*It is quite disappointing that Embiid who is a center and didn’t start playing basketball until he was 15 was able and willing to improve his game to help facilitate the fit with Simmons by improving his 3 point percentage to 38% in the regular season and 39% in the playoffs yet Simmons who is the point guard wasn’t willing to even attempt to improve his game to help facilitate the fit with Embiid*
LOW’s point about Ben Simmons putting everyone around him in uncomfortable situations his entire career was the most perfect way I’ve seen someone talk about the issue surrounding Ben Simmons.
@@SuperJourneyer his narcissism rejects the thought that would snowball into this conclusion. I really wish I would just come back and play, as a Sixers fan. This would help assist a trade more quickly and we can all just move on.
Simmons honestly just doesn’t care about the game. He withdrew from playing for Australia in the Olympics to “work on his game”, but watch him not even attempt any threes when the regular season comes. Dude is privileged and spoiled.
He doesn't even need to hit threes to be effective. Just needs to hit midrange now and again, not be abysmal from the free throw line and attack the basket when it presents itself
@@TheKyubiisaan you call that out to say Ben owes it to that terrible Process to be more than an allstar and advance his development faster than that because the franchise chose to lose ? That is the type of illogical BS that makes Philly fans insufferable...even if you aren't you'd fit right in. Ben Simmons has to be perfect to make up for the Franchise being terrible. Miami and the Bucks didn't need to tank for 4-5 years to get picks and develop guys into championship culture...that is a loser strategy and anyone that supports it is a loser as well. Better franchises take their picks and develop them to be great...Sixers ride their talent and do bare minimum as the fans make the experience insufferable.
I believe Ben deserves all the insults that are not out of the line being thrown to him, that amount of salary and no heart or improvement to show for it, years of people defending him from critics only to be proven the critics were right. This boy had it coming.
They literally traded everyone away that complimented his game, and signed players that went against his playstyle. Sixers didn't sacrifice anything for him, they literally built against him.
I like when every time a video of Simmons shooting during practice comes out, Philly fans and media would get hyped, and then he'd play in a game and it would be the same old shit again lmao
Brett Brown enabling Ben was a major part of the problem so I don't feel sorry for him. Brett Brown is friends with Bens dad from the Australian league, and Ben is the major reason he kept his job as long as he did. He favored and coddled Ben plenty along with the Colon-jellos. Brett didn't hold Ben accountable because kissing Bens ass provided him better job security than actually pushing him to improve.
@@mentok3027 I agree with what you’re saying but I honestly think pushing Ben Simmons would’ve never worked. Ben’s ego has been huge ever since coming into the league. BB always used to get criticism for not running pick and rolls when in reality he had a limit on what he could do. Both of them were problematic for each other
Brett Brown helped raise Ben. "Uncle Brett" babied Ben to the point of letting Jimmy Butler go to try and better fit the team to hide his weaknesses, and the sixers brought in a new regime with a more old school coach and Ben has taken every minute of it personally. Honestly Brett Brown was the absolute worst thing for Ben coming into the league, just another inner circle "family member" who coddled and gassed him up, made excuses for him, and so on. Ben needed a reality check when he hit the league, but because his dad's buddy ended up with the No. 1 pick, he never got it until now.
@@mentok3027 basically I'm saying what you're saying lol. Known Ben since he was a full blown child, worst thing that could've happened for either of them
Ben Simmons is more concerned about being a Celebrity than being a great basketball player. And his lack of determination to improve is really telling about him.
if doc knew how to do this(bench him) ,they would have a championship team last year,,,,,as i see it its all doc fault,USE YOUR BENCH DOC,,,,,,BENCH GUYS ARE ON THE TEAM FOR A REASON,,,one thing i learn from Steve Kerr,,,,,,STRENGTH IN NUMBERS,,,,,,developing a good bench team makes your team a whole lot better
Hell, even Monty is learning the strength in numbers thing with Cameron Payne, Cameron Johnson, Javale McGee, Biyombo, and earlier with Frank Kaminsky and Dario Saric
Those Jimmy Butler comments make so much sense now looking back at it.... It's funny how almost everyone back then was generalizing Jimmy as being an old-head that knows nothing and wants everything his way or he's out.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 #Facts The streets will never forget that Butler took the T-Wolves "3rd string" lineup and _smoked_ the starters. He made it to the Conference semi-finals w/the 76ers (despite Simmon's clear shooting weakness) then, two seasons after that, led an underdog Heat team to a competitive 6-game Finals series against a very strong and well-rounded Lakers team.
I always knew Jimmy was right. Both in Mimnesota and in Philadelphia. Maybe I'm a little biased as a Bulls fan, but I always knew that JB didn't take shit from anyone.
Also also...brett brown gave him an ultimatum to shoot a minimum of one 3 a game....WHY DOES YOUR COACH HAVE TO FORCE YOU TO SHOOT????? it's simple ben simmons is good but doesn't wanna get better
Old head perspective: Ben Simmons is a 7 foot Avery Johnson who doesn't realize he has to at least hit a wide open 15 footer... Avery learned and got rings for it. Ben HAS to get in the lab, when its your job, you get in the lab
Imagine winning rookie of the year and thinking you made it so you dont have to get any better.. ( I thought Donovan Mitchell should've won especially since it was technically Ben's second year)
I was on the Mitchell train as well, and I'm a Celtics fan so we had the 3rd guy. It was the all star nod that he uses as an excuse. He's always been super concerned about making all star so he can throw it in the medias face when they criticize him.
