re: Ben Simmons interview after SC loss: "I don't think anyone's better than me"

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But "I don't think anyone is better than me" is cocky,

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It's really an unfair question to the kid. If he answers like he did, he's cocky.

If he said he wasn't, the same posters would take that quote and say something like, "this proves that he is too passive and doesn't have it in him to take over. Could you imagine Michael Jordon or Kobe Bryant saying they weren't the best?!"