I'm still not impressed by Ben Simmons.
IMO they misuse him. He's a secondary ball handler. If they had a real PG running things and him playing off, he can do things. He absolutely can not dribble the ball and run things like a PG. Not remotely. I hate how they do that with guys now. You can just be a PF and be able to handle. Worked for Barkley.
He can't shoot, though. So if you play him off the ball it destroys all spacing. 2 of their process "stars" are absolutely non-shooters and the other guy is an injury prone big who shoots way too many 3's. Embiid's act would get old quick. He could've dominated this game, but instead played like Brad Lohaus.
This is why I would not be so intent on playing them together all the time. I think you can still get away with it. He just can't run an offense at all so if you want to have him do one crossover and dribble into his man and kick it out to a guy being defended all day, well he can do that, as proven by this game.
LOL Embiid is a clown really. He has such a big mouth and I probably give him a worse time too because I hate the hype for him when he really hasn't done remotely enough to prove it. I like to be excited and all but it's crazy. He was a lazy jump shooter tonight and it was awful looking.