Ben Simmons - "They picked Kemba? His team is 7 games under us"

[THE MACHINE]

Philly, this what y'all doing out here?

Philadelphia rookie Ben Simmons isn't happy. He thinks he's an All-Star, but he has been passed over four times in the last three weeks on injury replacements.

It appears he has given up on trying to figure out why he has yet to make the roster, even with four extra chances.


“I don’t really know what an all-star is anymore," Simmons told the Philadelphia Inquirer Friday.

The 21-year-old is averaging 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game on the season, but he has been passed over by Andre Drummond, Goran Dragic, Kemba Walker and Paul George for spots on the All-Star team.

This isn't the Pro Bowl and players don't usually get four extra chances to be on an All-Star team in the NBA, but this year it happened and Simmons is disappointed he did not get a nod despite all of the replacements.

"It is what it is, but my stats don’t lie," he said.

Simmons averages more points per game than Drummond, more assists per time out than both Dragic and Walker, and more rebounds per matchup than George. He has a legitimate gripe and he's trying to figure out why he wouldn't get the nod.

He was thinking it may simply come down to how well a player's team is performing, but that idea has issues too.

"I mean if it was about win-lose, you picked Dragic obviously and you pick Kemba, whose team is seven wins under us," Simmons said.

Simmons may be vindicated at the end of the year as he still has a chance to be named to an All-NBA team and is the front-runner for the Rookie of the Year.

 

[Vancouver Grizzly Fan]

He's right! He should have been in with Joel.

 

[Ron Mexico]

He shouldn't be saying this when his own team is barely over .500 and has been a joke these past several years.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Get a jump shot

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

They don't put rookies in it.

LeBron and Carmelo didn't make it rookie year

 

[Darealtwo1]

Worry about losing rookie of the year fake rookie.

 

[THE MACHINE]

He shouldn't be saying this when his own team is barely over .500 and has been a joke these past several years.

Who's in the AV?

 

[BlackAchilles]

Simmons has an edge to him and I like it

Maybe if the Wallabies could borrow some of his feistiness they wouldn't be so garbage

 

[Stick Up Kid]

This australian Kangaroo fakkit is gettin annoying as fukk... prove something first lil nikka

 

[L&HH]

They didn't pass over him for Paul George though. PG is in the West.

They don't put rookies in it.

LeBron and Carmelo didn't make it rookie year

Blake made it in 2011

 

[UpAndComing]

Jayson Tatum or Kyle Kuzma for Rookie of the year

 

[Ron Mexico]

Who's in the AV?

DJ MILLIE (@djmillie) • Instagram photos and videos

 

[Jplaya2023]

Hes a rookie stay in your lane ben

 

[ALonelyDad]

Don't care if he is right or wrong, he looks like a bytch with all this whining. This guy been whining for the last 3 weeks, get over it. You will get in plenty times. At least Lillard has the courtesy not to call players out when whining but this guy is calling guys out too, lol.

 

[Lakerman0834]

dudes a bum without Embiid. Theyd be battling for top pick if Joel gets injured

 

[Controversy]

Don’t like Ben’s arrogance...no J, no killer instinct, just an arrogant prick