The Ben Simmons Downfall Documentary

[Music] Ben Simmons the kid at LSU did you see the numbers he put up last night he's the best pastor in the country the best all-around Prospect since LeBron he'll be the clear-cut number one pick people will be tanking like crazy it's ridiculous how good he is and he's only gonna get better the kids just shut down his work ethic is maybe questionable it's dirty business he's going to be out a while I'm not scared to take the freak out I'm picking on Big Ben today I was thinking too much overthinking the place this is going to be fun a rise and fall documentary about Ben Simmons now first let's make a deal if you like this video promise me that you'll subscribe to this channel right you promise if you don't by the way you will inherit Ben Simmons jumper and I'm pretty sure you don't want that the story of Ben Simmons is an interesting one if you're into those you know rise and fall type stories Ben Simmons career the fall off let us begin I don't believe it please one thing I decided to do into this video was to go through you know the archives and in 2014 there was a question that I wanted to know the answer to here's a ranking of the top five worst number one overall NBA draft picks and basketball history call me Petty but you know 10 years from that point this guy might end up on the list in the future let's be honest with ourselves in 2001 Michael Jordan and the Washington Wizards made Kwame Brown the first ever high school player selected number one overall in an NBA draft who even let this man cook not that's not the question right we need to get back to Ben Simmons okay in high school he was touted as the best player here on this bleach report you can see here saying the best player I saw last week was Benson the Philadelphia 76ers select Joelle embiid from yalunde Cameroon now the reason why this player Joellen beat is relevant in the story I mean you'll see later but Bill Simmons he said this in an article in gretland in 2014 he talked about how quote Anthony Davis is our only Superstar waiting right now well unless you feel like bending the rules and Counting Jewel on beauty food stays healthy or my illegitimate Australian son Ben Simmons interesting that he said this by the way in 2014. there's a pretty clear leader for the top overall spot in the 2015 recruiting class and it's Australian Ben Simmons and of course Ben Simmons in high school I mean he won multiple titles and was a Phenom my bird is routinely one of the nation's best programs and last year Simmons helped lead the team to a national championship in New York City you finish your high school career with your third Championship how do you describe at this moment I don't even know what to say it's my third one third year in my first so I'm just blessed success followed wherever Ben Simmons went and at this point Ben Simmons would be wise to go to you know a highly Prestige program like Kentucky Duke I mean you can name all the high Prestige universities when it comes to basketball and you know Devin Booker went to Kentucky Julia Local 4 went to Duke Benjamin should go to one of those schools he'll follow success where it's at and obviously success is gonna fall him where is he gonna go right LSU he decides to do his own thing and go to a school that is not really that well known for basketball more so for football the top teams North Carolina do Kentucky all those names always popped up it wasn't the name of the school that stood out to me it was a character around the people oh the character eh thing now that and Simmons the reason why he wanted to go to LSU let's get into that okay because he says here that he always felt like it was another home for him right and when asked why not play pro and Australia instead he said I'm not doing that I'm going to LSU he also said that's where he felt most comfortable interesting a big reason I came to Dallas you because of Dave Patrick my godfather oh now it gets even more interesting yes David Patrick named LSU basketball assistant coach in 2012. Ben Simmons father Dave Simmons when he played in Australia yeah one of his teammates was David Patrick now Benson was his Godfather when David was playing basketball in Australia was a young 16 year old who used to go to the practices David played I was fortunate the last two years of his career to play with him um and I grew up playing with him Ben's from a from a very tight-knit family well of course David Patrick he would go to the Simmons Homes and you know he would get along with the family just fine Ben said Dave Simmons played collegiately at Oklahoma City University before playing professionally for 15 years in Australia after Growing Up Down Under Ben moved to Florida during his sophomore year to get used to basketball in the United States [Applause] at this point Benson is now named McDonald on American he would play in the American games then nobody cares nobody actually cares about his high school career okay he was a great players of Phenom he was ranked number one at high school right he was all the rage at this point in the United States a lot of people saw his mixtapes right LeBron James to get an idea of how hyped up Ben Simmons was right as a high school student right Ben Simmons his high school coach said this he is as close to the overall dominance since LeBron okay also said Ben has a lot of power but he is more fluid in his actions not as powerful as LeBron be prepared to get used to hearing these comparisons oh boy oh boy [Applause] clips of Ben Simmons getting his angle ankle Darius although his teammate did break the other guy's ankles later on with a assist to Penn Simmons off a dunk I mean look at this point Ben Simmons he was getting acclimated to the LSU lifestyle in college he was the Man On Campus uh obviously there was a glaring flaw here you could tell he just can ask a jumper for his life at this point and Ben Simmons of course the question was which NBA team would he end up the following year in 2016. he posted a Snapchat if he said it you can catch me on the Lakers next year whoa whoa he said that already is he trying to get in trouble here now the hype was real with Ben Simmons apparently I think he's going to be an impact player for LSU right away I'm going with Ben Simmons the number one recruit is going to be National player of the year and I just want to remind you folks why Ben Simmons wanted to go to a lesser-known basketball school like LSU well first of all my godfather Dave Patrick he's the assistant coach and uh that was one of the biggest reasons for me just because you know he's family to me and uh it feels like a homey Vibe for me okay enough for the chit chat okay he's introduced he's in college now right he is going to probably make headlines because he's just that damn good for the player isn't he Ben Simmons preparing for his first game at the college level and the first thing that is apparent right away is Benson's incredible Vision within the first five minutes of the game oh my goodness and then Ben Simmons obviously Duncan pretty impressive in his debut 11 points 13 rebounds double double also dished out five assists he was already getting attention from the national media you know he was living up to the hype pre-season hype for LSU star freshman is huge Danny but he seems at least so far to be living up to it so far too no in his collegiate career in his third Collegiate game again Ben Simmons looking good and I mean he really looks good I mean this guy could come into the NBA right away right this guy is just a Phenom look at his stat line Simmons had 23 and 16 last night 23-16 and the Tigers beat South Alabama the native Australian I didn't know that about the kid till recently is now shooting 63 from the field over his first three games seems to be just comfortable if not more so passing the rock Jay bill is called in the best all-around Prospect since LeBron I bet that makes you happy and now you got people like ESP PN saying the same thing oh this is insane the last time I remember somebody how you know giving you that feeling on the floor was when LeBron was in his senior year high school um you know there was just something different about him and you knew like you knew right away like this guy is the real thing now Simmons is not LeBron uh obviously but I think he's the best player in the country may not be Player of the Year at the end of it but he's the best player now of course at least he said that he's not LeBron he's not exactly the Phenom the problem was he was an insane freak he had 52 points in this game the ball a career-high 52 points 21-34 six threes and LeBron finally taken out gets a hug from Mom Gloria and we please get some more saying some more reasonable comparisons I mean he's really good Mike really versatile we were talking before the show he reminds you of Lamar Odom he said after the game that the game's easier for him that there's more space for him in college than there was in high school you watch him and he looks really smooth there seems to be just sort of an intelligence an awareness and a Savvy and it's just a few games apparently he's just getting straight A's and calls right that's the way they're talking about Ben Simmons he's just a smart kid and he knows what he's doing now but it seems like college basketball Danny I think you'll agree with this really is the sport that reveals very early on you know a certain coming out if you will of who's going to be a great player we we tend to see it and it's often true it often holds now one thing was for sure with Ben Simmons right at this point in his career you could see him becoming a star if you gave me the option of everyone that is available under the age of 23 not counting Anthony Davis I would take Ben Simmons I would take the kid at LSU this kid is better than advertised this kid is going to be the next LeBron did you see the numbers he put up last night oh boy here it goes again LeBron LeBron LeBron look Ben Simmons is a great player at this point right collegiately right he is the best player I get it he'll be the clear-cut number one pick people will be tanking like crazy for this guy they built an advertising campaign around him at LSU they had to stop doing this kid is the real deal I believe Ben Simmons is going to be the next NBA superstar and I would take him ahead of any of the other people that you've named you know you sound like who the people who said when Jadeveon Clowney was in college he was better than most d-linemen I'm the one who told you that I wouldn't take today I wouldn't go near today that's what you sound like now you know what I'm just gonna let things go I'm not gonna talk too much about you know better why is he being compared to LeBron I'm just gonna let them say what they have to say four double doubles in five games what do you make of the way he's playing to start the year you know Jay he's the real deal I had a chance to watch him in person at the Nike Basketball Academy this last summer for three four days and he was the best player on the floor and they had all the All-Star college players there and he's the best player in college basketball he does the most things uh he's he's different he's he's just a special player all right let's just transition a little into this e beef that happened right Shaquille O'Neal and LSU Legend responded to a hate comment left on Ben Smith's page saying you can shoot and your mom doesn't love you Shaq said to him and me and Ben know your mom very well but we don't know which one of us is the father okay that's spicy that is mighty spicy and he didn't choke he had 43 points in that game 15 of 20 field goal Daniels a 6-8 senior from Ashburn Georgia who's averaging 11 points Off the Bench I mean just look at this past Ben Smith you are insane and yeah he was wheeling and dealing out there also getting points himself like I said 43 points at the break second half all tigers Simmons off glass Simmons hangs goes glass no problem for Simmons alley-oop no yeah and I'm underselling the stat line that he had that night I mean look he had 43 points yes but he also had rebounds a lot of assist look at those numbers just ridiculous ridiculous this could be the 25th point in the second half alone it doesn't show on the graph right but he had five steals in his game as well this is ridiculous Ben Simmons man what a game and I mean really what a game you sir have put yourself on the map you sir at this point bro best shot to hit the lottery and they get this Ben Simmons you see this guy I buy twice I've watched him oh God American notes put that camera on me put that camera on me there's nothing to talk about who the number one overall pick in the draft is going to be there's nothing to talk about oh yeah he's legit at this point he is solidified this kid bits him is out at all oh he is so special he is so special flat out passes and handle and play with his back to the basket and face in the basket and play down low and you know what man LeBron James it seemed like he doesn't mind the comparisons at all he says here someone's going to be compared to someone all the time so and I don't mind him being compared to me and apparently LeBron he's watched Ben Simmons before he even went to LSU he says here I've been on him probably three or four years now and he's an unbelievable Talent LeBron James ladies and gentlemen the biggest liar in the NBA yeah that should be a video of its own now look we gotta talk about this because uh Andrew Bogut a warrior fellow Australian as well yeah he's going to talk about Ben Simmons and another NBA player that's an Australian Patty Mills I mean he also endorsed Ben Simmons he says he likes him a lot have you seen any of these games so far we've done this year yeah and then look I agree with with boats you know he's he's such a talent that I don't think we've ever seen before um and to be able to do it already at a college level is is just outstanding after starting the season for you know of course you'd think LSU is a great team now Ben Simmons is the best player out of high school so it would make sense with you know other recruits that are you know top 100 recruits I mean this is going to be a great team Johnny Jones he's a coach of the LSU Tigers and of course uh somehow they're not as good why is that why are they bad and that's the question that a lot of people have been asking at this point in the season and I can tell you one reason already I mean look up Ben Simmons's shot chart yeah he is not a spacer I mean just look at how much space they leave him open from the three-point line yeah this is hilarious and Ben Simmons he's gonna have to work on that part of his game when should they hang on and defeat the Commodores King Simmons inside Victor with the exclamation point well I guess not Ben Simmons doesn't have to work on his shooting because he's already doing everything else well I mean look at him dunking here and just running the floor he's just an amazing player the athlete of sorts he he has the most games with 35 and 10 since Kevin Durant and yeah you would hope that he shoots more mid-range and three pointers but you know it is what it is now we get to the next opponent that Ben Simmons plays and uh yeah this has to do with the Drizzy Drake here last year the lows were low during the regular season and I think that battle tested this group bro who does he think he is for real I mean this guy really thought he was part of the team and I mean of course dear before that he wasn't sitting inside the locker room with Devin Booker and swords Trey Lyles I mean that's where the meme came from yeah who invited this man okay so the second now earlier in the season I had a football game here on a Saturday I came in here to watch Ben Simmons play on a Friday night if you haven't seen him yet one of the most highly talented freshmen we've heard about in a long time forget the shooting I mean just look at his stats he's leading the league in points per game rebounds per game second in assists per game steals per game he's tied sixth yeah he's a Phenom Tana on the shot clock Simmons in low in up and around and in again no Princess Bride you know a few days ago it shows the crowd and of course Ben Simmons yeah the throw down to finish off the game beautiful game from Ben Simmons and LSU he even trolled Drake at the end of it which was funny in an Instagram caption he said here I Rock LLC gold on these harlots and of course referencing one of Drake's music [Music] lsues that I could talk yeah this is just a funny troll nothing much to see here honestly just hours before tip-off Lakers Legend Magic Johnson said Australia's Ben Simmons was the best all-round player he'd seen since LeBron James are you serious right now Magic Johnson saying here Branson is the best all-around player I've seen since it's LeBron score we'll see 14 points five field goal attempts from you what do you believe your role on this team is I think just being a leader and being somebody I want to look at him get momentum up again [Music] now you had other people tampering their expectations when it came to Ben Simmons Lamar Odom was pretty good himself he was a guy that could get you 17 8 in hate he was a guy that could be a key component on a championship team if not necessarily an MVP himself so Lamar Odom should be kind of the standard for guys that are good even if they don't meet the lofty expectations so even if Ben Simmons it's just Lamar Odom and not LeBron James that would be but of course for Ben Simmons to meet a lot of these expectations he's gonna have to shoot that jumper more and of course you would see him try to shoot that jumper he would actually make a nice little jumper there and you know his own practice he can actually shoot like you can see him drilling like free straight freeze right there and wait can he make a fourth oh wow yeah but Ben Simmons he still has ways to go but where Arkansas was or what they were doing but their closest guide to him was standing halfway down the paint Vince Simmons short on the free throws the second air ball tonight and I'll tell you what man Ben Simmons he even has the endorsement of the president I'm gonna be honest I'm not gonna call him up but if you're Ben Simmons maybe maybe you you'll do fine not hitting the books but although he's a very fine student I'm sure and it's interesting that Obama said this because we'll get into that later okay well Ben Simmons he's still dominating the league in college and it's really interesting to watch because uh Ben Simmons a lot of people have talked about his jump shot right is he shooting it with the right hand like and I'm not saying he's shooting with the right you could clearly see him shoot it with the left hand but people are saying that's the wrong hand to shoot it with right A lot of people have looked at his non-jumpers and he uses it right like 80 percent of the time but why why does he use his right hand on jumpers going to his left he uses his right hand I mean that's how much he uses right hand on non-jumpers I mean this is weird but when he shoots it he doesn't use it right at all he shoots it with his left hand and many people say his mechanics are off because he's shooting with the wrong hand after losing to Alabama it's nice seeing Benson stick around to work on this jumper highlights in this game but yeah they were getting blown out by Tennessee interesting because Ben Sims in this same game did not even start the game yes coach Johnny Jones vellus who said that Simmons didn't start because quote we had to address some academic stuff with him earlier in the week unquote stolen away by Thompson now Ben Simmons eight turnovers in their last outing at Tennessee so he makes great passes he's got to Value the ball a little more Ben Simmons was getting bullied in the post he was getting manhandled and of course they were getting their shots up and Arkansas man a unranked school just blowing out LLC who knocking that ball out of his hands Simmons leaves all scores with 17. Hannah's his second trip overnight what a terrific shooter this young guy is now he's talking uh trash to Ben Simmons at the free throw line wow is that a muscle move in the post by Trey Thompson but as good as good as as he's