Joel unbeaten Ben Simmons were dominant in a round of the Dallas Mavericks last night and Beat had 23 9, while Simmons had 15 and seven for the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Doc Rivers has the boys playing Stephen A.

Are unbeaten Simmons.

Among the elite duos in the N B A.

Have they finally arrived living up to their potential?

They have not arrived.

I don't recall.

The Philadelphia 76 is making a deep playoff front.

Ah, lot of people could do stuff in the regular season.

Their great talents, no question about it.

We all know how I feel about Ben Simmons.

I think he's a jump shot away from being LeBron James.

Part two, Okay, and Joe L.

And B.

There's, Max has pointed out, is the best big man in basketball.

There's no question that these guys are sensational in that regard, but I'm sorry.

Last time I saw the Philadelphia 76 is they would get swept in the first round.

Coach got fired.

Doc Rivers arrived.

So the Seth Curry Tobias Harris is playing out of his mind right now.

Arguably should have been an all Star.

Okay, we get all of that.

You got something to prove.

You got to show up.

Uh, Kevin Durant's a two time champion.

Kyrie is a champion.

James Harden has led the league in scoring the last three years, and even though he hasn't been the same in the postseason, he's no scrub.

And right now he's arguably the best player in basketball the way that he has been playing.

So I look at that.

I look at LeBron James title.

I look at Anthony Davis champion.

That's what I see.

Even with Jamal Murray and the Coal Yokich look at how they bought Damian Lillard C J.

McCullagh once he gets back.

When you talk about the dynamic duo, I know what their talent says.

But when you wanna be in that conversation, it's about what you do in the postseason.

And I love the Philadelphia 70.

Remember, I covered the team for many years, covering it for The Philadelphia Inquirer in Philadelphia for 17 years.

Okay, I've been covering the MBA in 10 years.

I was covering that teen love him.

Still know a lot of people within the organization they know where the hell I stand thes brothers get ball there big time.

I get it.

19 and four with them on the floor together last night.

It's real quick.

Bravo, Bravo!

When the playoffs begin, I was beginning.

May am I gonna see the Sixers playing in June?

Better Better call me then.

I wanna hear nothing about being B and Benson.

I know they're big time.

I know they are.

But what I'm saying is Big Tom talent demands big time results, and I ain't saying anything to them that Doc Rivers hasn't told them.

They know we'll see.

Well, what you're talking about is the coaching and the role players.

They got the coach now.

They got the role players to, and it's fair you want.

It's fair for you to say your criteria.

Your litmus test is postseason success.

They can't just can't play in the postseason right now.

We gotta wait to see what they have.

Fair.

But if you're asking me if you're asking me they didn't have the role players.

They didn't have the coach.

If you're asking me, are they elite?

The answer is yes.

Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons have become an elite duo.

How Maney duos air better than them in the league.

The Nets got a triple that's been like That's the best, right?

And if you said the two best or K D and Harden, that's even better.

If you want to say that that LeBron and A D or even better, I agree with you.

If they're both healthy, that's right.

But look around the league at duos, we consider elite or the next thing to it.

Simmons and Embiid are better than them.

Lillard and McCollum When when they're healthy, when becomes healthy, Simmons and be better than those two, it's a better do.

Oh, look at the backcourt in D.

C, even right now, when they've been on a little bit of a role.

If you said Westbrook and Bradley Beal, that's an elite backcourt Simmons.

You'd rather have Simmons and Embiid as just a duo.

If you look the Sun's backcourt, I think you could say Chris, Paul and Devin Booker.

But if that's not elite, that's the next thing to it.

Rather have them beaten Simmons.

In fact, even Jamal Murray and Yokich I don't know that they're better than and beat and Simmons I might put em beaten Simmons as the third best duo in the league.

That's Elite to me.

They're 30 teams.

Your top 10%.

Your top three.

Stephen A.

Here's the bottom line and beat right now.

Season ended.

Right now, he's the M V P than the best offensive player.

Best defensive player.

Team is leading the conference, But here's the thing about Ben Simmons people are sleeping on.

He has created more open looks from three since he got in the league than any other player.

If you look at what he's been doing offensively last, I don't know 8 10 games.

He has been an elite player.

No, he doesn't shoot, but he's been in elite offensive player, incredibly efficient, setting up teammates, scoring, doing whatever he needs to dio.

And that's only half the story with Simmons.

Simmons is like a shutdown corner.

Simmons defense.

You see, when they played Portland when he was on Lillard, Lillard is not Lillard.

When he was on donkeys last night, Derek Bogner of the athletic had it.

You know he had the stats.

I forgot what they were.

Doctors getting nothing.

When Lillard and doctors regarded by anyone else, they were themselves.

But when Simmons was on them, they were less than ordinary.

They weren't good offensive players.

Think of the defense to that is to absolutely elite defenders, maybe one and two in the league right now.

And on offense.

There a juggernaut that's elite.

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