re: Ben said in the post game interview, he's the best player.

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I have a buddy at LSU. He has a class with Leonard Fournette and said he's the coolest dude ever. Extremely funny and down to earth. On the flip side, he said Ben Simmons carries himself like a massive tool. Kinda has that, "I'm Ben Simmons. I'm above all of this" kind of attitude.

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Have heard pretty much the same thing, Leonard is really cool and down to earth and been is a douche. One of my friends tried to take a picture with Ben at the bar and he straight up told him to "frick off". Granted, it probably wasn't best to approach him drunk at a bar but a response like that just shows he's an unlike able person. Leonard would have been all over that shite but Leonard's never at the bar because he's got his eye on the prize and isn't a punk.

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I was Team Ben until the GPA revelation.

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Also, it's pretty disappointing David Patrick (even though Patrick can't go to class and care for him) probably didn't get on his arse to at least give some effort in the academic part.

The entire season from losing at College of Charleston until today has been a

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Sorry the facts aka stats greatly dispute your brilliant basketball mind.

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Carmelo has had great stats too... All those stats must do a great job filling up that trophy case

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No, Ben looks like the idiot calling himself the best. You look like his bitch gurglin' his boomerang.

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Ftw

If he were 6'5" and leading the conference in rebounding, i would say it was an elite part of his game. As is, he's just another almost 7 footer averaging 11 rebounds a game. If he had hustle and heart, he would be around 14 or 15 a game. At this point, pertinent to the origin of this thread, in no interview should this cat refer to himself as the best player. Period and end of this story.



Idiot. (Wow, now I feel better!)

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If he were 6'5" and leading the conference in rebounding, i would say it was an elite part of his game. As is, he's just another almost 7 footer averaging 11 rebounds a game. If he had hustle and heart, he would be around 14 or 15 a game. At this point, pertinent to the origin of this thread, in no interview should this cat refer to himself as the best player. Period and end of this story.

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Tim Duncan averaged 12 rebounds per game (under 10 as a freshman) at Wake and he is 7 foot. I guess he is just an average rebounder?

Are those stats adjusted for the games in the NCAA tourney Tim was able to lead his team too? Also, while playing against, you know, Goliaths at North Carolina and Duke on the regular? Was Duncan the most overhyped, #1 high school recruit since forever? Christ, I'd be really disappointed in Ben if he didn't grab 10 or 11 a game. Like I said, he's ok at it...in the really, really weak SEC.

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He. Is. One. Of. The. Tallest. Players. In. The. Conference. Also, no one else on our team, aside from Victor, can go bang on the boards. It's a stat, dude. Nothing more. He isn't elite at it...let it go, man.

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holy crap dude. There is way more to rebounding than just being tall. He leads the sec in rebounding. But yet he isn't elite

What kind of argument is "he isn't a great rebounder because he is tall" anyway? Sure he wouldn't be as good as a rebounder if he was 6'5, but guess what he isn't. He is 6'11.