TheGame wrote:Ben Simmons May be shooting with the wrong hand, which is crazy to think could be the case.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YCbsP12CJls?feature=share

From my personal experience as someone who does somethings righty and somethings lefty I think there may be some truth to this. I eat and write left handed and most athletic activities right handed. I shoot right handed but my shot looks more natural and "pretty" when I shoot it lefty.

JesseDark wrote:

TheGame wrote:Ben Simmons May be shooting with the wrong hand, which is crazy to think could be the case.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YCbsP12CJls?feature=share

From my personal experience as someone who does somethings righty and somethings lefty I think there may be some truth to this. I eat and write left handed and most athletic activities right handed. I shoot right handed but my shot looks more natural and "pretty" when I shoot it lefty.

It is not something that he can change this summer at this point, but he really should look into it for next summer. A summer of 800 shoots a day right-handed might be just what he needs. I always say you should shoot with the hand you write with.

BRIGGS wrote:I think he’s coming back to sixers
His best bet is being very humble no problems and give 110%

He is coming back because he and Rich Paul came to the realization that Philly was not going to budge and he was going to lose $360k per game. So apparently there is some number for which he can swallow his pride. He blew this whole thing out of portion due to hurt feelings when he could have just used it as motivation to improve his shooting confidence and prove the doubters wrong. Now the interesting thing to see is whether he is just coming back to stop being fined and will immediately try to fake an injury. I would hope he would just take the attitude that he will play hard for the team until Philly tells him he is not part of the team, but who knows. This saga is not over, and it still could get real ugly.

TheGame wrote:

JesseDark wrote:

TheGame wrote:Ben Simmons May be shooting with the wrong hand, which is crazy to think could be the case.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YCbsP12CJls?feature=share

From my personal experience as someone who does somethings righty and somethings lefty I think there may be some truth to this. I eat and write left handed and most athletic activities right handed. I shoot right handed but my shot looks more natural and "pretty" when I shoot it lefty.

It is not something that he can change this summer at this point, but he really should look into it for next summer. A summer of 800 shoots a day right-handed might be just what he needs. I always say you should shoot with the hand you write with.

He was clearly pandered to as an amateur player, as nobody seemed to be concerned that he couldn't shoot, as long as he could used his physical superiority to overwhelm lesser athletes.

With a jump shot, even just an average or slightly above average one, he could be a generational talent, but so far, it seems he hasn't put in the work.

Look at the jump RJ made from year 1 to year 2...He was a 3 pt liability as a rookie, but shot 40% last year, and seems to have maintained his touch this year.

LeBron also worked on his shooting every year, knowing it was a weakness had to fix.

Whether he is a righty or lefty, it appears he hasn't done enough to address his shooting shortcoming, and now he is facing that fact.

BRIGGS wrote:I think he’s coming back to sixers
His best bet is being very humble no problems and give 110%

Simmons right now...

MaTT4281 wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:I think he’s coming back to sixers
His best bet is being very humble no problems and give 110%

I actually wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t play a game at all this season unless the Suxers take a massive risk and trade him to the Nuts for Irving. At least Irving has a shorter contract. This wouldn’t necessarily make the Nets better either. Whoever is guarding Simmons can collapse in favor of KD or Harden penetrating while keeping an eye out on Ben.

As far as I can see though, this is the only trade for either player. I would be very surprised if either team got someone like Beal or Lillard. There is no way that happens like how ESPN lightly suggested today.

Apparently Ben isn't vaccinated either. Nets would have to deal with the same issues they have with Kyrie with Simmons.

Vax or not.....Nobody has the same issues as Kyrie. Just saying!

Just a curious thought, if the knicks can trade for Simmons on cheap( ridiculously cheap) like Knox and second rounders package only, will you do it? Aside from his mental outlook now the other weakness simmons has is his 3pt shooting. I have this crazy hunch that the knicks might be able to at the very least improve his shooting. I dont think the knicks improved outside shooting the past season is a fluke. The knicks are 1 of the teams that installed a shooting system in their training facility and its being put to good use. Can Simmons benefit from that system paired with the work ethic of Randle and the other young guns?

Knickoftime wrote:

Jimbo5 wrote:The Simmons-76ers situation currently looks ugly on both sides.

Well, it certainly isn't ideal for he Sixers. But let's not play the false equivalency game here.

Sixers have done nothing wrong.

Just a curious thought, if the knicks can trade for Simmons on cheap( ridiculously cheap) like Knox and second rounders package only, will you do it?

Pointless. They can't.

Not only would Philly never do it, the Knicks couldn't even if Philly was willing.

Knicks would have to match his $35m salary, which at this moment in time, they can't do.

CBA rules literally prevent the Knicks from trading for Simmons right now, unless you're down with including Randle?

So True .. The thought of Ben Simmons leadership & D.Rose leadership giving Randle the boost to become an All-Star consecutively

1. Role players and Picks don’t get your there. Bench mark of a good trade is “who got the best player”. Unless your rebuilding. PHilly was the top seed in the east. For all the dysfunction, Simmons is an all star.

2. KP had an ACL, hip, and back issues by age 23. We used the cap space to sign Randle. It turned out we did just fine!

3. It will take. 5 years to know if Rockets did well to trade Harden. They rebuilt.

4. Knicks don’t have an organic trade for Simmons. Could be a three way but I don’t see it.

Jimbo5 wrote:Just a curious thought, if the knicks can trade for Simmons on cheap( ridiculously cheap) like Knox and second rounders package only, will you do it? Aside from his mental outlook now the other weakness simmons has is his 3pt shooting. I have this crazy hunch that the knicks might be able to at the very least improve his shooting. I dont think the knicks improved outside shooting the past season is a fluke. The knicks are 1 of the teams that installed a shooting system in their training facility and its being put to good use. Can Simmons benefit from that system paired with the work ethic of Randle and the other young guns?

So it's the Sixers lack of a work ethic that hasn't allowed poor Benjy to develop a jump shot of any kind, let alone a 3 pointer. Check.
And I'm sure "plane to the gym" is going to be incredibly well-recieved by some oversensitive douche who can't manage to run defensive drills when asked.

Thank God we have the FO we do. Thibs living out his dad's dream. Kemba living out the dream come true.

Simmons a walking nightmare.