been on the offensive end Ben Simmons you can't red carpet the guy I mean you only have one foul pretty darn good yeah well this is the uh Razorback faithfuls only chance to see Ben Simmons but you know Ben Simmons he even had a tech at the end of the game that's how frustrated he was and you understand it bro it's a bad loss but the technical according to Pat Adams was on Ben Simmons I think the young guy is frustrated right now it's just a terrible loss and I think LSU and Benson's day ought to be disappointed they ought to be ashamed because this is one of those games you're supposed to win you're supposed to beat an unranked school like Arkansas and of course ESPN sports center I mean they said here Ben Simmons posted his fourth trolley 10-5 game nobody cares bro but apparently they asked the question uh the last major conference player to do it guess who was there Draymond Green Man oh well it was Bleak entering this game in terms of their tournament projections yeah a loss like this and this might be the final nail in the cup and some people were beginning to push back on the notion that Ben Simmons was the Surefire number one pick in the draft he's the number one guy his usage rate is probably 50 okay and that's why he's putting up all these great stats If he if he is so so great how can he not he can't even take this team to be a be a 16 seed in the tournament first of all he has zero bus potential Ben Simmons zero bus potential there is zero chance he'll be a bust and of course you have Colin Cowherd defending Ben Simmons here these people saying we can't make the tournament they're not particularly well coached and he's got it's a non-traditional power with garbage players around him and according to different reports the players around him resent him some of the upperclassmen and LSU resent Ben Simmons being given the title of Superstar LSU basketball you talk about them not being well coexpensive has decided to go to LSU athletic can has great handles can defend and once he develops a shot any will Michael Jordan Couldn't Shoot when he broke into call NBA basketball once he develops a jumper like Andrew Wiggins same thing he's going to be an All-Star I mean he did have that one game where he shot 80 percent from the line I mean that that was nice but look the college player of the year award uh the wooden award yeah that award given to prestigious player well Ben Simmons might not be eligible for the war because of his bad grades it's a great award to win but you know it's not my goal it's not my goal to come out here and win you know the wooden award the uh you know SEC Player of the Year Awards you know I didn't come here for that I came here to you know try and be the best teammate um and player on the team I I can be and trying to help my team win and some recent winners including you know Kevin Durant Anthony Davis they won this award you have Blake Griffin and JJ Reddick wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait Tyler Hasbro aventur okay what are we doing here Jeremy for that are you serious right now okay you know I don't care too much about this award but you know Ben Simmons against Texas a m a m would outscore LSU 32-5 over the 15 minutes leading into the break with their season on the line and this is how LC plays they simply got outclassed quite frankly a Kyle Dobbins free throw with three minutes left put the Aggies up by 40. a m ends LSU season 71-38 with the final LSU made history when they put up 38 in that game bro oh my gosh Texas A M limited the Tigers to just 38 points the fewest scored by a team from the ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Pac-12 or SEC this season but here comes SportsCenter trying to prop up Ben Simmons despite trailing 65-28 he had his 23rd double-double to see in fifth most in the nation I don't care you gotta win bro and now your season's over before the NCAA tournament happens this is embarrassing and of course Ben Simmons uh he would get picked up by a high profile agency clutch sports agency which was founded by James has landed a big time client in LSU Star Ford Ben Simmons here are Ben Simmons stats to end the season and you can see her pretty impressive what did we say about Ben Simmons after and and what now is the entirety of his college career I thought LSU you quit playing before the Texas A M game personally and the SEC tournament and this guy here he Nails it on the dots when you have a guy who's perceived to be the number one overall pick in the draft you got to win more than they did and there's no way to paint it other than it was a terrible disappointment in the way they played and candidly I thought in the SEC tournament the way they competed there's something to be said about the way you compete during big games during you know big moments and obviously you have Ben Simmons you know not really wanting to compete towards the end of the game because they're losing by 40. the makeup doing the right things as opposed to being the man whatever it is what it is he quit on his team he lost by 40 whatever but he's still the best player in the case of being at LSU first of all I wonder why the hell he went to LSU why that school um and I am taking one of the assistances well Godfather well let me just say this to you Johnny Jones um I'm quite sure that the man has done a respectable job at LSU I'm certainly not advocating him being fired or anything like that but I think that he did a poor job this year with with Ben Simmons I'm just going to call it like it is uh I think if Ben Simmons was playing for a different coach I think we would have seen an elevated level of play even when you try to blame the coach it always goes back to Ben Simmons because why did he want to go there for the first place he wanted to go there because he was comfortable there without question he's my number one overall ability to pass I look at it shooting 56 from the field I look at the fact that he had dudes around him that virtually couldn't play that well and still shot 56 for the field still averaged 19 12. I still left in the 19 victories as a freshman I'm thinking about all the components that he has available to him and if the only thing that I need to be concerned about is his motor his go get it mentality well Stephen A Smith there are some people draft experts like Jonathan gavoni that say otherwise that don't think that Ben Simmons should be a number one pick a lot of NBA teams have reached out this morning and yesterday after it came out and they said penalty you know finally someone is is kind of saying it as it is they feel like Simmons has been done a tremendous disservice by people in the media who have been you know kind of unfairly comparing him to the likes of LeBron James and Magic Johnson and I think we found out this season that that that's just not that's just not who he is you know he is not that Transcendent talent that he's been built at LSU started the season 5 end of the season five and six and Ben Simmons regress towards the end of the season you could see it from above and we saw you know the second half of the year the kids just shut down you know he just stopped functioning he stopped competing and and those are major red flags those that's not you know what Magic Johnson did and it certainly is not what LeBron James would have done so I think that that's where we're at right now if you if you had the first pick in the draft today and you had to consider not just now but what they could be who would you think you would pick I would go with Brandon Ingram because like you said there's that there's the youth that you have to look at Ben Simmons is 14 months older than Brandon Ingram so I think you'd have to think about where is Brandon Ingram going to be 14 months from now if we you know if we froze the clock right now and Ben Simmons didn't move I think then I think Brandon Ingram is a significantly better shooter he has uh he's a much more of a competitor phenomenal um will to win you know and it's a great teammate and all those and the shooting component I mean you just can't discount that in today's NBA and you have to work around bed Smith's biggest flaw when you're in NBA GM I mean that's hard enough having to do that if you have to surround them with four great Shooters at all times and you have to kind of Run the game through him as a point guard which I think that's that's going to be his biggest strength I don't know if every NBA team can do that I don't know if the Philadelphia 76ers into LA Lakers you know I don't know they can just trade their entire roster away and and start a new if they if they get a guy like Simmons and of course Jonathan gavoni draft expert again he was invited to Colin cowher's show to talk about this in Colin he had some pushback okay so he shut down isn't that funny isn't that one of the big complaints about LeBron against the Boston Celtics and that Delonte West situation LeBron's done okay LeBron has twice in his career been criticized for quote shutting down well lebronzo has been passive interesting Kobe Bryant against the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs remember that half he took one shot Kobe never takes just one shot just because dimwits like you told him to pass the ball when he had bums playing for him and come on this is ridiculous man the question isn't is he the next LeBron the question is of the allotted players in the draft who has the least potential to bust Ben Simmons and who has the highest ceiling Ben Simmons yeah but with the mortar that Ben Simmons currently has what makes you think he'll reach that ceiling no look a player that has a high mortar he is actually starting to make noise at this point in his career 2016 and of course articles were written about how Yana is the blueprint and Ben Simmons is the future really that's the future as you said Simmons did not have that good of a year at LSU Ingram has a chance to really cement his stock here who do you think will ultimately be the number one pick in the draft it's ironic that I just talked about Brandon Ingram couldn't because I still I still think that Ben Simmons is going to be the number one pick in the draft I think that he has a lot going for him again LSU was bad but Ben Simmons personally wasn't bad the only things that are knocks on him are what we already knew that his work ethic is maybe questionable and that his jump shot is non-existent and so Brandon Ingram has an advantage over him in that but Ben Simmons is more ready to play right now and so if it's a team that needs a player who can get into the starting five as a rookie I think you look at Ben Simmons and now we go to the draft lottery of 2016. of course the highest odds with the number one pick is the Sixers and of course Ben Sims ending up with the sixes would be interesting but you also have the Lakers a team that Ben Sims wants to be on and Boston Celtics get the third pick who is going to get the first pick between the Sixers and the lake oh this is gonna be fun the second pick will be made by the Los Angeles Lakers and that means that the number one pick in the 2016 NBA draft goes to the Philadelphia 76ers okay so Ben Simmons is a sixer right that that's that's the team he's going to well we'll see because Ben Simmons ended up skipping the initial workout for the Sixers that that what oh a red flag or is it doesn't want a red flag you know everybody deals with the draft process differently um you know sometimes agents are involved sometimes families are involved in those decisions uh again you know everything that we get uh with respect to uh you know our Intel as it relates to Ben is uh you know he would uh very much like to be selected number one and uh I think we heard the same thing from Brandon today and uh you know it'll just be all all part of the process and can Legend will follow up by saying his agent has decided that this is the process they're undertaking why don't you call Benson's agent Rich Paul and ask him it has nothing to do with us half has nothing to do with Philadelphia was being a crybaby right now and Max killerman he just doesn't buy that Colangelo should be acting this way now Ben said it's his prerogative if he doesn't want to work out for the team says no you can draft me first or by the way don't draft me first I'll go to the I'll go to the Lakers and Colangelo starts to cry about that either he has no right to make him work out stop crying well but is it okay to I mean you you're allowed to take it personally if someone doesn't want to accept your offer right well you are but he's not being a crybaby honestly from this standpoint I get where calendula is coming from and Ben Sims as well honestly when you're the number one overall projected draft pick what is your upside to working out tell me please what's up what's better than number one of all there is no only downside and most people have been since locked up in under one pick so why should he even waste his time all signs point to Philly going number one with Ben Simmons over Brandon Ingram will that change in the next 48 hours are you getting nervous here that your sisters are going to screw this thing up not at all I think they know who they want listen remember Sam Henke is no longer there you're okay you've got the colangeloids running the franchise now they're gonna take Ben Simmons all signs point to that and of course drafting a guy like Ben Simmons is big for this franchise who hadn't made a postseason run since 2012 and of course you're still gonna question this shooting mechanics you just hope that he improves on that this is a kid that they feel like his shot which is his weakness can improve in the NBA that's the one area that NBA people always talk about that can get better as long as she's willing to work at it bet Simmons actually ended up working out for the Sixers the week later so that's interesting and he was later seen in a commercial with cat and Deals anything else I should know D'Angelo got a phone trust me great commercial great comedics and a beautiful reference to dilo's past mistakes of course Allen Iverson who was the Sixers number one pick 20 years before this point of course he was interviewed about Ben Simmons and him being the number one pick the first one since AI what advice would you give a guy like Ben Simmons coming in with those heavy expectations similar expectations too and playing in a city like this where you know where they they there's ups and there there's Downs they love you if you give it your all just understand that just understand that it's gonna be some ups there's gonna be some downs but these people will stick with you as long as you give them everything you have they gonna stick with you through your ups and your Downs you know what I mean I mean I'm I'm a perfect example of that you know what I mean I fell got back up failed got back up and they always stuck with me and they'll do that with him what's interesting as well is the Sixers have a lot of big men in their roster and and of course Ben Simmons being a player that can't shoot that I don't know about the spacing on this team but you know Philly's gonna make it work somehow with the number one pick which is going to be Ben Simmons with the first pick in the 2000s siddraft mixers select Benson the crowd is cheering the crowd is rowing as Ben Simmons gets selected for the number one overall pick by the 76ers yeah this is uh the moment that he's been dreaming of for his whole life Ben Simmons now signing autographs for the kids did you say um a four were point guard skills how about this guy somebody that we all know very well and you coach Jay Grant Hill interesting comparison now Brett Brown the coach of the 76ers also coached Ben Simmons's father in the Melbourne Tigers a lot of interesting parallels you already have a connection because your father played for the head coach of the 76ers Brett Brown now we're all these big men I mean they the Sixers are gonna have to reshuffle the deck they're gonna have to do something because bad Simmons as a point guard oh boy everybody else has got money but there's a lot of work to happen here the beauty of it is every decision goes through the filter how does it complement this new franchise pillar and now Benson is part of the Sixers Summer League highlights Ablaze I mean he's just blasting the teams he's just looking like an NBA Ready Player and welcome back Ben Simmons the Mercurial star the Quasar dropping dimes like a bank teller here tonight oh shout out fellow Canadian Mark Jones he's one of the best to do out there now we got bet Simmons training with LeBron D Wade but you know he doesn't like the question of his potential he does not care for it potentially you have to one of those words you know and go down or up so there's a lot of potential but um I was going to put in my work and see what happens honestly there's a lot of a lot of things that people can say but if I don't put the work in them mean anything and it's been looking like he put the work in the summer league and of course he's going to look good in this rookie season hey but Ben Simmons did add some weight he's nearly 250 pounds when he was 217 near the draft Simmons fracture in his right foot Sixers announced that today after rolling his ankle in a scrimmage oh brother oh boy an injury how long is he gonna be out for the short story here is though he's going to be out a while I would say two months minimum the big thing that you're worried about here Linda is re-injury he'll heal from this injury we've seen a number of players re-break this metatarsal just this week Cameron Payne a young player with the Oklahoma City Thunder broke the fifth metatarsal for the second time in less than six months and with a foot injury this early in his career of course you have people you know pausing for concern and Rich Paul bessemer's agent he wanted him to set out for the season right Ben Simmons to sit out if I'm the 76ers I will be damned if I'm letting an agent tell me how to run the team and not LeBron's agent in the same conference that I am in I'm not letting him do it so I'm going to make sure that Ben Simmons is fully healthy but that with two or three months to go in this season when he is fully healthy he's on the court Ben Simmons tweets out I can't listen to this guy he gets quote tweeted by another guy saying he basically be failed every college class and he thinks he's politically Savvy and Benson was talking about the Trump debate he does not want to listen to Donald Trump talking and Ben Simmons replied to him saying well that's what happens when you don't go to any class admitting that he skipped class at LSU oh man Ben Sims is funny now his progress is good you said Simmons will be back this season because we've heard reports that his agent does not want him yeah he'll be back yeah okay in an up-and-coming documentary called one and done featuring Ben Simmons's college career yeah he says some things about the NCAA he said here the NCAA is really effed up and he continued talking about how he was apparently he was offered a Bentley at Ralph's Royce a watch jewelry a house and his discontent for college went deeper he said here and I quote I don't have a voice I don't get paid to do it don't say I'm an amateur and make me take pictures and sign stuff and go make hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars off of one person and honestly I like this quote from Ben Simmons the president of the NCAA Mark Emmert recently spoke at LSU's inaugural Sports Communications Summit and commented on the one and done rule but more specifically Ben Simmons's problems with the rule that the young star made very public in his recent Showtime documentary so he addressed the one and done rule how he laments that makes a farce of going to school but he also said if you want to play in the NBA you can do that as though Ben Simmons just you know it's not being pushed to playing cards because everybody's playing college it's just insane the gaslighting is insane now Ben Simmons he's practicing and he's starting to look better as the days go by and of course you can see him shooting jumpers now hey we need to see that in his rookie year please and Ben Simmons you can see him here doing more intense