The Official Off-Season NBA Thread

[DCAllAfrican]

Middle school stuff.

 

[king j]

Steph dropping 50 tonight to set the tone.
3rd MVP for the boy.
Brooklyn Nets 2022 champs

Then you woke up

 

[misha]

Everything you said here is 100% true.

But when you commit to a guy long term, the way Philly did--You gotta stick by the guys side. At least the players and coach should anyway. You're in the trenches together. Let management and guys up top come down and look like the bad guys. That's what comes with the profile when you're at the top.

Guy had one of the worst post seasons in history shot the worst ft percentage in playoff history

 

[Zo gif]

Process of completely torpedoing Philly's future returns maybe

Lmaooooooo
Morey is the goat team destroyer

 

[getback]

Simmons acting like the kids at the beginning of Coach Carter and every other high school basketball movie where the kids are defiant little brats.

 

[IATT]

Ben still f’n with the money..

dude just gotta show up and half@)$)# and get the shh over with

 

[coldcity]

..

Simmons acting like the kids at the beginning of Coach Carter and every other high school basketball movie where the kids are defiant little brats.

but Tito cruz walked so Steph could run

 

[had pants]

Simmons acting like the kids at the beginning of Coach Carter and every other high school basketball movie where the kids are defiant little brats.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Lost in all of this, is we have a good Idea that Ben didn’t work on his jumper this off-season. And I don’t see him budging at all, at even attempting jumpers.

So whatever team trades for him, is going to be frustrated quick, unless Ben changes it around. And from what we’ve seen from him. That’s highly unlikely

This could play out only 2 ways:

1. Ben Simmons has a burning desire to stick it to everyone and finally works on his jumper.

2. Ben doubles down, continues to lack a jump shot and gets traded and tries to drop 50 on Philly from just layups

 

[earldagoat]

Is Simmons 13 years old? Officially want nothing to do with him now

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Yup and back then people made excuses for him at LSU. "well he just doesn't wanna be there, he's one and done anyway.."

Lost in all of this, is we have a good Idea that Ben didn’t work on his jumper this off-season. And I don’t see him budging at all, at even attempting jumpers.

So whatever team trades for him, is going to be frustrated quick, unless Ben changes it around. And from what we’ve seen from him. That’s highly unlikely

That's what I keep thinking about. After all this drama he's gonna go to another team and have a bunch of 12 pt games with no jumpers and 2/8 from the ft line.

 

[had pants]

 

[mr z]

I’m not seeing how Ben Simmons is the problem…

 

[ballinsam23]

Rich Paul got Adele now. He could care less about his clients. True happiness is in love fellas. Not money.

 

[theregothatman]

Ben is playing this perfectly tbh

How? Not a team in the league wants this dude right now. Eventually everyone will turn on him in the media and he will get the T.O treatment.
what exactly is his end game?
getting traded won’t stop people from scrutinizing his game. Fans from other teams will turn on him quickly because he’s destroying all his goodwill

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Guy had one of the worst post seasons in history shot the worst ft percentage in playoff history

Again, this is all facts and truth.

But I subscribe to the belief you stick with your guys till the end. If you're in the front line with your guys, you stick with them. Let management who never sees that stuff take the hit. That's what they get paid for anyway.

 

[had pants]

Is Simmons 13 years old? Officially want nothing to do with him now

 

[rolaholic]

 

[lawdog1]

I’m not seeing how Ben Simmons is the problem…

 

[nick.]

Whatever the Sixers win total is, take the under

 

[iheartboost]

 

[WASHED KING]

I’m not seeing how Ben Simmons is the problem…

Same. It's like one person wants to end a relationship but the other doesn't and then gets mad that person isn't happy after coercing or guilting them into staying.

They already said they wanted out.

 

[Air Pope]

Benny Simms not playing. Tel Aviv gonna love him

 

[MVP]

Morey be trickin' y'all

 

[akajae]

Be

How? Not a team in the league wants this dude right now. Eventually everyone will turn on him in the media and he will get the T.O treatment.
what exactly is his end game?
getting traded won’t stop people from scrutinizing his game. Fans from other teams will turn on him quickly because he’s destroying all his goodwill

nah whatever team he’s traded to those fans will make excuses for him just like Sixers fans did just as recently as this last season. They only turned on him when reports of him not wanting to play for Philly started to come out. Ben will be aight