Mitchell was great his rookie year but Simmons was just better at more things. Don came in the league as an athletic scorer but his playmaking and defense had not caught up to his scoring ability yet while Simmons thrived in both of the areas don wasn’t as solid in and he still could score because the league hadn’t figured out how to guard him yet.
Got into so many disagreements with friends about Mitchell over Simmons. No one wanted to listen about the fact Simmons didn't have the work ethic to get better at shooting. Mitchell was overall a better player and should have won the award and now it is very obvious.
Never seen an Aussie been so passive and without emotion like Simmons. It's like when you see a sad Brazilian soccer player, it means there's something wrong....
@@nath-wp7xp his lazy attitude and reliance on natural ability is Aussie as fuck though. Kids out here always think theyre top shit until they realise how small the pond is. The true Aussie basketball gem is here now anyway: Josh Giddey can shoot a 3 and has a winner mentality
Man, as a Philly fan, I can promise all of you that we have been behind Ben from the very beginning. We just wanted him to be great. We even gave him standing ovations any time he hit a 3 pointer. Don’t tell me Philly fans were “too hard on him.” We have defended him at every turn, especially when the national media and fans made fun of him for his lack of shooting. Now those same people are blaming Philly fans for that, like what? Simmons has not put in the work and in Philly that doesn’t slide. We love guys who give everything they have to the game, leave their heart on the floor on a nightly basis. That’s all we ask for.
Man, imagine this dude with atleast 60% of Kobe’s drive, he literally has the gifts to be an all time great, literally just his mental holding him back, I mean look at giannis without a reliable jumper, it’s all mental
Giannis isn't a great shooter, but he puts 100% every time. There is the big difference, knowing you're not good but giving it your all. Loved how he did that on the parade bus, mocked himself taking 12 secs for a free throw.
Dude was amazing at every level. He didn’t really care to be better. Seems like a guy that doesnt love basketball but rather an athletic specimen that happens to play basketball.
@@pels4tosh I think you’re using the term “at all level”. Still, he’s a player that has no jump shot. Horrific free throw shooting, refused to even attempt to score during the 4th quarter of how many games vs the Suns? And refused to get better. Once again, how is that “amazing at every level”?
@@TheLouHam I mean at every level means highschool, college and NBA so he’s not wrong Ben is still a top 10 guard in the league despite his shortcomings. Even a 3x all star so he’s successful at every level and a genuinely good player. But def not worthy of the #1 draft pick
As a Sixers fan this video frustrated me. The content and summary of the history of Ben was immaculate and your analysis was great. It’s frustrating because reliving these last four years is just disappointing. We should at least have one conference final appearance with the talent we had, but Ben just refuses to be a team player. Which is perplexing because he’s a pass first guy. I swear he’s the most enigmatic player to ever play for the Sixers, and that says a lot. I was a Ben apologist, but now I’m just a bitter Sixers fan that fantasizes about what we could’ve been.
Ben Simmons is literally when talent that doesn't work hard. he here for the lifestyle and fame. he dont care for the game. remeber when kawhi hit that game winner over them. He stopped he didnt chase he gave up on the play. Embiid was in tears Ben didnt care he went to LA
@@daviesugo7641 exactly...Kawhi shot terrible with Ben on him and Embiid cut him off...but this is the Ben Simmons experience...you take what he actually does well and claim it is bad all because you want him to score more on a team he has no plays on
No. He can't shoot. At least not from 6 foot and out. He proved he doesn't think he needs to shot the ball, which is odd because that's how you win basketball games.
It’s very insane the amount of personnel and play style changes to accommodate one player’s unwillingness to shoot. Bens best bet is to go back to the team and show the nba he can be aggressive scoring the ball so his value goes up so the sixers can trade him. With his current value teams are not going to give up key pieces for someone that has faltered in the spotlight for many years now
What play style changes...losing to winning? Where is this kool-aid that have you all believing the Sixer franchise is ran well and has winning ways sans Simmons...the year he was out they missed the playoffs and the year he came back Embiid was out late and Ben carried them into the playoffs...the reward...remove the two best players that played off him and actually passed him the ball to score...but such is the Simmons experience...he just became an allstar by luck and he does little else to effect winning...even as Doc and Embiid allowed their team to lose 3 home games in one series against a lower seed the after thought is now the center of blame all because he does everything but score at 25 (when Embiid is present)
@@kudabeen, This comment is a fucking mess. It goes from rightfully saying Ben is bad to saying Ben was scapegoated. Make up your mind. You can't say Ben became an All-Star by luck and then say he wasn't the reason they lost which he was. Ben didn't carry the Sixers. That was Embiid. All Ben does is defense and he loathes to score.
I love when smug arrogant socialite athletes absolutely fall apart when fans legitimately criticize them. See also, Kryrie Irving. KD gets irrationally sensitive too but dude always shows up and never shrinks from the moment.
I once saw a video of Kevin Durant responding to every comment he could on Twitter. I'm an absolute nobody and I refuse to look at any of my comments. I drop what I have to say on the world and bounce. This Man a millionaire who bangs the finest b****** on the planet, and he's sitting there with his Twitter fingers all night
@@RandallBalls "drop what I gotta say on the world and bounce.". 🤣. I do the same thing. There's some wild shit that comes out of my mouth and I couldn't care less what other people think about it. Most of the time I say stuff that most people are thinking anyway they're just afraid to say it. I ain't lying. 🤷♂️.