workouts more intense drills is this really coming along great we're already in January and Ben Simmons is on the court doing shoot arounds and stuff uh it's looking nice man he might come back at some point this season it really does look like it Ben Simmons you could see him here now dunking oh yes he's gonna have a scan and exam on Monday on his injured foot no date of return yet and it's looking nice look at this he's going to have a wait what it hasn't fully healed after surgery uh what he's officially ruled out for the seat oh boy Ben Simmons once again sidelined with the foot injury and look apparently he grew more and Brett Brown has said that Ben Simmons Simmons there's a 6-10 and I know he's a he's a great passer and it seemed like Vince Smith grew about another two inches yeah I told him that the other day I said Ben you know to win since you've been here it is all along he's lean wow you know he's in shape and uh I caught he's like when I'm watching him in practice he's like a baby Magic Johnson well that's interesting finally the season is going to begin Simmons's career debut against Washington and yeah he looks dazzling as always man he looks like he's NBA ready his father there to watch him and he had a good game you know and it it only took four games for Ben Simmons to get a triple tubble man Simmons Drive [Applause] [Music] kind of wide open in the corner and he tripled and Simmons loves to impede in a crowd scores anyway and draws the foul oh yeah he's definitely NBA ready 21 12 and 10. here is his stat line from last night 21 points 12 rebounds 10 assists in 34 minutes eight of 11 from the field apparently this is the quickest a player had gone to get a triple-double since a guy named hambone Williams what the what what are the expectations that you have this season and now Ben Simmons interviewed by Dan Patrick and apparently he would confirm that he didn't regrow give me your official height and weight because you look like you're seven feet tall Ben I say like six eleven two thirty five okay but but you could be seven feet tall with your shoes on right yes I'm seven feet yeah we'll say that wow seven foot point guard unbelievable so no wonder the league is not ready for a guy like Ben Simmons seven foot and he's playing point guard yeah that this is marvelous and he is dazzling out there man he just looks great for a rookie yeah he's technically a rookie since he didn't play the previous season and yeah he gets interviewed by Maverick Carter LeBron's best buddy about the LSU if I was in this town There's you would I see a point in that six or seven months of being there and I think no I think I would have learned a lot more being around professional athletes looking at it now I don't even really know what I learned financially or um just being a person at LSU I think I've learned a lot more with this whole year being affiliate and being a pro than I did at LSU I disappointed documentary already came out I already told you the quotes but I just thought it was interesting to hear from his mouth because it does leave you thinking yeah he does have a point I think he does have a point personally because Ben Simmons I mean what was the point of him even going to college it was kind of portrayed as like he's going to be the savior of LSU he's coming at what point did it start to bother you I think when they started asking more of me more photo shoots and uh just meeting with them with certain things I have to do during the day like I I'd have class and then go left go practice and then open you got to stay and do media and the photo shoot so I'd be kind of annoyed like what am I getting out of this and really guys like Simmons they're pressured to go to college for exposure right if they if you go to Europe or Australia they're not going to be as talked about and he doesn't make a dime off his name when you saw the Billboards how did that make you feel about the business of college sports like what did you feel like the business of this is about it's dirty business yeah so you just had to I mean you had to put up with it but at the same time it just told me a lot um you know I have an image and people wanted to use that but now I have the opportunity to control that and what I do and who I work with so I mean it helped me at the same time it was very I felt it was really sneaky kind of and hopefully that's the last time I talk about the NCAA man I hate them so much now okay Ben Simmons he is now looking nice people are saying he's the next LeBron next Magic Johnson oh boy this is insane Ben Simmons Ben Simmons is a grown ass man do you see him did you see him standing next to Lonzo ball he looked like Lonzo ball daddy well did you see him standing next to Joel embiid because they're about the same size I think he's I think Ben Simmons is seven feet tall in the game that featured MB you know talking back to Mitchell after blocking his shot flopping as well after Mitchell pushes him uh yeah the Utah Jazz they couldn't beat the Sixers with him beat you know just talking and being Rowdy this was the first time in a long time that the Sixers won to nine of the 16 games you are surrounded by royalty in the record books Ben but do you allow you that's my goal I win I want to win more than one and Ben Simmons was getting all the love even from the Sixers biggest fans hey what's up everybody this is Big Daddy from the sixes hey yo big big daddy who I want to thank you for that awesome that you blessed us with trust the process Ben Simmons number one baby let's go Sixers and what would be the first matchup against LeBron James Ben Simmons I mean he would see how great LeBron truly is and of course wheeling and dealing out there most available James it'll count last night was about Ben Simmons it wasn't about LeBron Ben Simmons is a baby the Sixers are you know Irrelevant for a decade colleges cannot help himself fixated on Simmons but LeBron was making a statement and the statement was Ben Simmons is for Real this kid has a chance to be unbelievably special and before I leave this league I'm going to go into his house I'm gonna work my butt off and I'm going to seize control this game 30 seconds in he scored I think the first nine points for the Cavs he won label shoot LeBron doesn't do that LeBron's a passer of course Ben Simmons would have numerous welcome to the NBA moments none like this one where he got hacked and then act as Simmons start Scott Brooks intentionally fouling Ben Simmons a 57 shooter coming into the night he misses two free throws the Wizards cut the Sixers 24 point lead to seven with the hack of Sims less than four to go Simmons missing another pair of free throws and Washington slowly getting back into this game this game would be historical in his rookie year Ben Simmons would attempt 29 free throws at the fourth quarter would end up 24 yes 24 free throws in a quarter bro I'll step up I have no fear of taking free throws in there you should have knew what they were doing just because they started blowing the Torpedoes into stay with them yeah what was your reaction when you started to figure out like all right this is becoming a thing right now I mean I'm going to Elijah and Frito so I just gotta make him you gotta make them 15-29 in this game are you glad your coach kept the end yeah of course you know I never want to come out of a situation like that you said you wanted to stay and you want to do your kind of he knows yeah he knows my mentality I'm not scared to take the Fritos did you ever think he was maybe gonna take you out tonight going to Ben what can you learn from going through the hackaben or Haka Simmons whatever we're going to start calling it tonight it's not going to happen for that much longer you know I'm not gonna know I really really hope this is true look 24 free throws mostly a quarter in NBA history Ben Simmons making history in his rookie year and people are thinking looking at this clip that he's shooting with his right hand finally finally he's shooting it with the right hand that's the right hand and Ben Simmons being compared to Magic Johnson I mean he definitely isn't living up to that comparison look at the stats 1879 whilst magic had 18 7-7 in his rookie year yeah Ben Simmons is really just dominating and think about this guy averaging 17 points really without a jump shot I think a lot of people they see Ben Simmons shooting and they're like if he can make those man in the game too if he can make those shots in the game right here is breaking all of them he's breaking every shot let's see if he breaks another one I doubt he will though I think he's gonna make this one oh fade away okay he might not make this one again Ben Simmons he would be in the skirt fuffle right the curve fuffle with the Toronto Raptors and now we have a whistle here as we're chirping getting into it with CJ Miles and technicals have been called on both players and they've been thrown out of the game shout out CJ Miles uh I just want to say that but you know Ben Simmons getting ejected so is CJ and I I don't know why I just I just want to point this out right his rookie year he was getting into some square fuffles right and Benson is there something in the in the first half that I'm not sure many people have done their careers [Applause] on 11 point and eight assists he was so good out there that people were questioning whether or not Simmons was being snubbed in terms of being in the All-Star right an All-Star in 2018 is Rookie year this is going to be an interesting dialogue moving forward because yeah Ben Simmons being snow I think he dissolves it um so I think he deserved that spot you even had people back in Benson's Home Country talking about how outrageous this was I rise today to express my outrage at the exclusion of Australian Ben Simmons from this year's NBA All-Star game now how did Ben Simmons respond to all this well he said here I don't know what an All-Star is anymore and that my stats don't lie about his case being an All-Star this year right and yeah Donovan Mitchell another rookie that you know it's pretty good can he do this can he win Rookie of the Year can he snatch this from Benson I think he can he took 28 shots last night nobody cares I mean look with the way the Sixers are playing also I think Ben Simmons probably got this award in the bag I mean they're good oh he's just got left-handed right-handed is he amphibious what what is it yeah right isn't that when you're both Chris Webber really called this dude a frog bro that's hilarious also the ward is Envy dexterous for anyone's curious now Shannon sharp he has some bold things to say about Simmons Ben Simmons is gonna be a monster you know Skip he's gonna be a monster okay I mean you watch him last night he I've never seen him this aggressive he was in the poll he was in the playing out of the post and they had they have no answer and just so that we know which rookies are in the running for this reward right Ben Simmons he got Donovan Mitchell you got Jason Tatum of course second pick and then wait Lonzo ball okay bro let's stop let's stop the cap now Ben Simmons is running away with this award that's the narrative that a lot of people have he's the third player that sees he's in the NBA averaging a triple-double in a 10 game span I pretty play for charge oh that's nice man Simmons serving up dimes like a bank teller he's got six assists already it hasn't even been seven minutes in the game see you a pubg master though so I'm gonna let you be you getting it hop on man play one more man you got time who do you play tomorrow Hawks you got plenty of time I don't know if a rookie should be talking this confidently man I know you're you're the star of The League you're getting interviews on ESPN at TNT look man you might beat rookie here this year no he can't shoot but Magic Johnson couldn't either for the first two years he was in this league you're never gonna rely on Ben Simmons to be your leading shooter but he'll be dropping 23 A Night Like Magic Johnson and on other nights giving you 17 assists like magic and on some nights after an injury he'll move into the four spot or Center and play that too this kid's an Alzheimer praise like this in his rookie year man I mean the Sixers they look good right now fourth seed coming into this game you guys had a 14-game win streak a lot of people thought a win would be a given tonight a 15-game winning streak was the season high for a team the Sixers got it to end the season and Donovan Mitchell caused quite a stir with his shirt saying you know the definition of a rookie does it bother you that he brings this into the public realm and he's trolling you a little bit no it's fine it's all it's all love he's a great player um you know if I wasn't a rookie this year he would have definitely had it but no I'm not so Ben Simmons pretty confident about his rookie to your case I mean you could see here in this interview it's been a two-man Rookie of the Year race all throughout the season yourself who's the Rookie of the Year this year who would I pick who would you pick me if you look at the numbers you'll see people who know the game though that was so condescending now let's get to the playoffs okay the first round first time the Sixers are in the playoffs since 2012. but over eight again just like [Music] it's at sixth end Ben Simmons I mean he's just dominating the game of course passing it wheeling and dealing with no Joel embiid on the floor he's injured so Benson is having to do a lot of the playmaking of course Simmons guarded by 11 is in his bag how about that move right there was that quick mainly because he's going and now he just comes right back Ben Simmons having the time of his life in his playoff debut 17 points 14 assists nine rebounds the key thing there is Simmons drives it right back it's a two-point game and sadly yeah the Sixers lose this game time Wade stripping it from the back all by himself that was the first time they lost the game since March 13th and Colin Cowherd oh he loves what he sees out of bed Simmons you know I love LeBron I've talked about him incessantly for a decade I still think he is absolutely remarkable but for the first time in 10 to 12 years I look at the NBA which I've watched for four decades and I say this now with Ben Simmons hey LeBron we're good bro you can go what but when I watch Ben Simmons play it is just a gut feeling that is something between LeBron and Magic I felt the same way when I saw a magic break in I felt the same way when LeBron broke in I didn't even feel it for Kobe first you're stupid you're so stupid shut up now and beat is finally back in the lineup game free of the playoffs and yeah he makes an immediate impact good defensively he stopped what a nice pass NMB of course you know he's playing with the mask and you know his mask fell off here and he got Justice Winslow stepping on the mask I like his energy he's playing with indeed the answer he can do that I know I forgot to tell you he's just a crowd as well and by the way Ben Simmons his first triple-double in the playoffs with four steals yeah the last rookie to record triple double the playoff game Magic Johnson the process continues they finally win a series the Sixers do last time they did that D Rose towards ACL they were the eighth seed Yep this is a marvelous occasion a marvelous day for the Sixers fan base oh it's amazing what's the key to the series well you just said it like they're down three of their top five players when you count Kyrie and Gordon Hayward but now Jalen Brown they got their work cut out because they are outmanned right now yeah Philadelphia has two special players in embiid and Simmons it's kind of sounding like the Sixers are the favorites and you gotta also worry about Brad Stevens who's an exceptional coach forcing Ben Simmons to become a scorer and if he does that then we've got a problem interesting I don't believe that's going to happen in this series because of the absence of Kyrie Irving on the Celtics crowd Rowdy as they can be possession ilyasova ended up with the open three you know Brian they've got to make those shots after them all right let's see if bessemer's mixed this one and he does oh wow now Ben Simmons uh averaging 18 8 and 10 in his playoffs and something weird happens here Ben Simmons he had one point tonight one he had five rebounds in this game which was a playoff low he had seven assists which is below his average it's not a good game man when you look at the box score you think maybe he had an injury in the first quarter no he played 30 minutes he scored one point the rookie or should I say the fake rookie is choking in the playoffs and Shaq man he sees something like this he's gonna say something about it man just say disgusting performance and I'm picking on Big Ben today Big Ben you got to give me more than one points you got to give me more than your average so let's just say he would have got 10 15. even though they took those crazy shots they still could have won the game you need more out of your Superstar point guard one point is not acceptable and Ben Simmons I mean look he came through in the media presser and he actually told us what the problem was with him it was mainly what I did to myself uh I think mentally I was thinking too much overthinking the plays and wasn't wasn't just out there flowing and playing the way I play uh which is free and I think you know obviously they have a game plan I know what that game plan is I gotta play my game Brad Stevens our coaching Brett Brown and Ben Simmons just being outclassed out there on the court I mean I spoke to AI before I came in here today so you just saying play the game I know how to play and that's just you know the second episode well I heard you want to talk to me I got on the phone with him and spoke to him so he gave him some words for Kaiser it's nice to see AI have Ben's back here and Tracy McGrady offering some insight into what happened here can you talk about why the Celtics are able to shut him down when he was such a monster in the first round I don't think the Celtics shut him down I think he shut himself down as you see he only had four shots that shows me is the lack of aggression in this game and Brian windhorst apparently he sees good in this I think Brad Stevens is paying him a compliment I know that that sounds hard today is a day where a lot of people are making fun of Ben Simmons he is setting his entire defensive strategy up to force the ball out of Simmons's hands and Timmins is not dealing with it very well he is not forcing the issue he's not looking to attack he's making rookie mistakes and it will only get worse for the Sixers and Ben Simmons missing a dunk right there one of the best defensive teams in the league that's a good shot but senders missed the dunk with less than 15 seconds left the Sixers now tied this is going to be a big possession here and they turn over [Applause] oh boy the Celtics now up two Sixers fans are not looking so good yeah this is upsetting here's bellinelli catch and shoot and it's gone Philly has the confetti out thinking they won the game but it's a two-pointer yes I'm sorry it's a two-point lure here's a better look yep clearly a two so we're going to overtime and now with less than 10 seconds left the Sixers are up one you just gotta get a stop here having trouble to get inbounding fires to Horford underneath Horford gets it to go and now the Celtics in a pivotal game free to cut the commanding free all lead and if Ben Simmons make this dunk they would be up I think it was just natural instinct yeah right next to the rims the shot I take every practice every day every game I take one of those um and I missed it it's happened that's the game you miss Josh you make them you know I got a lot a lot of growing to do and uh you know this is the first season I've played the first time I played in the playoffs I'm learning a lot and scrap tuning for me and myself and the team they're all learned together the Sixers did manage to prevent a sweep but obviously you're in Boston now and this is going to be a tough outing for the Sixers teams are keying up on him as a non-shooter when you look at Ben Simmons shot does it need to be kind of deacon constructed and reconstructed again