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My opinion carries no weight.

More than the OP

He’s the best shooter who’s ever lived and there’s nobody who’s close. He changed the way an entire generation of kids is playing the sport. He’s one of the 10 most important players to ever play in that regard. Yes, he’s an all time great player and I don’t even see how it’s a debate. And he’s probably gonna add to his resume for the next 5 years.

BJ Armstrong is close. Yeah, I know, his were always wide open. How about Glen Rice? Steve Nash. All these guys are close. Over 40%. And then there's Steve Kerr. 45.4%

Mf'ers act like they forgot about Ray.

Now Ben Simmons there someone who's OVERATED

If you don't work on your weak spot (shooting) you're a fugazi. It's embarrassing to be a PG and have the hack a shaq employed against you.

Simmons should be working on his post game, not shooting

Simmons should be working on his post game, not shooting

He’s the best shooter who’s ever lived...He changed the way an entire generation of kids is playing the sport.

This has always concerned me about his game. He's going to encourage future NBA players to take a bunch of crazy shots that he can consistently make, but they can't. Players taking and missing three pointers does not exactly make for exiting basketball.

Simmons should be working on his free throw shooting

He should work on it obviously but generally you are who you are as a FT shooter. There’s virtually zero chance of him becoming an 80% FT shooter. Find other ways to score.

Nah he can get better. Guys like Webber and others were terrible free throw shooters and by the end of their career they were great. Karl Malone too. Free throw shooting is one of the areas guys can improve with practice and repetition.

Neither of those examples rebut my statement. Karl Malone was shooting the same in his 4th season as he did at the end of his career. Similar with Webber but Webber fluctuated like Duncan and Lebron do.

You can improve a bit at FT shooting but generally speaking you’re not gonna become good at it as a pro. It should be practiced, and I’m sure he does practice it, but that’s now the type of skill you want to spend a whole offseason improving because it’s vastly different than real game FT shooting. Ben needs to add another offensive skill set to his game and a post game makes a shitload more sense than jump shooting right now given his other skills and size.

Malone was a better FT shooter his 4th year in the league than his last. Developing a post game is a lot easier as a pro than sustained FT improvement.

He is very good at every other aspect of the game. I can live with him not being able to shoot. When you are 6'11 and defend, rebound, pass and get downhill the way he can shooting is optional. Its not required,.

I don't disagree that he's good at the things you mentioned. But he places his team at a competitive disadvantage due to his lack of willingness to work on his game. Guys can easily sag coverage to guard against his drive and help out on others because he's not a shooting threat. Then at the end of games he's a liability because he's not a shooting threat and you don't want him at the line. Just Kobe it up and shoot 5k free throws or jumpers on your off day or whatever every year. It's not that hard if you have an ounce of commitment to your craft. The basketball community let even Ason Kidd get his J back after he worked on his shot.

How much of a liability can he be if his teams have won 70% of the games that he and Embiid have played together since they have been in the league? Having a hole is one thing but the guy is hardly a liability. My only criticism of him is that he isn't aggressive at times. When he attacks the rim he is unstoppable at times. He just doesn't do it nearly enough and i think the primary reason is that Embiid takes up so much space on that part of the court.

Roster construction is also a huge problem Vegan. They should have found someone else to run backup point for them so that Simmons can move around more. Philly has not had a viable backup to Simmons at any point since he has been in the league. If they did he would be able to play off the ball more. This would help alleviate some of his shooting troubles.