VIDEO: Ben Simmons Drilling 3's in Pickup Game Will Get 76ers Fans Pumped
By Kevin Aquino
If you're a Philadelphia 76ers fan, call your friends, buy a cake and throw a party because Ben Simmons is hitting real life THREE-POINTERS. Footage of the 2016 No. 1 pick knocking down jumpers hit social media and it is certainly worth watching.
No, I’m not crying. You’re crying pic.twitter.com/t6thGwRqUE
— Tyler R. Tynes (@TylerRickyTynes) August 22, 2019
We're not talking wide-open, stand-still jump shots -- these are off-the-dribble, step-back, pull-up, contested threes that are swishing in. This is serious progress for the Aussie, folks.
We do have to reel it in a little bit though, because it is just a pickup run, and in the same gym where Devin Booker shook Simmons.
It'd be foolish to say that Simmons will have a knockdown jumper in the NBA regular season, but if he can keep defenses honest when he's outside the paint, Philly's offense will open up immensely.
How many threes has Ben Simmons hit in his career? pic.twitter.com/luzootTynm
— SI Extra Mustard (@SI_ExtraMustard) August 13, 2019
Simmons has often been left so open behind the arc to the point where it's disrespectful (but effective). Defenses have gladly sat back and watched Simmons brick shot after shot, but at least the league and its fans know he's been working on improving.