kind of like Kawhi did or is it something just keep working on and it'll get better as is so this is Kobe Bryant now being asked about Ben Simmons's Job shot whether or not needs to be repaired just aesthetically you know I would say just build that thing Anew and I'll be honest with you man Ben Simmons open dunk look you gotta get that jumper going to be but Warford on him gives it up Shard it's wide open and he's got it oh Rich was so hot he had nine points in the fourth quarter and he had 27 points in the whole game yeah that's what happens when you got a jump shot man Ben Simmons the baseball pass and Smart's got it and the ball game is over oh boy the series is now over Celtics win a series look at the stats between Sergeant Brown and Ben Simmons shooting less than 50 on on layups or are we serious I'll give you my 10 best basketball players they are specifically great now before we get into this egregious top ten I gotta remind you about the promise we made earlier did you like the video it seems like you do you you're still watching it please subscribe now LeBron James is number one but who's going to be at number five I wonder Ben Simmons oh you don't like it do ya rookie Ben Simmons was already a top five player 2018. Kia NBA Rookie of the Year is Ben Simmons and yes he won the rookie the year he might have deserved that he might not have I'm not here to discuss that right it's his award he wanted he's technically a rookie and he even shook hands with David Mitchell seems like all is good in the world in terms of their relationship and you know Ben Simmons in the offseason you can see him working on his shooting interesting got two guys on your team were the number one criticism of them is their shooting so Marco fultz Ben Simmons how much interaction do you have with them and trying to help them tweak their shots having a guy like JJ Reddick on your team I mean the shooting it should be addressed right look my door is always open they can come to me for any piece of advice they want I know they have worked both extensively with trainers this off season uh I would say this though like let's just enjoy right now let's just enjoy their greatness at 20 and 22. their shots are going to develop I I'm a firm believer in that both those guys want to be great both those guys work hard and obviously you see Ben Simmons working on the shooting in the offseason you think look he's gonna take more of those shots during the season right I mean he's he's gonna do those nice passes sure right Mark Garfield is also going to be doing those laps oh he's great but we got to see more shooting out of this team Ben Simmons shooting free throws is he gonna make him no you can't miss these you have to start making these right does he make this one no he misses the other one again bad Simmons is gonna have to be better at shooting even Brett Brown is emphasizing this now one thing Folsom Simmons to improve on their shooting and spacing this elevates you guys in kind of the East pecking order I mean you had another All-Star um to the team definitely so now the Sixers have another star to add on their team I mean this is going to be an interesting Dynamic with him beating Simmons a guy like him can come in and score the ball veteran leadership experience I think he's gonna he's gonna fit in here obviously Jimmy Butler has a checkered past but he made a candidate clear what he brought to the table here I love my teammates um I don't think there's too many of them that'll tell you that I'm a bad teammate but um I mean people get whatever they want to say out it is what it is but I think I'm a I think that I'm an incredible human being teammate and um I'll show that to the guys that are here and I wonder their ceiling now has just been raised let's see how much better this team is Simmons step begins Sixers look for the lead Ben whizzing down the floor laying in two and the Sixers I don't know about this one Ben and the Sixers yeah you better be careful because yeah you obviously lost this game to the Cavaliers not because of the play obviously you're doing the work five to shoot and that's how she wrote it folks I mean date the Kardashians at your own Peril right Ben Simmons with a nice play right here to change your Relic and of course he brings the histrionic sort of in the game Lowry boy and Simmons not at all happy with a call the referees were not pleased with this performance here and gave Benson's a technical there's as Ben takes an expensive seat oh and a technical has been called on him oh Christmas miracle happened in 2018 where Ben Simmons he took this shot the side of the Blackboard Simmons with a rare jumper wow Ben Simmons that was a 22-foot jump shot that was the longest distance jump shot best Sims had ever made in the NBA at this point Mitchell is three for eight from behind the arc there's an answer by Ben Simmons a mid-range man he's been looking good these days man mid-range it fader I mean this is just beautiful we need more of this Ben now after the game of course Ben Simmons talked about how you know the Utah crowd yeah they weren't very comical reason the fans are getting after you a little a little bit that motivate you at all or oh really it's kind of funny it's just a little bit funny how do you feel about the about your game they had a long time to prepare to have good things to say to me and that I know you got most of this [ __ ] like Rook of the Year stuff same old jokes no creativity none that's what I was kind of disappointing but you have that long to prepare and that's all you have to say come on and Jimmy Butler of course trolling Ben Simmons what the rookie here Trope good game Rookie of the Year good [ __ ] boy [Laughter] wow Benny boy here has to be some sort of Genius I mean who would think of doing such a thing during a game they love to follow Simmons but he'll bring the ball in he bounces off the back side of Barnwell man this kid in the second year already doing things that we haven't seen from an NBA player a veteran or even a great player Ben Simmons might be up there with a great what do you make of all this you know I hope it's not true uh but Jimmy Butler as we know has been carrying a little bit of our track record in terms of dealing with with coaches so there's already some fireworks being sparked here Jimmy Butler testing red Brown over the offense over the Sixers offensive schemes and here in the ringer they ask a very peculiar question they say here what if the Philly playmaker doesn't need a jumper for the team to get to the next level betsyman's might not be holding the Sixers back with his horrific jumper interesting essentially a new Big Four in Philly you've got indeed you've got Ben Simmons you've got Jimmy Butler and now you add Tobias Harris to that another player that is capable of making plays for himself Tobias Harris this is going to be an interesting quartet here and of course Ben Simmons a lot of people say he can't shoot but he assists on the most freeze in the NBA and Dread Ben Simmons against the Lakers he got exposed here okay yeah he makes this metering shot but LeBron tested some even more time scoring list from 256 points her offensive Rebound putbacks in this game look at how much space LeBron is giving Ben Simmons this is egregious Simmons surveying out front LeBron laying all the way back in the key daring him to shoot Simmons does Benson is now camping in a paint clogging it essentially for nbid not having a lot of room to work with clean your screen definitely nobody argued about it Ben Simmons took a three and you could hear the fans kind of rise up and Ben Simmons he started getting to his head here he took a three-pointer because of how much space was given the Sixers teammates had some interesting things to say about this I wasn't shocked by it foreign and I appreciate and B for being more honest with Ben Simmons here he's been walking on it uh you know every day we tell him gotta shoot it I mean there's nothing wrong with that uh you know I'm uh 30 three-point shooter and you guys that's a jumper but my fake uh I don't understand all what's possible but uh that's still new so we all you know every day he walks on it and I think he's coming uh that was the first step and I hope that they keep shooting thank you guys and at the time he checked a great YouTube channel covered this whole Ben Simmons stuff Simmons was so confused that he even got baited into taking a three which of course he missed but if you're asking yourself why am I even mentioning this it's because this was only the third attempt from behind the Arc of the season for band but really this was his first actual attempt and look at the other two half court thieves at the end of quarters meaning that he really doesn't feel comfortable taking those shots they've probably already know this but yeah at this point in his career he hasn't made a free he knows he just was you know Simmons punches it all the way out to me now Ben is a pretty good player right look how he fixed a dribble handoff and goes inside to slam it oh Beautiful Jason Tatum couldn't believe it on the play kept it alive [Music] [Applause] Jordan knocks with the finish and the foul no regard for human life Benson's getting postered not just by Tatum but by Kevin Knox well Kevin Knox can't say that he's an All-Star like Ben Simmons can yeah he made his first All-Star Game in the second year of his career and back comes back and now post All-Star break Ben Simmons was in the kerfuffle with Yusuf nurkic [Applause] I just feel better when he's in the building I'll tell you what Ben Simmons nice retort uh he makes the free throws well but you're losing by 13 points at this point you know Ben Simmons again getting exposed by the Pelicans it looked like Alfred from the beginning of the year Simmons the screwball thankfully he got the rebound and converted on this two-pointer here but look at how much space was given to him yeah this is not good now Ben Simmons and Kevin Hart would interview each other in that ice path it's a great city of course you know we got ups and downs like yeah right within those ups and downs you know you're gonna get the best you're gonna get the worst of it I got booed in Philadelphia one time yeah the fans yeah they really let you know and just look at this shot right here he shoots it with his right hand and he makes it is he actually shooting it with the wrong head this whole time the right hand this is his right hand let's go this is just freeze Challenge and making jump shots man he's looking better and better when he shoots that with his left now okay it sounds humorous and all that and I'm dead ass serious you can't like you know because if not he'll regret it when his career is over at this point man Kobe making a good point man you gotta work on that jump shot you gotta have that in your game somehow especially in this day and age I mean come on the era that we're playing in Benjamin's constantly being exposed on the perimeter Simmons in a rush oh what the heck was that they just simultaneously flopped every time we show up Johnny oh man what a statement dunk that was and Ben Simmons don't worry he will get his get back those quick on Lopez tough shot followed by Simmons I mean it's just nice the rebound and just dunk it over him and Ben Simmons you know the playoffs is coming up and a lot of people are wondering where is that jump shot at we need to see it that three-point shot Simmons at the line where he's one of two as just three points that's problematic for this team I think this 60 free throw shooting oh it's ugly when the Sixers are buoying you at the line he's got eight point [Applause] [Music] Sixers as a whole look they didn't even care me and B looking at Amir Johnson's phone what is that thing doing out to me and why is Joel and B looking at it and smiling like you're down I I that is a very bad look as you can see yeah the Brooklyn Nets are winning this game one of the series interesting The Underdogs are winning D'Angelo Russell dominating one [Music] yeah you're probably wondering how many points has been some score 9.7 rebounds free assistance I've never seen anything about them uh they all show us a lot of love I understand why they're both uh but you know the fact that is after every single Miss uh when you know shots are gonna fall they're not gonna fall uh and uh tonight and therefore but you know um for me I'm I'm fine I play I'll play to anything uh but for some guys you just you just I know he can be an orange juice like you know every Mission um and then you get wood and and then so you get the next one it kind of feels like well should I shoot it or should I not because I'm about to get Bulldog I don't know some guys are like that and I think we all know who he's talking about but you know Ben Simmons he did say this he said if you're going to boost stay on that side and you know being hostile door is a fan base that wants to see you win I mean they clearly just are passionate and once you make your free throws right Jared Dudley said this we will leave him wide open until he proves in this league that he can make it right now he's not even attempting it oh boy [Applause] after a game to win I mean look Benson's Dudley are talking each other back and forth and you can see here man and beat in game two by the way elbowing Jared Allen of course that got talked about a lot in the presser after the game Joe was it a uh a point to be more physical tonight um in both sides of both ends of the court and were you surprised that you got a technical uh on the elbow swing through at the end of the second quarter um I wasn't surprised I saw the replay and uh obviously it wasn't intentional uh and I got him pretty good and I'm sorry about it but foreign [Laughter] ize but it ended up laughing just nervously why man I'm not usually humble he's laughing but uh yeah I was just trying to build glasses well of course Karis Levert didn't like that we really didn't really like that we thought that was kind of disrespectful especially after the elbow he threw it is what it is there's no love lost it's a playoff series we expect Ben Simmons was also asked about you know the raising the hand to the fans right that was an interesting thing he did there then there was a moment there in the second half where you got to steal and a layup and then hit the ear hand to your ear like Allen Iverson acting on the crowd tell us what you were feeling at that moment and uh what made you do that I was thinking about the booze from last game wow there have been reports surfacing around this time about Brett Brown and how he apparently lost the locker room yeah saying here Brown having long ago lost her locker room following the acquisition of Jordan Butler and in that same report The Daily News talked about how Ben Simmons does at one point a game where he sat out right Ben Simmons sat out of a 21 Point loss to Orlando Magic due to a stomach virus actually what happened was Simon had spent the previous night partying in Orlando that is not a good thing to come out right that's exposing a lot of the Sixers problems and of course their their Dudley made a controversial quote about Ben Simmons great some of course will say that's ridiculous you can't say that he is not an average player in anything he is arguing with him he's got that he could be sometimes disappointing in the half court but he is I mean he creates in the half court at times he reminds you of Magic the way he creates is he is he is he Kevin Durant no he's not Kevin Durant no Scotty I had to push back because this was just a bit too far this guy he didn't like that I think I I really think he's a real good player but again in the half court game he does change a little bit he can't shoot the ball from the outside he can't shoot the ball from the outside so he's not as a big a threat he's not a LeBron Ben Simmons man he responded to all this and doing Jared Dudley quotes we've got your great player of the Open Court uh Africa let's go some Jared and you know what the following game yeah he was incredible Ben Simmons actually dominating this game we were actually seeing the best of Ben Simmons here Sixers just break down that Brooklyn defense eighth assist for Ben Simmons just showed thriving in Brooklyn looking like he's the best player on the court Daryl Dudley not so much oh boy I mean for the next tonight this is Dudley misses everything you could see here man Benson is being petty Jared Dudley missing her open three-pointer and Ben Simmons letting him know about it yep that's a Miss I'll tell you what since those comments from Jared Dudley he has responded the way you'd want a great player to respond a career postseason High 31 points with nine assists and four rebounds to boot is that when I see Ben Simmons I see The Greek Freak I see an unusually tall point guard or point forward at this point A lot of people are talking about how great Ben Simmons is right how great he can be right and the question is always you know that jump shot when he develops that jump shot he's going to be a monster my opinion has not changed about Ben Simmons I believe that Ben Simmons is a superstar in the making yeah I believe that Ben Simmons is a jump shot away from the Philadelphia 76ers winning the title and as expected after a great performance you're going to be law that you're going to be praised to the High Heavens by Stephen A and oh by the way I'll tell you the number one thing I've come to love about him his attitude he don't give a damn about nothing I mean he is fearless he ain't scared he's a Rough Rider he's a dog and I mean that in a very very good way and despite Brett Simmons having a great performance there are still Rumblings out there right a report came out talking about how Ben Simmons was considered to be a trade asset by the GM the Sixers there was never a conversation with the organization about whether or not Ben Simmons is to go someplace or not or whether or not he was Untouchable it's according to the Sixers it is other nonsense that report they don't even want to hear about it okay now come on it's game four there's only up to one right Jared Dudley here with a flop well he gives you a lot of moves here's the three by Dudley and look at the reaction yeah what's up what's up Ben Dudley was playing pretty good defense on Ben Simmons he had four points actually six points now and yeah there was a lot of petty stuff going on and you know Ben Simmons not performing so well in the first half and you know there would be a kerfuffle here with embiid and Alan and then bye and beat and crashing again to the floor my goodness Dudley and Simmons it was fun seeing you know Ben Sims being tested by a guy like Jared Dudley and of course bet Simmons and the Sixers would win this season five it was an easy series to be frank let's get to the next series I told him before they go get this one uh he told him that he had to carry us and he did uh this was James Butler like that was the adult in the gym Man Jimmy Butler came out big in this game against the Raptors a much tougher opponent the third player to ever have a 30 10-5 game in the playoffs for Sixers and look how many clutch points Butler had compared to the Raptors yeah Jimmy Butler was big and this raised a question about you know the coexistence with and bead and Ben Simmons why are the Sixers at times so inconsistent and I brought that question up in our meeting this morning and you had Isaiah a fascinating answer as to why well because Sim is an NMB while they do fit sometimes they play a different style Simmons is best when they up and down when they play Fast Pace then he can score the basketball he can assist he can get three-point Shooters open he can get to the foul line he can do all the things that he wants to do and he is the biggest player out on the floor however when embiid is in the game and B becomes a post player similar to the way magic and Kareem used to play with each other magic will push the basketball up the floor when Kareem wasn't in the game when Kareem went in the game he would slow it down and then he would punch it in when he punches it inside when Simon puts the ball inside and embiid his double team Simmons is not a great shooter so therefore people