re: Ben Simmons with his 7th triple double of the season

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I would say being top 5 in your conference in points, rebounds, assits, steals, and blocks, for the first time in your conference history is trying to win.......

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hollow stats.

I never saw Ben show any emotion to show that he cared. Now maybe that's just his personality, and when I saw it in the beginning I thought "cool, this guy is humble and not a punk." Then, after watching him longer, I figured out it's not humility, it was apathy.

And as for winning, I saw him pass up the last shot against Marquette (which even the female color TV analyst was shocked about) and he flat-out ran from the spotlight against Buddy Hield and Oklahoma (which prompted Vitale and Musberger to PLEAD with him to step up -- and remember Vitale RARELY criticizes a player -- but Ben hid that day).

Incredible talent - yes. Great stats - yes. Winner - no, at least not when he was here.