In 31.2 min, Hield is averaging 18.4 Pts (47.3% FG) 5.5 RB 2.7 assist
In 28.1 min, brown is averaging 11.1 pts (39.8%) 4.1 rb 1.3 assist
no way, Brown is playoff proven, Hield just proved he can play decent regular season games, and that's probably his peak. I'd take Murray over Hield any day of the week. In that draft only one player is clearly better than Brown, that's Ben Simmons. Murray, Ingram, Brown are on the same level.
I'm not even sure I would draft Simmons. He's a very one-dimensional player and if he isn't going to try to shoot he will basically stay the player he is right now. Brown is much more versatile and might have a higher ceiling if he works hard.
After thinking about it, for the Celtics I would only rather have Simmons for the reason that he's a bigger trade chip.
Ps: about that draft, don't sleep on Sabonis, Siakam and Brogdon who you didn't mention.
Simmons right now is a better rebounder, passer, and ball handler than Brown will ever be.
I absolutely agree.
And while Brown is a better defender, Simmons is a very good defender whose size gives him incredible advantages that Brown will never have defensively.
What does it matter if Simmons has more size, if he doesn't use it to his advantage? Like you said, Brown is the better defender.
Simmons is a bad shooter, but he still puts the ball in the hole at a pretty good percentage.
That's not as much as an accomplishment as it sounds. Simmons only takes very high percentage shots. Gobert, Adams and Capela also finish at a high rate at the rim. Simmons simply refuses to shoot outside the paint.
This idea that because he is a bad shooter he is one dimensional is quite frankly nonsense.
Correct. I didn't phrase this correctly. What I meant is that he is a ''It's what you see is what you get'' type of player. To me he's still exactly the same player as he was in college.
This idea that because he is a bad shooter now, he won't get better at it, is also nonsense.
We simply don't know. He isn't showing any improvement or willingness to change his shot so far.
Simmons is a much better player than Brown and will be for a decade barring injury.
You could be right. But during the playoffs Brown was the one who was much better.
When the competition gets tougher and the team gets better the more I lean to rather having Brown on my side.
I feel that Simmons is a master in destroying weak opposition, but unable to adjust against strong teams.