lay off of him and then he has to look for Butler and of course Ben Simmons postseason High came when NB didn't even play this is what he did he played 45 minutes he had six seven and five and so yes right after he said it and B didn't play and then he had 30 points everybody's like oh it's like no you look at those numbers and it's not that all the time but a lot of the time time those numbers can be very very pedestrian another question is if they can't coexist who are you picking out of these two players yeah he's a half court player winning beats in the game and he should be because indeed is the most important is the most important but it's expensive is successfully reverted to a role player in this series averaging 11 7 and 5 against the Raptors yeah this is not good Leonard loses it Simmons two on one throws it up Butler throws it down of course Grant would continue to pour it on a man had another triple single tonight Danny Green number three in the pivotal game five where it's a 2-2 series to take the lead Ben Sims had 7.7 rebounds for assist no he did yes he did and Shaq couldn't believe it when he seen it Ben Simmons looks so out of whack people were questioning whether or not he was really a point guard he was really fit to be a point guard look at his shop profile right most of his shots coming from the paint you gotta be aware of the inbounder here if you're feeling dish it off to Leonard defended by Simmons is this the dagger don't don't game series I'll stop I'll stop I'll stop the Sixers yeah this was a disappointing loss oh the Kawhi Leonard with the luckiest shot of his life and you know Bruce Braun you know putting some blame on Ben Simmons but as soon as we get the inbounds get on the right hand side right now Ben get on the right up he doesn't get it now watch Ben Simmons he stops playing you can't stop him this is game seven what do you want me to do push off and beat and just defend like come on MB was right in front of him okay like stop come on tips what would you have done to me if I would have done that tips uh trade you can see it in those eyes he was serious when he said that man now look Ben Simmons he had a message for the Australians hey guys tough way to finish the season I just want to let everybody know uh I really appreciate the support through the year he would apparently play in the FIBA World Cup that was coming up this summer I also like to announce that I am going to be a boomer um for the upcoming events so stay tuned that's great to see man hopefully Ben Simmons you know he does well for Australia Ben Simmons got a massive extension today five years a hundred zillion dollars I heard that what a massive deal this was at the time and of course still is to this day he got the official stamp of approval from the Sixers organization love him you don't love him you don't love his game no it's not that I don't love him I just want guys to respect the game more right it's comments throughout your career it's more so I don't have to shoot I don't have to work on my shot those type of things Ben Simmons it's like he doesn't want to shoot during games do you like his game I mean I'm not in love with it but I like it I like it so you know it's it's not like it's not your game yeah it's not oh wow you know he's not like oh wow power is probably shocked at hearing this but look putting up seven seven and four in a game five he would be great on a small team of Shooters there you go if he could if you can spread him if you can put Shooters around him you wouldn't really see his flaw but because he has Joel and B because he has Al Horford now or if it's a spot up now so which is great for him so he can kind of open up the lane a little bit for for Ben but I just want him to really take this person because he could be one of the greatest of all time if he get at least a 15-footer in a consistent one now I don't know if this was his age of Rich Paul saying this or Ben Simmons himself wanted to not play Frost yeah he's not playing for Australia come on dude Australia needs him and what's what's his excuse I'm trying I'm getting ready for a championship you and every other player will pretty much just play in the World Cup of course the Australian news I'm pretty sure they won't be happy about this one what do you say is Ben Simmons worth that 170 million max deal no not yet but you got to give it to him this is an interesting take from Max but he may have a point here look Ben Sims of course his jump shot is the biggest flaw of his game and really hinders him from being a great player and something he has to improve on who's your favorite to win the east clearly the Philadelphia 76ers I thought the addition of going out against Al Horford and I think Tobias Harris is going to be terrific there and a lot of people coming into the 2019 offseason had the Sixers as the favorites in the East yeah they had a good looking team really nice well let me tell you something it's going to come down to Ben Simmons and Joel embiid at some point them two young players who are both terrific Young Players I Want to repeat that two terrific young players Magellan Bean's got to get his fat butt in shape and Ben Simmons got to work on his game oh wow that Sims in the offseason he's shooting free and making them oh he looks nice is this a what is he doing here a fade away and he makes it okay this is a turnaround yeah Benson is looking nice a pull-up midi okay I can't wait there is a fatal flaw as Mike Greenberg was saying is gay and that's not attempting I didn't say not shooting that says shows off shooting range I'm saying not attempting shots outside of the paint for a point guard is something I have never seen it's okay if you miss man it's okay no big deal you miss some jump shots you miss some jump shots and Jalen Rose here taking a shot at the Sixers developmental coaches man oh boy the reason why I brought up the coaching is I saw this with Markel false okay a guy that went number one got The Yips as they called them and couldn't make a jump shot so at some point your Player Development has to be there and you have to challenge your players into getting in the gym interestingly enough Jalen Rose actually has faith in Ben Simmons improving on his jump shot and actually implementing it into his game soon poor Ben Simmons I do believe that this is a year that he has the confidence to attempt shots outside of the paint that's going to unlock their offense and that's going to make them my favorite potentially to come out of the East they're already my favorite to come out there now in this interview Chris Carter ride talking to Tobias Harris Tobias actually calling out Chris Carter for criticizing Ben Simmons jumper you always know my man's jump shot but absolutely I know we talked about that we can't yeah why not I mean I was with him in the gym in L.A he's he's shooting it he's uh confident with it a clip will come out soon after Ben Simmons dunking but also oh wow if Ben Simmons can make shots like this oh my goodness how is he making these I find it so crazy that the only guy who doesn't get checked to go in the casino is this guy I guess no I get sick Mike just checked I get 10 times gets checked Ben Simmons now claiming he is being racially profiled to not enter the casino thank you Crown Casino damn apparently according to radio host uh Neil Mitchell in Australia he says here that Ben Simmons had a commercial agreement with Victoria government so the state government through either visit Victoria or Melbourne major events which we were talking about yesterday has reportedly paid for Ben Simmons who was a Melbourne man grew up in Melbourne went to Box Hill High now a superstar of basketball although he's got a way to go yet but he's very successful paid for Ben Simmons to come here on the off season to promote Victoria that is ridiculous I this plug's played hundreds of millions in his contract but more than that they've paid this money and he's come here and he's effectively trashed us by these allegations against Crown Casino which he refuses to front up to apparently Ben Simmons was being interviewed by Australian football star Campo Brown and yeah he apparently he made a joke about the whole Casino thing and Ben Simmons was not happy the line he said to Ben Simmons was we've got a fair bit in common you and I you drive a Maserati I drive a Toyota Kluger you're worth 250 mil I'm borderline unemployed well technically true the last thing we have in common is we've both been denied entry couldn't help himself and at which point Ben Simmons said this interview is done this interview is corrected cracked it he stormed out he stormed out took the microphone off threw his toys out of the cot a big loss for the Sixers yeah Jimmy Butler ended up going to Miami Heat in a sign of trade for Josh Richardson yeah and B was not too happy about that that's my guy that's my brother forever I wish she was on the team because I feel like the relationship that I built with them uh could could have gone a long way he was building that bond with him during the playoff run Jimmy you know when we when he was the fourth quarter we knew the ball was going to be in either me or Jimmy's Head uh and I knew that I could count on them too so um this year he kind of changes around uh other guys got to step up and I gotta do more Entenmann's once again being questioned about you know him not shooting the three point in his career yeah I've had shots an interesting response there not bad Simmons he would end up making history for himself they wanted to shoot it the insane reaction here I mean look at him making his first ever three-pointer pre-season nobody cares bro this was his first pre-pointer maid that we had seen in the game the resigning kind of helped and this summer reminding who I was as a player again you know I kind of lost that last season to where I was just going through motions and I wasn't playing the game I knew how to play and I always appreciated when the player was candid about you know what happened during the season and stuff that's interesting so what do you got to say to people that keep asking about your jump shot nothing really I really don't do it it really goes back to what we're talking about the Starlight I don't care yeah like I'm working like what do you want me to do and Stephen A Smith he would harp on this right Ben Simmons his jump shot will lead to great things I look at the Philadelphia 76ers and I literally believe a jump shot by Ben Simmons is holding a championship in the palm of the Philadelphia 76ers hands he gets when they win the title he doesn't they don't it's going to be an interesting season for a player that now is actually taking the three-pointer and Simmons did not return for the second half Wednesday night at Utah because of what the team called a springed AC joint oh boy now fortunately for us Benjamins would be able to play soon enough you know akina a below average three-point shooter there's Simmons yeah he did it Ben Simmons this time he actually made a three-pointer in an NBA regular season game oh Ben Simmons man we could see it the future is Bright Now guys how big a deal is it Tracy that he did this well that's a very big deal without thinking about it right yeah the shot looks so fluid to me right like he's done it several times this really just has to be mental we see him take those shots in practice in off seasons why I don't know why he's so uncomfortable would shoot it and shot because for me I mean he looked Zach Lowe raised a good point here it's hard to interrupt T-Mac by the way the key is he can't now go five straight games without taking it he has to keep taking him it doesn't have to take five a game he has to keep taking them because the more he takes them the less it's a it's a a huge deal and the people are giving him an ovation and the announcers are going crazy it just needs to be normalized that's an important Point here man we we can't have it to where every time he takes a free it's a scene right it's like he's about to make history right that's not the gravity of the situation right Dwight Howard has as many three pointers made this season as Ben Simmons [Music] for three and that's two three pointers now that he's made two in the regular season and we haven't even gone to January and yeah bessemer's had a great game Alice it's an understatement Simmons again [Applause] so there it is a career-high 34. and it's beautiful man Ben Simmons now you know with the help of Brett Brown being told to take a minimum of one free point or a game who was the most excited for granted Grant oh probably apparently Grant Williams was being called Ben Simmons because he couldn't make a three-pointer for the longest time yeah we were calling him Ben Simmons for the largest Ben knocked him down too so shout out to both of those guys Ben Simmons's shop profile is still egregious though he's still not taking enough of these shots from the mid-range and three-pointer it's pretty disappointing even Kevin O'Connor started calling him out calling him a coward in a fourth quarter leansick for cork Moz and Sixers up 17 as Simmons goes gliding in gets two more enhancing his triple double Benson's is still a great player right and he's still willing and dealing out there that's his bread and butter right getting Guys open at 16 13 17 is impressive 29 13-11 34 12 and 12. yeah Ben Simmons he was good among the things he did last night was past Ben Simmons on the all-time three-point shot babe but you still got no J man come on now because my point is they let Simmons shoot threes he won't even try this guy's going out there and taking that shot and he looks so good when he shoots it you know during you know pre-game shoot arounds it's like Pat Simmons come on you should be able to take more of these please time to just choose already between embiid and Simmons yes look I think this this season and the end result of this season I think is a referendum on this team and again when being confronted with who would you choose between these two so if you get beat in like the first round which is not out of the realm of possibility I think you have to break up this group and I think Simmons will be the one and the media was really making a big deal of how this you know tandem connect coexist if you look at the the the league and you look at this team do you say oh yeah that I see this team winning a championship at some point if you don't then I say you reshuffle the deck which one would you give up trade I would give up Ben Simmons it was becoming increasingly obvious to many that embiid was clearly the better player here Ben because I've seen look I've seen Markel fultz improve his jump shot Lonzo Ball's a jump shooter yeah this to me is the great mystery in the NBA is that Ben Simmons after all these years right still does not have any semblance of a jump never mind three-point range a pull-up jump shot from 17 18 feet and oddly enough Scottie Pippen is giving Ben Simmons more Credence then I I think many people think he deserves I I do think that um Ben Simmons is probably the best player on the Philadelphia team because he does so much and he makes all the players better he allowed other players to flourish because of what he can do as a basketball player I like like LeBron very dominant on offensive end a lot of downhill um he's one of those guys that when the floor is open he refers obviously you could say that Sims is holding in feedback Pippin is making the opposite argument and when embiid is in there he does kind of hold Ben Simmons back a little bit because he doesn't have that space But I do think those two players can exist together and they can win together and DeWitt basically now telling Ben Sims yo just go get it man don't wait well don't wait Giannis is not waiting right I don't want like I love Ben I think Ben can be a star star in this league and I don't want him to wait and say wait it's my opportunity take it now and I think a lot of guys do that they wait and say oh next year or next year and we didn't really get the response of you know Simmons and MB but now we get to see what they really think of all this kerfuffle two different types of players he says look we can both coexist when you look at uh the last couple years uh the last two years that we've been playing together it was not a problem uh you know this year is all your problem because our times our offense our struggle and I think he's he's gone it's definitely going to be better the last after the All-Star break uh but I mean you just look at the last two years what we've been able to do and I I think he can walk and he's going to work and Ben Simmons especially you know saying the same thing here based on everything is supposed to be perfect not everything works straight away you know we're two different people trying to figure it out so I mean I love playing with y'all I think he's an amazing talent and uh I got a lot of respect for his game and I know he feels the same way about me so as long as we continue to strive and go the right way I think we're gonna be fine now here's MB being cheeky though you never go up against Ben Simmons give me one thing we can look forward to seeing you guys as opponents not teammates well if I got him I'm gonna I'm gonna make him shoot so this is why they call Joelle troel embiid man I mean this guy is just a troll now Ben Simmons would also troll back and beat here a little smacking that body rear I mean this is just nice stuff right here he should try out for the bus lapping Olympics in terms of the 76ers Ben Simmons is out tonight lower back soreness he started feeling it yesterday got treatment yesterday got treatment today but had to play through it now look I know Ben Simmons you know the injuries are piling up but look he is assisting on the most freezing Envy by any player he is just a revolutionary Pace look seriously though yeah Ben Simmons it's one of those things the injuries are piling up now Sage there is a real level of concern about this injury and the Sixers are preparing for the possibility that they're going to be out they're going to be without Ben Simmons here for a period of time and I guess Colin coward went on vacation and picked out somebody even more stupid my argument for LeBron being the MVP is in 2020 look I think if you take Giannis off of the Bucks and you put Ben Simmons on the Bucks I'm not sure he doesn't have the same sort of statistical dominance because again the Lane is all clear this is so dumb I hate this argument so much now Jimmy Butler he did reveal some interesting insights today and we all sitting in there and nothing got accomplished at all so I was like and I told you this as we walked out JJ why would I ever go back in there again apparently this happened during a film session from Sixers nothing's getting accomplished nobody's saying nothing to anybody and we're just sitting in here watching film and you can literally hear the thing just clicking and we all just looking around it was obvious during the playoffs that you know the Sixers were leaning towards Butler more than Simmons oh boy towards the end of the year though as we sort of we did sort of tweak how the offense was run especially in the playoffs where you're playing on the ball more did that relationship evolve at all or was it strictly a professional relationship uh I would say it was professional but to this day I don't think that that was fair and Jimmy Butler defending Ben Simmons wow that's interesting I don't think it was fair because the entire year Ben had the ball the entire year Ben had the ball so you mean to tell me that in one playoff series you just switch it up like that I would be like he was I would be I would feel the type of way yeah he's playing Warzone here Ben Simmons is and he shares his take on who's the top five Defenders yeah I look at I look at ad I think like he's a better Defender Gilbert because he can't defend like guards at times and really where he ranks golbert is actually pretty shocking to me I'm putting myself in there too was that four that's fine I didn't say Rudy though no because I look like Rudy and Pat I put Pat B in there Rudy you could not not put Rudy in the top five why look I play ball I'm looking at