Ben SImmons was at one point thought to be the future phenom of the NBA. Fast forward to 2023, and Ben Simmons is a 26 year old has been. Today we cover the rise and dramatic fall of Ben Simmons.
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Biggest problem is he doesn’t like basketball, doesn’t like going to practice, doesn’t like to play, is not interested to improve. Just love having the money associated with playing ball. Once he thinks he earned enough, everything he disliked multiplied 100 times, and it clearly shows
Well said. I done been saying that forever. I really hope he multiplies his money and doesn't slack there ending up like an Allen Iverson. That'd be sad.
ofc he likes basketball, come on, you can't get that far (ROY, all-star) if you don't like basketball.. but that's the problem, he only likes it, he's not obsessed with it.. you gotta be obsessed to stay at that superstar level for years, no matter what jokic says, lol.. plus, ben is mentally weak, lol
@@jwst8 just compare to KG, MJ, Kobe, Jimmy. Even at practice, they work extremely hard and intense. Ben carrying his mobile phone in his pocket during practice clearly shows how he could care less about improving his jump shots and FTs
dude your channel is criminally underrated in that when talking about players you always give us a lot of their pre-NBA context which causal fans aren't normally familiar with. Really appreciate that and keep up the grind!
His refusal to work on his game is his downfall. He is a 6'10 physical specimen and has elite court vision. He's quick enough to keep up with shifty guards on the perimeter but can also switch onto bigs without giving away anything. Sucks that he doesn't love the game and never put in the effort to develop a jump shot. His deflecting and lashing out at fans, teammates and coaches who only wanted him to get better says all you need to know. He's just a socialite who wants all the perks of being an NBA basketball player without having to play basketball. He's the poster child for wasted talent.
@@karimw.9954 if he did he wouldn't have stopped playing for like 3 years. from our perspective he's lost the love to play the game and doesn't care anymore
It’s not so much that Ben Simmons is “bad” as it is he just doesn’t wanna be great. He’s mentally weak. All he has to do is shoot the ball. There isn’t even any pressure to make it.
Caris Lavert was drafted in same draft as Ben Simmons and has scored almost 1000 more points in his career than Ben Simmons. LaVert has averaged only 14PPG over his career and has 1000 More points than Ben just illustrates what a massive BUST Ben Simmons is.
@@UncleJrueForTue Buddy Hield has scored damn near twice as many points as Ben 8800 vs 4500 respectively in their NBA careers and again both drafted in first round in 2016. Sixers should be even more stacked with first round talent than Boston but the Ben Simmons and Fultz picks were just god awful back to back #1 overall picks. Sixers fans must feel like a Dynasty was stolen from them.
And Simmons has multiple times as many rebounds and assists than both (and triple doubles) and elite defence, he’s not a scorer, Randoms who believe a good player is just someone who scores ‘pointe’s.
Lonzo ball is proof enough for me on how Ben Simmons never worked on improvement, from one of the worst shooters in the league to one of the best right before his injury, Simmons has had years to practice and improve and rather than improve has only regressed, and as someone who grew up wishing I could make the NBA it’s infuriating watching an all time talent and player like him who had the potential to be LeBron ruin his career the way he has, he still has a chance of redemption he’s young enough and I’m wishing not as a fan but for the sake of the god given talent he has that he’s quietly putting the work in right now and comes back better than he ever was but looks like right now that’s just wishful thinking.
I realised the other day that I’ve taught myself to have a semi reliable jumpshot in the last year and a half at 27 and only playing pickup and shooting around every now and again. Makes me wonder what the hell is wrong with Ben if he’s got NOTHING after all this time
@@Bearsfan15654 no actually I HAVE and is EXACTLY the reason why I say he’s never worked on improving, he hasn’t improved at all in his jump shot and has actually regressed insanely, I know how hard it is to improve in a sport because it takes hard work and a lot of time but he clearly hasn’t
It's not about how you fall but how you get back up that stays in people's minds. Klay suffered an injury in the finals against the Raptors that took him out for the following season, suffered another injury that took him out for another season and came back somewhat diminished but was still an integral to help GS win another chip. KD also suffered an injury during the same finals that saw him took 2 years off and he came back basically the same great player despite now being 2 years older. Simmons after that series with the Hawks, demanded a trade from a #1 seeded Sixers, sat out till he got traded, cited mental issues so he didn't have to play once he got to Brooklyn, and despite not playing basketball for almost over a year somehow has back issues to avoid the playoffs and part of the next season. When he did come back, he posted single digits in the box score. While I know correlation does not imply causation, but KD and Kyrie ended up leaving that same season. If you fall and manage to rise back up, the fall adds positively to your rise. In Simmons' case, he fell and fell even further.
he does have mental issue's and people shouldn't laugh about that stuff and and he demanded a trade because his own coach said he couldn't be their #1 point guard if they wanted a champion ship and he had a herniated disc and it wasn't 100% but he still played and injured it again this year
Lets just totally ignore the heriated disk operation, and the fact that he and every media outlet was advised it would take 18 months to fullly recover from, we are 16 months from it now. The reality is the nets possibly rushed him in way too quick, just like they did with Harden and his hamstring in 2021. Anyone who watched the nets at all last year could clearly see Simmons is in a good deal of discomfort often standing up on the sidelines, or laying down and stetching, forget the shooting form, his naturally exteme athletic ability was far below normal. Personallly I hope he has a great season, so creators like this one have to eat there words and find someone else to discredit.
