Ben Simmons on Nets "There's only one ball and you have to play defense"

[High quality poster]

If he ain’t like that going up against Jordan, Aldridge, Griffin, and maybe Claxton, then y’all are directing your ridicule towards the wrong guy. I know the Coli loves Embiid cuz he’s goofy but the Sixers are the only team I know where regardless of what happens it could never be Embiid or Harris’ fault if they lose.

Im not saying Embiid won’t play well. All I’m saying is he’s not averaging no 40 and 20 against the nets.

 

[havoc]

I know it's Ben Simmons so nikkas is mad, but what did he say that was wrong here He said the Lakers are the ones that deserve the respect since they won the chip. And that for all the talk about the Nets on offense, remember that they gotta guard too

For the Sixers, the Lakers isn't the team they need to beat. The Sixers need to go through the Nets, Celtics, Bucks, and the Heat in the playoffs before they can worry about the Lakers.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Warriors

Warriors had a top 10 defense. Klay, Iggy, and Draymond all elite defenders.

 

[Flight]

I know it's Ben Simmons so nikkas is mad, but what did he say that was wrong here He said the Lakers are the ones that deserve the respect since they won the chip. And that for all the talk about the Nets on offense, remember that they gotta guard too

It’s cause it’s Ben Simmons. If a coli favorite said it they would have no problem with the statement.

 

[FTBS]

no problem with this at all. Can't say we want players to show personality, not be buddy buddy & then get mad when they do something like this...talk more shyt...get these rivalries going

And he didn't even say anything crazy or remotely resembling trash talk. nikka straight spit some sports cliches. Making something of this is like making something of a nikka saying "You gotta play hard for 48 minutes."

 

[Crack Daniels]

And the Sixers can throw out lineups where everyone can d up.

Yall got a lineup to defend Harden, Kyrie, and KD?

 

[Shadow King]

When the Sixers get bumped in the second round will they finally trade this clown?

He really thinks the sixers are getting out of the 2nd round doesn’t he

“There’s only one ball”..because the Nets have struggled to figure it out on offense this season

Worry about hitting a jump shot and making it out of the second round nikka.

The Hawks are not beating Philly, the Heat maybe.

What teams have ever outscored their way to a title? At some point when the game gets close in the 4th quarter, defense is needed.

What team has ever had 2 MVP level players with a Top 10 player at #3, a 48% 3PT shooter with enough volume to score 14 a night, followed by 2 more former All-Star who can still be dangerous for 20 minutes?

Barring injury to at least 2 of these guys or Embiid/Giannis morphing into Shaq/Bron, they're getting out of the East and getting a ring.

 

[Big Boss]

can't wait for tomorrow game

 

[Leasy]

can't wait for tomorrow game

Embiid dropping 40 to prove a point.

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

Ben Simmons: *breathes

the coli :

 

[phillycavsfan]

The Hawks are not beating Philly, the Heat maybe.

What team has ever had 2 MVP level players with a Top 10 player at #3, a 48% 3PT shooter with enough volume to score 14 a night, followed by 2 more former All-Star who can still be dangerous for 20 minutes?

Barring injury to at least 2 of these guys or Embiid/Giannis morphing into Shaq/Bron, they're getting out of the East and getting a ring.

Literally the team that won 3 years ago. But they also played defense.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

And he didn't even say anything crazy or remotely resembling trash talk. nikka straight spit some sports cliches. Making something of this is like making something of a nikka saying "You gotta play hard for 48 minutes."

This isn't the first time Ben has thrown shade at someone/a team.

"Obviously Brooklyn has a lot of talent. But at the end of the day, there's only one ball and you gotta play defense too."

If you can't see what Ben is doing here, well....

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

If he ain’t like that going up against Jordan, Aldridge, Griffin, and maybe Claxton, then y’all are directing your ridicule towards the wrong guy. I know the Coli loves Embiid cuz he’s goofy but the Sixers are the only team I know where regardless of what happens it could never be Embiid or Harris’ fault if they lose.

TheColi loves Biid because he's goofy? TheColi never blames Biid when he loses?

Tre, what reality have you been living in?

Embiid's goofiness has been used against him many a time, and he's been the butt of jokes whenever the 76ers have bowed out of the playoffs. Nxggas was going at his neck in that crying meme thread during the 2019 playoffs.

 

[NatiboyB]

I was reading on social media Ben said something that irked me. It was something along the lines of he was trying to be the best defensive player in the league or defensive mvp. Like just forget improving on offense that’s secondary.

 

[Shadow King]

Literally the team that won 3 years ago. But they also played defense.

the Warriors didn't have all of that and you had no answer for what you left unbolded. Brooklyn healthy is the 2021 champions.