Ben Simmons regressed to worst version of himself - Nick on 76ers' Game 7 loss | FIRST THINGS FIRST
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- The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers over the weekend to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Joel Embiid scored an admirable 31 points, made 11 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to keep Trae Young from leading his team to a Game 7 win. Chris Broussard joins Nick Wright and the First Things First crew to decide if Young's emergence was a bigger deal, or was the Sixers' second-round exit and Ben Simmons' performance a bigger story.
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Ben Simmons regressed to worst version of himself - Nick on 76ers' Game 7 loss | FIRST THINGS FIRST
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Ben Simmons gets paid max money to do his job. Stop feeling sorry for a guy who refuses to work on his craft. Has been saying the same things since 2017 "I'll work on it". Enough excuses. The guy loves the lifestyle that comes with playing in the NBA yet he doesn't work at all on his game. He literally has gotten worse since his rookie year.
0% from 3
34% from free throws (worst in NBA playoffs HISTORY)
can't shoot from 5 ft away from the basket
This is the result of pampering this guy.
Ive said it a million times and I will say it again. Watching both Brandon Ingram and Ben Simmons in college and in the NBA, I kept saying Brandon Ingram is a better player than Ben. It is just an opinion but I dont believe people will disagree that Ingram at the end of the game is a liability. He has grown and shown he can be a pretty clutch player and isnt afraid of the moment. As a lakers fan i watched a ton of brandon ingram but I also watch a ton of NBA. I have seen improvement from Brandon....Ive seen NONE from Simmons.
True. It is what it is
@@shaunmati3297 Ingram is not better than him.
Ben Simmons can be a star but right now he is just star talent. Hasn't achieved or progressed to his potential which is sad to see. Guy needs a fresh start to reset his mental, practice his free throws at least.
@@jamal4717 Ingram is much better than simmons
Brandon is on point today cause I forgot Tobias Harris exists😅
lol same. $33 million a year for a ghost?
@@kuruptzZz I think he's worse than Simmons. Atleast we know Simmons is suffering mentally but Tobias is just stealing max money and playing like trash
I usually slander Brandon in the comments, but he was great today
Atleast harris was good enough for a max contract at some point. Simmons has been trash since he was drafted.
Philadelphia overpaid for Tobias Harris, but Harris should not be more than a No. 4 option on a good team. The fact that Harris is the No. 2 scoring option on a team that considers itself a contender is more of an indictment of Ben Simmons' lack of development.
Fultz/Simmons picks are apples to oranges. They PAID Simmons expecting him to get better. But he refused. He even said in 2017 "appreciate what I do".. Yet everyone kept hoping he would take the next step. He won't.
Never tell me Simmons is better than Pascal Siakam and Jayson Tatum ever again
Kinda random to mention Siakam. Tatum is in another stratosphere above Siakam. Even Jaylen Brown is better than Siakam
@@M3333C Siakam is so underrated and hasn't even come close to peaking yet
@@sdpetro18 considering Siakam regressed from last year to this year and is already like 26 yrs old, u have nothing to base that claim on. Hes probably better than Simmons but is nowhere near Tatums level
@@M3333C I never said Siakam was better than Tatum, I said he was underrated and not in his prime yet. He just turned 27, but didn't start playing basketball until college. He might be peaked physically but he's still learning from the game and will most certainly improve
Siakim played at a all star level to win a championship. Even if he was the 2nd option and van vleet and Lowry were the leaders he still dropped 30 in game 1.
😂 didn’t trey young missed the All-Star game because of Ben Simmons?
Oh shoot 😂😂
Dang...😑😑😑😑😑
Lmao wow
BM is right on Tobias. The dude often got points, but was highly inefficient
Doc rivers is overrated. He never makes adjustments. Lou sat Beverly a whole series with the clippers and brought him back next series cuz it made sense. Doc just sticks to his guns and that ain't good.
Yeah sadly lue completely out coached quin snyder. Snyder let us down hugely
Tobias Harris is the highest paid player in the team, don’t know why he doesn’t get more heat.
Bc there's someone called Ben Simmons who is even worse.
agreed but at least he’s taking shots
Exactly. Even though Ben not shooting he playing good defense. Doc can run pick and roll with Curry and Embid while Ben slashes to the basket. Where is Harris🤷♂️🤷♂️. They putting the blame on Ben when it should be on Doc first then the others.
Philadelphia overpaid for Tobias Harris, but Harris should not be more than a No. 4 option on a good team. The fact that Harris is the No. 2 scoring option on a team that considers itself a contender is more of an indictment on Ben Simmons' lack of development.
