[Russillo] 76ers waiting on Rockets for Simmons / Harden deal; also PJ Tucker wants out

Do you actually think it was about a set number of "opportunities"?

He wanted the offense ran through him like in Orlando.

 

Absolutely wrong.

 

We’re thinking very limited with Simmons. We’re imagining him playing primary playmaker role with tons of pnr action and isolation plays. Ultimately if his shots not fixed that role likely won’t be his since his shooting is so poor. I’d bet his pnr ppp aren’t the best with the way defenses would be able to sag and Go under screens. If you’re getting him for offensive output he’d probably be better off as the pnr roll man since he could make every read on the court with accurate passing. He should also be in the dunkers spot/leading the o in transition/pivoting the offense out of its main action. IMP he’s your maxed out draymond. Nothing to sneeze at.

you’d fill the role of shut down defender secondary creator and offer your team very flexible line ups. You would need a completely new team around him though but it’svery likely you find guys able to play with him since you’re not looking for premier 3/D guys with size which is near impossible to find

 

https://www.thedreamshake.com/2017/...s-still-complaining-about-the-houston-rockets

"I haven't had a system where I can be who I am since I was in Orlando. The fact that I played with a Kobe [Bryant], a James [Harden], and they were ball-dominant, affected me. But I've been in this system before, and I know how dominant I can be. I think I'm smarter now, and that is going to allow me to use my quickness and explosiveness in a better way."


"Teams wanted me to do different things than they promised me when I went to choose them. In Atlanta, I was going to be involved in the offense. Then, toward the end of the season, it turned into, 'Hey, we just got you for defense and rebounds.'

"What people don't understand from the outside is that, 'Oh, he isn't getting shots so his game is declining,' and that always goes back to opportunity and system. Players thrive with an opportunity and system.

"I have always thought: All I have to do is win. I thought the situation in Houston was going to be great. But that last year just wasn't there. We started out super good here in Atlanta, and I thought, 'This is it. It's all about to change.' And then, it didn't."

 

Yep, you're incorrect about the usage Dwight wanted here.

Look at it this way. If the Rockets wanted to limit his post opportunities, why would his stance be "I want to be the cornerstone of the offense"? That doesn't make any sense at all.

 

This is the worst thing I have ever heard in my life, Are you really saying a player has to be babied so much that the team needs to feed him wasted possessions on offense just for him to be engaged on defense. Also how is that Harden sacrificing 5 possessions, giving Dwight more post ups is sacrificing the whole team's offense.

Could you imagine PJ Tucker demands that he gets to do 5 step back 3's a game, but don't worry his defense will compensate for that.

 

ok.

 

Id try to snag as many picks instead of rotation players as possible. Embiid isn’t exactly known to stay in the best shape. Plus he’s a big with history of lower extremity injury. Unprotected future firsts on a team with possible injury concerns after you deplete their cap space and draft capital could spell a huge boon for us.

 

What most people aren’t mentioning tho is the SIZE we could possibly have with also being playmakers.

A lineup of

Wall
Thybulle
Simmons
Wood
Cousins

Lots of SIZE

 

Yeah ok Woj whatever you say smh.

 

The Rockets literally surrounded Harden with plus defenders so he wouldn't have to play defense. Why? Because the opinion was that his offense would compensate for his lack of defense.

Because Harden runs the offense and does what he wants.

No, because Dwight's defense was on an entirely different level than Tucker's.

 

No feelings at all, actually.

I have liked a lot of your posts but this is one topic that further discussion would be meritless.

Just fact.

 

#Soon

 

Remember this?

@Deuce likens it to Cousins>Wood but it would more closely resemble Simmons>Wood.

Josh Smith was one of the comparables to Ben Simmons when he came out of college.

 

I have no issue with you, you are just more invested in certain things than I am.

 

I honestly don't follow your logic here. Harden has never demanded that he should do randomly detrimental things on defense. He might have been an average defender, but it is what it is.

Dwight getting more post ups is quite literally sabotaging the offense on purpose. I also fail to see how that has anything to do with his defense. Dwight has never stopped playing engaged defense because he didn't get post touches like you implied.

I don't know how you can pin this on Harden, when everyone and their mother knows Dwight postups at that age in that year was a clearly an inefficient way of playing basketball. Let me ask you this, After Dwight was traded from Houston, did any team in the league give him any post up opportunities for his supposed elite defense, or did he get booted from multiple teams and decided to become a defense/rebounder only center with no post ups for the Lakers.

 

Ｗell, if he can't shoot, he's pretty much Capela who can dribble and pass, or a bigger and less athletic Westbrook who has a brain.

 

The bottomline is there isn't another player out there to build around that is as good as Simmons. Your happiness is your own issue.