Ben Simmons is a rising superstar in this league if he isn't there already, but there is one thing holding him back, his jump shot.
If he wasn't standing inside the paint or driving, opponents didn't have to guard him, because everyone on the floor and in the stands knew he wasn't going to go up with the shot.
During Brett Brown's season-ending press conference, Simmons' jump shot was discussed. It isn't going to be completely rebuilt, but it will be going through an “intense refinement.”
“[Shooting coach] John Townsend is a valued asset, [Ben] will be spending intense time with [him]. A complete rebuild…no, were’ not going to do that. There will be some intense refinement.” via Brian Seltzer.
Simmons actually shot a pretty impressive 54.5 percent from the field while scoring 15.8 points per game, but a closer look at the numbers show it's not actually that good.
This season Simmons took 46.2 percent of his shots within three feet. On those particular shots, he shot 74.4 percent from the field which is why his overall percentage is so high.
From 3-10 feet he shot 32.5 percent of his shots, but his percentage really dropped in that range. On the season he only made 41.7 percent from the field.
From 10-16 feet he shot only 17.4 percent of his shots, but he really struggled back there making only 31.6 percent of them.
If he can improve even a little bit from outside of three feet and make teams even respect that he has some sort of outside shot, it will really open up the rest of his game.
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