[NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (JAN)

[megapoxy]

Not sure if any team needs a player with his skills, a 10-day contract won't do anything, he needs to be signed till the rest of the season according to Yahoo Sports that published the story. Snell used to be "notorious" for his "zero" stats, had no idea he and his 2 sons are in the spectrum of autism.

Tony Snell needs to sign with an NBA team by Friday in order to compile a 10th year of service for the players association’s retiree benefits program, per @YahooSports

This plan is crucial for his family, including two sons with autism. “It’s something I truly need,” says… pic.twitter.com/8gmeF6mHsy

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) January 31, 2024

 

[Tetsujin]

Ben Simmons appeared to tweak his knee in his first game back against the Jazz, and is now questionable for tonight’s game against the Suns.

(via @TimBontemps) pic.twitter.com/w6tKHYJNIh

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 31, 2024

 

[funkykingston]

Ben Simmons appeared to tweak his knee in his first game back against the Jazz, and is now questionable for tonight’s game against the Suns.

(via @TimBontemps) pic.twitter.com/w6tKHYJNIh

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 31, 2024

I was in favor of potentially dealing Fox for Simmons to pair him with Haliburton. I can't say how glad I am that it never happened.

Wow. I know a lot of it is injuries, but has another player fallen this far, this fast? I mean, there's Derrick Rose going from MVP to role player, but that was a career altering injury. This just seems like a streak of minor ailments and a complete breakdown in confidence.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I was in favor of potentially dealing Fox for Simmons to pair him with Haliburton.

Huh? Is there even a rationale for that trade besides, "I don't like the cut of De'Aaron Fox's jib"?

 

[funkykingston]

Huh? Is there even a rationale for that trade besides, "I don't like the cut of De'Aaron Fox's jib"?

In hindsight? No.

At the time?

Fox was playing some of his worst basketball since his rookie season, looked a step slow, and Tyrese definitely looked like the better building block.

Simmons (at the time) wasn't far removed from being a multi-time all-star and defensive first team player.

Is Fox better than Haliburton? Maybe, though I'd probably give the nod to Tyrese.

Is Sabonis better than what Fox likely would have fetched at the time? Probably, but who knows.

Had the Kings decided to keep Haliburton and trade Fox, Simmons was a potential name that was floated. Obviously that would have been a disaster. But it wasn't nearly as apparent at the time

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Simmons (at the time) wasn't far removed from being a multi-time all-star and defensive first team player.

It can take a lot of time for the shine to rub off of a straight-up consensus #1 overall pick, particularly when it's not that he's playing poorly so much as that he just isn't playing. At this point the idea of Fox for Simmons is an obvious "hell no!" but at the time I think most around here were more in the camp of "no...no, I don't think so...but I can squint and see it working out..."

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

It can take a lot of time for the shine to rub off of a straight-up consensus #1 overall pick, particularly when it's not that he's playing poorly so much as that he just isn't playing.

Perhaps the disconnect is that, for me, there was never any shine there to be rubbed off in the first place. Whatever it was that people saw in that guy, I never did, not even once. They told me that he couldn't even lead LSU to the tournament in a multi-bid league, and I was like, "Say less."

 

[LoungeLizard]

Doc now 0-2 with the Bucks.