Random story about Ben: I work with a Coach who coached at Lee College (a junior college in Texas). LSU was interested in a player from there. While the team was on a road trip, LSU invited the entire staff/roster to come to the facility, just to meet the player they wanted. When they arrived, they had people lined up ready to meet that player. The player is Duop Reath. LSU allowed the team to practice in their facility, but someone came out of the weight room looking for Duop. It was Ben. Ben had heard that LSU wanted Duop, so Ben wanted to play him in a 1 on 1. So they played. Lot of trash talking went on. The game was going back & forth. Game was tied and it was game point. Ben took a shot, but called foul. He made it after he called foul. Ben claimed that he had won at that point. Duop said “no you called foul”. Ben walked off and said “This is my mother fucking court, I win”.
I thought he was overrated from Day 1, and that he should have won ROY over Tatum or Mitchell. He is miles behind those 2 guys now, as he always should have been.
He took Philly to playoff every year since he got drafted. he turned a 10-70 win team into 50-32 win team. lets dumb the break now. the one time he got injured in a playoff, Embiid and Co. got swept in first round.
This was a great vid. It really puts into perspective why any team is hesitant to offer a crazy package in exchange for Simmons. A side of the trailblazer fan base thinks a Ben for CJ swap should be done at all costs, the history broken down in a video really shows why that is a huge gamble especially when you’re gambling with keeping Damian Lillard long term.
Simmons has so, so much potential. But he’s playing on borrowed time. If he EVER wants to contend, he needs to act like it…and soon. The team he is refusing to play for basically threw itself off a cliff for him, and this is how he repays everyone involved?
It’s crazy how the Sixers switched up the team every year! When we had TJ, Dario, Covington, JJ, we should have keep that team together..they had chemistry
@@4kdefinition70 true they should trade Embiid Philly wasting his prime lol poverty franchise and Simmons pulling a blake griffin he gonna shoot on a different team WATCH 😂
The 76ers didn’t do anything wrong they built 3 great teams in a row that worked perfectly. It was bens unwillingness to improve or add to his Arsenal. Not only that he’s a one trick pony who averaged the same stats and had no strong effect.
In the entire video clips on Simmons, there was not one time he looked like he was truly smiling ear to ear and enjoying himself. He's apathetic. I don't think he enjoys playing basketball. It's just a way to make money and get women for him. Great explanation of the whole timeline. Really illuminating that his issues with shooting and desire has been known ever since he was in high school...That's pretty baffling not one guy (or gal) was able to motivate him to work on his shot year after year. Make your greatest weakness your greatest strength.ANYTHING'S POSSSSIBLE!
In last season I think bens lack of growth was due to an extremely poor response (as a NBA player) to covid lockdowns and his injury rehab. He was lighting up call of duty, but he was literally spending 8 hours a day on it. He came into the season WAY WAY out of practice, our of shape, and not motivated. I reckon that just set him right back and you know with the accelerated NBA season he never got back up to speed and it culminated with his worst post season. Mentally and skill wise he was a shadow I think. I'm so fucking interested to see what happens with him next year.
It is to bad Simmons didn't put the same resolve into getting better at free throws and 3 pointers as he is putting into digging in for a long term holdout.
It was all set for Ben Simmons. It wasn't the perfect roster, nor did they have the perfect fit with Embiid, but it was set. The organizationw as willing to make adjustments too getting rid of Butler and signing a max contract so early into his career. With that situation, you have to be accountable to at least a certain degree.
I really believe that "meltdown" during the playoffs was because he didn't win the DPY, and a huge reason for that, was that the Sixers and Embiid didn't back him up, with Embiid also saying that he should win the award. Seems to me like it was the last drop for Ben. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that nobody talks about that, and it was at the same time.
Ben also played the "Do you know who I am?" card when asked for ID entering a casino here in Australia. So that story with TMac seems pretty plausible to me.
The signs should've been taken more seriously years ago that he doesn't want to get critisized or improve his one lackinng/mentality bc he wants things to work his way and expects his trade demand to be seen and respected the same way Harden's was. He's a damn good player but his reputation is in tatters and his play and mentality need a major fix-up that a off-season+whole season won't be able to fix most likely
As a native Philly cat and a die hard Sixers fan I appreciate your analysis. Your video was more insightful than the national sports personalities and analysts that go out their way to try to defend BS. They even had that lame redundant hot take that us Neanderthal goonish Philly fans ran him out of town. 6 months after you uploaded this they're finally catching up to you and the rest of us rational sports fans. Good work brotha! 👍🏽👍🏽
As a Sixers fan. I defended this man to the death from the entire “second year rookie” crowd for an entire year. And I kept my hopes up for Ben. But these days it’s really been hard.
It seems like the Sixers have done all that they can for Ben. They’ve tried to accommodate to him in every way. And throughout all this drama, he has made it seem like they did him wrong in some way and that’s why he wants out.
