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Ben Simmons joins Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson with rare rookie statistical feat
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:23 am
quote:USA Today
Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons joined NBA royalty during Tuesday's 121-95 win over the Brooklyn Nets, becoming just the second player in NBA history to record at least 1,200 points, 600 assists and 600 rebounds in his rookie season, according to Basketball-Reference.com.
The other player: Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, who accomplished the feat in 1960-61 for the Cincinnati Royals.
With 15 points and 12 rebounds against the Nets, Simmons recorded his 36th double-double, which is tops among rookies. He also has 11 triple-doubles this season, also tops among rookies and third among all players behind Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook and Cleveland’s LeBron James.
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Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:26 am to Salviati
DAMN He's having a historic rookie season. That's some great company to be in. good work ben. 
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:27 am to Salviati
All-time great Tiger! 
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:27 am to Salviati
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:28 am to Salviati
Dude is really really good
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:28 am to Salviati
#NotMyBenSimmons
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:31 am to thunderbird1100
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Dude is really really good
great player, awful leader and teammate at least when he was here.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:34 am to Draconian Sanctions
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great player, awful leader and teammate at least when he was here.
THIS! x 1000000000000000000000000000000000
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:43 am to Draconian Sanctions
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great player, awful leader and teammate at least when he was here.
Awful coaching while he was here.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:43 am to Salviati
I just really wish he gave a shite while he was here and didn't come back and act like we held him hostage.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:46 am to Salviati
MSB
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:50 am to Draconian Sanctions
First, you post this:
You posted ELEVEN times in the last Simmons thread.
But I appreciate how you attempt to denigrate him on non-statistical opinions. You know, bullshite where you don't need to provide evidence to support your opinion.
Because if you look at the evidence, if you look at the facts, you see that Simmons was an amazing leader and teammate.
Simmons led the team in all major statistical categories: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2.0 steals, 1 block, while shooting 56.0% from the field
Simmons is the only SEC player ever to be top 5 in all major categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and
blocks.
Are you going to post ELEVEN times in this thread too?
Because I'm sure if you keep posting your subjective opinion without the burden of offering facts, people might start to believe you.
quote:Then, you post this:
quote:You're really trying too hard.
awful leader and teammate at least when he was here
You posted ELEVEN times in the last Simmons thread.
But I appreciate how you attempt to denigrate him on non-statistical opinions. You know, bullshite where you don't need to provide evidence to support your opinion.
Because if you look at the evidence, if you look at the facts, you see that Simmons was an amazing leader and teammate.
Simmons led the team in all major statistical categories: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2.0 steals, 1 block, while shooting 56.0% from the field
Simmons is the only SEC player ever to be top 5 in all major categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and
blocks.
Are you going to post ELEVEN times in this thread too?
Because I'm sure if you keep posting your subjective opinion without the burden of offering facts, people might start to believe you.
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Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:51 am to Salviati
One of the best ever to don the purple and gold!
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:52 am to Salviati
Still dont give a frick..
How are the real former LSU players doing?
How are the real former LSU players doing?
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:52 am to Draconian Sanctions
True. But in his defense, he never cared about going to college or Lsu. Just went because he had to go somewhere. Would've been nice to see what he could've done if he cared about college bball. But honestly, if he did care, would he have come to play for Johnny jones?
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:58 am to Draconian Sanctions
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awful leader and teammate at least when he was here
He was a true Freshman. Unless you are at Kentucky, most of those guys aren't asked to be "leaders". No doubt he was self-absorbed. But can you blame him? LSU, in their infinite stupidity, made him the SOLE identity of their marketing campaign going into that season. That, despite the fact, they also had two other top 50 freshman (Blakeney and Sampson) as well as returning players from a NCAAT team the previous year.
I've said it a million times, but Simmons absolutely lived up to expectations at LSU. Unfortunately, so did Johnny Jones. Even before Simmons arrived Jones was as "hands off" a major college coach you could ever find. When Simmons arrived, the game plan on offense was "Simmons. You take the ball and do what you want." Defensively, you could defend if you wanted to, but it wasn't required.
The Simmons year was the ultimate catch-22. He wouldn't have been at LSU but for Jones (who hired David Patrick). However, Jones wasn't anywhere close to a good enough coach to get the most out of that particular team.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 9:59 am to Salviati
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Are you going to post ELEVEN times in this thread too?
maybe
quote:
Simmons led the team in all major statistical categories
like i said, great player
quote:
Simmons is the only SEC player ever to be top 5 in all major categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and
blocks.
oh boy!
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You know, bullshite where you don't need to provide evidence to support your opinion.
not making the tournament and getting blown out 4 times down the stretch while losing 6 of the last 10 is subjective? That's not evidence of anything? Really?
Posted on 4/4/18 at 10:00 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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But in his defense, he never cared about going to college or Lsu
which is fine, but don't ask me to care about him now.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 10:05 am to Salviati
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Because if you look at the evidence, if you look at the facts, you see that Simmons was an amazing leader and teammate. Simmons led the team in all major statistical categories: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2.0 steals, 1 block, while shooting 56.0% from the field
Performance on the court isn't an indicator of whether someone is or isn't an "amazing leader and teammate."
ETA: Would love if some of the people who downvoted would explain how I'm wrong...
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 10:31 am
Posted on 4/4/18 at 10:06 am to Salviati
Great player and better person, who loves LSU and has nothing but good things to say about the university.
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