Ben Simmons Ceiling: its not Lebron

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He plays like a stronger/bigger Lamar Odom with better passing skills
idk about better passing skills cuz Odom was an amazing passer.

but he is pretty much Lamar Odom with more upside.
 

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If you think Ben plays like Blake you haven't watched Ben at all :mjlol: dude is playing POINT GUARD. Not that "point forward" stuff it's legitimately point guard.

Ben is closest to Magic :yeshrug:

Rookie Simmons per 100 possessions:
22.4ppg, 13.6rpg, 10.1apg, 4.4topg

Rookie Magic per 100 possessions:
22.9ppg, 9.8rpg, 9.3apg, 5topg


Ben Simmons: 36.1 AST%, 14.9TRB%, 16.3 TOV%
Rookie Magic Johnson: 25.2 AST%, 11.6TRB%, 20.9 TOV%

Ben's done it against all good teams so far - Washington, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, and Houston. He's just getting his feet wet and dominating legitimate competition.

Is Ben the next Magic Johnson? :whoa: I'm not saying that. The Blake comp makes no sense though, and Magic is his best stylistic comparison stylistically and right now in terms of production too.






















But yeah, he's the next Magic :youngsabo::troll:
 

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Only issue I've had with Ben is the sissy finishing. He fixes that and he's ok in my book. He's gonna be :trash: in crunch time just like a lot of these other point forward types who can't shoot but it is what it is with that.
 

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Finishing is not something you "refine." Its all mentality which is hard to change.
Tell that to Giannis :mjlol:
Within 3ft of the rim, Giannis has gone year by year from 57.3% --> 64.6% --> 68.4%, --> 70.9% --> 83.3%
LeBron was 60.4% within 3ft of the rim his rookie year, next year was 72.5% and is a career 73% now.

Ben Simmons is already 66.7% so far
 
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