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Posted on 4/25/22 at 10:50 am to I-59 Tiger
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Guy seems troubled but nobody in the world thought he'd play more than one year at LSU.
I don’t think anyone is mad at the thought of him jumping after a year.
They are mad at him not even playing a full year, and being a toxic prima donna even in that shirt while.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 11:08 am to rockynoggin
The downvotes.... I can't understand it.
Stephen A just spoke the truth.... and it's obvious.
Ben Simmons doesn't have that inner killer / want to.. to be an elite player. And it looks like he's a quitter.
Stephen A just spoke the truth.... and it's obvious.
Ben Simmons doesn't have that inner killer / want to.. to be an elite player. And it looks like he's a quitter.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 11:14 am to wheelz007
I don't remember ever seeing a situation like what's going on with Simmons.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 11:23 am to tigerskin
If you watched at LSU. The last 5 minutes of close games he would disappear. He did not want the ball.
He couldn’t take the pressure and was scared of failure.
He wanted to believe he was great. But he has never lived up to his talent and hype
He couldn’t take the pressure and was scared of failure.
He wanted to believe he was great. But he has never lived up to his talent and hype
This post was edited on 4/25/22 at 11:26 am
Posted on 4/25/22 at 12:35 pm to sweetwaterbilly
quote:Even back at LSU, I got the impression Simmons never wanted to play basketball.
Simmons is such a weird dude. He wants all the fame and clout and money but doesn’t want to do anything to earn it. Not even play basketball.
Thousands of guys out there scraping to just make it to the NBA and then there’s Ben Simmons..
But he (or more correctly, his father) figured out early on, he's got the 100% perfect physical profile for the game, and was aware that you can make millions of dollars because of that. So he was groomed for this. Uprooted from home and moved halfway around the world, did the 'elite' training and played the requisite year of D1 college ball. Now going through the motions in the NBA.
I don't know him personally, don't know what he likes. But he probably HATES basketball.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 3:17 pm to Scoob
I really wanted to root for him. He gave LSU basketball something to be excited for even if it didnt pan out. Don't mind he left LSU after 1 yr and didnt quite live up to the hype. Foolishly hoped he would find a new spark w Nets and live up to that potential. Think I'm done now, realizing late Ben personifies what's wrong with many big $ athletes and makes pros hard to get excited about. No loyalty, its all for self as indicated by actions on and off field.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 3:45 pm to TorchtheFlyingTiger
quote:I also was initially happy with Simmons. He played "quiet," which I initially mistook for humility - until I realized it was apathy.
I really wanted to root for him. He gave LSU basketball something to be excited for even if it didnt pan out. Don't mind he left LSU after 1 yr and didnt quite live up to the hype.
And then I realized he couldn't shoot at all, and even looked awkward on layups, where he jumped off the correct foot for a lefty but then awkwardly released the ball with his right hand, which was incredibly off-balance.
And when he passed up the potential game-winner against Marquette, and flat-out hid against Oklahoma, I knew he wasn't a leader or a winner.
He stuffed the stat sheet, but they were hollow numbers. He couldn't take over a game in crunch time and put the team on his back.
And we're seeing that now (even worse) in the NBA.
This post was edited on 4/25/22 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 4/25/22 at 3:58 pm to tigerskin
Serious question-
Has there ever been a bigger soft pussy in college and pro sports than Ben Simmons?
Let’s restrict it to ‘stars’.
To me, no one has ever come close to his level of mental and physical vagina-ness
Has there ever been a bigger soft pussy in college and pro sports than Ben Simmons?
Let’s restrict it to ‘stars’.
To me, no one has ever come close to his level of mental and physical vagina-ness
Posted on 4/25/22 at 4:06 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
Half the professional soccer players on earth
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:06 pm to tigerskin
It's always been about Ben Simmons with Ben Simmons...never about team...we saw it here at LSU...saw it at Philly...now Brooklyn...not surprised...quitters going to quit...it's his track record
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:09 pm to meauxses
He was a strange guy. I think we all thought we had a winner in him, but to me he was just disappointing. Later I felt he just had no interest in being a team guy. Was I wrong???
Posted on 4/25/22 at 6:03 pm to outerstater
I know it seems like bull shite for me to say this after the fact but I went to most of his games at LSU as a student and was just so excited to see him play.
The very first game I remember thinking…wait, he isn’t jumping. He looks like he’s trying not to roll an ankle… It was evident from day one.
And he STILL put up insane numbers which makes you wonder what he could’ve been had he actually cared.
The very first game I remember thinking…wait, he isn’t jumping. He looks like he’s trying not to roll an ankle… It was evident from day one.
And he STILL put up insane numbers which makes you wonder what he could’ve been had he actually cared.
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