guys who can guard one through five man okay then interesting now Ben Simmons he was apparently going to be benched by Brett brown but he did sit down them before the season Tony and with his parents by the way and said listen we need you to shoot threes for our team to space the floor to help everybody if you don't I can bench you I can do that don't make me do that I want you to shoot threes but if you want do you want me to bench you if you don't take them this was a real thing that was on the table and honestly I mean bet Simmons should be taking more freeze you know Brett Brown is right to do this but obviously Brett Brown himself do you want to bench him in the end Brett Brown he's too good a person honestly to use that technique now what was interesting about this here is that apparently the higher ups and the Sixers wanted him to do this oh I will tell you this that my sources tell me that the front office and some of the ownership wanted Brett Brown to do that I mean look personally I would do that I mean just look at this shop profile it's egregious it's not just a freeze you should take more mid-range jumpers too can Simmons and embiid lead the Sixers to a title and of course that's the question that many were asking right Ben Simmons and embiid I mean look at their records when they both play when either of them is out when both are out it's safe to say that they can only win a title if both guys are able to play yes sir easy okay did Ben Simmons just miss the entire ocean no this is disgusting I'm so sorry look bad Sims was not missing jumpers here in this clip and apparently this was a teaser for what he was about to do in Orlando Orlando I'm seeing Clips like this where he's turning around shooting a free porn or fade away yeah Ben Simmons he's looking good 35 from distance was that a three from Ben Simmons I I think it was he was right on the line headband Ben Ben is not playing around folks he's actually looking to shoot that three-pointer and wait did he make a free Ben Simmons now in his street clothes still walking very gingerly again left the game with a left knee injury unfortunately Ben Simmons yeah he tweaked his knee and yeah he's not looking so good to play Maria for all intents and purposes Ben Simmons a season is over with the Sixers Ben Simmons is going to have uh those loose bodies removed from that left knee a procedure uh in the next few days and and he is not expected to return uh to the Sixers this season and that about wraps up their title chances yeah this is not a good scene just a festival of defensive miscommunication for Philly look at this where are they going this is Kemba Walker he would score 32 Celtics beat can only do so much when they're missing a player like Ben Simmons that covers for a lot of the Sixers defensive mishaps and of course this was the second time in playoff history the Sixers got swept indeed that's not a good look I'm sorry but bet Simmons here apparently he was hurt when he saw his team getting swept he did not want to fill that emotion ever again oh boy you're getting paid Millions what the hell are you doing with your day that you can't improve your jump shot patience is running low on Ben Simmons we need to see it next season we need to see that jumper that you can't improve your game I don't want to hear well maybe he just doesn't do that learn damn it now Brett Brown he did get fired from a coach so who would be the next coach healthy right to me the two nuclear weapons are sitting there in Philadelphia and they don't know how to detonate if if doc took him beat and Ben Simmons I believe he could mold them into he could show them the way the guy that blew a free one lead coaching the Clippers yeah okay this is not good now look a quote surfaced about how apparently Jimmy Butler quote didn't view Simmons on par with someone like himself or MB when it came to mental makeup Doc Rivers hired by the Sixers yesterday after three days after just parting ways with the Clippers look the doc River stock may be falling but look this is a coach that's experienced I mean he's brought a championship to Boston so it's going to be interesting thing to watch here let's move on the 76ers officially named Daryl Mori president of basketball operations and extended the contract of general manager Elton brand today now look the Sixers didn't just reshuffle the hierarchy in the front office and coaching staff right they also are looking at potential trades here James Harden's on the move and bet Sims could be too and as far as the Sixers are concerned unless they're putting in Ben Simmons which I'm I'm told they are not inclined to do right now I don't see a deal um structure that makes sense for building outside of a guy like Ben Simmons so moving on from Ben Simmons I mean his potential is through the roof I'm a huge fan of Ben Simmons I think he's a jump shot away from being LeBron James part two oh brother is this guy this guy serious is right now if Ben Simmons was going to be in a deal to Houston it would perhaps have to be even bigger than just James Harden I'm not sure that's how Houston looks at this I think they'd like Ben Simmons plus a bunch more assets the way we'll just framing it is as though the Sixers are not even thinking too much about the Ben Simmons deal with James Harden Shams is saying apparently the Sixers are making Ben Sims available and some packages with James Harden's trade what is really going on here this dude is a jump shot away from being LeBron James 2.0 that's how gifted I think he is oh brother here he goes again but not only does you know is he not perceived as being a shooter he doesn't even attempt to shoot and Doc Rivers was quoted as saying that's not that important first of all is that was that quote accurate to just say that and if so why on Earth would you say that because I really believe that like it's important in the long run let's let's be honest um but I won Ben Simmons to play free I don't want him to play Thinking about shooting a jump shot I want him to play downhill get in the paint make plays uh get to the free throw line something that no one's ever told him is he serious right now what what is dog River saying and even though I think you're absolutely right about what may transpire in the regular season come post season time you know if you're no threat from the perimeter that's four and five basketball on the offensive side of the floor am I not right about that well not when he has a ball you know people forget I have Rondo uh and we won a World Championship with Rondo at the point guard and early on Rondo could shoot the ball around them didn't want to shoot the ball and he still doesn't a lot but Rhonda was pretty effective in the playoffs and I think Ben can be the same way Dockers is called Ben Simmons a 610 Rondo oh boy now look at the Nets acquired James Harden so yeah the Rockets they did not bother trading with the Sixers interesting Simmons one-on-one with O'Neill drives inside Lords of shoulder the hook shot for two Ben Simmons No dwelling beat on the floor yeah he goes crazy and Simmons continues to add to his career high now 42. 42 points career high 42 points against a Rudy gobert defense 42-12 and 9 as well one rebound away from a triple double they're not Shaq and Kobe but they're Shaq and Kobe like you they're going to be a serious problem for anybody they play again Zach would you allow that statement No I know I'm just asking you a question Jack Pauling and beaten Simmons like Shaq and Kobe like is disgusting that is egregious now one thing Ben Simmons has on Kobe is the defense obviously Kobe was a great defender himself but Benson's better Philly held Luka doncic to 19 points with Ben Simmons serving as the primary Defender and with this perimeter defense on Luka doncic Benson miss bolsters his case for dpoi IQ I feel like it's very high I try to make the right plays every time down the court um you know it's it's a mismatch nearly every time when when I step on the floor so I'm trying to make my teammates better I'm trying to be the best point God I can be um and leave this in the right way and then defensively that's I feel like that's just effort I do feel like I'm the best best defensive player in the league um you know I can guard one through five and the numbers they do not lie Luca shot 33 when guarded by Simmons compared to 57 from the field when guarded by anyone else really why Howard now teammates with Ben Simmons he won a championship the previous year with LeBron and the Lakers yeah he had some interesting things to say uh he's an amazing player I love watching him play defense his energy his effort has been you know top of the line I just wanted to continue to do that and stay humble and hungry because the sky's the limit for for Ben and like I said at the beginning of the season LeBron James that's he's he has that he has everything and a former Wizards announcer Justin Kutcher he said some things about Ben Simmons I got people riled up yeah he was getting in trouble for this comment I think Ben Simmons is one of if not the most overrated players in the NBA and he's gotten so much love and attention that people aren't paying attention to what Tobias Harris and yeah he tweeted doubling down instead saying yeah Ben Simmons I didn't say he was bad but just not as good as everyone makes him out to be that's interesting Ben Simmons responded to these comments how do you think about that kind of stuff when uh when you hear it um it depends like usually I see a lot of I see a lot of stuff um so when I saw that one you know I had plenty of time because I was on quarantine still uh so I scroll through his Instagram saw who he was um it is what it is he's like a 5.5 competition for the Wizards man I can't give it too much attention you know I was just playing playing a little game with him but it is what it is well now Dicky V he is being Vindicated with Ben Simmons apparently you said Dicky no comparison I wanted Simmons over Mr Ingram I'm not all convinced I problems with guys that can't make shots apparently no I couldn't find a clip unfortunately but apparently he's set to Stephen A that yeah Ben Simmons should not be the number one pick because of his jumper you talk about Simon Ben Simmons over Brandon Ingram yeah uh you know I'm taking Simmons over Ingram I'll take it Simmons and the argument quickly devolved into Stephen A Smith repeating himself once again Ben Simmons is a jump shot away from being LeBron James yeah 2.0 well what's he getting a jump shot I just gonna get the jump shot I understand yeah now let's get to this interview Ben Simmons had with Richard Nichols he said some interesting stuff he has been in particular a really big supporter of you and your game and really leaning into what you can do instead of highlighting in any way what they want you to get quote better at what does that meant to you it means a lot you know I believe my ability to make this team better and help win a championship and I think we have the pieces to do it and Dark Rivers went as far as to say Benjamin should be dpoi he made a serious case for you as defensive player of the year do you agree with him definitely 100 yeah I'm one of those guys who can guard one through five um obviously he's a lot of respect for Rudy you know I know what he's capable of I know you know he he's great down there in the paint but he's he's not guarding everybody um and that's just what it is I mean he guarded me in Utah and I have 42. and apparently I'm not a score so it is what it is but Patty Simmons had it again now look the Sixers were the first seat in the East okay there's a lot of expectations now and Ben Simmons's free throws is already being a talking point uh for this series the first round stuff is that fair for them to see it that way no but but you guys keep this Ben Simmons narrative alive which to me is freaking insane how good this guy is and all the things he does Ben is not a 40-point guy it's not what he does he does other things for your team Doc Rivers was not bothered about the Haka Simmons and really he could care less about what people think about you know Brad Simmons of a basketball player and I just don't understand why that's not sinking in in our city I didn't think he was scared of the moment he just didn't make him so um you know again within we're gonna keep him on the floor unless you guys welcome suspension the whole game if anybody wants us to do that just let me know um and then I'll know you don't know basketball in the first four games of this postseason Benson has made history being the worst FIFA shooter out of any player in the first four games of a postseason obviously this is minimum 20 free throws attempted in those four games in bed Simmons it's not looking good for the guy and yeah it would get better a little bit better slightly right bad Simmons shooting 32.5 percent now but still a lot of people had questions about his shot because you know Atlanta now they're playing Outland in the second round and they're up 23 right now and Ben Simmons gets hacked he just gets hacked now well it was on this floor in game one remember Simmons misses the first crowd trying to help out Ben Simmons and he misses again he's Miss Simmons now one for six he does have three points he's got five assists in the game and Ben Sims is barely even impacting the game as is what it was charged to Philly so they went from six to five times Simmons so laughable now even the fans are trying to give Ben Simmons advice sure in the fourth quarter that lead that they had would shrink and Shrink Lou Williams with a nice three-pointer here behind the back Collins for three oh off the window and now Trey young wheeling and dealing but he's you know making floaters being the clutch player that he is being the key engine to this offense right now oh boy here down to four Gallinari Big Shot for the Hawks this is gonna be an Atlanta victory in game five what a comeback and talk about being a no-show Ben Simmons not dunking [Applause] the best when you know that the game is in your head that's a dump for Ben Simmons right there in the game seven you're down two and all he needs to tie the game with a dunk it doesn't matter if you get fouled you got two free throws he's so scared of the moment he's so scared of swimming free throws they end up losing this game seven Joel and beaten his presser would end up saying that Batson is passing up on that open dunk was the turning point of the game for you personally tonight where your build in terms of this being the Sixers year turn to the recognition that it just wasn't going to happen started turning point was just you know we had a an open shot and you know we missed uh we made more Frito and we missed the other and then they came down and scored uh and uh we didn't get a good uh possession on the other end and Trey came back and he made a three and then from there uh down four Ben Simmons man this is just a terrible game from him I'm telling you Ben only took four shots um and he passed up a dunk late yeah yo is there anything that you you have to talk to him about or is that just nerves or what do you think yeah I don't know I don't know um you know uh obviously he struggled from the free-to-line and and that became a factor in this series there's no doubt about that uh I still believe in him uh but we have work to do he says he believes in them but then he says something like this I think Ben Simmons can still be a point guard for for a championship team like the one you guys want to become yeah David I don't know that question or the answer to that right now um you know so I don't know the answer to that and the problem you can see here Benson is not even taking shots in the fourth quarter oh man so you're saying none of those field goals was a three huh there's no way it's no way uh shots fired by Smitty he didn't just take three shots and all four of Courts come back no no he didn't even take a shot in the last four games of the series what do you think the work is it needs to be done and I guess prioritized is it free throw shooting is it being more aggressive is it perimeter shooting what is it in your game that you think you need to improve first I think [ __ ] all of it you know uh I ain't shoot well from the line this series um offensively always in there I ain't doing nothing for my teammates um but there's a lot there's a lot of things I need to work on that shock was not at all happy with Ben sims's response to these questions what's wrong with that Shaq what what is incorrect about what he said if I play game one and two and I know I'm not helping my team out what you think I'm gonna do in game three don't take your seven games to realize that I don't want to hear that man Alex knocking off the Philadelphia 76ers one is in my life and where I'd have knocked his ass up okay you you do what Ben Simmons man passing up that open dunk really is is the turning point of his career you gave up a dunk opportunity right there and I know you're a past first guy but you're also 610 and 240. is there something going on in your head where you just you just feel like you can't shoot at some times no I just assume Gallo is coming over my back um and then Collins moved out and so I thought you said a wide open though and the fans oh they were pissed they were so mad that pen Simmons was such a scrub in this game Ben Simmons for a bag of [ __ ] right now you got five points in the game seven you [ __ ] weak bro 130 million dollars you got five points in the game seven check out the full video about these guys are hilarious man Link in the description not Magic Johnson he said it best here but he needs to be somewhere else you're saying yeah he's got to be somewhere else yeah the people aren't gonna trust him locker room you can't you can't recover from this Stephen A finally finally turning on Ben Simmons it's over man oh I know the answer to that question I know the answer to whether or not Ben Simmons is a championship point guard and I think Doc Rivers knows it too the answer is very simple hey hell no not in Philly at least oh and Colin Cowher too I acknowledge I whiffed on Ben Simmons I thought he was the guy I would choose he has deteriorated badly this is beautiful what an amazing day right now Ben Simmons may be closer to Rudy gobert than LeBron James that's brutal now you're the same guy that also put him down by this rookie year Ben Simmons much love to you my brother I know a lot of people at your neck right now but I think this is a time that you can really change the narrative this is a very nice gesture from Mahmoud here he he wants Ben Simmons to be better than this man and possibly prove yourself and other people wrong A lot of people are trying to get at you and help you with your shot which I believe if you had one uh could turn you from an All-Star into a super max type of guy I'm not saying I'm the only one that can do that that would be insane but I do believe I can be of service to you if you and your people are interested give me a call and at 49 years old man this guy's no joke man just putting up freeze over guys man no disadvantage [Applause] but like Mahmoud said Ben Simmons he's not being smeared he's not being you know slandered just received a text from somebody very very close to the situation in Philadelphia about Ben Simmons this is a quote this is not me this is them quo he does it work he doesn't listen and everyone around him is family and he's constantly babied oh boy that is not good not Ben Simmons a lot of people were wondering which team is he going to be traded to because I'm at this point I'm pretty sure he's not going to be a sixer right keep your ears tuned stay tuned Ben Simmons it's con it's possible Ben Simmons can end up in Golden state with Steph Curry Klay Thompson and Draymond Green and I'm telling you if you're the Houston Rockets you know great job not trading for Ben Simmons by the way if you don't think there are some Rockets front office chest puffed out a little bit uh after the way Simmons season ended we we told you he wasn't a fan okay he's that I'm just telling you I know okay listen you close your eyes I'm just telling you and at this point this is where a guy like Giannis it differs from