Hi hi! I’m an Orlando Magic fan, obviously very happy with our start to the season. Our hot start has mostly come from elite defence tho.
To improve our offence, I’ve seen Simons mentioned as a name that would be a great fit, and I feel the same way, I would love to have him. What I’m wondering is, do you guys consider him to be a substantial part of your future? Would you be willing/happy to trade him? If so, how much do you think it would take, would we have to throw quite a substantial offer at your FO?
Personally I think the only thing keeping him from becoming an elite scorer at the moment is how many fouls he draws. Elite scorers find a way to go to the line when their shot isn’t falling, but Simons doesn’t seem to drive to the rim as much as I’d like. I think that’s obviously correctable, and if he fixed that, in a vacuum I think he’d be worth multiple Magic first round picks (y’all are on an upwards trajectory so I’m assuming these would be mid to late picks outside the lottery).
That all being said, I’d hope we can keep him at the 2 and start Sharpe at the 3 and just play some small ball.
Gonna be another couple years until sharpe is ready to be a SF on a good team. I think he can get there though. He’s just such a perfect SG that it’s hard not to play him there for the sake of getting the absolute most out of the lineup