@@michaeljohnson7945 agreed
Ben Simmons is such a bum. Literally hogs the lane every time by standing on the dunker spot. And the guy is terrified of shooting even layups. Not to mention his free throw % (WORST in NBA PLAYOFFS HISTORY) and his atrocious 0% from 3 lmao. Gotta feel sorry for Embiid, curry and Harris. It's always 4 on 5 on offense so they always have to take tough shots
Finally someone gets it. Bens buckets really p*ss me off. He draws out embiid from the paint to the perimeter with sometimes double teams... That's because Ben is no threat. So embiid is forced to take tough shots and if that misses... Suddenly Ben comes alive with an attempt at an easy put back. So embiids shooting percentage goes down while Bens goes up. I think Ben is just protecting his shooting percentage for some reason. I'd be furious if that were me.
Ben Simmons stock took a huge hit these past two weeks. Mid-season, they could’ve gotten a good catch, now they’ll only get average level talent.
That's what's sad about it. The Sixers are going to lose money, now. No team is giving up their marquee player for Simmons now. Might trade a couple of pieces but not a star.
The problem is not that Ben can’t shoot. It’s that Ben isn’t even trying. That’s worse for one who gets paid that much money.
He can't play but is getting paid hall of fame money.
Basketball gods, for the sake of why tf not. Can we please get Atlanta vs The Suns Finals lol
I was stoked for bucks vs sixers so that we can see the Battle of the Bad Free Throws
Two players who were considered empty stat chuckers going to the NBA finals in their first postseason. So happy for Trae and D Book
Hawks going to the final.. they are gonna run the bucks into the grounds.. bucks are trash..
Literally no one on Earth predicted that Finals so if it happens it will be hilarious
Nate Bjorken is being referred to as " the guy in Indiana "
The trade will be: sign and trade Lowry and a pick for Simmons. Media sleeps on Toronto but Masai loves making big splash’s just watch
Cus he's white
True....Tobias Harris was also a big disappointment. He's faded compared to the player he was before especially after getting that huge contract
Hold up! Now Capella couldn't handle Embid in the Paint Why won't Someone Make him Stay there AND STOP FACING UP I know he can shoot but while he's being Melo Someone else has to Rebound
Idk how Simmons can go into next year without improving his shooting, offensive agression, and ft shooting. If I were him I would be embarrassed
Mhm true
The guy will earn 100+ million dollars, there is literally no reason whatsoever for him to improve. And the same narrative can be used to James Harden, why he should strive to be a better leader, a better go to guy, franchise player and so on... if he can thrown away 25+ million and sign with a super team. 25 million and higher taxes in NY will make any difference for Harden? Of course not. The more the NBA keeps signing ludicrous TV contracts, that means everyone gets overpaid = everyone don't care. Why do you think the NBA is in such a pathetic state? Terance Mann scoring 40 pts in a playoffs game? The ratings dropping consistently for 20+ seasons, the "final" series in that Disney resort had the worst audience of the NBA finals history. The product they are offering for us nowadays is objectively bad, the numbers don't lie. And players don't care because they don't have financial incentives to improve, neither the competitive incentive because if LeBron's cowardice was accepted by the media and fans with time, why should they care?
The 30 for 30 on the process will be epic
If this is high school, I don’t like Doc’s comments.
If this is college, I don’t like Doc’s comments.
If this is a rookie, I don’t like Doc’s comments.
But in the NBA, for a player who came in the league in 2016, has around 4 years/140 million left on his contract (causing limitations on other talent Philly can go get), I don’t have a problem with Doc’s comments.
Well said. Anyone with EYES, who watched the game, I would have say tye same thing about Ben, with a max contract and you playing, like you're in JV? Nooooo, Doc was on point, besides it probably didn't come, close to what the team mates, said about Ben.
I agree with this logic
How do you trade a player like Simmons that has a horrible rep for his shooting and everybody says he needs a psychologist? What team is going to give up a star in trade for a talented failure? Nobody.
Reminds me of the Jimmy G situation. Niners fans be like “trade Jimmy for a first.” Delusional. Simmons trade value plummeted these past two weeks.
@@TitanPardy808 same thing happened to Siakam last playoffs. His value PLUMMETED.
Spurs? Poppovich could fix him
@@ericmatterson9905 Pop is one of the best.
I would trade Ben before I fire Doc. He can't and won't shoot. You will never win a ring with him no matter who the coach is.
