Is Ben Simmons A Retroactive Bust?

[steph_harden]

His career is turning into a weird case. Because he was the number 1 pick. And for his first 3yrs he was easily the best player in that draft. Had all the accolades ROY, Allstar, All defense, All nba. But the past 3 years his career has stalled to the point where he’s now regressing. Meanwhile the two dudes drafted right behind him have now developed into much better players..had Philly drafted Ingram or Brown (maybe even Murray) they’d probably have an organic contender by now. With Ben Simmons...nobody knows what he’ll be anymore but he’s damn sure not a building block and damn sure would not go number 1 if they did that draft again.

We might look back at this dude career and actually label him a bust because of that hole in his game that got bigger every year til it started to affect what he actually did well on the court

 

[BBG]

Tyreke Evans and OJ Mayo started off promising too... Granted Ben Simmons was better than both of them but they also didn't go #1. nah it looks like he shaping up to be a bust. Couple hot years doesn't excuse you from that.

 

[KidJSoul]

Yeah there's a chance he might be.

It looks like he might become unplayable in the regular season now.

At least before he was a statistically productive regular season player that only sucked in the playoffs.

 

[qashif]

knowing his psychology somewhat, it makes sense he played better at the start: no pressure from title expectations

eventually teams adjusted to his style while he hasn’t added or refined any skills to his game to counteract this

 

[iamduval]

No

 

[Left.A1]

An ALL NBA player a bust nikkas have officially jumped the shark with the Ben Simmons conversation

 

[d3koms]

Him and Westbrook suffer from the same mental block.

 

[Gotright]

An ALL NBA player a bust nikkas have officially jumped the shark with the Ben Simmons conversation

It’s 2022 breh

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

He’s a Radioactive bust

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Yeah he’s a bust

Especially since they was hyping him up since he was 16

 

[mastermind]

NBA bad takes on the Coli are in midseason form.

 

[phillycavsfan]

A two time All star cannot be a bust. Because if that's the case most number one picks are busts.

 

[Left.A1]

It’s 2022 breh

and you nikkas are still delivering moron takes …thank you for pointing that out

 

[The G.O.D II]

It’s crazy because all the warning signs and whispers about him pre draft were there but folks just overlooked it

 

[NoMorePie]

1 game in and he already a gonner

That's crazy