Mozgov had a nice offensive game. Sims has a very ugly shot. Has he scored from longer than 5 feet?
Your all a bit enamored with him and his potential. I see the hops and good defense but not great.
Nalod wrote:Mozgov had a nice offensive game. Sims has a very ugly shot. Has he scored from longer than 5 feet?
Your all a bit enamored with him and his potential. I see the hops and good defense but not great.
Dennis Rodman was a guy who developed late could not shoot. Open mind
Jericho is going to be a cheap Mitch replacement. I think Mitch (or Noel) will be on the move (for Turner if possible - we need a center who can shoot and defend.)
At least Jericho is will to shoot (and it doesn't look terrible, so there is hope.)
It's great that in today's NBA we have an abundance of 5's who cannot shoot jumpshots. Except on Youtube practice vids.
A change that benefits us with Sims is now 2 way players are no longer limited to 50 games. Due to COVID 2 ways now act like full team members.
Clean wrote:A change that benefits us with Sims is now 2 way players are no longer limited to 50 games. Due to COVID 2 ways now act like full team members.
Thibs talking about the change.
One thing that was annoying me last night was Sims not keeping his hands up enough or helping off his man near the hoop. He played pretty good for a first year guy no doubt but good habits are important. Keep your hands up when needed on D move off your man when needed.
BRIGGS wrote:One thing that was annoying me last night was Sims not keeping his hands up enough or helping off his man near the hoop. He played pretty good for a first year guy no doubt but good habits are important. Keep your hands up when needed on D move off your man when needed.
I think Beer posted a “Make randle look bad” post, that randle was slow to get back on D, then got iso’d vs quick guard and beaten off the dribble (as if that would not happen to most players though!). I watched it a few times and SImms did not come to help. Granted, if he did perhaps his guy gets fed but still randle might be able to switch. It made Randle look bad but was Simms suppose to switch.
This is rim protection and not everything I understand what was the right move or not.
Im not impressed by sims as some of you are. He can jump, that I can see. No offense.
By contrast I see the rebounds and am encouraged by what he does. He is the same age as Randle. Mitch last few games doing more offensive rebounding and really getting up over the crown for feeds. This was not there the first 20 or so games.
He’s got the most bounce of Amy big in the league. I like that he’s around Noel and Taj and can watch what Mitch does.
He was open a number of times for lobs but the guards had their heads down.
His footwork is good and he’s put together already. He’s going to be a nice energy big off the bench for a long time. If he just follows Deandre Jordan’s game he’s got a real future
MS wrote:He’s got the most bounce of Amy big in the league. I like that he’s around Noel and Taj and can watch what Mitch does.He was open a number of times for lobs but the guards had their heads down.
His footwork is good and he’s put together already. He’s going to be a nice energy big off the bench for a long time. If he just follows Deandre Jordan’s game he’s got a real future
Good point about his vertical. The kid can fly for a big
Sims still looking like a physically gifted work in progress. His decision making on defense needs work. He needs minutes.
Nalod wrote:BRIGGS wrote:One thing that was annoying me last night was Sims not keeping his hands up enough or helping off his man near the hoop. He played pretty good for a first year guy no doubt but good habits are important. Keep your hands up when needed on D move off your man when needed.
I think Beer posted a “Make randle look bad” post, that randle was slow to get back on D, then got iso’d vs quick guard and beaten off the dribble (as if that would not happen to most players though!). I watched it a few times and SImms did not come to help. Granted, if he did perhaps his guy gets fed but still randle might be able to switch. It made Randle look bad but was Simms suppose to switch.
This is rim protection and not everything I understand what was the right move or not.
Im not impressed by sims as some of you are. He can jump, that I can see. No offense.
By contrast I see the rebounds and am encouraged by what he does. He is the same age as Randle. Mitch last few games doing more offensive rebounding and really getting up over the crown for feeds. This was not there the first 20 or so games.
Sims is not Draymond Green on defense. And even if he did have that potential it won't show up for many years; the decision to help is not an easy one and you often just can't stop better O.
I thought I saw some very good things from Sims defensively that would tell me he has some growth potential there.
His picks are solid, can't tell how his spacing and awareness is after he rolls; Mitch and Noel seemingly have little in that area.
IMHO Knicks don't have 1 passer at the level that would maximize any of the big vertical guys in Sims, Mitch. Rose and Kemba are decent and occasionally make an alley oop pass but they are not PnR connoisseurs by any stretch.
Sims has 1 M and I'm OK with that 
