GET BEN SIMMONS PRITCHARD !!!!

[imawhat]

Almost 50% of his shots on those highlights are jumpers, just because he is shooting them with one hand and 5 feet or so away from basket doesn't mean they are not jumpers

LOL!

*edit*-wrote something, but this is funny on its own merit.

[vnzla81]

Sorry to the trolls but if your guy is Myles Softner I'm not taking any of your input seriously


Talk to me when you get off the Softner Republic services truck

[PacerDude]

ᴅᴜʙ on Twitter: "Damn, #BenSimmons couldn’t even hit the water… https://t.co/a3bwLOxDYZ" / Twitter

[NuffSaid]

Yes I know the guy is not perfect but if there was a time to take a chance on a guy like him that time is right now, there is also the thing that if he was perfect he wouldn't be available

24 years old healthy stars don't come available that often so here is the chance for Pacers to make some noise happen, so get Ben Simmons Pritchard !!!

Oh, sure....The Pacers mgmt would just have to absurb his $146.5M contract from 2021/22 thru 2024/25 where the lowest he gets paid is $33M for 2021/22 alone. Now, there is a silver lining here. The Pacers only have three players under guaranteed contracts thru 2022/23 (Brogdon, Turner and JHola) and one thru 2023/24Sabonis). for a combined $64.8M. They'd be paying four players over 4-years the equivalent of half of what they'd be paying one player under his current contract (through 2025) for 2-years!

Yeah, the Pacers are cheap but they are crazy!! There's no way Herb Simons would pay that kind of money for one player. He's not going to absorb a $146.5M contract. Hell, he won't even accept paying half of that for one player. Forget about it!

[dal9]

^ it doesn't sound like the Australian National Team was all that impressed, because they just cut his azz

[vnzla81]

dude you are QAnon level at this point...give me a minute and second where he shoots a ****ing jumper

Almost 50% of his shots on those highlights are jumpers, just because he is shooting them with one hand and 5 feet or so away from basket doesn't mean they are not jumpers, I mean he even shoots one and banks it.


There is also the fact he scored 42 points without shooting a 3 that s*** is amazing and very hard to do.

[dal9]

I admire the trolling and still refuses to watch a 5 minutes video.

dude you are QAnon level at this point...give me a minute and second where he shoots a ****ing jumper

[vnzla81]

Get him before he gets better you clowns!!!!

[vnzla81]

i wouldn't even say that, because (is this thing on?) he does not shoot a single jumper in getting to 42

I admire the trolling and still refuses to watch a 5 minutes video.

[dal9]

Showing some video highlight of Ben Simmons showing him score 42 points isn't going to go very far to convince people with legit concerns about Simmons. There's an entire Playoff series that just finished that shows the complete opposite of these highlights while showing that he has a lot of glaring offensive weaknesses that cannot be ignored.

i wouldn't even say that, because (is this thing on?) he does not shoot a single jumper in getting to 42

[dal9]

Doc River's can't coach sh@t

he is well known as one of the worst free throw coaches in the usa

[Eleazar]

Y'all are talking about how Ben is a LeVert or Brogdon level player without understanding how good Ben is in on D. The dude was 1st team all NBA defensive... plus the guy has amazing court vision. He is a 6'11" point guard... I mean come on... Of course you trade for him if he is available. He has a bad jumper and free throw problems. That can be improved. If he develops a jump shot he becomes a HOF.

I don't care how good he is on defense, in the modern NBA if you are a PG you have to be able to shoot beyond 10ft and be respectable from the free throw line.

[Rogco]

Forget all about it people. Philly has a 'plan'.

Philadelphia 76ers have plan to address Ben Simmons' shooting woes, Doc Rivers says (espn.com)



Yup - Ben's gonna be a 60/50/95 guy next season.

Doc River's can't coach sh@t

[Rogco]

Fine...let's keep with the pipe dreams of trading for an elite player or picking one in the draft. At the end of day, I can't seem him making the team WORSE.

Simmons isn't an elite player, he's just paid like one. The most important skill in the NBA is still shooting. You can't be a PG, or damn near any position, and be a complete non-threat from more than 10 feet. He's 5 of 34 from 3 in 9326 minutes of basketball, and he misses free throws at an elite level. The funny thing is the people calling for Simmons are the ones who would crucify him the most for being, well, Ben Simmons.

[CableKC]

Can you at least watch the video before trying to troll? guy makes at least a couple of jumpers in the first minute of the video.

Showing some video highlight of Ben Simmons showing him score 42 points isn't going to go very far to convince people with legit concerns about Simmons. There's an entire Playoff series that just finished that shows the complete opposite of these highlights while showing that he has a lot of glaring offensive weaknesses that cannot be ignored.

That being said, I will default to my initial post. I agree with most of what you have said. The Pacers have to gamble in order to improve this Team and one of the key things that the Pacers have to fix is not having a floor general to run the offense through.

If it costs the Pacers Myles ( or Brogdon ) + Lamb + Justin ( and maybe even Aaron ) while getting back Philly's 1st along with Simmons? I'd strongly consider it.

Anything more? Pass.