Wow look at Lillards Face, he can't be Happy that olshey drafted a teenager. Holy fuck he looks angry to mee
Simons combine numbers: https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine...ACH&dir=1&SeasonYear=2018-19&CF=POSITION*E*PG Simons 7.7% body fat 8.75 inch hand length 9.0 inch hand width 6'2.25" height w/o shoes 8'3.5" standing reach 183.2 lb. 6'9.25" wing span Lillard (3 or 4 years older) 5.9% body fat 8.75 inch hand length 9.75 inch hand width 6'1.75" height w/o shoes 7'11.5" standing reach 188.8 lb. 6'7.75" wing span McCollum (3 or 4 years older): 8.6% body fat 8.0 inch hand length 9.5 inch hand width 6'2.25" height w/o shoes 8'0.5" standing reach 197.0 lb. 6'6.25" wing span Simons has a 3" longer standing reach than McCollum who has a 1" on Dame.
From everything I've read, his body has developed late as well, meaning he's probably not done growing.
What a bunch of dumbasses on this forum. See, now it is revealed. Simons to the blazers is part of "God's Plan."
I wasn't really happy with this pick when it was made, and, obviously, it does nothing for us immediately. But I didn't initially like the Collins pick last year. Having had a couple of hours to digest it, I am talking myself into liking it a little. I watched some of his workouts and highlights, read up on him, and there are things about him that remind me of Dame. His shot, his explosiveness at the rim, his willingness to learn and work on his game. I wonder if this choice was made with an eye toward Lillard eventually moving on and having a similar player to step in, someone who hopefully will have had a couple of years to learn from watching Dame. The other thing that jumped out at me is how young he looks. He's got a lot of physical maturing to do, but I wonder if he still grows a couple of inches. A Lillard like player but 6-5 or 6-6, IMO, gives you a lot of reason to use the 24th pick. Granted, the odds he reaches his ceiling are slim. But if you are going to be picking 24th and you can't move it for something, you might as well swing for the fences.
After graduating from high school, in lieu of college, Simons spent a year at the IMG Academy in Florida. Here are IMG alumni. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IMG_Academy_alumni#Basketball Caveat: "Many of the alumni listed below did not attend or graduate IMG academy, but participated in training there." 11 years ago, we drafted Taurean Green from IMG.
Would you prefer we'd taken someone who looks like he's 50? We tried that once: Didn't work out so well. BNM
Well he must be playing on an 8' rim then, because I've never seen a child that can put their forehead on a regulation 10' rim. BNM
Taurean Green went to U. of Florida. So he must be one of the ones who trained a little bit at IMG, and they put him on their list to increase their reputation. Sounds like most on the list did only that, but not Simons.