It's more so that he won't even try in his own time to improve on it. That's the problem. Get rid of him
If you ever think you're stupid, remember that some people are responsible for giving Ben Simmons a huge contract with 140 million left in it.
If your ever think your stupid....philly declined to put Simmons in any package that Houston was looking for to give them harden 😅😅
Ben Simmons should just attack the rim at will! But he scared of the free throw line! It's tough to watch!
Don't you ever put Donavan Mitchell's name with those rookies. Don has been doing this for 4 years. 4 post seasons.
First Things First knew I was going to skip Brandon’s take, so they put an ad right before Nick gave his thoughts lol 😂
They gonna have to include curry with Simmons for anybody with a serious name
As a Mavericks fan, I remember there was a time when one of his nicknames was "ason" - because he had no J.
It took a while for him to move past that... And LOTS of work.
He said ANDRE ROBERSON ! IYKYK🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I miss CC
No contender or top 5 seed in either conference should be interested in Ben Simmons...in fact any GM in that category that signs him and fails should be fired.
The only team that should take a chance on him is GSW. They turned Andrew Wiggins around, and they're the only team that I can see making Ben Simmons reach his potential.
Ben Simmons would be the 3rd option after Steph and Klay
CJ McCollum for Ben Simmons. And that is a perfect trade for both teams
The Blazers need defense and the 76ers need offense
True but portlands offense would take a big hit
Perfect way to get Dame out of Portland
@@Rushking20 True but the Blazers have enough offense they need defense And the other way around for the Sixers they need scoring so why not do the trade
@@michaelmyndrov3654 stifles them defensively to though a seth and Cj backcourt cant guard anyone but i guess thybulle can fulfull one of those roles
SAS was spot-on with his assessment of the 76ers problem: Ben Simmons won't shoot (not can't, won't)! In today's NBA, you can't win with a PG like that. Period. Shoulda traded Ben & kept Jimmy Buckets!
Simons needs to work at Chipotle, period!!!!!
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All of the players that Broussard mentioned aren't emerging, they just got more attention in the playoffs. All of those guys have been playing like this for a minute. It just shows that they only watch highlights and nationally televised games.
He right they emerging they are starting to learn how to win not just put up stats everyone knows these guys can put up numbers but could they put up numbers and actually win look at booker he is actually making smart plays and reacting to the double team the same guy who a few years ago complained abt being doubled in practice he had to learn that that kinda effort is needed to win at highest level u can thank cp3
Sign and trade with Toronto for Lowry and a first. Heard it here first.
If I was a Philly fan, I’d be happy with that. Would Toronto even go for it though?
@@treatmentbound5321 this was the last year of Lowry's contract, you can just sign him as a free agent ... and i doubt he will resign with the Raptors with VanVleet, the team and Lowry are on different trajectories right now
@@kylefisher5138 Good points.
Ben is just super athletic glue guy. If he's your teams forth option he will fit in perfectly. But being drafted number 1 put alot of expectations on a dude who In actuality has 2nd round draft skill set.
Brandon kills me everytime with that yawn-knis lol!!!
Brandon Marshal talking about energy changing when he does that every other segment
Dude, ain't that the truth.He should never talk basketball
It’s such a tough listen when he speaks lol
It depends not many teams wanna swap stars maybe CJ Butler PG but if any star says he wants out ben would be the best piece anyone can offer
Simmons contracted the worst case of Kardassian curse so far. I thought Kuzma's case was bad, but Ben's on a whole 'nother level.
Yeah man, and it’s heartbreaking. This was a truly special/transcendent type guy we thought coming out of LSU. The man averaged 18-8-8 basically as a rookie, which doesn’t happen all that often. Many thought that he had a poor man’s lebron type of skillset early on, and I thought that he and embiid would resurrect 6ers championship basketball that existed back in the 80s I think it was. But it’s gotten to the point that the man is shot mentally. He has the yips, and he just doesn’t want to shoot or play typical basketball anymore. He’s all inside his own head, and it’s sad. Talent like his shouldn’t be wasted like this. He needs mental help before he can properly get the physical help he needs
True. Entitled sjw.
He was overrated from Day 1. He shouldn't have won ROY. He robbed Tatum, and should not be in the conversation with Tatum, Luka, Trey, Booker, or even Brandon Ingram.
He was overrated in college too. He was supposedly the best player in college and LSU didnt win jack squat.
Should’ve kept Jimmy Butler.
Stephen A. Smith said he was sittin with some Portland front office guys and they do NOT want Simmons😂😂😂😂
Lol why would any team want Ben Simmons? He's owed over 140mil for 4 years. Too limited. Only maybe the Thunder will trade for him.
