After leaving the Clippers, you won’t have to worry about your next home! Simmons finally chose the Celtics among several teams?

According to NBA reporter Ary, according to league sources, Ben Simmons, one of the hottest free agents in the free market, is expected to sign with the Boston Celtics. Since the free market opened, the Celtics have been actively pursuing Simmons. In addition to the Celtics, four to six teams showed strong interest in Simmons, and several teams also had preliminary tentative conversations with Simmons, but these conversations did not enter a substantial stage. Based on all aspects of consideration, Simmons believes that the Celtics are his ideal next home.

In the second half of last season, Simmons and his old club Brooklyn Nets completed a buyout and joined the Los Angeles Clippers. After joining the Clippers, Simmons made a total of 18 appearances in the NBA regular season, averaging 16.4 minutes per game, averaging 2.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 0.8 turnovers and 1.4 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 43.4% and a free throw percentage of 85.7%. In the playoffs, Simmons played 5 games in a total of 8.4 minutes per game, with averaging 0.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.8 blocks, 0.4 turnovers and 2.2 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 33.3%.

Simmons' performance after joining the Clippers was actually quite average, and his scoring ability was not ideal, which was continuously magnified in the playoffs. Simmons has certain strength in passing and organization, and has good personal defensive abilities on the defensive end and can defend players from various positions of the opponent on the court. But his shortcomings in scoring and shooting are really too obvious. Therefore, he cannot get more playing time and performance opportunities on the court. In the playoffs, his playing time was getting less and less, and in the end he fell out of the rotation lineup.

Simmons is a player with too distinct advantages and disadvantages. He is not without effect on the court. His advantages in some aspects are very outstanding, and he has also performed quite well in the NBA, but his shortcomings have too much impact on the team's performance. Therefore, most teams that want to win the championship will not be very interested in Simmons after seeing his performance in the Clippers. In contrast, the Celtics are not very competitive next season, and the team's strategy may also change. In this case, Simmons can get more opportunities to perform. If Simmons can seize the opportunity to show enough competitiveness next season, he will have a chance to get a competitive contract in the NBA field in the future.