a guy like Ben Simmons when he faces adversity he keeps playing through it at all shots Oklahoma downstairs and Danny Green he points to this right this mental weakness that Ben Simmons has this barrier I saw a kid that had been going through a lot the whole year uh mentally emotionally he doesn't necessarily discuss him with us in private but I knew he was going through a lot he had some things going on during the season it might have you know come all at once during this time but you could tell Ben's the type of kid if he's not encouraged if he's not pushed or forced to do it um he's not the type to take that risk the best of him is he was honored at the ESPYs though Ben Simmons has been building orphanages like this one completely out of his playoff bricks this one makes me cry but so giving he's so willing to help the children what do you like to say little ladies that's funny now Charles Barkley he had some word of advice for the Sixers and Ben Simmons if I'm a sixes I put take Ben Simmons in the gym every day make him shoot a thousand jump shots I make him shoot a thousand free throws because he's afraid to shoot and the Sixers let him get away with it and it just caught up with him and it's actually looking like they're working on it Benson's shooting it looks like that the Ben Simmons Philadelphia 76ers experiment is gonna end ugly sadly though it wouldn't take that much time for Ben Simmons to actually request a trade so now betsim is now requesting out of Philadelphia well I'm disappointed in Ben Simmons when you give somebody 200 million dollars to dribble a stupid basketball and the only thing you asked him is be better as a player and their first response is I don't want to play here anymore that disappoints me as a player it disappoints me as a fan Shaq he's going to lay it out there man just call it as it is Ben Simmons bro just just listen to this man I have G14 classification to say what I'm about to say okay so does Charles Barkley Ben Simmons you're not that good and then in this league do you want to be good or do you want to be great you're not great don't be putting pictures on your Instagram or your Ferrari or what actress you're hanging around with when you play for a town like Philadelphia Boston La Miami hard working time they don't give a [ __ ] about none of that they want you to come work hard and play hard and Chuck man he's had enough of these clips surfacing of Ben Simmons shooting jumpers I hated to I live in Philly depth you do in the summer this is the third year in a row they put up them boys during the summer I'm not falling for the banana tailpipe anymore and now Ben Simmons not even willing to practice he's not even participating much and he's just there slouching and whatever and he was actually kicked out of The Practice Facility by Doc Rivers this is not a good look oh no uh since you know uh your past few days felt like you know nothing really happened you know we were just focused on you know the guys you know that are playing other practicing or doing our thing having fun with each other and playing competing with uh with each other you know talking with each other uh you know being part of it uh he hasn't bothered us at all and be clearly trying to you know put a PR spin to this but you know he would be honest and say that you know he does not care much for Ben Simmons Antics the days he was here what was it was your loner I just said I don't care yeah I mean that's his problem I'm only focused on you know what we've been doing and then as a team we we're going to be fun now Ben Simmons it's not like he was just slouching out there unnecessarily apparently according to what he told sixer staffers that he was dealing with back tightness and he also told the Sixers that he's not mentally ready to play yet during the season right and that's something that I think is very important to talk about here thank you indeed although he came close to doing so and you may you may argue he did uh after the game seven but he's not throwing him under the bus here man you know a lot has happened the last few months and I urge you guys to continue to support us and our teammate bank because it's still our brother let's go once again Joel lnb but the Sixers fandom yeah they were that happy about bet Simmons they're they're returning on Ben Simmons they were just spilling all their stupid drinks they were just burning their jerseys oh boy oh boy this has been the most effective way to guard Joel embi in his career but he had started the year first three games Nick's fans chanting where's Ben Simmons oh that's cheeky right there I like it I like out of New York now look I love force with some updates regarding Ben Simmons's whereabouts members of the front office confirm with me he's is receiving professional help for his mental health through the players union he's also undergoing regular treatment on his back which he expressed concern about last week okay so it sounds like the Sixers organizations cooperating with Ben Simmons right now oh a member of the front office also told me they will continue to pay him as long as he is working on mentally and physically getting better and they said quote it's not about the money for us it's about winning a title we want to win and he's a really good player and apparently yeah things have changed apparently the Sixers will not have people Ben Sims at the moment Malika there's been frustration mounting according to people close to the situation that Ben has not been accepting any of the help that the team has offered him in terms of helping him with his ready with his mental Readiness and he has been working with mental health professionals through the Players Association but thus far I'm told he hasn't really kept the team in the loop on that and there's a there is frustration mounting there that they want to know okay you're you're out due to mental you know you need to get mentally ready to play but so far he's just done individual work with some of their with some of their position coaches he hasn't been back in with the team and he's not providing the team with any updates on what he's doing I'm not blaming Ben Simmons here right he's clearly not in good standing with the Sixers right now so it doesn't really seem like there's a firm timeline yet there's no timeline no timeline on when he could be coming back but he's still a 76er and he's going to be punished accordingly the Philadelphia 76ers are finding Ben Simmons for failing to travel on their six game Road Trip sources tell me yeah this is not looking good it's looking more like a a brutal divorce is about to happen between the Sixers and Ben Simmons I'm not sure where he's going to go at this point but look Skip Bayless he has his take on you know where he might go and who's gonna be better okay ad is not relatively healthy because it's always something with him so if you want a basketball player I suggest Ben Simmons right now would be more valuable to you than Anthony Davis and on TNT which is you know broadcast on national TV but Shaquille O'Neal basically called out Ben Simmons out of his name when talking about Joel embiid and contrasting your well with Ben oh boy e slash I stay on big guys because I care about them I'm wanting to play a certain way I want them to play at a certain level difference between him and his self partner is he can take criticism without being a crybaby and he still wants to play because me and Charles we've been on them the shocked look he's being honest he's being honest about his current standing with Ben Simmons how he's not liking what he's seeing from Ben Simmons recently man and that's the difference that's why I like and respect him the other guy I don't respect I've been thinking about it you're missing the whole season because they ask your coach a question can we win without you and your coach gave a funny answer that should tell you you need to get in in the summertime and work on your game you don't think I haven't been criticized by you guys and Stephen A you don't think I've you know haven't been criticized by La Media New York media great players get criticized but the great players also step up to the criticism and perform so this other guy I don't respect him I would get rid of them now there's a recent ESPN report that came out saying that you know Ben Simmons he's upset that embiid seemed to blame him for the last season's playoff loss when Simmons did not blame embiid for and beats poor showing against the Raptors in 2019 oh no way the situation is getting even more ridiculous and now Shaq response again Sim is messing the money up because first of all they already think we're spoiled there are anything we don't deserve it they already think we're this they already think we're there you're making 40 million dollars and the only reason why you're not playing is because your coach called you out you making us look bad what's going to happen in the next Collective bargain agreement they're going to start in the short short and their money is going to be all your fault and Shaq he came out the next day talking about how you know Benson has dm'd him he sent me a text I showed you guys a text but I'm not going to talk about you know how to respect for him what was in the DM but you know he's going through some things right now so I'm gonna back off as L as your brother I'm gonna back off now apparently Benson's Brooklyn if Daryl Mori traded Ben Simmons to Brooklyn which is not going to happen um my sources tell me that's not going to happen and of course it does sorry to interrupt you perk but we have a trade coming in right now from our Adrian wojnorowski the Brooklyn Nets are trading James Harden to Philadelphia for the 76ers Ben Simmons Seth Curry Andre Drummond and two first-round picks that's according to you Joel embiid he tweeted this shortly after the trade happened I wonder what that means for me it wasn't that was never the mental health has nothing to do with just the trade you know it was a bunch of things I was dealing with as a person in my person like that I don't really want to go into that to death with um but yeah I'm here now so you know it's a blessing to be you know in an organization like this and you know I'm just looking forward to getting back on the floor and and building something great here oh boy Ben Simmons he was not being asked whether or not he spoke with Joel embiid did you speak with Joelle no I did not at this point many people are wondering when is Ben Sims returning right that's the question that a lot of people have in their minds right now I popped up I'm getting ahead of ourselves too much but you guys do have a game in Philly in a couple of weeks do you think you can be ready for that you know physically mentally you know I imagine that's a pretty I hope so now Ben Simmons he would go to Philly during the game but but he would not be able to play unfortunately then an issue for him since he's tried to start ramping up he's essentially really just done individual work at their facility they're hoping by the end of next week at the end of this week he'll be able to do more but no chance he plays Thursday night there is no chance he is playing in Philly Thursday because when he got to Philly he tried sneaking out of the back of the hotel because obviously the fans raucous as they are Ben why the grievance why spit in the face of Sixers fans why the grievance why the grievance Ben yeah Ben five years by the grievance and of course Ben Simmons on his way to the bus yeah he was getting hounded by the Sixers fandom s and of course Benson is coming into the arena he was boots so heavily man I mean just listen to how bad it was yeah that was cheeky right there dunking obviously that's what the Sixers wanted to see in game seven [Applause] yeah there's not much to cheer for or boo yeah the Sixers the game blown out by the Brooklyn Nets and Ben Simmons picked up the loose ball at the other end and that's the only time he's touched it in the chorus of booze begin again it doesn't matter because the Brooklyn Nets are clearly the better team right now oh I mean he already knew we had his back but it just felt good to quiet all of them down Midway through the game and you know it was very quiet towards the end we didn't hear no more bench him and Ben Simmons chance from from the sixes fans there's more Nets fans in here than anything Ben Simmons is now you know you could tell he's ramping it up he's just trying to get more acclimated to the Nets and the whole system over there netsgard Ben Simmons has filed a grievance trying to get back to nearly 20 million dollars of salary that the Philadelphia 76ers held from his paycheck now you wouldn't notice from this video but yeah a lot actually happened since that game seven in 2021 and you know I actually did make an hour long video detailing the whole Saga and you could check it out I'll actually recommend it at the end of the video what should we expect as we head into the playoffs here from him hey Granny I know we've been here before with Ben Simmons this season but if he continues pain-free the way he has and progresses this so there's optimism around the Nets that they can get him back in the first round of their Eastern Conference playoff series if they Advance out of the play-in even if it's just 10 or 15 minutes again and Stephen A is questioning how Ben Simmons even got this back injury in the first place Ben Simmons would be the lone exception I want to know what the hell you were doing that you hurt your back let me place this left it's legal I-95 with a car that was a bit rough around the edges hit a pothole and tweaked this damn black what the hell happened I want to know what happened you haven't played a minute a second since last June that is 10 months you ain't touched a damn basketball in an official capacity you're just slip in the tub they're just slipping the tub what you're getting your groove on and tweak the hip I needed to hit a pothole on the turnpike what the hell is going on I can't take I I can't believe I'm the only one thing what was he doing Jay Williams what the hell was he I can't defend it when you get this groove on tweak the hips no look Ben Simmons he would look nice and stylish in the playing game against the Cavaliers look at him I mean he's just stunning isn't he like it's just a beautiful okay let's just let's just get to the playoffs please yeah I can't even believe it to be honest with you Ryan but I am told that uh they are targeting games four five or six of this upcoming Series against the Celtics whoa Ben Simmons actually will play in the playoffs AC Benson's for the first time since that game seven play in the playoffs possibly game four five or six depending on how long the series gets to oh man it's up to Ben Ben's back you know it's not up to me or any of us other than his back and how we can help that resolve great but you know there's a chance Ben comes back there's a chance he doesn't come back and I really want to see Ben come back man as the playoffs they're playing the Celtics it's going to be a fun series woj giving us updates on when he will possibly come back what can you tell us about when Ben Simmons may make his debut Malika there's a plan in place now in Brooklyn Ben Simmons plans to make his return on Monday in game four against the Celtics and certainly that's barring any kind of a setback but unfortunately though Ben Simmons lets us all down uh Greenie the Nets have ruled out Ben Simmons for game four on Monday told the Nets that he was experiencing back soreness again after yesterday's workout and so the Nets are taking him at his words certainly but there's a lot of disappointment and of course Jalen Rose he feels bad for him right and I can't blame anyone that does right this is a situation where you just want to see the guy be able to play mentally greeny I almost feel bad for the guy like I'm being serious like I feel bad for him because not playing in Philly and then not being able to play at all with the Nets man that there's some real issues happening now I won't blame you as well if you're like Stephen A Smith and you actually just look at this and say yeah Investments is the problem Jalen's different than me I feel bad for anybody who was his teammate he quit on LSU he quit on the Philadelphia 76ers and now he ain't showing up for the Brooklyn Nets we can point to all the excuses all the rationale behind it that we want to I do recall despite him not playing he still filed the grievance to collect 20 million dollars that he has not earned this is one of the most pathetic situations that I've ever seen in my life he ain't going to war he ain't going in the Octagon he's not going in a boxing ring it's pulling teeth to get this man to play basketball it's pathetic it's sad and at the end of the day when the NBA gets in the collective bargaining table and they go after the players in terms of a pay for play stipulation in the collective bargaining agreement it's going to be called the Ben Simmons Rule and we've seen his time at LSU yeah it certainly looked like he quit Stephen A Smith harping looks again remind you Ben Simmons quit on LSU he didn't really quit on Ellis listen listen he wanted to get his bag let me want to get his money I'm talking about when he missed games during the season okay I'm talking about that that's what I'm talking about I'm not going to leave in there I'm talking about leaving early I'm talking about the injuries the games he didn't play at LSU he quit on LSU that's widely recognized in college basketball you know this most people believe he quit on Philly and if you Kevin Durant the Brooklyn Nets how the hell are you supposed to feel about it now everywhere he goes he's not reliable and I think even Jay Williams is starting to have enough of Ben Simmons at this point I believe that there is some type of energy injury but this is where he wants somebody to have the mental fortitude to say you know what I'm going to give you 10 minutes I think I think the kind of Applause that he would get from everybody in the basketball Community right if you saw him try to fight through it for what it meant for his team would shift the conversation around Ben Simmons but he chose not to and this is why I like Shack man he just calls it as it is in the hood we call this a punk move Chuck said if you could have played on Saturday could have played on Monday now that they lost my back hair well if your back hurt get some mighty hot I'll send it to you and Charles Barkley he made a good point as well talking about you know the lack of distrust his teammates must have after seeing all this stuff Ben is getting to the point now well your teammates are like yo Amanda this dude want to play basketball and I don't know why Kendrick Perkins decided to use this analogy to talk about Ben Simmons yesterday on NBA today I said that Ben Simmons is that pretty girl they're single and everybody's wondering why she's single because she smokes cigarettes that's who Ben Simmons is the single girl that smokes cigarettes Newport shorts at that yeesh that is disgusting now Ben Simmons apparently he actually have to undergo back surgery which vindicates the fact that he actually was injured and couldn't play because here's my question how did he pass a physical did they know when they traded for him that he's going to need back surgery that's going to take him out for four months how did he pass a physical number one number two this going down for both of those teams is an actual bad trade now I wouldn't go as far as to say that especially not today a lot of people owe Ben Simmons apologies today because athletes like I told you are not lining up to get shots in their back which he did during the playoffs that's the fair point look Ben Simmons there's a reason why he couldn't play it but at the same time it's more than that it had to be also mental the Simmons surgery News Change Your perception of him not one bit not one bit because I never said that I don't believe he's injured at all what I was trying to say is that I don't believe that whatever ailment he's suffering from is truly what prevented him from contributing 10 to 15 minutes minutes a game like how is it that the plan was for Benjamin's