*It is quite disappointing that Embiid who is a center and didn’t start playing basketball until he was 15 was able and willing to improve his game to help facilitate the fit with Simmons by improving his 3 point percentage to 38% in the regular season and 39% in the playoffs yet Simmons who is the point guard wasn’t willing to even attempt to improve his game to help facilitate the fit with Embiid*
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When you say it like that 💀💀💀💀
_Jesus, at some point you gotta let it go man_
Dude your profile picture 🤣🤣
Goated for that pf pic lmao
LOW’s point about Ben Simmons putting everyone around him in uncomfortable situations his entire career was the most perfect way I’ve seen someone talk about the issue surrounding Ben Simmons.
It's probably something that has never even crossed Ben Simmons mind either.
@@SuperJourneyer his narcissism rejects the thought that would snowball into this conclusion. I really wish I would just come back and play, as a Sixers fan. This would help assist a trade more quickly and we can all just move on.
once he passed up that dunk against the hawks, i not only knew that we would lose game 7, but that it would be the last game ben plays for the sixers.
That was the best chance they had to go all the way too
No you didn’t, lmao
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@@silverspadelord actually when we had Jimmy Butler was our best chance... and then Kawhi hit the luckiest shot ever
I knew it he will become a meme too
Simmons honestly just doesn’t care about the game. He withdrew from playing for Australia in the Olympics to “work on his game”, but watch him not even attempt any threes when the regular season comes. Dude is privileged and spoiled.
“Work on my game” my ass. He just didn’t want to get exposed further, that bum.
He lives up to his initials... BS (bullshit) 🤷♂️
He doesn't even need to hit threes to be effective. Just needs to hit midrange now and again, not be abysmal from the free throw line and attack the basket when it presents itself
@@jasonturner6459 Someone broke down the efficiency and if he just improved on free throws his passing and dribbling is good enough
He pretty much became like JR smith and took his career like granted.
I think it’s so frustrating that Ben doesn’t understand how much Philadelphia sacrificed to draft him, just so he can refuse to improve.
Is there a fan base that would've been more patient with Simmons?
@@jasondyrkacz8270 honestly no
What sacrifice...are these Sixers staff accounts?
@@kudabeen they tanked, for years. Did you forget what “the process” actually was?
@@TheKyubiisaan you call that out to say Ben owes it to that terrible Process to be more than an allstar and advance his development faster than that because the franchise chose to lose ? That is the type of illogical BS that makes Philly fans insufferable...even if you aren't you'd fit right in.
Ben Simmons has to be perfect to make up for the Franchise being terrible. Miami and the Bucks didn't need to tank for 4-5 years to get picks and develop guys into championship culture...that is a loser strategy and anyone that supports it is a loser as well.
Better franchises take their picks and develop them to be great...Sixers ride their talent and do bare minimum as the fans make the experience insufferable.
this was honestly all Ben's fault. The 76ers sacrificed so much for 4 years just for him to do absolutely nothing
Embiid sacrificed his knees for this franchise and Simmons does absolutely nothing
I believe Ben deserves all the insults that are not out of the line being thrown to him, that amount of salary and no heart or improvement to show for it, years of people defending him from critics only to be proven the critics were right. This boy had it coming.
You're absolutely wrong with this statement.....have you seen his Fortnite skillz?! 😂
Sacrificed??
They literally traded everyone away that complimented his game, and signed players that went against his playstyle. Sixers didn't sacrifice anything for him, they literally built against him.
I like when every time a video of Simmons shooting during practice comes out, Philly fans and media would get hyped, and then he'd play in a game and it would be the same old shit again lmao
I feel like everyone but Philly fans knows the deal 😂😂 that shit only happens in the off season
EVERY YEAR 😂😂
Nah he fooled me once the first summer he did that. But he wasn’t going to fool me twice. I already new it was bullshit when he posted it. 😂
Nah that year, no one bought into it
Every now and then I meet a simmons fan that thinks ben's doing the right thing 🤣
Justice for Brett Brown, he was forced to tank with the process sixers and then got stuck coaching Ben Simmons which costed his job
Brett Brown enabling Ben was a major part of the problem so I don't feel sorry for him. Brett Brown is friends with Bens dad from the Australian league, and Ben is the major reason he kept his job as long as he did. He favored and coddled Ben plenty along with the Colon-jellos. Brett didn't hold Ben accountable because kissing Bens ass provided him better job security than actually pushing him to improve.
@@mentok3027 I agree with what you’re saying but I honestly think pushing Ben Simmons would’ve never worked. Ben’s ego has been huge ever since coming into the league. BB always used to get criticism for not running pick and rolls when in reality he had a limit on what he could do. Both of them were problematic for each other
@@mentok3027 lets be honest. As soon as brown will publicly push Simmons. He'll get fired. Sixers babies Simmons.
Brett Brown helped raise Ben. "Uncle Brett" babied Ben to the point of letting Jimmy Butler go to try and better fit the team to hide his weaknesses, and the sixers brought in a new regime with a more old school coach and Ben has taken every minute of it personally. Honestly Brett Brown was the absolute worst thing for Ben coming into the league, just another inner circle "family member" who coddled and gassed him up, made excuses for him, and so on. Ben needed a reality check when he hit the league, but because his dad's buddy ended up with the No. 1 pick, he never got it until now.
@@mentok3027 basically I'm saying what you're saying lol. Known Ben since he was a full blown child, worst thing that could've happened for either of them
Ben Simmons is more concerned about being a Celebrity than being a great basketball player. And his lack of determination to improve is really telling about him.
