He did it again on today’s BS Pod with Zach Lowe

9 Comments

1. averageskills 9 months ago

   Honest question for you. Why do you listen to that podcast?

2. braves133 9 months ago

   This doesn’t surprise me. I don’t listen to or watch his stuff, but it seems like Simmons has some contrarian take on any given subject.

3. Slamdunklebron 9 months ago

   Wait what do they classify him as then😭

4. segson9 9 months ago

   So what is Luka if not a guard? He plays like point guard on offense and defends the worst player on defense (mostly guards and wings).

5. Logical-Property-702 9 months ago

   Sports journalism, and more broadly online monetisation, is not really about giving honest takes. It’s about giving takes that will drive discussion, clicks, and ultimately ad revenue. It’s a load of shit.

6. Sairony 9 months ago

   The old positions are dead, that’s why these classifications don’t really make much of a sense anymore.

7. devilmaskrascal 9 months ago

   I mean I agree with him. Luka is a point forward. Just like LeBron is and Magic was. Ben Simmons was also this model of player before the Monstars took his powers.

   When you are 6’8+ you generally aren’t going to be matched up vs. 1s on defense. Doesn’t mean you even have to run a traditional 1 at all. But the Mavs have a traditional 1 in Kyrie as well as a shooting guard starting next to him in Exum (or Josh Green, or Tim Hardaway Jr.)

   So Luka is a point forward. Jokic is a point center. They run point but they aren’t guards.

   As a side note, I honestly wish the NBA would do away with the stupid “frontcourt/backcourt” divisions for All-Star starter or All-NBA selections. If an All-Star team starts 5 point guards or 5 centers will the world end? There are no stakes in the outcome of the All-Star game starting lineup anyway and the coach can quickly make substitutions to balance out the lineups.

8. Selarom_ 9 months ago

   You know what maybe Bill’s right. Maybe Luka’s the backup Center we’ve been looking for all along

9. imanjit 9 months ago

   Depends which side of the coin you look at.

   On offense he’s a guard, on defense he’s not and never will be.