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We just gonna have to disagree on Simmons.

 

thats fine but am not wrong bout this team being one of the worse offense in the league and bottom 3 at 3pt shooting, Ben wont fix ANY of that problem especially with Vogel lack of offense creativity

 

Looking at Ben Simmons as a Laker.

The Good:
-Insane defensive lineup with Simmons, KCP, Caruso, Lebron and AD
-Nightmare in transition with Simmons and Lebron
-Possible Lebron replacement who could learn from one of the best in the game

The Bad:
-Woeful shooter. Bad shooter all around
-Mentally weak. Zero confidence in his ability to shoot the basketball and make championship winning plays
-Spacing would be a nightmare. Would need a 3pt shooting big like Olynyk and a sharpshooter guard to play alongside him

If we were to put together a package of Kuz and sign and trade Shroder, I think the Sixers jump at it.

 

I don't know where anyone was saying Ben will solve our 3 pt shooting issues. Since your saying Vogel has no offensive creativity, why would it matter if we have 3 point shooters?? Our players missed numerous open 3s, that is not on Vogel.

 

nope but will do more good than Ben thats for dam sure oh and he'll do wonders for our ft shooting % lol

 

Hard to imagine how the Lakers would come up with a package for him.

 

Westbrook is at 44 million next season then 47 million as a player option in 22. That's a lot of cash.

 

because offense is our problem not defense n ben doesnt help much with spacing, i wouldn't trade for Ben even if it was possible

 

Ben makes ZERO sense. Just stop.

 

we need shooting above all else and people talking about signing the worst shooter in the league and pay him a max contract.

put down the crack pipe.

 

I can't believe some of you want Ben Simmons when our glaring weakness is shooting.

Sure, let's double down on our horrible offense by bringing in a guy that is scared to shoot more than 4 times in a pivotal Game 7. He'll also occupy 1/3 of our salary cap, so we lose any flexibility moving forward, but hey, maybe Bron can fix his shooting yips in 2-3 years just in time for Bronny to join the Lakers. We'll throw away our title hopes but at least we'll have the #1 defense in the league.... even though we are #1 already. Makes total sense.

 

We need scorers not shooters. Folks fall in love with three point percentage like it's some magic formula. I'd rather have a guy that can get buckets period over one that relies mostly on his three pointer to score.

 

And Simmons is a scorer? That's a first.

 

I'm talking general philosophy on the game period. Specifically on Simmons, I would value his skill set over KCP, Matthews and Kuzma all day every day. Of course those three wouldn't be enough to trade for him though. We could find "shooters " they are everywhere.

 

but Ben is NEITHER of those things lol

 

I didn't say he was, yet he is still more valuable than all the "shooters " we have on this team put together. Because we have Lebron and AD. We could easily find a couple of "shooters " at the vet minimum.

 

Ben wouldn't do much standing in the corner waiting for bron kick outs