I think the earliest is probably Game 4.

Although I'm curious to see how they even use him. Like if it's the 4th quarter of a close game, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring in some scrub on our team to just foul Simmons 6 times lol. 12 FT attempts, he'll hit what, 4 of them?

I think the earliest is probably Game 4.

Although I'm curious to see how they even use him. Like if it's the 4th quarter of a close game, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring in some scrub on our team to just foul Simmons 6 times lol. 12 FT attempts, he'll hit what, 4 of them?

I’m just worried about Simmons being brought in to lockdown Tatum and get rebounds. Not the least bit concerned about his offensive output other than offensive rebounds.

They are a long ways from panic mode. They lost this one game, but looked like the better team for a good portion of it, and their star player won't have a worse game this series than he had tonight.

And their other star is less likely to hit all those prayers he shot. Our stars missed a lot of layups as well.
KD didn't play bad due to being off, it was due to a good defensive effort

Quote from: angryguy77 on April 17, 2022, 08:51:50 PM

Quote from: perks-a-beast on April 17, 2022, 08:36:53 PM

They are a long ways from panic mode. They lost this one game, but looked like the better team for a good portion of it, and their star player won't have a worse game this series than he had tonight.

And their other star is less likely to hit all those prayers he shot. Our stars missed a lot of layups as well.
KD didn't play bad due to being off, it was due to a good defensive effort

Yup. He played bad because we scouted his tendencies and preyed on his weakness (ball-handling).

They will adjust after watching film and so should we

Quote from: Phantom255x on April 17, 2022, 08:25:51 PM

I think the earliest is probably Game 4.

Although I'm curious to see how they even use him. Like if it's the 4th quarter of a close game, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring in some scrub on our team to just foul Simmons 6 times lol. 12 FT attempts, he'll hit what, 4 of them?

I’m just worried about Simmons being brought in to lockdown Tatum and get rebounds. Not the least bit concerned about his offensive output other than offensive rebounds.

Simmons hasn't played NBA ball in over a year and is just getting back to speed from a herniated disk. If they want to throw him on Tatum that's their problem.

I mean, maybe he plays? But he hasn’t been on an NBA court in a year, and he’s never played with the Nets. What’s his timing going to be like, and is he going to know the switch and blitz coverages, how the team schemes? They reported two days ago he hasn’t even started doing sprints, so what’s his conditioning? They’re going to throw him into game 5 of a very physical series and hope for the best? I remember what our D looked like the first few games…

If Simmons comes back …..the garden has to get on his case and rag him to no end.   His mind is fragile as his body ….bad back and all…..