Is Simons being hardcore disrespected?

Yep. While I agree with @SlyPokerDog and wish Simons all the best.
I hardly think he has been (cough cough $30 million a year) disrespected.
Dude gets to play ball for millions and if he quit today he’s set for life.
Pretty good for playing hoops and never having to lock anyone down on defense.

 

Seems like a PR nightmare for a player to answer a question like that. Surprised he didn't just walk away and say no thank you. Extremely inappropriate and crude question and this is coming from ME

 

The whole "he sucks at defense" thing is really tired and actually shows you don't really know a lot about basketball. Everyone says Dame sucks at defense, too. When compared to a Jrue Holiday or TJ McConnell or Amen Thompson, sure! Correct answer! Guess what? Players who are elite and offense or capable of hitting 6-8 threes in a quarter or scoring 22 in a quarter are doing that BECAUSE they don't play hard defense. You can't have both. Fact. You only have so much motor and defensive play takes a lot out of you, as does offensive play.

Now, should Anfernee give more on defense and take his foot off the gas on offense a little? Well, sure. Would he be a better player if he was more well-rounded? Absolutely. He's not as bad as people make him out to be as a defender. His scoring ability makes up for those deficiencies.

All the armchair aficionados and La-Z-boy Larry Bird's expect too much and think they know everything. If Simons is going to be a torch on offense, he can't also be a torch on defense. Yes, he can and should get better at defense and will if he has the drive to do it.

 

Now ya gonna go all “Kjironman doesn’t know basketball “ after absolutely misreading my post.

Okay dude. Have a nice day.

 

I don't think simons will play a game for the celtics but if he did it would be funny to see the narrative change around him because of the prestige halo that surrounds everything boston.

 

Like Simons, but half of the league would like to be disrespected if it was while making his salary.

 

Don’t worry sly. Not worth my time. He’s gotta learn and I’m fine with that.

Oh and yes you are still a cat lover and we all know it.

 

Yes, you're definitely right. I worded that poorly and realize that was unnecessarily also in an insulting way. Appreciate the call out, I guess I can tend to forget that these are more than just words on a screen and real people are behind them.

 

Just remember I will insult Slypokerdog any time you want. For a fee.

 

Hey, I want to sincerely apologize for that. It was rather uncalled for, harsh and unfair. I seriously and very much feel like a heel for saying that to you. I need to think more about how my words sound and there was no reason to include the line about not knowing anything about basketball. I'm actually a nice guy and shouldn't post like that. Will definitely work on that. Sorry to everyone.

 

I still will charge you a fee to insult Slypokerdog.
We’re good bro,
My point stands. I don’t feel he’s got much to worry about as far as being disrespected.
If so? Turn that into motivation and have a huge year this year.

 

He’s the 68th highest paid player in the league next season. That’s about right.

 

Haha, I don't know what to say to that.

And that's good to hear!

Yes, Simons should go out and have a breakout year. Would be nice to see that, for sure. I have seen articles where Brad Stevens spoke highly of him.

 

Michael Jordan says hello. So does The Black Mamba.
I believe Tim Duncan won a scoring title and defensive player of the year in the same year as well.

 

Kawhi? Kobe? MJ? Paul George? Duncan? Pippin? Drexler? Walton? Bird? Shit, the list just goes on and on. And Simons isn't in the same conversation on either offense or defense as those guys.

Dame has never been as bad on defense as Simons is. And Dame is immeasurably better on the offensive end.

But Simons needs the ball in his hands to be effective. He doesn't play well offensively off the ball and he doesn't make teammates better when he dominates the ball.

He's a nice kid. But he should not be a featured player on a professional basketball team. And he's not good enough at other aspects of basketball to be a plus player without dominating the ball.

I hope he makes that switch. He definitely has the athletic ability. I assume when he's being paid by his 4th or 5th team it'll sink in. I hope so.

 

That must be why teams are falling all over themselves to trade for him.

 

He's got tools to be a very good 6th man. Simons is a very good piece to have. Probably a bit expensive. He's also really good on a personal level so it seems. Boston might be the perfect place for him this year.

 

Yeah, he seems like a really good guy. I hope he finds a good home where he's able to thrive.

He certainly has skill and ability.