How Ben Simmons' Success Became His Own Detriment 

Ben Simmons would be like Giannis except he is scared of failure, whereas Giannis is not. Giannis keeps trying to shoot free throws and threes even though his percentage is below average. Sometimes I feel Ben Simmons is criticized too much but then I remember he got a max contract. I watched your Giannis Antetokounmpo video which was very good and so is this one. Also the one on Jokic. I like your style. ☺️

It’s so amazing to see actual polar opposites of players in the NBA. What I mean is Ben Simmons came into the league with all the hype, all the talent, son of professional basketball player and a great life. Winning rookie of the year his second year and viewed as the next big thing. On the flip side you have a Giannis who came in unknown, passed over, humbling tough upbringing and no talent. Yet he worked and worked his tail off and look where he is now. Ben folds under criticism while Giannis perseveres through it. Great video man, definitely had to sub.

This is an absolute documentary! I quite seriously don’t understand how a small channel can produce videos like this. Absolutely amazing video man, keep up the amazing work.

“Hard work beats Talent when Talent fails to work hard” is exactly Ben Simmoms and Giannis

when he requested a traded to somewhere with a nightlife, we all knew why he wasn't out working on his jumpshot during the off season

He doesnt need a jump shot. He just need to shoot 80% from the FT line.

Have a lot of die hard Philly fans friends and that was one thing they called out early: his position adjustment left him with very odd matchups which were uniquely conducive to rebounds. Notice his triple doubles were rarely eye watering in their dominance with a lot of spot jump shot kick out assists thanks to his bringing the ball up and embiid option. When he’s forced to create from a positional that’s technically not natural to him, it’s no wonder. He built his entire game and confidence on one style. When shit hit the fan, he couldn’t fall back on perimeter play but had to double down as a point guard. Can you imagine how foreign that’s gotta feel

I'm Australian I should love Ben he's repping my country, but all ive seen from him is cockyness or laziness, feels like he's more concerned about his next celeb partner over actually improving and earning those all star appearances.

Damn, this was a really good video explaining the Simmons issue. Hope he can at least start hitting from the stripe. At the very least

Is it the bookmarks, is it the quality of the production, is it the small number of subscribers? I don’t know but watching your videos makes me feel like the hipster who found the next big hit Waaaaaaaay before it blew up

Ben doesn’t even need to form a three point shot. All he had to do was practice free throws so his fouls wouldn’t be a complete waste and strategy for opponents. Any kid can practice free throws and get pretty damn consistent with them as long as you try and put effort into it. Even I went from throwing the ball behind my head as a kid until I decided to form a proper shooting form and went to my local park every day and practiced proper free throws until I became a pretty damn good shooter now and I’m not getting paid millions of dollar to do so but did it just so I played the game of basketball the proper way which baffles me that a number one pick point guard in Ben Simmons refuses to put in the time to do the same. Shooting is all mentality and Ben Simmons exposed himself so badly this playoff that until he gets a shot I doubt he’ll ever be viewed as an all star player cuz opponents are going to use that against him so much and we saw that with the hack a Ben Simmons this year

If Ben Simmons had Giannis' work ethic and confidence, he'd be an instant top 5-10 player.

He has all the skills and no heart. He needs a strong mentor. 💪

Great vid! In my opinion the problem is definitely not with his jumpshot itself, but with psychology. Would be useful to add number of Ben's midrange and 3point attempts (and percentage) for each season, during your storytelling.

It's crazy that a year later, Ben has regressed even further.

As an Aussie speaking here. Ben missed a huge chance to play for the Boomers this Olympics and get involved with the positive culture of the team led by Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and many. Positive energy is all Ben needs right now, he has achieved so much and just needs a refresh. The talent is there and the best is yet to come in him. Matisse is a proper legend. My big hope is for these fellas to join together, fire up and start producing some of the best in the NBA. Rock it lads and let it rip. Full respect, go smash it!

He doesn't necessarily need a 3 pt. shot now but his mid range (10-15 ft.) and free throws .72% or better are a must now. He can develop a 3 shot later. He has to give the Sixers 20/10 and defense every night. I'm very hopeful and want to see him play better and want him to win.

