be asked to score and shoot more than he is with the Warriors. And I don't think he'd give them what they are looking for in return for Simmons. If this were the Draymond Green of 2016-2018, then yes, absolutely they should make that trade. But the Draymond Green of 2021? I don't think so. The Sixers need a true superstar/partner-in-crime for Embiid who can take some of the pressure off him. Because the other big problem, outside of Simmons' shooting, that they have is that when Embiid is hurting or struggling, they have no consistently reliable #2 option. Seth Curry and Tobias Harris are great weapons to have and they'll give you something here and there (like they did in this series), but neither of them are THAT guy who can do it game in and game out, like say... Damian Lillard. That's why I suggested Portland as a possible trading partner and trying to make a packaged deal with Simmons that could possibly bring Lillard to Philly. Because, Lillard and Embiid on the same team as a 1-2 punch? That'd be a nightmare for any team to try to stop in the 4th quarter. |