Ben Simmons basically became a 6'10 Michael Carter-Williams
2:05 If they looked just like they did under Brett Brown, that would point to the players being to blame, not the coach
Nick Wright does this every time he does a show!
Even tho Doc has his track record, winning in spite of Ben Simmons is a tough ask for anyone… I can’t really evaluate his performance, until they took care of that glaring issue…
It’s all mental with Ben. He can shoot. He can fix if he is willing to put in the work.
He wont
All the Especially Exciting Teams Downfalls, being Eliminated. This Year is Looking Like it's The Teams Who have Waited A Long Time To Win the Chip, Are Mainly because of Injuries and Covid-19 Protocols, Basically.
Hawks are underrated, they are a deep team. Stop sleeping on them.👀
Ben Simmons makes kuzma look good 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
76ERS SHOULD MOVE ON FROM BEN SIMMONS
LIFE GOES ON WITHOUT BEN SIMMONS
You know what I just realized almost all the 76ers first round picks became busts lol Elfred Payton 2014 pick 10, Jahlil okafor 2015 pick 3, Markell Fultz 2017 pick 1 and now ben Simmons 2016 pick 1 🤣🤣🤣
like said : Simons need to go to the summer olympic games, and do there what he haven't done in this playoffs, like shoot tf in high percentage, and take outside shots.
Dame to Philly!!
Ben Simmons did look bad ASF on offense but he DID SHUT DOWN Trae Young defensively
Not his passing and Trae still got it done offensively despite the double teams
@@generalyousef6202 He obviously didn't shut down Trae enough 🤷♀️. Or maybe Simmons shut down Trae but still needed to score about 15 points of his own to offset Trae's points in the 4th quarter...
Trae hit the dagger over Simmons, enough said. He still averaged 29 PPG in the series and orchestrated 2 major comebacks in Game 4 and 5.
What game was you watching🤣🤣🤣🤣
Atlanta over everybody
People would have less to say if he went to 2 out 20 from the field...but all he did is to try and keep a semi decent stats by not shooting at all. IDK what happened to that dude man.
I’d get John wall to Philly for Ben Simmons
if the 76ers could have gotten Harden for Simmons, they've got to be kicking themselves now
They aren’t kicking themselves becuz it wasn’t going to happen… Houston didn’t want to trade Harden to Philly becuz of Morey.. Simmons and tisse were offered
@@gold6759 *The fact that Simmons was in All Star and Devin Booker was not is bizarre.*
Toronto is going to sign and trade Lowry and a pick for Simmons this off-season. Heard it here first.
@@PimpJonPimp That makes sense. They value defense over everything, and have a great system for developing players. Maybe they can turn him into a 3 and D corner shooter type. But he does kind of hinder siakam
Everybody on these shows keep bringing up Cj but nobody explains why Portland would want that deal. Bad trade.
They’re consistently one of the worst defensive teams in the league that’s one reason why they should want him
I think Ben Simmons for DeMar Derozan. Popovich/Tim D can coach Ben to play in the post. Derozan's mid range game can be good along with shooters like Seth and Danny.
Jenna is back, I heard her while Nick was going in. 👍🏿
Harris thought he was off the hook 😂😂😂 Brandon said lets not forget about him
The title should be “to a worse” not “worst”
LeChina needs to pass it on! I might begin to watch again when LeChina leaves.
did he say maybe he’s shooting with the wrong hand? hahaha
It's time to part ways with Ben won't shoot Simmons
Trade #1) Draymond for Simmons
Trade #2) Wiggins, draft pick for Simmons
Trade #3) CJ for Simmons
Dubs should've traded d'iangelo russel for Tobias Harris.
If he’s untreatable, here is an idea. Sit Ben on the bench, make him take a pay cut to become #3 guard. Tell him he has to work and earn his way back to the #1 point guard spot.
Well, after the battles all the nobodys become generals...and always find THE GUILTY ONE!
Ben, breathe and ignore the arrows!
Brandon literally just said “What changed?” Bruh hasn’t watched any games. Ben Simmons has scored single digits in the playoffs dating back to their first loss to Boston back in 2018. He’s not a championship pg the coach can’t lie.
Brandon is correct. I didn't like what I saw from Doc Rivers either. Doc was JUST defending Simmons a couple of nights ago after being asked would he consider benching Simmons. Doc even went on and on about how Simmons should be sick and tired of the fans in Philly dogging him. Once they lose game 7, Doc did a 180... Ugghhh - I don't know if Simmons can be a PG on a championship team, says Doc. HUHHHHH 🤦♀️🤷♀️???