Ngl, I feel bad for 76ers fans and to a lesser degree Nets fans. The Sixers fans were sold literally and figuratively on Ben and Embiid saving their franchise after years of disgusting tanking. They were buying tickets, buying jerseys, defending the proccess with passion unlike any other, and singing their praises even after all the warning signs. It's gotta hurt when some hundred millionaires playing on a billionaire's team either quit or get hurt year after year.
Yeah as a nets fan I must say it has been suffering having him on the team. I hope he can finally have a bounce back year but if he can't then I'm gonna be happy for if to trade him
@@user-yt7uc2rm2pits not fultz fault that got diagnosed with a debilitating shoulder injury/condition that immensely impacted his game. He was worthy of the #1 pick he was great in college but injuries just suck. The sixers are the one who picked em so its really their fault but at the same time everyone rightful thought he would make them better but sometimes things don't pan out
@@amethystlord it’s never anybody fault when there’s an injury but we can’t ignore that whole time period that’s all I’m saying he didn’t pan out regardless of whatever happened
@@user-yt7uc2rm2pah yes fck greg oden or grant hill or penny hardaway as well they are future stars how dare they get injured even though its out of their control when we expected a lot for them what a waste
Great vid! Simmons is pretty much done, unfortunately. Never had to develop any sense of resilience because of his talent. Hasn’t proved he has what it takes mentally to overcome these setbacks. It’s clear that he likes the lifestyle more than the game. If he doesn’t turn it around by the end of this season then he should be done with his career in the NBA.
he’s not done he’s still very young and has a lot to offer. if he can put together a season where he’s healthy for a majority of it he can get his confidence back and get back to a level where he’s a contributing player on a winning team
@@jxmmykriminallive this is theoretically possible but I’ll believe it when I see it. He clearly is… empty. He needs people to prop him up as indicated by his constant pics on baby oiled Instagram pictures and when people (rightfully) doubt him he collapses again. He’s the avatar of soft.
Great writing and commentary. A great example of never having failed in life. He was that good, until he wasn't. Failing teaches you grit. I'm sure he'd listen to those who are trying to improve his game, but he doesn't have to because he's richer than god. Talented, but he's not motivated. And there you have it, Ben Simmons.
Personally, I think it's the fact that things were easy for him combined with the media overhyping him at the start of his career. Yes, he was an excellent prospect. But they built him up, calling him the 'next Lebron' and all this other crap. I don't even like Lebron, but how are you going to compare a rookie to one of the most accomplished players to ever play the game? That's like having someone graduate from West Point and saying 'oh, this guy is the next General Patton'. It makes zero sense. But then, the media will always overreact because that's how they generate ratings, not by doing actual, honest assessments.
Funny thing is Lebron was hyped up way more than Ben ever was, and even kind of disappointed a bit his first couple years by missing the playoffs completely (one season even ended in collapse) in a weak ass Eastern Conference. The big difference between him and Ben though is that for all of Lebron's ego when something doesn't go his way, he rolled up his sleeves and went back to work. Ben goes on press tours telling people this years going to be different and how his previous failures are everyone else's fault.
Exactly, he can't even shoot at all so idk why they were even comparing him to LeBron. In fact it's crazy to me how some basketball players can't even shoot the ball when that's the thing you should know how to do.
He needs to play like Giannis and a team needs to be built around him like he is Giannis. It's obvious he has the potential but the problem is he doesn't have the mindset.
Ben didn't play well last season because he wasn't fully recovered from BACK SURGERY, people love to kick you when your down, I'm a Sixers fan, I've watched every game Ben has played, and you can tell he didn't have his speed and explosion back, I'm predicting he will have a bounce back year and silence the haters, so when he's back to All Star form please make a video on that
Sounds plausible, "Ben didn't play well last season because he wasn't fully recovered from BACK SURGERY, " that it's an injury causing his decline. Underrated comment. I don't watch basketball btw but was looking for a comment like this, besides the obvious comments like "he doesn't like to play".
I'm a sixer fan, and the most annoying thing is watching him since day one and seeing all the potential he has, and everyone knew all he needed was a little mid ranger, and every year we thought this was the year because of the gym videos every summer, them boom, same old 15ppg 7 and 7 guy that don't space the floor even 1%... Ben is like buying a 50,000$ puzzle, then getting home, putting it together, and then noticing a piece right in the middle is missing.
