re: In hindsight, was signing Ben Simmons the downfall of CJJ?

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Second, Simmons was not at LSU to play basketball and win anything. He was there because he had to complete 1 season at he collage level to be draft eligible.

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Same with Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson, Lonzo Ball, etc

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Third Simmons not being used in the right way was largely Ben Simmons fault, He wanted to showcase himself for scouts, and his documentary he was having filmed of himself through out the season, thus Simmons' historic individual statistics and the team looking like the first time they all played together almost every night.

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Playing as a center defensively and at times offensively wasn't showcasing himself to scouts. This is a guy who will play plenty of POINT GUARD in the league.

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CJJ failed at raining in the legend in his own mind and it cost him the respect of the rest of the team, and ultimately his job. Had CJJ kicked Simmons off the team (As some argued for ) The season would have finished much the same, but after the shock wore off over pulling the scholarship of the #1 player people would have realized CJJ did the right thing a kept control of his team.

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You realize how stupid this sounds, right?