Quote Originally Posted by varys View Post
We are getting to the point where philly may not be willing to deal simmons for lebron though. Lbj for all his greatness is pushing 34 while ben is only 20 and is already a jumpshot away from being a legit superstar. If philly thinks he can turn into any kind of threat from behind the arc then im guessing we are looking at one of the first scenarios where a player is completely unavailable, even when lebron is in the mix.

Im not convinced he will ever shoot around league avg or better from deep though since at this point he doesnt even try. Every 3pt attempt he has this season is from beyond half court in a buzzer beater scenario. Even though his vision, passing, and finishing around the rim are already elite, he becomes much less useful in PNRs and is a whole lot easier to gameplan for on defense if you know he is rarely if ever going to pull up.
Yeah, I know Lebron put Philly on his list but I just don't see how him and Simmons play well together. Simmons is useless standing around the 3 point line without the ball, so when Lebron has the ball the choice is either for him to be useless or hang around the basket and clog it up which Lebron doesn't like.