Vaughn wants his point guard to focus on being a facilitator after suffering a back injury that decimated him for two seasons.
“Yeah, for sure, and that’s with not playing with , not playing with Dennis ,” Vaughn said when asked if Simmons is doing what they want in that role. “The ability to create for others is going to be huge for us. I talked about us not being an isolation team, and so we need movement,” Vaughn said.
“We need body movement. We need ball movement. We need pace, and Ben provides that for us. Looking forward to the strengths of this team, taking advantage of that and kind of creating a cohesiveness where we understand how to get each other open and play together.” The Nets have noted that Simmons’ speed starts the team in transition offense and his energy can spark the team, and if the three-time All-Star can stay healthy, they believe they’re in a good spot.
“It’s really exciting, I mean, all the hard work he went through, injuries last year, then the summer working hard,” Royce O’Neale said. “Just seeing it paying off, him just competing at a high level. It’s great to have him back, making everybody better now.”premiered on Sunday on YouTube“It feels good,” he said about being able to tell his story. “And I feel like you guys got to know me better. Obviously, I don’t like talking, but they got me to talk a little bit in that.
As for on the court, Finney-Smith — mostly a backup throughout his six-plus seasons with the Mavericks and last season“Just try to be a spark off the bench. If the starters do their job and we do our job off the bench, we’re gonna be a pretty good team because we’re deep,” he said. “We’re at least 10 deep and everybody’s talented so if we just put winning first I think it’s going to clear up anything.
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