re: Ben Simmons with another triple double

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“ I don't really know what I learned, financially, or just being a person at LSU” -Ben Simmons

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Well, let's put that isolated quote into context, shall we?

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Maverick Carter: After Monteverde you went to LSU, you were open about being one and done. Like, I'm here for one year, then I'm out. So is there even a point to go to college for that six, seven months?

Ben Simmons: If we didn't, a lot of people would be losing money. So I think that's the main reason. The NCAA, if they didn't have the stars coming through, people wouldn't be watching.

Carter: If I was as talented as you, would I see a point in that six or seven months of being there?

Simmons: I think no. I think I would have learned a lot more being around professional athletes. Looking at it now, I don't really know what I learned, financially, or just being a person at LSU. I think I've learned a lot more this whole year in Philly, just being a pro, than I did at LSU.

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It's really a discussion about whether it's worth going to college for six, seven months rather than going straight to the pros. All Simmons is saying is that a basketball player learns a lot more during a year in the NBA than during a year in college.

That really offends you?!?!