Ben told the nets that the stress of playing was the cause of his back flaring up

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North Jersey but I miss Cali :sadcam:
How can his shooting improve if he doesn’t even try? We’ve seen dudes like Zo and Giannis become at least close to average shooters because they tried and effort. Simmons won’t even do that, which is weird because in summer league he was putting up jumpers so it can be done.

He’s another version of Lenny Cooke who slipped thru the cracks. Cooke didn’t love basketball, only the money that came with it. Simmons had all the physical tools to get in the door, but no passion and no desire to be great or improve.
 

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Second straight team where he's lost the respect of his peers. It may be a wrap for this guy. Can see him out of the league in a few seasons.

For Nets players, the confusion was not centered around Simmons’ ailment, but with the perceived lack of attempt to play, effort to be in uniform and push his body in these high-stakes playoffs, sources said. Nets players and coaches wanted to see Simmons show resolve and enter this series to start his on-court Brooklyn tenure, even if it was for limited minutes on Monday or none at all while still dressing for the game.
 

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This guy is seriously going to mess it up for all players at the next CBA :snoop:


Now players get paid per game played, we call it the Ben Simmons rule.

so I think we all could assume his Nets teammates dont respect him but this is the first time its been reported so explicitly
Charles was saying that if Ben suited up, tried to play and after 2 minutes said his back couldn't take it, teammates would at least respect that shyt, that he tried to help the team but his body wouldn't cooperate.

Dude telling everybody he's coming back for game 4 after being on the bench, wakes up the day of, says his back hurt then doesn't even support on the bench.
 

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Bro hit everyone with the "My IQ is so high... Watch this dunk." Then Boston Reverse Uno'd his whole team by getting Rob back in 3 weeks. Chess Master ish.
 
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