Could Ben Simmons’ damning shooting flaw be fixed with this small tweak?

THE most damning flaw in Ben Simmons’ glittering set of skills could be fixed with one simple tweak, says this NBA legend.

I'm tellin' ya, he shoots with the wrong hand!

WE’VE heard all the jokes.

“Ben Simmons shoots worse than an eight-year-old.” “Simmons couldn’t sink a beer.” “Does he even try to aim? Ugly.”

Australia’s most exciting NBA prospect turned heads in his rookie season abroad, but a lacklustre finals series against the Boston Celtics, which saw the Philadelphia 76ers’ season end 4-1 on Thursday, has left critics around the globe with a gun full of ammunition to spray at the 21-year-old in the off-season.

The truth is blindingly obvious, Ben Simmons struggles to shoot behind the line.

As impressive as the Melbourne product’s passing prowess and natural instinct for the game to create highlights-reel worthy plays is, his inability to sink points under pressure has left him with a serious amount of work to do over the US summer.

ESPN GetUp host Michelle Beadle and NBA great Jalen Rose tore into the Sixers star on Friday (AEST), with the latter claiming the towering Aussie was approaching his shots backwards.

I'm tellin' ya, he shoots with the wrong hand!

“The game is so very hard when you can’t shoot. It is so tough. And I said this when he got drafted and a lot of people gave me flak for this: I think Ben Simmons shoots with the wrong hand!” Rose exclaimed.

“When he drives to the basket, look. When it’s contested and he’s going to the basket, he shoots with his right hand. That lets me know. When it’s 18 seconds and he gets an offensive rebound, you’re under duress, you’re going to go to your strength. He shoots with his right hand.

“But when he goes to the free throw line, he’s shooting with his left hand. I think that’s something that has to get corrected.”

Rose said Simmons’ obvious flaw with the ball in hand was giving opposition teams a free pass.

“If you can’t shoot at all with range, now we can guard you with anybody,” Rose said. “We can use a small guy like a Marcus Smart or a Terry Rozier.”

Beadle piped up with a sly jab at Simmons “You could put me on him, be cause I know you’re not going to make it,” she said.

Simmons was touted as the next NBA great after a phenomenal run in the regular season for the Sixers, but the cruel reality of crashing hard at the end of the season means the knives will be out until the first game back later in the year.

“(Simmons’ poor shooting) was underexposed all year,” co-host Mike Greenberg said. “He was a transformational player, he was phenomenal against Miami — he was going to be Rookie of the Year! But all of a sudden after five games against (Celtics coach) Brad Stevens, he has a hole in his game the size of the Grand Canyon. How did it take this long to figure that out?”

Rose said the sheer amount of games played back-to-back was the reason Boston were able to get Simmons’ measure.

“The further you advance, the more you are scouted,” he said. “They can zone in on your strength’s and weaknesses. Miami just didn’t have the bodies (to beat the Sixers), they knew Simmons couldn’t shoot, they just couldn’t force him to stay at the perimeter.”

Beadle insisted they weren’t “piling on” Simmons before showing a damning graphic of his shots hit and missed against the Celtics.

The stats don't lie, Ben.