Windhorst: Houston, Cleveland possible Ben Simmons locations after buyout

This was hilarious!

 

Still worth a look. We got nothing to lose. Definition of low risk high reward.

 

I hope Marcus Smart is on the list. Ime seems to like him and his shooting isn't horrendous. Backup point guard depth

 

Interesting strategy by Stone: Corner the market on guys who are hesitant to shoot from 3.

 

Why not? The Rockets are where fragile egos get repaired and flourish. See KPJ.

 

Marcus Smart isn’t a buyout candidate this season as he is under contract for 21 million in 2025-2026.

 

3% never goes down if you don't shoot it (but isn't Simmons at 0% for the season anyway??)



Looked it up 5-36 over his career... no attempts for past 2 seasons

 

I hate Floppus Snart


Rocket River

 

To be fair, as far as I know, Simmons isn't violent, he's just soft/lazy

So at least there should be 100% fewer bowls of soup thrown at people and girlfriends attacked in hotels

 

I don’t know how coveted Brogdon would be across the NBA as a buyout option, but he is an upgrade on Aaron Holiday as the Rockets’ backup point guard.

 

Financial low risk, cultural medium risk. Non-availbility high risk. (which for backups or bench is still important: we see it this year when Tari can't play b2b, or Adams being out on certain days).

Nets beat us twice, if Simmons made an impression, I might sing a different tune. He played in the first game (20+ min) but 2nd worse +/- on his squad for their win. Didn't played in the second game.


There has to be better options out there.

 

ok by me; Ime worked with him previously, gotta trust that.

 

Yea, he's a good guy AFAIK. I was more referring to mental health...

https://www.si.com/nba/nets/news/ben-simmons-opens-up-about-mental-health-struggle-on-76ers

 

Single game +/-, etc etc

He's actually averaging 7 assists in 25mpg (10 per 36 minutes) so he immediately becomes the best passer on the team--when available.

I mean, I would expect him to miss games, but anything to take some of the load off of FVV is welcome IMO.

 

I see we’re currently going through the 5 stages of grief…

I’ll never reach acceptance when it comes to the likes of Ben Simmons

 

Great idea. Let’s add another player who can’t shoot.

 

We could field an amazingly inefficent shooting bench if we add Simmons.

Simmons
Tate
Amen
Tari
Adams

10 players inside the arc, amaaaazing

 

KPJ is far from repaired. Kid is lucky that he is not in prison.