Ben Simmons is listed as point guard on the Philadelphia 76ers‘ lineup card for each game, yet this position only applies in the fact that Simmons brings the ball up the court. On the defensive side of the ball, Simmons guards opposing forwards due to his 6-foot-10, 230-pound frame. This has yielded the term point forward when describing Simmons, a title most frequently used with LeBron James.
However, on Monday afternoon against the Brooklyn Nets, Brown used Simmons as a point center. Simmons guarded the Nets’ centers, while playing down on the block on offense, for a 10-minute stretch in the third and fourth quarters.