Trade Ben Simmons poll

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What's the most you would give up for Ben Simmons?

  1. CJ + RoCo for Simmons and scrubs

    9.7%
  2. CJ for Simmons

    62.1%
  3. It depends on our new coach

    3.4%
  4. I'm not trading for that bum!

    24.8%
  1. BonesJones

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    I'm talking about offensive fit, and Ben Simmons is a notably worse offensive player than those two.
     
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    Stotts caring if somebody worked on their defense? That's a tough sell.
     
  3. Orion Bailey

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    oh you def. make the cut! ;)
     
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    im confused. I dont get it. Maybe im missing something on my phone?
     
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    Not if CJ were the best defender in the league.

    Yes he doesn’t shoot jump shots but he can still score at a high level which is why people are interested at all.
     
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    Ben is a great scorer who had a bad series.
     
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    Just like Collins, and Leonard!
     
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    If you go to the right there is a video of Fox sports Philadelphia bagging on Simmons and comparing him to a dumpster in a flood that smashes into a bridge. Thanks, fox helping bring Ben to Portland for CJ.
     
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    Ahh i watched but had to watch muted.
     
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    I've thought of a new comparison: think of Simmons as a giant Eric Snow, and Dame is Allen Iverson. And, of course, Larry Brown was Chauncey's mentor...
     
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    People will say that it's a different game now and that the three is so much more important but I actually think having three solid three point shooters on the court gives you enough spacing, if one of your guys who only scores at the hoop can get there on his own and is an athletic slasher. It just so happens Simmons does all of that.

    I don't know for sure if Ben and Nurk would go well together but it's definitely worth trying out. As far as the Dame/Simmons fit... I'm sorry but if you can't see how good those two could be together I don't know what you've been looking at. If you are factoring in the fit with Nurk then I can definitely see it. If you question where Ben's head is at, I can't go there with you but I understand.
     
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    2:14 in this video is the play that makes me love the idea of Simmons on the Blazers. He starts at setting the pick, rolls hard and even tho the defense rotates to clog the middle - his court vision leads and pass leads to an uncontested layup. Now, do that starting further out with Dame initiating the pick and roll. Woof.
     
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    But he's a bum..... if you listen to some of the people here.
     
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    Anyone who says he is a bum is out of their mind, he is a great talent with some real issues which means he might be over-paid or a bad fit on some teams. I think he is a risk well worth taking - because if he works out given that we have Dame on this team... that's like a super-sized version of what Draymond used to be in the early GSW dynasty days with better individual defense.
     
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    A "great" scorer is able to score outside of 3 feet.
     
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    Well, Shaq would probably (and rightly) disagree with that. Ben Simmons is not a great scorer, but he is certainly capable.
     
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    So YOU'RE the "chien Andelusia"! Hope you don't slice up eyeballs.


     
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    isn't Nate Jones a good friend of Dame?
     

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