Who’s on first? Philadelphia 76ers Ben Simmons dilemma

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Simmons defined by opponent’s defender?

However you see Ben Simmons, front or back court, he is just one player. The likely starting offensive roster at this point (assuming all healthy) is center Joel Embiid, power forward Dario Saric, small forward Robert Covington, shooting guard Markelle Fultz, and point guard Ben Simmons.

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Defensively, the labels mean nothing because the players will defend whomever the opposing team assigns to them.

Brown speaks

Derek Bodner discussed the matter with head coach Brett Brown.

Brett clarified that the next day saying he would only defend pg's if the opponent defended Simmons with pg's, avoiding cross-matches.
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) June 28, 2017

and that led to further clarification of who Brown anticipates defending, as a rule. But lets pause a moment and absorb what this means to the opponent. How does an NBA Team defend Simmons? Big body? Agile player?