MP type beat
Nahh he’s more focused on being a prima donna than even trying to improve as a player
That’s what happens you hang around the kardashians for too long
He just dont care bout basketball 🤷🏿♂️
When his contract is up, the governor's should all agree to not sign him. Of course, it won't work. Someone will sign him.
The moment 2k22 came out, I had to play the Sixers just to bench Simmons the entire game.
if doc knew how to do this(bench him) ,they would have a championship team last year,,,,,as i see it its all doc fault,USE YOUR BENCH DOC,,,,,,BENCH GUYS ARE ON THE TEAM FOR A
REASON,,,one thing i learn from Steve Kerr,,,,,,STRENGTH IN NUMBERS,,,,,,developing a good bench team makes your team a whole lot better
Hell, even Monty is learning the strength in numbers thing with Cameron Payne, Cameron Johnson, Javale McGee, Biyombo, and earlier with Frank Kaminsky and Dario Saric
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Someone once said, "Ben Simmons: 2021 BIGGEST ABSOLUTE PLAYOFF TRAVESTY!!!!!! THE ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTE BIGGEST PLAYOFF TRAVESTY!!!!!!!!!!!"
God bless Wilson
Wilson Sy
The Goat said it.
Wilson Sy is the goat at "Travesty"
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Sam Hinkey sacrificed his career as a GM for an Australian Socialite. Think about that.
Sam Hinkie
The young socialite himself
No he didn't. He drafted Embiid. That's all that matters
@@zigguratjones6458 all that tanking for one man, one man and thats it?
@@Justinian43 He's a franchise player. He's a generational talent. Do you know how rare those are?
Those Jimmy Butler comments make so much sense now looking back at it....
It's funny how almost everyone back then was generalizing Jimmy as being an old-head that knows nothing and wants everything his way or he's out.
Jimmy Butler wants teammates that want to put in the work to get better.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 #Facts
The streets will never forget that Butler took the T-Wolves "3rd string" lineup and _smoked_ the starters.
He made it to the Conference semi-finals w/the 76ers (despite Simmon's clear shooting weakness) then, two seasons after that, led an underdog Heat team to a competitive 6-game Finals series against a very strong and well-rounded Lakers team.
I always knew Jimmy was right. Both in Mimnesota and in Philadelphia. Maybe I'm a little biased as a Bulls fan, but I always knew that JB didn't take shit from anyone.
@@henryviiifake8244 wasn’t a competitive finals. But I get your point.
@@JiggaWhooo It was a competitive matchup until Dragic and Bam were injured. It wasn't the same after that.
As a Hawks fan I love Ben Simmons, he was our 4th quarter MVP the whole series!
Embiid and Thybulle were.
Ctfu
I hate and love this at the same time
Also also...brett brown gave him an ultimatum to shoot a minimum of one 3 a game....WHY DOES YOUR COACH HAVE TO FORCE YOU TO SHOOT?????
it's simple ben simmons is good but doesn't wanna get better
They should have kept Brett brown that was my thoughts after hearing that
Imagine a coach telling you to shoot even if you're bad at it just shows the love Ben has been receiving these past couple of years.
imagin having a first round pick and choosing someone who cant shoot
@@ophhate It's not the fact that he "can't shoot" that's the problem, it's his refusal to improve his shooting that is
@@boredmurse3432 hey 76rs took a chance and it blew up
Old head perspective: Ben Simmons is a 7 foot Avery Johnson who doesn't realize he has to at least hit a wide open 15 footer... Avery learned and got rings for it. Ben HAS to get in the lab, when its your job, you get in the lab
What age did Avery learn and settled into that role?
@@kudabeen Took a while and he bounced around before.
Imagine if Simmons had Jimmy Butler's mentality.
Hell imagine if Simmons had anyone's mentality of wanting to win
He’d be a 2006 LeBron by now
Imagine winning rookie of the year and thinking you made it so you dont have to get any better.. ( I thought Donovan Mitchell should've won especially since it was technically Ben's second year)
I was on the Mitchell train as well, and I'm a Celtics fan so we had the 3rd guy. It was the all star nod that he uses as an excuse. He's always been super concerned about making all star so he can throw it in the medias face when they criticize him.
I mean Mitchell is the clear better player now but Ben deserved the roty
Mitchell was great his rookie year but Simmons was just better at more things. Don came in the league as an athletic scorer but his playmaking and defense had not caught up to his scoring ability yet while Simmons thrived in both of the areas don wasn’t as solid in and he still could score because the league hadn’t figured out how to guard him yet.
Got into so many disagreements with friends about Mitchell over Simmons. No one wanted to listen about the fact Simmons didn't have the work ethic to get better at shooting. Mitchell was overall a better player and should have won the award and now it is very obvious.
@@robbie5138 wrong
Everything going on with Ben is just sad at this point
Never seen an Aussie been so passive and without emotion like Simmons.
It's like when you see a sad Brazilian soccer player, it means there's something wrong....
Let’s be honest, Ben Simmons is barely Australian.
