Some day I will understand the faith sportsbooks have in the Nets. I don’t care what their liability is, the fact that Brooklyn entered Saturday eighth in the East and still the title favorite afte…
Some day I will understand the faith sportsbooks have in the Nets. I don’t care what their liability is, the fact that Brooklyn entered Saturday eighth in the East and still the title favorite after trading a former MVP and All-Star in exchange for Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and a player who has not played basketball in eight months and has no set timetable for return is madness.
There are ways this scenario plays out great for Brooklyn, which was a +450 tri-favorite with the Warriors and Suns at BetMGM as of Saturday morning. If Simmons elects to operate as a pick-and-roll big, a passer off the short roll, like a hyper-athletic version of Draymond Green, then it could be incredible. There is also absolutely zero reason — none, whatsoever — to believe that Simmons will want to change how he plays.
The Nets have a ridiculous amount of shooters, especially if Joe Harris comes back this season. Irving, Durant, Harris, Curry and Patty Mills are all elite. But of course you can only play so many on the floor together. The issue is in the halfcourt, and the same problem that started this whole mess remains. Teams are going to ignore Simmons as a shooter and clog the lane. If he plays the dunker spot, they will again ignore him. You can counter with two shooters in Harris/Curry/Mills, but now you’re back to not having any rim protection.
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