The New Ben Simmons... 

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People don’t understand the fact that there are a lot of players that don’t love the game. Some people are so gifted that they’re forced to pursue the career, without having a love for it.

“I bring dominance. My name is DOMINAYTON.”😂🤣

There is a trend in the league where the game is promoting players for their size, speed, and athleticism. The issue is that a lot of the guys gifted with these natural abilities are coming to the league because they’re naturally gifted, not because they care about basketball or being good at it. They just want to have the base level of skill to make a lot of money. If you look around the league, the players with these types of issues tend to be bigs or guys over 6’6. Guys who are below 6’6 have a much bigger talent pool to compete with since there are more people in the world that are around 6’0 than guys over 6’6. They have to be dogs and have to love the game to make it. BUT with the league trending bigger, faster, and more athletic, these guys that care about the game and max out their talent can’t make the NBA. They have to be long and athletic enough to defend these bigger players that just want that paycheck. These critics commenting about Jalen Brunson for his size shows how elitist and unaware of actual skill in basketball these critics are. As long as we keep trending towards physical ability in basketball versus skill, the more players will have attitudes and the more basketball will devolve.

As a resident of Portland, the city doesn’t prep or do anything when it snows here. This year we got freezing rain which turned into sheets of ice. Many places in the city are very hilly so it would make sense that he wouldn’t be able to travel. However, being an NBA player I would assume he had ample funds or ways of managing this.

I’m a Californian who lived in Oregon and that ice on the roads is no joke…

I'm here in Portland, and parts of the city were completely unpassable during the unprecedented ice storm last month. No cover-up on Ayton.

DA ain’t like Ben Simmons cus at least he shows up to work and he’s not scared to shoot. DA has his own separate issues and isn’t as nearly disappointing as Ben Simmons who is nowhere near the player he was 3-4 years ago.

The ice storm was wild. It snowed, and it froze over. The city didn’t prepare for it. So everybody was stuck where they were. I literally had to stay at work for two days, because of how bad it was

I couldn’t even walk my dog a block after that ice storm. No way I’m asking a 30mil/yr 7 footer to risk injury for a regular season game while we’re tanking…

He did good last night and that ice in Portland was bad man I couldn’t get to work for 3 days and a tree fell in my neighbors house 💀

People die on icy roads every year

I live in Oregon, that last ice storm was no joke. Statewide emergency declared and everything.

“I love CP” is crazy 😹😹😹😹

“Earning the knickname “Dominayton” LOL he gave himself that nickname 😂😂

Nah Ayton took one look outside and said snow day 😂😂

There can't be a new Ben Simmons if the old one is around

The Valley Oop feels like it took place in another lifetime even though it was less than 3 years ago!

Feel like this might be bad timing as he's been playing really well

Thanks again my guy for the hard work!!

Thanks as always FlightMike

I’m a Suns fan and watch almost every game. The Ayton situation isn’t complex. He’s lazy and doesn’t love the game. His potential kept us hoping but hope turns into fatigue after years.

Let’s ride!! Thanks for sharing!

Nobody will ever beat Ben Simmons at his own game 😂. At the very least Ayton is not scared to shoot in a game about scoring points. He may be a drama queen. He may not care about basketball. But he's willing to put an effort to get a contract. Ben Simmons wanted to do nothing while still getting paid

I live in the Portland area. We get ice storms periodically. Usually when it snows, there’s freezing rain to go with it. On top of that snow. This past snow/ice storm was a bad one. The snow wasn’t the issue. The ice was one of the worse I’ve seen in my 37 years. A lot of trees fell on homes during it. There was some loss of life this storm. Portland is filled with hills. I promise he probably couldn’t get to the stadium that day because of how bad the ice storm was. There are hills leaving the Lake O area where he probably lives. Like most the Blazers. If you’re not used to driving in it on top of not having studs and a good vehicle then you’re most likely going to wreck.

Minnesota native and can definitely attest to Ayton man. Our winters are brutal and there’s multiple times a winter that you can’t drive at all because of 3 things regular ice on the road, snow on the road, and the worst of all and most dangerous/scary of all black ice because it blends into the road and absolutely sends your booty flying 10 feet the other way 😭😭 didn’t know Portland had it that bad as well but makes sense since it’s very a Northern city.