Doc running 10 men rotations in a game 7... Lol like how do you defend that?
Ben Simmons is Exhibit A for why guaranteed contracts are a problem. There was no incentive for Simmons to get better. But Philly's problems go past Simmons. There's no veteran leadership on that team.
Brandon Marshall: YAWNIS
Tobias gotta be sweating. Even brandon brought him up.
Energy changed because he was in the series...After the series (I DONT KNOW is okay)...HC keeping it 100.
Ben Simmons needs a therapist. And some tough conversations with great basketball minds. And Embiid still needs to work on his conditioning.
Why can’t nick and Chris just do the show with no one else
👀💯
We love Jenna
Simmons for CJ is actually a good thought. Portland needs an inside presence badly, and simmons will be way more useful. And CJ will enable embiid to do what he wants inside
Ben Simmons doesn't have any post moves
@@mallyg3125 yeah but he is a good slasher type, very fast strong and athletic, and is usually much taller than his matchup
Am I trippin or are they giving Trae Young a little too much credit? Like did they not watch the game he was awful. Huerter was the reason they won lol
@Garrett Grier Oh for sure no doubt about that but at the end of the day he has to make those shots. Joe Harris is a prime example of a role player not making open shots. Huerter wasn't scared of the moment at all. Trae and the Hawks are lucky to have a player like that.
Brandon, which way did the 76ers elevate from last year ???
Simmons can change
No! Not “self-check “!🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only guys on Philly who shouldn't get any blame Embiid, Seth and Thybull everybody else goes under the bus. I love Ben but I think he has to work on his game. His play was excusable it's definitely mental at this point. Wish him luck cos there's great potential in him
he's been in the league 5 years and clearly hasn't worked on anything on offensively. he gotta go
As a coach don't you have to call some plays for Ben Simmons, I mean zero shots in the 4th quarter of the last 4 games, some of that is coaching or lack thereof.
Darryl morey gotta regret not trading for Harden when he had the chance
They didn’t have a chance to trade for harden
It was Houston who didn't want to trade to Darryl Morey
Love eeeemmm or hate emmmmm
Ben Simmons to the D- League
What's going on in Philly? This is the Second Player Who forgot how to play
People need to realize the East is weak the Hawks is this year what the Heat was last year.
Durant, giannis, Irving, harden, embiid
Yeah, weak.
What do you guys think of getting Zack LaVine for Ben?
Should’ve traded for Lowry when they had the chance
When you realize the worst free throw shooter of the NBA belongs to a someone whose first name starts with Ben, coincidence?
Not the 80s? not the 90s?... rrright... it wouldn't been worse back then for him. Interior defense was consistently good in those days. Nobody played 4 guards and a forward.
Noones going to offer a fair trade for Simmons in Morey. Only chance is to grab some decent shooters and cement simmons shoes @ the FT line and tell him to shoot
Maybe Doc wasn't right to talk about Ben Simmons like he did after the game but since when are we not allowed to change opinions on a player after seeing how they play in the future. Thats so tribal. I'd say get rid of Doc because this is his 4th big playoff blunder in series where his team should've easily won. Not to hate on the Hawks but they are not a championship caliber team and on paper they shouldn't have a chance against the Sixers. Trade Simmons because he needs a fresh start and at this point his psyche is likely never going to get better by playing in the same place. He needs a wake-up call to improve because he hasn't since joining the league. Get them both out and you still have Embiid so you're not even starting from square one.
Hawks aint a championship calibur team but when this matchup was apparent I immediately knew Hawks would win and maybe even sweep. If you thought the Sixers have a better roster than the Hawks you're trippin and Hunter is even out. And hey, Doc can't knock down free throws and jump shots. He can't play marionette with Tobias Harris to force him to go get a bucket. Ice Trae gonna light it up game 2....
@@asacloutier7530 Sick dude. You're one of the only people on the planet who would pick them.
@@Zach-jn4ib Nah my dude a lotta people see Philly in the sunlight as a team with Embiid, Curry, then ....... .. .. . .. .. .. . . .... . ... . . ...... .... .. ... ............... tobias harris? What is that 65+ points between the three of them? Not gonna cut it in the playoffs when its more physical. No one who follows the NBA closely thought they would have a chance in the playoffs against a team with actual weapons and shooters.
Brandon made sense. They must have finally got someone in his ear. Can’t even look straight while he’s listening 🤣