@@nath-wp7xp yeah thats true
@@ayeyobossman6151 Patty Mills, Lets go Brooklyn
@@nath-wp7xp his lazy attitude and reliance on natural ability is Aussie as fuck though. Kids out here always think theyre top shit until they realise how small the pond is. The true Aussie basketball gem is here now anyway: Josh Giddey can shoot a 3 and has a winner mentality
*BEN SIMMONS* Missed *48* FT'S in the
2021 NBA Playoffs.
*STEVE NASH* Missed *44* FT'S in his
*ENTIRE* NBA CAREER
I saw this stat too but if you look it up it’s Nash’s playoff career not his whole career.
So they 2 way different types of players
Playoff Career
This is actual fake news lmao
**playoff career
But yeah the point still stands lmao
"The late, great, Kobe Bryant..." Damn, that still hits hard
Man, as a Philly fan, I can promise all of you that we have been behind Ben from the very beginning. We just wanted him to be great. We even gave him standing ovations any time he hit a 3 pointer. Don’t tell me Philly fans were “too hard on him.” We have defended him at every turn, especially when the national media and fans made fun of him for his lack of shooting. Now those same people are blaming Philly fans for that, like what? Simmons has not put in the work and in Philly that doesn’t slide. We love guys who give everything they have to the game, leave their heart on the floor on a nightly basis. That’s all we ask for.
Most fan bases east of the Mississippi River are like that.
When u are paid 100 's millions of dollars to put a ball in a hoop . No criticism is too harsh
@@almofo2237 don't tell these modern people that. Colin Kaepernick said the NFL is modern day slavery. That's how f****** warped these people are
Ben Simmons scoring a 3 pointer is like waiting for a solar eclipse
Man, imagine this dude with atleast 60% of Kobe’s drive, he literally has the gifts to be an all time great, literally just his mental holding him back, I mean look at giannis without a reliable jumper, it’s all mental
Giannis isn't a great shooter, but he puts 100% every time. There is the big difference, knowing you're not good but giving it your all. Loved how he did that on the parade bus, mocked himself taking 12 secs for a free throw.
Nah, imagine him with even 10% of Kobe’s drive. He’d be one of the best players in the league with 1/10th of the Mamba’s drive
Please don't compare a likeable, humble, championship drivin guy like the freak and ben "shooter" simmons lmaoo
@@dougiebuckets1364 exactly like I said mental, Ben’s attitude and drive is the only thing holding him bsck
@@BGRUBBIN exactly, Ben’s attitude and lack of drive is the only thing holding him back
Dude was amazing at every level. He didn’t really care to be better. Seems like a guy that doesnt love basketball but rather an athletic specimen that happens to play basketball.
He couldn’t shoot a mid jumper, can’t shoot free throws, gives up easy layups, and he’s “amazing” at every level? Lol what.
@@TheLouHam that guy is still an all star without a jump shot. He was good at every level HS, college and NBA
@@pels4tosh I think you’re using the term “at all level”. Still, he’s a player that has no jump shot. Horrific free throw shooting, refused to even attempt to score during the 4th quarter of how many games vs the Suns? And refused to get better.
Once again, how is that “amazing at every level”?
@@TheLouHam I mean at every level means highschool, college and NBA so he’s not wrong Ben is still a top 10 guard in the league despite his shortcomings. Even a 3x all star so he’s successful at every level and a genuinely good player. But def not worthy of the #1 draft pick
@@TheLouHam against the Suns????
As a Sixers fan this video frustrated me. The content and summary of the history of Ben was immaculate and your analysis was great. It’s frustrating because reliving these last four years is just disappointing. We should at least have one conference final appearance with the talent we had, but Ben just refuses to be a team player. Which is perplexing because he’s a pass first guy. I swear he’s the most enigmatic player to ever play for the Sixers, and that says a lot. I was a Ben apologist, but now I’m just a bitter Sixers fan that fantasizes about what we could’ve been.
Enigmatic is such a good way to describe Ben lol. Ultimate team-player while having a me-first attitude and personality
Ben Simmons is literally when talent that doesn't work hard. he here for the lifestyle and fame. he dont care for the game. remeber when kawhi hit that game winner over them. He stopped he didnt chase he gave up on the play. Embiid was in tears Ben didnt care he went to LA
I don’t like simons but cmon. If he kept following Embiid he would have hit embiid. Embiid came to his front
@@daviesugo7641 exactly...Kawhi shot terrible with Ben on him and Embiid cut him off...but this is the Ben Simmons experience...you take what he actually does well and claim it is bad all because you want him to score more on a team he has no plays on
@@kudabeen Simmons was the point guard. His role was the playmaker. If he didn't have any plays, it was his own fault.
Your ability to curate great clips does not go unrecognized! Thanks for the great content
I always say Simmons missing the NCAA tournament in college was a red flag! He didn’t wanna be exposed
As a Sixers fan, watching all of this unfold was painful, ESPECIALLY that Raptors series.
It’s not that Ben can’t shoot, it’s the fact that he REFUSES to shoot
No. He can't shoot. At least not from 6 foot and out.
He proved he doesn't think he needs to shot the ball, which is odd because that's how you win basketball games.
Nah he's scared, he needs to shoot until he feels the rhythm he just doesn't want to look bad on court but you're not going to be perfect all the time
the fxck are u talking about? if he can shoot then why did he brick a historical amount of free throws?
His shooting form actually isn't that bad. If he would just practice on it more and fine tune it, it could be reliable enough to space the floor.
