Holmes era duda para el partido vs Jazz, no recuerdo qué le pasaba, nada importante. Amir hizo un muy buen partido y parece que le está ganando la partida, pero imagino que Holmes tendrá minutos cuando salga Amir y no esté acertado, pero de momento vamos tirando.Number one escribió:Victoria cómoda de principio a fin.
¿Lo de Holmes es decisión técnica? Es raro que no salga siquiera con todo ya decidido.
Muy bien Simmons, Embiid y McConnell.
El que me sobra totalmente es Bayless.
Stauskas sigue lesionado, lleva ya más de dos semanas y no dan más información más allá de que es una esguince de tobillo, no hay fecha de vueltathecrossover escribió: Bayless no mete ni una ultimamente, sigo sin entender porque BB no mete a Stauskas aunque sea por probar cuando el partido estaba ya ganado.
Ahhh vale, es que me sonaba de verlo con chándal el día de Utah..sixer escribió:Stauskas sigue lesionado, lleva ya más de dos semanas y no dan más información más allá de que es una esguince de tobillo, no hay fecha de vueltathecrossover escribió: Bayless no mete ni una ultimamente, sigo sin entender porque BB no mete a Stauskas aunque sea por probar cuando el partido estaba ya ganado.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2152 ... immons-nba1. Ben Simmons, freight train
Simmons understands his physical advantages -- the uniqueness of someone so huge being able to dribble and move so fast. He can take elite wing defenders one-on-one without a screen, and without even really beating them off the bounce:
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That's Andre Iguodala -- all-time stopper, NBA Finals MVP, one of the only players who can at least make LeBron James acknowledge the humanity of the person defending him. Simmons just plows through Iguodala. When people say they see something of LeBron in Simmons, this is it -- this undeniable freight train element, combined with unteachable two-steps-ahead vision. Unless you have one of the rare wings with power forward size -- or a power forward quick enough to defend wings -- you have to send help.
He is especially LeBron-y in transition. Even when a good defender is in front of him, the other four see Simmons barreling to the rim, panic and converge -- leaving shooters open everywhere. Only the very best fast-break conductors inspire that kind of terror: Russell Westbrook, James Harden, John Wall, LeBron and maybe a couple of others.
Simmons is shooting 71 percent on transition chances, ninth among 156 players who have finished at least 20 fast breaks so far -- and, fittingly, just one spot behind LeBron, according to Synergy Sports. Philly's bizarro super-big starting lineup -- Simmons, J.J. Redick, Robert "Bob" Covington, Dario Saric and Joel Embiid -- is an absolute matchup nightmare. It is unconventional to the point of disruption.
Simmons can guard all five positions, but only one or two guys on the other team have any chance guarding him. If Simmons defends someone else -- say, a point guard -- and Philly gets a stop, the five guys on the other team run around pointing with alarmed looks on their faces trying to normalize the matchups. If they don't, Simmons, Saric or Embiid bulldozes a mismatch in the post.
That group has outscored opponents by an absurd 29 points per 100 possessions, the best mark among all 68 five-man groups that have logged at least 50 minutes, per NBA.com. It is filled with smart passers, and Saric has improved his 3-point shot. Philly has blitzed teams by about 13 points per 100 possessions when both Simmons and Embiid are on the floor, per NBA.com.
They have been vulnerable when one of them rests -- and really whenever Embiid is off the floor -- but Brett Brown is smartly staggering minutes so that they rarely rest together.
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Philly is 10-7 after a murderous, road-heavy schedule. That is better than they expected. They should -- at minimum -- stay in the playoff race all season, provided good health and some confirmation that Markelle Fultz still exists.
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