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Everything Beagle said:
Somebody has opinions about something, I bet.
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I think she is pretty good, better than many of them. Better than Jefferson. But I don't think she is great. So I have no problem with her being moved down. I thought Leger did a pretty good job, but we will see once we hear him all the time. It's a tough gig, and I think we tend to get tired/bored with the same commentary over and over.
 
Everything Beagle said:
This isn’t about “guys with weak defense” and it is certainly not about what that says about a guy’s legacy. This is literally about one guy and one situation.

No team who starts Anfernee Simons will win a championship while he’s starting. Those are the parameters of my statement.

I like the guy too. But he is not a championship level starter.
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If Avery Johnson and Mario Chalmers can do it, Ant can do it.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I think she is pretty good, better than many of them. Better than Jefferson. But I don't think she is great. So I have no problem with her being moved down. I thought Leger did a pretty good job, but we will see once we hear him all the time. It's a tough gig, and I think we tend to get tired/bored with the same commentary over and over.
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I think they all kinda suck.

I like the play by play for the most part, but the color commentators are all very boring.
 
KingSpeed said:
If Avery Johnson and Mario Chalmers can do it, Ant can do it.
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You just listed two guys who are very good defenders when you were comparing them to Ant.

Both of those guys were far superior basketball players to what Ant has shown thus far in his career.

Ant will have to drastically improve on the defensive side of the ball if he ever wants to be on their level.

And if he does that then I will be incredibly happy for him. And if he did that then maybe he could luck into one of those situations. That would be awesome.
 
Phatguysrule said:
You just listed two guys who are very good defenders when you were comparing them to Ant.

Both of those guys were far superior basketball players to what Ant has shown thus far in his career.

Ant will have to drastically improve on the defensive side of the ball if he ever wants to be on their level.

And if he does that then I will be incredibly happy for him. And if he did that then maybe he could luck into one of those situations. That would be awesome.
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Have DRob and Duncan on his team and Ant would also look like a good defender. Same with playing with LeBron, Bosh, and Battier. Ant would look good playing with them too.
 
KingSpeed said:
Have DRob and Duncan on his team and Ant would also look like a good defender. Same with playing with LeBron, Bosh, and Battier. Ant would look good playing with them too.
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Not the way he plays defense now. Maybe they would force him to play better defense. But he simply hasn't done the job on the defensive side of the ball.

Also, those guys were completely different than Ant in that they were complimentary players who made their teammates better.

Not Ant at all.

I'm sorry, but Ant would have to completely change his game to fit with any of those players.

He's just not good enough at the right things.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Not the way he plays defense now. Maybe they would force him to play better defense. But he simply hasn't done the job on the defensive side of the ball.

Also, those guys were completely different than Ant in that they were complimentary players who made their teammates better.

Not Ant at all.

I'm sorry, but Ant would have to completely change his game to fit with any of those players.

He's just not good enough at the right things.
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Ridiculous. Defense is a team effort. Spo and Pop would’ve made it work with Simons . Avery and Mario aren’t spectacular individual talents/defenders. They just happened to play on great defensive teams.
 
KingSpeed said:
Ridiculous. Defense is a team effort. Spo and Pop would’ve made it work with Simons . Avery and Mario aren’t spectacular individual talents/defenders. They just happened to play on great defensive teams.
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Defense is not only a team effort. They were good defenders on all the teams they played on. I didn't say spectacular. I said good. They were respected as quality defenders.

Ant has never been a good defender. Not even "not bad" or "meh".

They both also played a very "unselfish" and complimentary style of offense. Either acting as a distributor/floor general, or as an off the ball 3pt threat while the stars dominated the ball.

Ant doesn't fit any of that. If he did we could have probably kept him.

He may decide to transform himself into a more valuable player. That would be cool. But guys don't typically do that after 7 or 8 seasons in the league.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Defense is not only a team effort. They were good defenders on all the teams they played on. I didn't say spectacular. I said good. They were respected as quality defenders.

Ant has never been a good defender. Not even "not bad" or "meh".

They both also played a very "unselfish" and complimentary style of offense. Either acting as a distributor/floor general, or as an off the ball 3pt threat while the stars dominated the ball.

Ant doesn't fit any of that. If he did we could have probably kept him.

He may decide to transform himself into a more valuable player. That would be cool. But guys don't typically do that after 7 or 8 seasons in the league.
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yeah, that's the rub: Simons is 26, has played 7 seasons and over 400 games. And in that span, he has pretty clearly been one of the very worst defenders in the league. In 2021-22, when the Blazers were dead last in the NBA in defense, Simons was dead last on the Blazers in defensive rating (4 points worse than the team) and last among rotation players in DBPM.

The following season when the Blazers were 27th in defense, Simons was again dead last in defensive rating, and again, was 4 points worse than the team; and if Kevin Knox hadn't been on the team, Simons would have been dead last in DBPM. In 2023-24, when the Blazers had climbed up to 23rd in defense, again Simons was dead last in def rating 4 points worse than the team. And dead last, again, in DBPM. Finally, last season when the Blazers had advanced to 16th in defense, guess who was dead last in defense on the team with a mark more than 4 points worse than the team. The trend is established

I've watched him on defense and it's not just a matter of effort. He has weak lateral mobility, poor awareness, and slow reactions. It's a contract year for him so you can probably expect solid effort all season, but effort isn't going to offset significant limitations
 


Any interest? Seems like a solid reclamation project?
 
Kell said:


Any interest? Seems like a solid reclamation project?
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I'd really like to give him an opportunity.
Given the proximity to the tax line and a full-roster, he would need to agree to a 2-way contract. If so, sign him up.
 
Everything Beagle said:
Asking my 12-year old who’s been to cooking camp once to rate Michelin Star Chefs
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Klay has played against some of the best in the league though. In playoffs, in the finals. Playing against Curry more than anyone in the league. Now playing against Kyrie in practices. I think his opinion is more than valid.

I’m sure he’s not the only NBA player which would say that. Kyrie is somehow still underrated.
 
PDXFonz said:
Klay has played against some of the best in the league though. In playoffs, in the finals. Playing against Curry more than anyone in the league. Now playing against Kyrie in practices. I think his opinion is more than valid.

I’m sure he’s not the only NBA player which would say that. Kyrie is somehow still underrated.
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Kyrie is near the best in the league offensively. Problem is, like Dame is his defense, or lack thereof.
 
BigGameDamian said:
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and now Nurkic joins Kanter/Freedom as ex-Blazer C's saying a lot of cringy things
 
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