Ben Simmons was expected to be very good. Maybe even great. For a rookie. But forget all that. He’s simply awesome, by any measure, right now. Here’s the Philadelphia Inquirer reporting:
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Not even 76ers coach Brett Brown knew what he had in Ben Simmons.
Brown always envisioned Simmons as his point guard despite his 6-foot-10 stature after selecting him with the first overall pick of the 2016 draft. But …
“I didn’t realize that he was going to be as gifted athletically, immediately,” Brown said.
Simmons missed all of last season after breaking his right foot. Brown saw the 21-year-old’s athleticism during what amounted to a redshirt season at the team’s practice facility. But he didn’t know how it would translate in games.
“I see it clearly now,” the coach sad. “You wished and you hoped, but you didn’t know. … Now, I know.”