Him getting a Max contract while he doesn't care about his flaws, and Jeremy Lin accepting to play on the G league because he has the desire to come back to the NBA is one of the most unfair things I've seen in sports. His indifference is offensive to all fans of the sport, he doesn't deserve to play.

bruh you deserve more subscribers, keep up the work. Love it!

Ben Simmons’ problem is that he has never had to struggle for his success. He’s always been miles above his teammates and opponents and that’s his downfall. Its just like the “gifted” kid in school who was knocking out 10 books a week and didn’t have to study only for college to absolutely destroy them. Any new activity that isn’t immediately mastered gets cast aside because they’re afraid of failure and not being the dominant person they’re used to. Simply put Ben has been spoiled by his own God given talents.

Yo this dude put so much effort into this video, u deserve more recognition, keep up the hard work 💪

stay on the grind bro and u will reach new heights

Man this channel is a goldmine! Great stuff man, excited about this channel

This video is so well thought out and spoken so intelligently. Everything about this was valid and correct!

Can’t believe Sixers fans considered Jimmy Butler as a third option behind Simmons when the Min-Phi trade happened

When I look at the difference between Mitchell and Simmons since their ROTY race, I think a big difference was Donovan being unafraid to be vulnerable. He constantly changes his form, his playstyle and his routines such as before free throws in order to find what works whereas it seems Ben tries one or two things at the start of the year then regresses back to same old Ben. I routed against Ben a lot in the early years, being a Jazz fan. But since his recent fiascos and complete battle with is own city, I've started hoping that he can find some solid ground again. It looks really difficult to be him right now and I think he deserves a fresh start and a chance to quietly build back up without all the bright lights on him.

Honestly didn’t think much of this video but your commentary is legit and got me watching the whole thing. The research is on point !

This video aged well

How are you only at 1.25K with legendary editing and videos like these? Bro, I saw your video and I thought you were some mil sub channel that makes video essays or something, I know you gonna blow up bruh this is now one of my favorite basketball channels 🙏🙏🙏

Really good video. I think another point people don't talk about is he chose to play for LSU because the coach was a family friend, and Brett Brown was also close with his Ben's dad when he was the assistant coach of Melbourne Tigers back in the late 80s. These complex long-time relationships would've been a factor in how he was coached in his most pivotal years.

im completely obsessed with ur videos bro, keep the good work!

Your channel is a diamond. Keep up the good work.

Vids go crazy bro🔥

Great video; definitely deserves more views

Your videos are amazing! Keep up the good work

you do this insanely well dylan

Aaaaah Ben Simmons the 3 time rookie of the year , those were the days

subbed at 7.46K... only watched a couple videos but they're really good and i can tell your channel's gonna grow, let's see where you get in a few months

Underrated channel right here, great breakdown 👌🏼👌🏼

Just found your channel! Now this is how to do it!! Kudos on a great NBA channel

I been telling all my friends…the absolute worst thing to happen to Ben was becoming an all-star without expanding his game. No sense of urgency until now, he can’t “I’m an all-star” his way out of this. Time to face the music.

This channel deserve more subscribe

You are on the way my man

This was a great video man! Hope you get more subs in the future because this is excellent content

this video is epic! Ben definitely will be improving as part of the Jiangsu Dragons!

Awesome vid 🔥

Love the videos! Continue with the good work

Excellent video man🎉

scouts said he lacked work ethic, and a mid range jumper. its as if professional scouts actually know what they are talking about some times.

Ben Simmons developing in Europe would have come out a beast , because he would have no other choice but to practice jumpshot , there is no way in hell that a trainer would let him play 1 minute without it

You have a nice rhythm and pace in this video. Good job.

Here before you blow up, great work.

The raptors series being on the other side of the way you talked about Ben is interesting I wish you mentioned how they won the title that year

you missed the part where ben could've actually played the last 20-30 games of the season when his foot healed but he opted not too so that he could win rookie of the year the following year because it was an incentive in his shoe deal I think for a couple million or so dollars.

youtube algo found me your channel and quality on par with the best 👌 seems like everyone in the comments agrees, your channel might blow up soon my man

Jeremy Sochan switched to one hand free-throws and doubled his percentage. Simmons really has no excuse

As an Aussie, I so desperately want my man Big Simmo to succeed. He's so talented and has so much potential. Hope the Boomers bronze medal win inspires him to want to join in on the success, and that's done by improvement. I wonder if a position change might help? Back to a power forward

