{"id":99625,"date":"2024-10-06T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=99625"},"modified":"2024-10-06T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T12:14:07","slug":"nets-point-guard-excited-to-finally-play-with-3x-nba-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/06\/nets-point-guard-excited-to-finally-play-with-3x-nba-all-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Point Guard Excited to Finally Play With 3x NBA All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

When he first arrived in Brooklyn from Toronto, Brooklyn Nets point guard\u00a0<\/span>Dennis Schr\u00f6der<\/span><\/a>\u00a0wanted to play beside\u00a0<\/span>Ben Simmons<\/span><\/a>. Prior to the Nets opening their preseason on Tuesday, Schr\u00f6der spoke about Simmons and what he believes the former All-Star can provide the team this season as the two players start together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nets Point Guard Excited to Finally Play With 3x NBA All-Star<\/h2>\n

Dennis Schr\u00f6der Looks Forward to Playing with Ben Simmons<\/h3>\n

It has been quite some time since the NBA has seen a healthy\u00a0<\/span>Ben Simmons<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on the court. Nets teammate and point guard Dennis Schr\u00f6der couldn\u2019t be more excited, though. Schroder and Simmons will start side by side in\u00a0<\/span>Brooklyn<\/span><\/a>\u2019s preseason opener against the\u00a0<\/span>Los Angeles Clippers<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simmons, who has suffered nothing but injuries, setbacks, and otherwise negative public opinions since joining the Nets in 2022, is at full strength and good to go. The two international players barely saw the floor together due to the Australian forward\u2019s physical ailments last season. Now that the two will finally play together, as\u00a0<\/span>Brian Lewis of the New York Post<\/span><\/a> confirmed, Schr\u00f6der expressed what he sees in Simmons\u2019 game and how each can complement the other.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t healthy the last couple of years, but when he\u2019s healthy, we know what he can do,\u201d Schr\u00f6der said. \u201cHe\u2019s an All-Star-type player, so he\u2019s going to push the ball. (He\u2019s) unselfish. On the defensive end, he\u2019s playing with grit. And that\u2019s what we need here. So, a lot of speed. He can bring it up, I go to the corner. If not, me and him in pick-and-roll, him setting the screen or me setting the screen. I think we can do a lot of things. And today we worked on it, and we try to keep building forward, going forward, try to build. Yeah, we\u2019re going to keep working.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who Will Lead at Point Guard?<\/h3>\n

Considering that both Simmons and Schr\u00f6der are point guards, a competition would be expected. However, first-time head coach Jordi Fernandez has a better idea: both players will start at the position. This scenerio bares the potential to bode well for both players for different reasons. In Schr\u00f6der\u2019s case, he is looking to establish himself as the team\u2019s starting point guard in hopes of sticking with the Nets long-term. The German-born player has bounced from team to team in recent years. As for Simmons, sharing the point guard duties might do him some good while easing back into playing basketball again. It will also put pressure on Simmons to play well and give the Nets reason enough to retain him. On the other hand, it will give other teams a look at where Simmons is health and game-wise if they are interested in a mid-season trade involving him.<\/p>\n

Schr\u00f6der has always been a reliable and solid point guard. Both players offer different elements to their games, including size. However, their differences might end up as a positive as it relates to the Nets playing style.<\/p>\n

Jordi Fernandez Tasked with Simmons\u2019 Reset<\/h3>\n

Fernandez is interested in seeing the skillsets of both players simultaneously and working off each other. It will also fall on the former Celtics assistant coach to get the most out of Simmons. Simmons is coming off his most recent injury recovery. Perhaps Schr\u00f6der can help push the former rookie of the year to find his All-Star game again\u2014you know, the game we saw from Simmons in his early 76ers days before the fall.<\/p>\n

The 11-year veteran Fernandez still sees much skill and potential in the fallen superstar and is hopeful that the talent Simmons came into the NBA with will re-emerge in Brooklyn this year. Schr\u00f6der is of the belief that Simmons is ready to step up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When he first arrived in Brooklyn from Toronto, Brooklyn Nets point guard\u00a0Dennis Schr\u00f6der\u00a0wanted to play beside\u00a0Ben Simmons. Prior to the Nets opening their preseason on Tuesday, Schr\u00f6der spoke about Simmons and what he believes the former All-Star can provide the team this season as the two players start together.\u00a0 Nets Point Guard Excited to Finally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5081,"featured_media":99650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,6,62],"tags":[266,252,49161,639,3073],"class_list":["post-99625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nets","category-nba","tag-ben-simmons","tag-dennis-schroder","tag-jordi-fernandez","tag-nba-all-star","tag-nba-rookie-of-the-year"],"modified_by":"Jordan Pagkalinawan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}