11:40 other guy was like “hell I’ll dap you up” 😂

Mike I live in the Portland area and been to the arena a few times . The ice this year was insane is was three inches of solid ice covering the entire ground of a few counties . And Portland has narrow streets on hills and mountains and there’s many bridges . It was a legit hazard there were several instances of cars sliding off mountain into rivers etc

The Icy roads thing is true, cus in the Pacific Northwest we are not used to ice we had alot of rain than below 10 degree weather for a week! it was nuts!

I live in the Portland Oregon area and that ice storm was no joke. The roads were very dangerous.

Hi! I live in Portland. That ice storm was literally the worst ice we have ever seen in atleast two decades. It was freezing on the ground but above freezing in the atmosphere, so it rained everywhere and then froze on the ground. There were ice rink conditions over everything. You literally couldn't walk outside without snow shoes. People had to crawl to their cars, etc.

You're wrong, Mike. The Portland area had a nasty ice storm that week; it kept me stuck at my place for 4 days. Portland doesn't get many snow/ice storms in the Winter. On average, there's snow/ice for less than a week a year. The Portland area is sloppy at planning for non-snow/ice days anyway. Imagine how much worse they planned for this relatively rare weather.

I live in Oregon. Portland is no joke when it gets icy and frozen roads. Some areas you can actually get stuck or have car pile up. So it’s actually a legitimate excuse.

Mike wouldn’t be flying anymore if he drove in those conditions 😂

That boy bout to drop the bag like Dennis 😂

love the effort in these videos you earned yourself a new subscriber ❤️

Yea them icy Oregon roads ain’t no joke. I got stuck for days once

As someone whos never lived outside of the midwest, snowy roads are a huge problem! However, most of the time people plan ahead for it, but i guess not in Portland lmao

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How I heard the prize picks ad: The picks that I ADVERTISED in all of my videos didnt hit but the ones 95% of the people watching didn't know about did😁 Goofy

I live in Portland and that ice storm was no joke.

Not even about loving the game or not. But being a professional is about a certain level of having a will to win. Working at your craft. Trying hard. Being competitive. None of that has to do with "love of the game".

Dude is out here messing with pawnstars 😂 what did we expect. There should be a mandatory nba common sense class for these guys

The icy roads thing is real I moved to arkansas and when it snows the roads freeze and can be impossible to drive through if you live at the bottom of a mountain, dirt roads, and simply a car incapable of pushing through tough conditions

The ice was crazy that day was like a ice ring in Oregon

Yo Mike if you’ve seen ayton play the last couple weeks he’s been a monster out there. Started out like 9 for 9 shooting last night and has been playing so much better. Not saying he’s even a top ten center but he’s been playing a lot better recently

No cap i live in Oregon. We had ice roads last month and I had to miss 2 weeks of work. They’re pretty bad here

I work at the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix AZ and most of the Suns' fans basically said the same thing about Ayton... "It just feels like he doesnt want to play for us sometimes"

I live 30 minutes from where ayton lives that day we had snow and roads were frozen we did not go to work for 3 days around that time

Bro is gonna help blazers watch!

Yeh that ice storm was ridiculously crazy lmao. It sounded like a warzone outside throughout the days. If you were able to drive a block when it was at its worst you were fortunate. If you lived in certain areas there was nothing you would be able to do to get anywhere.

Bro, he didn't earn the Dominayton nickname. He gave that nickname to himself.

Thanks flight

He’s been playing good since you posted this 😂

I live in Portland right now the roads were really bad during that time

The roads in Portland are no joke when they get icy lmao

How does this guy not have a million followers, love the content

13:46 sounds like thats an embid excuse not aytons hahahaha damn this bigs.

I’m in Connecticut and icy road to icy will stop you from getting to your wedding 😂

Paul will be a great assistant coach after he retires, everyone just always has a good response to being his teammate, and he's great at teaching his knowledge about basketball, especially his flops

live in new england and icy roads are no joke. especially since from what ive read in the comments, portland didn't pretreat the roads well at all. given his wealth there probably was a way for him to get to the arena but more than once have i been stuck at home because the road was a sheet of ice

Bro that punch you threw at intro looks deadly ngl

Ayton had made it very clear he is comfortable with where he is and how things are going. It will be interesting how he feels next year if the Blazers land Sarr in the draft. A fellow center.

