Breakout star on track to shatter history; ‘magic number’ for Simmons amid new role: Aussies in NBA

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Breakout star on track to shatter history; ‘magic number’ for Simmons amid new role: Aussies in NBA
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NBA: Australian NBA player Ben Simmons has produced an incredible pass late in the third quarter against the Boston Celtics.

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Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernandez moved Simmons to the bench for the first time this season in the team’s game against Boston, replacing him with Nic Claxton, who’d been ramping up from injury. While Simmons has been a steady playmaker as Brooklyn’s point forward, there’s still been instances where he’s passed up open lanes to the rim.

“He is physically getting where he’s supposed to be, and those attempts need to go up,” Fernandez added. It includes the former Pick 7 dishing out a season-high 13 assists in the Bulls’ fade out loss to Minnesota. The 23-year old has provided a defensive boost and other intangibles while adapting to his new surroundings and building trust from Lee.

“I’m excited that he gets to play his game and whether he makes a mistake or not just continuing to play hard. I’m just super excited for him to have that opportunity and do his thing.”Australia’s big success story this season has Daniels tracking towards All-Defence Team honours. In fact, there’s suddenly a reasonable debate around whether he’s Australia premier basketballer.

Daniels is also the league leader in deflections, averaging 7.4 per game. That has him tracking towards over 600 deflections, which would shatter Robert Covington’s single season record of 315 in 2017-18 since the NBA has been tracking it. “They drafted me. They believed in me. Everyone was great to me. But this is a business; these things happen. So you’ve got to move on from it. I’m happy to be in Atlanta. I’m enjoying my opportunity there.”After starting the season in the rotation, Ingles hasn’t seen any minutes since the team’s win over Denver on November 2.

“But those Utah teams, I’ve been on some good teams, but this group of guys is pretty special. So it’s been fun.”Mills has had a surprisingly bigger role than expected for the developing Jazz, with coach Will Hardy opting to play a deep rotation. Hardy recently discussed how he’s still trialling different rotations and playing the long-term game with his youth.

It comes amid an indifferent start to the season for the Mavericks after their trip to the NBA Finals last season, currently sitting 10th in the Western Conference with a 5-5 record. It’d realistically take a few injuries to wings and guards for Furphy to get a proper crack in the NBA this season even though the likes of Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard have missed time recently, while Furphy could get reassigned to the G league when Indiana gets healthy.Thybulle continues to be sidelined by a knee injury that required a minor surgery.

The Aussie big man, in the final year of a two-year deal, hasn’t played more than five minutes in a game this season after averaging 17.9 minutes per contest in his impressive rookie campaign. Landale saw a season-high 18 minutes against San Antonio last week, scoring nine of his 11 points in the first half alone while matched up on Victor Wembanyama.

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