I think a good athlete is one who admits their downfalls and tries to improve at it and take shots. That’s what makes Giannis a good basketball player. He can laugh at himself and he is constantly trying to improve

I just watched the Giannis and the fultz video. Excellent work man. I gotta say dylandoesbasketball very well 👏

That was a great story you did about ben I hope he bounce through this next season

The true definition of suffering from success

Subbed. Great content. Keep it up! I'm kinda sad your Fultz video got 1M views and your sub count is still "low", because your videos are really well done. Hope it picks up, nonetheless people are watching which is what matters most. Would be amazing if you could do some "retro" series. I vote for Manu Ginobili. Not biased, I swear 🤣

Bro how am I just finding this channel!? And you used an ICYTWAT song in the intro? This channel is quality. Subscribed 🤙

Another great video.

I had a career in 2k19 where the 76ers became a Spurs-like dynasty with Fultz as the starting PG and Ben as the PF. Joel left at some point and they got a few generated guys who also became all stars.

Guy is the personification of “hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard”.

Love that icytwat instrumental in the intro

Great video, you deserve more subscribers! They will come.

I just recently stumbled upon this channel and, with hindsight in mind, it's crazy to see Harden wanted to go to Philly even while at Houston. Not to mention the fact that Philly wanted to trade Simmons for Harden since then. The trade deadline was truly crazy this year lmao

My guess is that Ben Simmons has an extremely big ego. That's where it all starts. He's a bad shooter and the only way to fix that is to shoot more. Instead, his ego won't allow him to go through that struggle so he's just dug in his heels and refused to work on his garbage J

Wow amazing content and great channel you got my sub

Great video!

Phenomenal video, Simmons in the 3 seems like an obvious choice to me as his shooting is just no where near an NBA pg. That might give Philly a poorly formed team but I don't think Simmons is entirely to blame. Putting him on a team with a strong outside. But no doubt he is afraid of making improvements to his offense game

This is what happens when you let all the hype that surrounded you get in your head. It is ok to bask into that hype but you gotta show work ethic and passion.

Amazing content. Wow.. u deserved my subscribe

He doesn’t need a 3 point jumpshot… just a regular ass jumpshot so he can make his goddamn free throws

he's like all the others who showed what they truly are when they get the bag. once he did get paid, he knew he had nothing left to prove and just slacked off.

Great Video! You have a new subscriber here!

Excellent video

Ben Simmons is my current favorite player. I really like your content, keep it up. Be Legendary

If i’m an NBA GM, i’d trade my players immediately after he breaks up with a Kardashian

Quality content. i have no reason not to sub. thanks for the vid!

crazy views! you should have more subscribers!

Ben Simmons is just lazy. He is the type of guy Kobe talked about when he explained why he didnt want to pass to certain teammates. He is probably more worried about his CoD winrates then his basketball winrates.

As a Philly fan I really hope he manages to gain the same confidence he had earlier in his career. If he gets traded (which is almost a sure thing at this point) I hope he goes to a team where he is supported and can play aggressive again!

Ben secretly wants to be like Dennis Rodman without all the Rodman contribution.

Dude, your voice is exactly like emp lemons voice. Great vid btw

Damn im not even a Jazz fan but i feel bad for Mitchell when someone mentions Ben Simmons as the rookie of the year😆

Honestly Bens story is so human. He’s still has time to improve his flaws and prove everyone wrong

Quality video! Subscribed for more content like this, 👍

Great video

He got paid and quit lol very evident

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="45">0:45</a> Another obvious example of a player not living up to their potential is the so called Maple Jordan (Andrew Wiggins)

i know great vids when i see em! Fire!

Great video, wow

Shout out to Markelle Fultz for the following year going #1 despite being on a team that finished bottom of their conference and didn’t even win 5 games. I don’t know why during that period everyone just ignored winning and fell in love with pure stats.

Hope he can actually get better. I was hyping him up heavy until 2 years ago. The fact that him and KAT both streamed video games and haven't improved like everyone expected really doesn't help me explain my hobby 🤣

i see what you did at the end 💀 great analysis!

great video

It’s pretty much impossible for me to not sub after watching this