Anticipation for LOW's vids is very, very high during the off-season
It’s very insane the amount of personnel and play style changes to accommodate one player’s unwillingness to shoot. Bens best bet is to go back to the team and show the nba he can be aggressive scoring the ball so his value goes up so the sixers can trade him. With his current value teams are not going to give up key pieces for someone that has faltered in the spotlight for many years now
Dog you don't even believe that he's worth a bag of chips rn
At this rate the Sixers might cut him and swallow all the dead money instead
What play style changes...losing to winning? Where is this kool-aid that have you all believing the Sixer franchise is ran well and has winning ways sans Simmons...the year he was out they missed the playoffs and the year he came back Embiid was out late and Ben carried them into the playoffs...the reward...remove the two best players that played off him and actually passed him the ball to score...but such is the Simmons experience...he just became an allstar by luck and he does little else to effect winning...even as Doc and Embiid allowed their team to lose 3 home games in one series against a lower seed the after thought is now the center of blame all because he does everything but score at 25 (when Embiid is present)
@@kudabeen, This comment is a fucking mess. It goes from rightfully saying Ben is bad to saying Ben was scapegoated. Make up your mind. You can't say Ben became an All-Star by luck and then say he wasn't the reason they lost which he was. Ben didn't carry the Sixers. That was Embiid. All Ben does is defense and he loathes to score.
@@thephoenixxm4160 so you didn't read it or get...gotcha.
Its crazy how in depth and thorough LOW’s videos are. I love these deep analysis’. Keep up the great work!
I love when smug arrogant socialite athletes absolutely fall apart when fans legitimately criticize them. See also, Kryrie Irving. KD gets irrationally sensitive too but dude always shows up and never shrinks from the moment.
I once saw a video of Kevin Durant responding to every comment he could on Twitter. I'm an absolute nobody and I refuse to look at any of my comments. I drop what I have to say on the world and bounce. This Man a millionaire who bangs the finest b****** on the planet, and he's sitting there with his Twitter fingers all night
@@RandallBalls "drop what I gotta say on the world and bounce.". 🤣. I do the same thing. There's some wild shit that comes out of my mouth and I couldn't care less what other people think about it. Most of the time I say stuff that most people are thinking anyway they're just afraid to say it. I ain't lying. 🤷♂️.
Random story about Ben:
I work with a Coach who coached at Lee College (a junior college in Texas). LSU was interested in a player from there. While the team was on a road trip, LSU invited the entire staff/roster to come to the facility, just to meet the player they wanted. When they arrived, they had people lined up ready to meet that player. The player is Duop Reath. LSU allowed the team to practice in their facility, but someone came out of the weight room looking for Duop. It was Ben. Ben had heard that LSU wanted Duop, so Ben wanted to play him in a 1 on 1. So they played. Lot of trash talking went on. The game was going back & forth. Game was tied and it was game point. Ben took a shot, but called foul. He made it after he called foul. Ben claimed that he had won at that point. Duop said “no you called foul”. Ben walked off and said “This is my mother fucking court, I win”.
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Source - trust me bro🤣🤣
@@claytonpedro9770 wym? I literally work with the coach who was coaching that team when it happened. That’s my source 😂
@@cdagaming4047 yeah okay and I know Obama personally..because trust me bro ...
His initials say it all “bs”. Living up to his expectations. He will regret all this. Hope he’s blackballed.
ben should be more focused on his jump shot then getting traded
I thought he was overrated from Day 1, and that he should have won ROY over Tatum or Mitchell.
He is miles behind those 2 guys now, as he always should have been.
Mitchell should have won 💯💪
@itzD'Angelo Let them daydream. We, intellectuals, know that Tatum is better than anyone from that draft class.
@itzD'Angelo damn 😆😆
He took Philly to playoff every year since he got drafted. he turned a 10-70 win team into 50-32 win team. lets dumb the break now. the one time he got injured in a playoff, Embiid and Co. got swept in first round.
@@uncleusuh Simmons wasn't even from Tatum's class. He is in the same draft class as Ingram, Brown and Siakam
This was a great vid. It really puts into perspective why any team is hesitant to offer a crazy package in exchange for Simmons. A side of the trailblazer fan base thinks a Ben for CJ swap should be done at all costs, the history broken down in a video really shows why that is a huge gamble especially when you’re gambling with keeping Damian Lillard long term.
Love these Timeline type videos bro 💯
Simmons has so, so much potential. But he’s playing on borrowed time. If he EVER wants to contend, he needs to act like it…and soon. The team he is refusing to play for basically threw itself off a cliff for him, and this is how he repays everyone involved?
It’s crazy how the Sixers switched up the team every year! When we had TJ, Dario, Covington, JJ, we should have keep that team together..they had chemistry
One of your best works. Thank you LOW.
I still believe that Ben Simmons could be an MVP Caliber player if you put him in a 5 out system with shooters that is based around him
I love these explanation/history videos like these... keep it up bro!
Great video and narration. I'm a subscriber now and look forward to further content.
Ah, coming back and watching this after Celtics swept the nets in first round of the playoffs.
Aged like fine wine.
It went wrong when Brett brown decided to play him at point guard I always thought was a mistake I believe he would've excelled at small forward
God damn another video chok full of info, and insight that even someone who might watch a lot of basketball might miss. 👍
*At this point, The 76ers should just restart the process*
true. embiid is generational talent but he is always busted/injured. they should lick wounds and get the best deal for everyone and gear up for 2024
@@4kdefinition70 true they should trade Embiid Philly wasting his prime lol poverty franchise and Simmons pulling a blake griffin he gonna shoot on a different team WATCH 😂
Man low always coming in with the fire content!
