In the first 18 rounds of the new season, the Shanxi men's basketball team achieved a good result of 14 wins and 4 losses, and the record came to the 5th place position in the league, and even suppressed the strong teams of Guangdong, Shougang and Shenzhen, especially after entering the second stage, the Shanxi men's basketball team has not yet tasted a defeat, and the momentum is very strong! To be able to achieve such a good result, the team is indispensable in the introduction of reinforcements, the first stage of the team with the team to fight field is not much to say, he is now the absolute core of this Shanxi team, the arrival of another foreign aid Jonathan Simmons, for the team is completely icing on the cake!
Since joining the team in the second stage, Simmons has played a total of 5 games for Shanxi team, and it is in these five games that the team has achieved a record of total victory, you must know that these opponents have strong teams such as Guangdong, Shenzhen and Shougang, and Shanxi team has won victories when facing them! In the past few games, Simmons has been able to cut an average of 17 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game, not only to score points himself, but also to make up for the team's assists after Field's exit, and the average of 5 assists per game is a good illustration.
When Simmons made a name for himself in the NBA, he relied on his defensive ability, after all, he was popovich's subordinate, the first choice to defend Curry! After coming to the CBA, his impact on the defensive end will be more obvious, simmons has averaged 1.6 steals per game so far this season, and his arrival has greatly strengthened the team's flank defensive ability. Simmons has a height of 1.98 meters and an arm span of 2.02 meters, which is enough to make him a top wing defender in the CBA league, and the main reason why the Liaoning men's basketball team chose to sign him last season was to have a candidate on the flank of the team who could match Guangdong foreign player Weems.
Simmons averaged 18.4 minutes per game in Shanxi this season, and last season in Liaoning, his average playing time was 12.1 minutes, which did not increase much in time, but the data has improved significantly, from 9+2+1 to 17+4+5, which also proves that Simmons is not water, but has not adapted to the CBA and has not adapted to the System of Liaoning. Now after joining the Shanxi team, Simmons found an opportunity to prove himself again, it seems that he has done a very good job, seeing that he can now have such a performance in the new owner, I don't know if he regretted giving up his Liaoning team and Yang Ming in the first place?