to return to game four and then the last minute he comes in and says he has back soreness right that's questionable now at the same time Shaq he's backing off and he's even willing to apologize to Ben Simmons if I said something that was hurtful maybe he should call me and say hey you said this and then I will I'm intelligent enough to stop time and say okay when did I say it you know what that wasn't right my bad big homie JJ Reddick also had an interview with Trey young where he talked about you know the incidents when Ben Simmons um decided to pass how shocked were you I didn't realize in the moment what it what it was but I mean I looked on my phone after the game everybody's killing him of course he should have dunked that right and triang was right there and it's like he's way smaller you know Trae young he's sticking up for Ben Simmons he's saying look they hate on him is too much it's a bang bang play and it sucks for him I I understand that's a tough place he's a good player like I don't I hate how people talk about how bad of bad of a player is you know what I'm saying that that's what I'm saying about recency bikes I think he's a really good player but I think one moment can give people turning and I think Stephen A he said something very poignant this was interesting this is during the interview with JJ Redick where I talked about AI Philadelphia is a is a town however with a complex it never feels like it's respected and appreciated to the degree that it deserves Allen Iverson eradicated all of that Allen Iverson represented Philadelphia personified everything that Philadelphia saw itself as undersized Underdog in a Land of giants but still conquering Allen Iverson when you look at his story when you look at how he came in the league obviously he's an undersized point guard and what he was able to do with the Sixers Stephen A points to the spirit that AI carried himself with the brighter the lights the bigger the challenge the more he welcomed it Philadelphia and that's why somebody dare I say like Ben Simmons not literally but figuratively speaking he can never go back they will never forgive him ever because they view him as a coward I don't view him as that that's a bit extreme I don't know all the intricacies of what's going on with him I just feel like hey you still asking for your money so I got a problem with that but Philadelphia believes he's a coward Philadelphia believes he's the antithesis of everything Allen Iverson personified obviously you could feel bad for Ben Simmons for being slandered so hard but look he's got to want to be better I critical of Ben Simmons but in all honesty like do we think we could see a better version of Ben Simmons hell yeah I hope so I can't unsee what I saw that I just cannot understand a starting point guard that refuses to take a field goal attempt in five fourth quarters in a seven game series hands off for me and Kevin Durant he requested a trade but there was a problem that the Nets had to face that involved Ben Simmons cannot be two players that were traded for so if you're looking at Ben Simmons you cannot add a player like Devin Booker or Jamal Murray Donovan Mitchell uh Trey young bam out of Bio is the big name in Miami the Heat have been linked to the net so you cannot add one of these other players as long as Ben Simmons is on this roster so now if you're a Brooklyn Net fan you're mad because now it's like okay Ben Sims got that big contract in 2019 and now it's complicating things in 2022 to where KD might not even be getting traded Simmons and the 76ers have come to an agreement on Simmons recouping a portion of the nearly 20 million dollars withheld from him as a result of his failure to play games last season at this point at least it seemed like the chapter with Ben Simmons and the Sixers has been closed we're not going to now talk about the Sixers much we've moved on from that front Philadelphia made a mistake in developing Ben Simmons as a point guard and here's why when you're not attempting shots outside of the paint it's hard to have you at the top of the floor so now that they have KD he's going to play quality minutes after four watch Ben Simmons be like on the Baseline playing like a small ball five and in that case he's gonna have an opportunity to be a productive player he's not going to have to worry about shooting the ball he's not going to have to worry about being a big time scorer he could be a Defender a playmaker and a teammate and I think he'll fit right in with Kyrie and KD interesting now Ben Simmons He got interviewed by JJ Redick about the whole shebang I watched a lot of the stuff that you know Barkley and Jack and those guys were saying and you know he mentioned Steven a before and everything yeah this interview they talked about a lot they talked about the game seven when he passed up the dunk and obviously they talked about the feud with Shaq and Charles Barkley what they said about Ben Simmons and Shaq he responded to all this and this message to the guy who brought my name up shut your face up little man because we still don't know who you are no I forgot to mention this but Ben Simmons had a cell phone in his pocket during the practice where he got kicked out apparently I had my jersey in my pocket in my sweatpant pocket so they thought it was a fun I don't know how they thought it was a phone but that's what that situation was to clear that up but Ben Simmons he says it's a jersey not a phone I'm pretty sure Shaq is not gonna buy that one I think I have a little apology because we clowned him I know I did about coming to practice with the cell phone in his pocket he said it was not a cell phone he said it was his jersey in his pocket and he doesn't understand why people thought it was a cell phone but it was not a cell phone that's what the man said so if it was not a cell phone Ben I apologize for that because I gave you hell for happiness jerseys for cell phones all the time clearly yeah it's a Jersey right that's what they're saying right Shaq he clowns him even more and how he is dealing with okay hold on hold on I got another call hello what'd you say okay cool all right my new phone came in oh okay the mini came in hello how you doing brother to make it look like a cell phone like how do you do that there were pictures posted when he was at the practice showing the back pocket of his pants and let's just see if the jersey that was a Jersey right let's see if that was a jersey because I'm not sure if it was and you look at it it looks like a jersey it looks like a jersey tag if anything it but it could be a phone it really does look like either one you spun on Gallinari I think it was gallinar yeah yeah spun on Gallinari so you spin Baseline you're going in blind and he's coming behind me yes and then you've also got yourself in a little bit of an off balance predicament you don't know it's Trey right when you spin no you're spinning into a jersey yeah essentially yeah so I but look when it slows down it looks really bad man yeah that [ __ ] looks terrible I was like when I look at it now I'm like man should have just [ __ ] punched that [ __ ] at least he knows man at least he knows he made a mistake man he's owning up to it that's that's a good first step but it didn't happen and I was okay with that I can live with that I can live with okay I made you everyone's trying to kill me over one play like does everyone want to watch film with me like the whole Arena and we can I can dissect everything if you guys want um but that's not you know it's not realistic but we did we said this at the time I mean it was the whole team flew 25 Point leads you know I'm also also I'm guarding the [ __ ] best player on the other team the whole game heard it had like what 27 points he's talking about Kevin herder right now boy shots at the guarding term because I know for he was guarding trade the whole game boy what yo how's Ben gonna come out here say stuff like this I mean I don't even fix Ben Simmons understand how bad that was man that was not good now let's see what Shaq has to say I'm not sure if he'll buy it I'm not sure what he'll say but let's just hear him out man when he was against uh Trey Young so he says he did not know it was Trey at the time all he saw was a jersey so he said yes he should have punched it in he was wrong for that he didn't realize it was Trey he said he was doing a spin move and all he could see was Jersey he did not see who he was guarding he went on to say yes go ahead Shaquille okay spice knows this that's an excuse and what Ben Simmons should have done was on up to his mistakes and not say anything else man just leave it at that I don't want to hear no excuses he's six nine you one of the strongest guys in the league you can overpower little guys and what's funny is Ben Simmons he knows how strong he is right he even talks about it how dark Rivers was making him lose these things you know getting kicked out of that that practice that day I actually spoke to duck before practice I was like Doc I'm not ready hey mentally I'm not ready please just understand that you know I tried to let him know prior and he was like well I'm gonna put you in anyway I'm like all right told me to get in I was like I looked at him it was like two it's like one minute into practice like hey get in I'm like first one no one's no one's doing that you're doing this on purpose and that's how I felt so I was like okay so you're it's like it seems like everyone's just trying to [ __ ] me know like I have I'm getting fined for like not lifting weights but physically I'm like one of the strongest guys on the [ __ ] team one of the strongest guys on the team he also won the most mentally weak guys on the team I mean that's that's not a good combo I'm just saying that that's not good yes everyone you know has their own battles and I think that was tough for me just knowing like I didn't really have that support either from teammates or whatever it was at that no call it like it is let's let's call it like it is yeah you know that I love Joelle and you know that I love that but like they they essentially through the bus after game seven like that's that's that's indisputable yeah and Shaq he just does not want to hear it at this point man so what.com I understand what Shaq is trying to say like he oh he went through stuff like this too and you know he battled through it because I've been there and done I've been to the mountain uh I know what you're thinking I know what you're doing I know what you're going through you think I was uh not nervous for shooting the free throws after you know missing Fritos and listen when you're the one or one two punch and you lose it's your fault that's the name of the game you have to accept it you can't run away from it if you don't if you try to run away from it don't play get the money back I don't want to hear it well sent from shock I mean look you gotta understand where he's coming from and Ben Simmons I mean he had some things to say about Shaq as well I watched a lot of the stuff that you know Barkley and Jack and those guys were saying so he got JJ redick's buddy his partner here you know throwing the lobs with that Simmons you know can go and call him out I think it's kind of ignorant in turn like Shaq and Chuck sometimes what they're saying and because they have a platform to kind of like protect us and you know you do good um obviously they're supposed to you know criticize us you know we're basketball players but when it comes to like personal stuff I think there's a level of like respect they should have now there was a lot more interesting stuff being said in this with the check's response and Ben Simmons and I made a video about this September of last year you could look for it on my channel now as well we got to go to the regular season Ben Simmons actually ended up playing games in Brooklyn Durant Skip and go Simmons it's an air ball and that clip speaks for itself yeah he's horrible now I don't know who this guy is but he has had enough man when we watch it on TV you know I also good I went to the [ __ ] game last night and I watched you shoot an air ball layup stop playing with my [ __ ] KD Kyrie I know y'all may not approved as much this ain't no one now this is on me stop playing with my [ __ ] real talk then if you don't want to play basketball go do it the [ __ ] you want to do this tweet Baby Alive bad Simmons scored a seasoned High 11 points what happened is there any chance in your mind that maybe enough time has passed that it won't be so bad it'll be in Philly come on now I know I know it's coming and of course Ben Simmons yeah he would play in Philly finally he would play in Philly [Music] and he was already fouled and he was going to shoot free throws and he would actually dig both oh the ball and they put in a crowd going crazy right now but for confidence is shrugging at the fans after Mickey both free throws this is amazing and here Ben Simmons misses crowd started to cheer when he missed put it back in and told him to quiet down protected teammates man 11 points I'm not even going to read his lip I'm not even going to say what he said but he did not say something good look Ben Simmons missing free froze and if he missed the second one the Philly fans will get free chicken nuggets for everyone so that's why they're so fired up and oh my goodness the Brooklyn Nets lost to the Sixers with no and beaten Harden playing no Maxi either yeah this Nets team man what's happening to this team Ben Simmons though not faced by the crowd with that being said did you were you expecting it to be worse or I thought it was gonna be louder yeah you thought it was gonna be louder now Ben Simmons he would be relegated to a role player essentially right he would put up some numbers at times like he would put up 20 points put back here's Simmons bounces ahead to Irving but he's essentially reverted to a screener and passer that's basically Ben simms's role on this Brooklyn Nets team it's gonna be huge why not yeah he's right there at this point it's clear that it's all in his head he's getting in his own way he is being now benched because what of course he is 2023 the year of the rap oh I forgot beds was also a model I guess for for the Chinese New Year jerseys or something I don't know man [Music] now if bird Simmons was to avoid the CBA he will have to hate these words from Jack Vine and uh I'm still trying to figure that out uh that's on me to to figure it out uh but uh I think overall as a team we're going to try different lineups to try to figure this thing out and here you have Brooklyn Nets head coach Jack Vaughn he's talking about you know Ben Simmons and he he's trying to explain to us some of the difficulties surrounding him you just take a look at what the lineups could potentially look like you put another big next to Ben then you got to figure out what the spacing is around him then if you put a playmaker next to him then you got to figure out what Ben looks like without the basketball then if you go small without with Ben then you got to figure out can you rebound enough with them all right so the challenges are ahead of us oh we cooked couldn't have said it better myself now the Brooklyn as they've moved on from Kyrie Irving who's now in the Mavericks uniform and also moved on from Kevin Durant who was traded to Phoenix yeah that it's interesting now because what does that mean for Ben Simmons and I'm gonna talk about three players whose stock is falling following the trade deadline the first person is Ben Simmons it's clear this Nets team is going a different direction that likely doesn't include Ben Simmons he only saw 16 minutes in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers no you may fix yourself isn't bet Simmons a role player at this point like shouldn't he be able to play with the new guys that got traded well not so much he's not going to be starting for their foreseeable future and the Nets just bolstered their wing depth dramatically at the deadline so that's only gonna bury Simmons further down this depth chart here getting Kem Johnson Macau Bridges during Finney Smith yeah there's no need for Ben Sims when he got that much defensive depth and obviously Ben Sims can't shoot so he's a liability on the offense so the next midday official recently and shut him down for the season but the Nets really we have moved on when you look at they got what they got for Duran what they got for Kyrie all the picks they got all of that stuff they've kind of moved on to the next phase of the franchise with or without Ben Simmons and of course Ben Simmons actually yeah this this guy is just averaging career lows all across the board six points with six more rebounds and six assists and he's being paid over a hundred million dollars over the next three seasons this is not a good situation to be in worst contract in the NBA but the big question here is Will Ben Simmons give up on itself like it feels like we're witnessing him in this situation this season sort of give up on himself because you think about confidence offensively he was never really that huge offensive go-to player even though he averaged double figures in Seasons past right but defensively is where he gets his bread and butter and you look at okay if you're gonna try to find defensive confidence all right like what are the numbers they're only one point better defensively when he's on the floor so not only is he a liability on offense he's not even that impactful on defense so what's the point of even playing the Nets they knew he's just not a good player man lots of guys shoot terrible from the free throw line it's just you can't have a fear to go there and so I sit here and when we talk about coddling players and again I root for Ben Simmons but when we talk about codlin players it's like the NBA is not made for everyone winning championships is not made forever honestly it's sad because look this guy has such a promising future when he came up out of Melbourne Australia and he came into LSU and of course he had his bumps on the road but you always thought he would improve on this jumper the biggest flaw in this game you always thought he would be better than this looking at a guy like Ben Simmons man yeah Ben Simmons man you listening man I want you to I want you to go back and find your roots man go back and find why you love playing the game man straight up you got a lot to give to the game bro straight up like to shut him down and him have back issues and be going through this whole [ __ ] song again now I'm not gonna talk too much about him as a child right because I don't know the guy right and I'm only speaking about the environment he was in up to high school college right he was always coddled he was always you know allowed to be mediocre never pushed to be better I hate to say that man I think he got another run in him but it's going to have to be Ben Simmons bro it's going to have to be him not his mom not none of this not none of this Collective around him no he's gonna have to be him straight up bro I want to see dude I want to see dude get back to kill him man is that gifted kid that everybody called smart he got straight he's in high school and as soon as he met the slightest adversity in college well he just froze he got in his own way because he was too afraid to fail we ain't even seen Ben Simmons with the J when he said Ben Simmons pull up two two dribble pull up left or you guys just like me tired of hearing this nonsense oh Ben Simmons once he gets a jump shot he's going to be like LeBron James he's going to be Magic Johnson with the passing bro he's just not that guy right we know this now it's been years and but we're still holding our faith because of it's been I guess it's because it's Ben Simmons I don't know there's something special about the guy that they see I don't see it I don't see anything special now if you want to see more Ben Simmons out of me right talking about Ben Simmons The Saga uh feel free to click on either of these links on the end screen uh yeah that's gonna be a fun time I want to even more detail on these videos uh yeah hopefully you guys enjoyed them have a great day bye bye

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