Love the videos Low. Wish you uploaded a little more frequently tho
That Mcgrady thing in retrospect did say a lot about his character. He thinks Players like Lebron are his level, yet irl he's way below Tracy Mcgrady
This is such a well made video. Props man
The 76ers didn’t do anything wrong they built 3 great teams in a row that worked perfectly. It was bens unwillingness to improve or add to his Arsenal. Not only that he’s a one trick pony who averaged the same stats and had no strong effect.
The goat post once again…
One of your best videos! Love it!
Video gave me jimmy highroller vibes i love this shit bro keep it up !! 💪💪
In the entire video clips on Simmons, there was not one time he looked like he was truly smiling ear to ear and enjoying himself. He's apathetic. I don't think he enjoys playing basketball. It's just a way to make money and get women for him.
Great explanation of the whole timeline. Really illuminating that his issues with shooting and desire has been known ever since he was in high school...That's pretty baffling not one guy (or gal) was able to motivate him to work on his shot year after year. Make your greatest weakness your greatest strength.ANYTHING'S POSSSSIBLE!
Dude JJ was always there for his teammates. It’s no wonder he’s so respected.
This video was nicely put together
Awesome video bro, keep up the good work👍🏼
I think it’s wild that about half of his scouting report was literally just negative things and they still built the team around him
In last season I think bens lack of growth was due to an extremely poor response (as a NBA player) to covid lockdowns and his injury rehab. He was lighting up call of duty, but he was literally spending 8 hours a day on it. He came into the season WAY WAY out of practice, our of shape, and not motivated.
I reckon that just set him right back and you know with the accelerated NBA season he never got back up to speed and it culminated with his worst post season. Mentally and skill wise he was a shadow I think.
I'm so fucking interested to see what happens with him next year.
He was terrible with Toronto and Boston
Great vid man, thank you
Great job video was 🔥🔥
The fact that this was preceded by all the Fultz stuff makes it even more bizarre.
Let's be real if Simmons was in the west i don't think he would be a all star
Great video bro, very interesting
This video was so smooth
The sixers really tanked all that time to not even make it out the second round. Wow.
It is to bad Simmons didn't put the same resolve into getting better at free throws and 3 pointers as he is putting into digging in for a long term holdout.
An actual good video. It's been some time
Great video bro!
It was all set for Ben Simmons. It wasn't the perfect roster, nor did they have the perfect fit with Embiid, but it was set. The organizationw as willing to make adjustments too getting rid of Butler and signing a max contract so early into his career. With that situation, you have to be accountable to at least a certain degree.
I really believe that "meltdown" during the playoffs was because he didn't win the DPY, and a huge reason for that, was that the Sixers and Embiid didn't back him up, with Embiid also saying that he should win the award. Seems to me like it was the last drop for Ben. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that nobody talks about that, and it was at the same time.
Great video bro.
Great Video on point
More timeline content please!
10:04 if only he remember this moment and not pass the ball when he got a mismatch against Trae
Jimmy at least is good with playmaking & is a vet for a young heat team. He pass the ball for his shooter & they learn. What did ben do for 4 years?
This channel is top quality shit. Worthy of a spot on ESPN. Been consistent for years now. Big up LOW
Ben also played the "Do you know who I am?" card when asked for ID entering a casino here in Australia. So that story with TMac seems pretty plausible to me.
The signs should've been taken more seriously years ago that he doesn't want to get critisized or improve his one lackinng/mentality bc he wants things to work his way and expects his trade demand to be seen and respected the same way Harden's was. He's a damn good player but his reputation is in tatters and his play and mentality need a major fix-up that a off-season+whole season won't be able to fix most likely
I think wherever Ben goes he should run the 5 with his skill set and the way the games played now
this is the best breakdown if Ben's career and the attempts to help him but how injury got in the way
As a native Philly cat and a die hard Sixers fan I appreciate your analysis. Your video was more insightful than the national sports personalities and analysts that go out their way to try to defend BS. They even had that lame redundant hot take that us Neanderthal goonish Philly fans ran him out of town. 6 months after you uploaded this they're finally catching up to you and the rest of us rational sports fans. Good work brotha! 👍🏽👍🏽
As a Sixers fan. I defended this man to the death from the entire “second year rookie” crowd for an entire year. And I kept my hopes up for Ben. But these days it’s really been hard.
"I've never been on a team where I've had to take shots"
Damn what a coincidence, I hear Kyrie said the same thing recently!
Awesome video🔥
Still remember the back and forth Ben and Nurkic had at the free throw line 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is a masterpiece LOW
Imagine being a pro athlete who makes millions of dollars, and a 3 shot is too hard to get good at.
Not even get good at, JUST SHOOTING
Very good recap
It seems like the Sixers have done all that they can for Ben. They’ve tried to accommodate to him in every way. And throughout all this drama, he has made it seem like they did him wrong in some way and that’s why he wants out.
Morey still holding out for a Kings ransom for this guy. Good luck.
Yo Ben high school mixtape was super legendary
Very fair and inclusive history of the top drafted players from the process years and beyond.,definitely accurate.
good vid my bruh