For whatever reason, he just stopped giving 100%. He just coasted. It doesnt matter he cant shoot well from anywhere, or whatever. He could compensate for it all, if he just gave at least 80-90% most of the time. So really, there was a huge lack of effort and that is something, you cant compensate with any skill, at least not in the NBA.
It's not even the shooting that was problem for me. This man literally was rewarded with being the number one pick when his team sucked and he made himself ineligible for awards because of his grades
With effort and his size, he didnt need to be able to shoot, unless free throws so you dont get exploited. But, he shows ZERO effort. And that is the problem. He is like a figure skater who's afraid to fall, so he never jumps. Yeah, you aint going to fall, but also you aint winning anything.
If he gains 20 pounds of muscle maybe he can play the 5 as a pseudo 6th man but the stagnation in his game has probably done too much damage for him to become a somewhat respectable player on offense as a wing or a guard.
Despite what you may think, Simmons has way too many fans who think he will get back to his dominant point forward self. I've just had enough, he gets talked about WAY too much, poor old Josh Giddey another aussie who is light years better than simmons right now barely gets talked about in the media cause of damn markets. Ben Simmons needs to be ignored, cause he does not deserve our attention anymore
'If you want to consider him a rookie'. For the last 40 plus years if a player missed their first season they were still a rookie when they did take th court. Blake Griffin was the same situation really a few years earlier. Guess Larry Bird and David Robinson didn't really win RoTY either as both didn't win in their draft year. Simmons is classic tale of what happens when a player is drafted into a terrible environment for development. Spurs turn unknown players into all stars., sixers turns stars into the butt of jokes. Simmons not playing, embiid unable to play in the playoffs, fultz forgetting how to shoot, everyone wanting to leave etc. Toxic environment. If Simmons manages to be healthy and play, he can carve out atleast a good role player spot in the NBA much like Rubio did. He may never be as good as his potential could have been but he still better than half the rosters anyway.
Good summary. I am seeing quite a lot of top talents in basketball and football that are being wasted, because of the lack of hard work. Is this a generation problem? Or has this happened regularly before my time?
He aint even gotta learn how to shoot. All he gotta do as a defensive stopper is get on dudes (PAUSE), drive to the basket everytime he wants to score. make free throws and pass to shooters. He'd be damn near unstoppable.
Imagine simmons with a patrick beverly, westbrook, hell a kobe mindset? He had the tools to be an all time great. But maybe thats why he never developed those talents, he thought it would just.. happen. Like many have said, he likes the lifestyle, he doesnt love the game
nah man, everyone knows the Kardashian curse. Now Timothee Chalamet is getting the curse. Those guys could get any chick. And they all fall for a Kardashian, it's terrible.
Ben didn't even need a killer jumpshot to be a superstar. Imagine Demar Derozan, but he can pass with the best, rebound, and play DPOY-caliber defense. All this man needed was a reliable 15-footer, a 75% free throw, and that's it. Also, Coach Nick and BBallBreakdown points out that Ben is one of the best roll-men in the game.
haven’t been to interested in basketball in years. recently picked it back up and i am just so shocked to see how simmons turned out. i really thought he would be one of the goats lol
I love how "mental health" is now a legitimate excuse (because the NBA is currently so soft, women are comfortable applying their propaganda/buzzwords to the league) for multimillionaire basketball players whenever they suck. Rodman is like 6'6", possessed a fraction of Simmons' talent, couldn't shoot, used to rock dresses, go to Vegas for a few days instead of training, then come back and put in limitless effort on defense. Simmons is a hyped up front runner, and as soon as he got that contract, any pretense of him being a professional went out the window. Dude just wants to be rich and famous, teammates and ultimately the league that gave him the contract be damned.
Think about this. Simmons, Okfar, Fultz. The Sixers drafted with top picks. To me, they all seemed to want the NBA lifestyle but didn’t want to work for it. The bottom line is, you can have all the excuses you want, once you take a paycheck people expect results. Or at least effort.
His style of play is essentially outdated on top of his mental health issues. I miss Ben on Philly even tho the pass happened. He was my fav point guard in the league at one point if you don’t wanna count harden or lebron
When you are a 16 years-old talent in Europe, you are playing against players 10 years older than you. When you are a 16 years-old talent in the US, you are playing against kids.
Hot take, we don't need ANOTHER RU-vid 'Ben Simmons bad' video. Every basketball guy has one, they all say the same thing. Doing one in 2023 is just lazy. Almost as lazy as Ben Simmons.
Simmons problems are psychological. I don’t think he cares about getting better or winning. It’s really really hard. He got paid. It’s also exhausting having this pressure on you your whole life.
Went to the bulls nets game last year where KD scored like 47. Legit watched this man dribble the hall up the court every possession, hand the ball off to kd or kyrie immediately, set a screen and stand in the corner lmao. Literally almost every possession. Dudes an embarrassment