Mike, you have the benefits of living in Cali and don’t have any ideas of what the winter weather will bring. Last month, the same winter storm system that hit Portland up when across the southeast US where I reside. The snow and ice were big factors. Most people were stuck inside of their homes for a week. Not much was going on except emergency services and few grocery stores were open. The big issues at play is that small market cities like Portland tend not to be as progressive as far as being reactive to winter weather events. Especially when they don’t deal with them as consistently during the winter months.

People thought he was going to be Joel Embiid lol

Guy doesn't love the game he loves what the game provides for him & his family.

Everyone say that ayton play soft but didn’t his fellow colleagues or coaches already tell him to play aggressively always.This is the NBA😂😂😂

As an Oregonian the roads were horrible, I couldn't leave home for a week.

He has been playing solid the last month!

There was 3 inches of ice on my street in Portland. I do not blame him for that one.

i live in canada and we change out to snow tires for the winter because if you don't, you'll find yourself wrapped around a pole. nasty roads are no joke especially if not used to / prepared for it.

I remember all the suns fan said squished muffin Face is the best lol

I watch hime play tho an i think he needs to dominate the paint oj defense more.. i be watchin him try guard ppl way on the three point line but its never no one to rebound...i guess he need to go back to his bread an butter.. he aint never been the same frm that Giannis block 😂

Ayton’s motor reminds me of Hassan Whiteside

Icy roads are terrifying bro, you can't stop the car, the brakes lock up.

He played super good last night. Wait til end of season for videos like these.

Snow you can go (if you know how to drive in it, and have a remotely capable vehicle)... ice... nothing really goes, or if it does, whatever goes slides downhill. Gravity wins vs. ice. You almost need studded tires for driving on/through ice to get any useable traction.

What do you expect its the blazers 😂

He doesn't have that killer instinct the great ones have. And he's not hungry enough. He's happy just to be in the NBA.

Icy roads when really bad is worse than 40 or 50 cm of snow or if it's -50...specially if you live on a hill or anything similar. Ayton has his fair share of issues but that day needs to be left alone...

i live in portland and it was brutal. we dont have the infrastructure to handle an ice storm. all of our business were closed, lots of us had no power. couldnt budge the car because it was glued to the cement w ice. ya hes a nba player and should have been there, but i lived through that storm and i get it. my wife fell down our steps and broke her arm and had to go to the ER.

I live in icy conditions, as a Icelander, and I also feel like that smells like the equalient of the dog ate my homework.

your inner fire is most valuable skill you have

As a midwesterner, winter conditions are no joke!

He got the money he’s not worried about personal stats or winning long as he got the bag

I’m a Suns fan that moved to Portland the week before the ice storm hit. No one was going anywhere, people were ice skating IN THE STREET, and Portland is NOT prepared for snow/ice storms. DA is from the Bahamas and played high school, college, and NBA ball in Arizona. No way he knows how to drive in 15 degree weather with frozen streets.

You dont live in icy area and it shows having ice everywhere is so hard to drive especially for someone who was living in Arizona for so long of his life where there is no ice lol

He wasn't even the clear cut number 1 overall pick, what are you talking about? 😂 The suns just made a mistake.

I can say as someone who’s been buried in the their house bc of an Avalanche, I concur ICE is no joke

He's been scoring around 20 points a game over the last month outside 2-3 stinkers.

I'm a suns fan, and i can tell you for a fact Deandre would be someone who would get stuck in ice. He's lived in AZ for the past 6 years. He would be unable to know how to handle the winter time in Portland

Thank you suns for matching the pacers offer sheet so we didn't get screwed!

I live in Portland whole city shut down for a week in that ice

The new ben simmons 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Icy roads prevented Derrick Thomas from getting to the stadium, forever

I live in Portland. Depending on where he lives, he could very well not have made it. We were shut in for almost a week in some areas due to ice. I missed 4 days of work and it's almost flat from my place to work. If he lives anywhere with elevation, I can see why he couldn't make it, especially since he came from Phoenix.

That icy road thing was definitely just an excuse to get out of playing

Sooooo happy he is not a Sun anymore 🧡💜

Icy roads aint no joke, livin out West they dont plow or de ice the roads for days on end!! So I do understand what Ayton was facing

Saying you love Chris Paul using his initials is a clip out of context just waiting to happen 😭