Simons isn’t ready

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  1. wizenheimer

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    I was ready to drink at 16. I got better at it by the time I was Simons age. I was an all-star in my prime. At least I thought I was until I traveled around for a month with some guys from Australia. Then I spent some time in Alaska. Talk about drinking superstars
     
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    wizenheimer, Dec 6, 2019
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    I come from a long line of Irish pub owners and bartenders....we own the title!
     
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    Blazers over the past ten games:
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    We are getting outscored badly with him on the court, let's just say that.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Let's just say that the team is being outscored badly when they play basketball.
     
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    As long as Dame and CJ is here he never start here as long as those 2 don't have a injury. But also Olshey construct his team to give Stotts no choice but to play him. That why you won't see another PG.
     
    James lamphear, Dec 14, 2019
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    It’s become apparent that the team as a whole isn’t ready, so whether Simons is ready or not has become irrelevant.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 14, 2019
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    He sure isn’t. I was high on him early in the season and now I don’t know what I was thinking.
     
    AldoTrapani, Dec 14, 2019
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    Well said. I was huge on him as well and now cringe every time he shoots. He’s nothing like we hoped he’d be
     
    AldoTrapani, Dec 14, 2019
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    Maybe you were high?
     
    HailBlazers, Dec 14, 2019
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    His overall shooting percentage is not is the “low 30s”. Were you reading your own post? Does that not seem wrong?

    I’m going to consider this trolling instead of wasting time looking up the current stats.
     
    blazerfan11, Dec 14, 2019
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    Yea I must have been your right because he’s trash
     
    AldoTrapani, Dec 15, 2019
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    I think its very apparent that he’s not ready but he’s not trash.
     
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    ANOTHER REASON TO FIRE STOTTS!!!! A good coach would've switched to Soccer ages ago
     

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    I'm not opposed to firing stotts, but this is just another case of you cherry picking stats to back up your weird obsession with certain players.

    There's a theory that you shouldn't compare players who are of different ages, as though they are the same. I.e., Thybulle is 27 months older than Simons.

    He had 4 years of college basketball to mature into his game, Simons didn't.
     
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    Simons is terrible. His basketball IQ is non-existent. He basically just hucks up shots with no regard and he’s totally lost on defense at all times. People are just so mesmerized by his athleticism and raw talent that they excuse this.

    I can’t believe people were seriously suggesting starting him over CJ just bc he went on a hot shooting streak for like 10 games. He needs at least 2 more years before he is even going to be a net positive.
     
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    I think the title of this thread says it all: Simons isn't ready...and it's killing me (and the team imo).
     
    Propagandist, Dec 15, 2019
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    Don't you call my obsessions weird. What's weird is caring about throwing a leather sphere through a metal ring while the world burns.
     
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    This is very harsh but there is an uncomfortable kernel of truth to it.
     
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    Thank you! I was excited about him but I’d trade him for anything at this point
     
    AldoTrapani, Dec 15, 2019
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    I agree he's not ready... but he is ready to get ready! Go Antsy!!
     
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