Ben Simmons called out by the media for being a quitter

Jesus Christ you're stupid

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Jesus Christ you're stupid

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You know who isn't stupid? Stephen A Smith. He absolutely correct. Ben Simmons is a quitter, a giant pussy and a head case.

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Nailed it. Maybe all these simps who have supported SImmons will get a dose of reality now.

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Yep. Some on here actually think Ben Simmons is one of the all-time LSU great players. Simmons is a joke and always has been.

I dont get the "he quit on LSU" narrative - he played in every single game here and averaged like 35 min a game.

But his NBA career is certainly just 1 disappointment after the next recently. The fact he's refused to play this season despite being good to go for 2 teams and still hasn't developed any kind of shot after being in the NBA 6 years is just pure laziness.

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I dont get the "he quit on LSU" narrative - he played in every single game here and averaged like 35 min a game

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but he was a prima donna...he would dominate teams in the low block but wanted to play PG...not much of a team player

Simmons needs to become a housewife.

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he whole season was a huge disappointment.

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Correct, with one of the most highly recruited players ever to come here.

He's a good athlete but a head case. He gave the effort he wanted to give.

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but he was a prima donna...he would dominate teams in the low block but wanted to play PG...not much of a team player

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And based off of his limited pro career. He should have been playing PG. He could get to the rim at will from anywhere. His issue is his complete lack of shooting ability and the "at will" part.

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Except for when he quit at the end of the season and we didn’t go to the NIT because of it. He straight up quit, no getting around it.

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As long as we're consistent with calling every "opt-out" of bowl season we have also quitting in football I think the language is appropriate. If not, then he simply "opted out" much like a ton of our football players do when we dont make the playoffs.

I find the "he quit" thing a little extreme when he was by far our best player that season and played in every game the team had. Yeah he announced he was done and going pro after the season was over, but we had zero shot of making the NCAAT at that point and were only an NIT team which is zero benefit to him if he's going NBA and knew he was the top pick. I'm fine calling it "opting out" since that's basically what it's called in football...but again, if we're calling that quitting (not playing in the NIT). Then call every LSU football player who ever opted out a bowl game, or even regular season games for the matter a quitter as well. I mean people cant possibly be actually upset he didnt want to play in the NIT as the #1 overall pick. The entire fanbase wanted that season over with anyways. There's certainly times you want to play in the NIT and develop guys, like in wade's first season here people were excited to make the NIT after being the league's worst team the year before. I think this upcoming season people would be happy with an NIT berth if McMahon could pull that off year 1 with the turnover we've had. A little bit different Simmons' year here though when everyone not only expected an NCAAT team but one who might even be able to go deep.

If Simmons quit for not wanting to play in the NIT then Fournette quit for not playing in the bowl game. It’s dumb to suggest either quit on LSU.

I’m not sure why people are upset about Simmons. The only reason he came here was because of his godfather, he had no other connection to the school. Why do people think he would have the same passion about the university as a die hard fan? He looked at LSU as a one year stop gap until the NBA, which is exactly what a one and done prospect does.

That team had a lot more issues than just Simmons (Quarterman, Hornsby injury).