For all his wondrous talent as a passer, ball handler and defender, his unwillingness to shoot from the perimeter is limiting to the team’s offense. “It’s a drop in the bucket, for sure,” Hayward said on Wednesday night before watching Boston’s game against the Washington Wizards from the bench in street clothes. Player Injury.
But Simmons’ refusal to shoot led Brett Brown to try him at power forward in a last-ditch attempt to get some spacing on the floor. The gruesome injury left his teammates looking away in horror, and Hayward took a year or so before he was even willing to watch it on videotape.But this one he watched right away — if only to see what went wrong.“When you watch it in slow motion, it’s like ‘What happened?’ Like, I don’t think anything even should have happened.
His speed, athleticism and defensive talents are all attractive tools, and Givony: “After electing to move Ben Simmons to power forward, the Sixers could stand to shore up their depth at point guard.
Philly needs depth in a bad way, especially in the post behind the oft-injured Embiid. If he falls short of being special as a shooter, does he bring enough to the table in other areas to offset his more obvious weaknesses? I’m not quite sure I totally trust Green on the shooting front, but he’s an absolutely high-level defensive prospect who at least has the potential to shoot the ball at some point if he can work through some mechanical tweaks.”As Vecenie notes, the “3” part of the “3-and-D” equation isn’t a sure thing with the 6-foot-6 Green, who shot 36.1 percent from long range in his single season at Arizona despite suboptimal mechanics, including a tendency to jump into his shot from a somewhat pigeon-toed stance.
But there's one factor about Hayward's injury that gives Danny Ainge pause, and it involves recent history. Out (Ankle) - The Celtics announced that Hayward is dealing with a Grade 3 right ankle sprain and he will miss at least the next four weeks of action. While Smart played 31:54 in Game 1, no other reserve played more than backup center Robert Williams' 12:35. All things considered, I think it’s not that bad.”Another difference between his last injury and this one is that Hayward will be able to run and maintain his conditioning while he waits for his hand to heal. We could see third-year forward Semi Ojeleye or rookie Grant Williams slide into a larger role in Boston's rotation.
As physically overpowering as Simmons can be, those numbers should be significantly higher.
Period. You didn’t have to be a basketball scout to appreciate their tantalizing combination of size and skill and imagine their future as the key pillars of a championship foundation.
I guess an artist is going to be an artist.”NBA.com is part of Turner Sports Digital, part of the Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network. He'd been the primary defender on Tobias Harris. On June 24, 2010, Hayward was selected as the ninth overall pick in the NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He could be a high-upside spark plug for a team in desperate need of one.”O’Donnell: “His ceiling will be determined by how truly great his jumper becomes. But to this point in their careers, Antetokounmpo has been far more willing to address the weaknesses in his game. Otherwise, you can’t give him the ball when the game is on the line. Let’s start with Simmons and the obvious hole in his game. Noting that Philadelphia also has two picks in the 30s, it would make some sense to consider moving this selection in the interest of adding to the roster via trade, then grabbing a potential role player or two in the second round.” Ham: “Stewart has an NBA-ready body and should be able to help a team early in his career. Fast forward a few years (three seasons for Simmons and four for Embiid) and while both players are All-Stars, they have been unable to correct the most glaring flaws in their games, the type of flaws that elite teams will expose in the playoffs. And if you can’t give him the ball in the most important moments, is he really a superstar?That question gets to the heart of the matter for both Simmons and Embiid and the franchise’s fortunes going forward.If both players correct the flaws in their games, the superstar ceilings are still there. We profiled him Woo: “As a tall ball-handling guard with some real creativity to his game, and a player who can be stashed overseas for another year, he has first-round appeal. Simmons averaged a career-low 11.4 field goal attempts and added 5.2 free throw attempts per game. The clear model to follow is Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is only an inch taller and about 10 pounds heavier than Simmons. The 6-foot-3 Smart is a tenacious, high-quality defender and averaged a career-best 12.9 points per game this year on 34.7 percent three-point shooting, but he doesn't offer as much as Hayward offensively.The Celtics have a relatively short rotation.
To become a three-point threat late in games, Embiid needs to have his legs, and that means getting in better overall shape. Gordon Hayward will miss approximately four weeks with a Grade III right ankle sprain, the team announced Tuesday.Hayward sustained the injury during the fourth quarter of Boston's 109-101 Game 1 win.
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