Just now, Shepard Wong said:

 

wow...you're quick. just heard this on nba radio. 

The season is probably over before it starts but the immolation is going to be fun to watch.

There's 6k people waiting on the Youtube stream for Simmons to speak. 

 

1 minute ago, mayanh8 said:

There's 6k people waiting on the Youtube stream for Simmons to speak. 

 

wow...ben is going full disruptive ahole. 

[Pompey] Ben Simmons was kicked out of today’s practice for no being engaged, according to sources.

They brought this on themselves. All they had to do was accept any trade of value.

[Wojnarowski] Sixers coach Doc Rivers threw Ben Simmons out of practice today and the suspension came shortly thereafter, sources tell ESPN.

Real World Philadelphia.

I'd pay almost anything to watch this actually happen.

2 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

They brought this on themselves. All they had to do was accept any trade of value.

hot take, man. i put about 90% of this on ben...not the front office. he's the one acting like a f'n baby. 

Just now, mr_hunt said:

hot take, man. i put about 90% of this on ben...not the front office. he's the one acting like a f'n baby. 

oh im not saying this is 100% on ben. 

but we've all seen this slow moving train coming for months. the sixers could have gotten out of the way.

3 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

[Wojnarowski] Sixers coach Doc Rivers threw Ben Simmons out of practice today and the suspension came shortly thereafter, sources tell ESPN.

What does that actually do? like how much does it really impact him? 🙄

1 minute ago, QBhunter58 said:

What does that actually do? like how much does it really impact him? 🙄

idk for sure but i'm guessing it will cost him some $$$.

 

 

Just now, mr_hunt said:

idk for sure but i'm guessing it will cost him some $$$.

 

meh, its one game. The sad thing is that this kind of behavior is surprising no one. We have always known how he is, yet we persist in coddling him and allow him continue being almost great.

1 minute ago, QBhunter58 said:

meh, its one game. The sad thing is that this kind of behavior is surprising no one. We have always known how he is, yet we persist in coddling him and allow him continue being almost great.

 

i wanted ben gone a few years ago.  

they did coddle him under brett....and again last season...right up until he basically took a sheet during the game 7 loss.  then he gets called out...probably for the first time in his life...and this is his reaction. 

 

What a crap show

doc is speaking to the media...but i don't have a link. sorry. 

 

 

[Winters] Doc Rivers on Ben Simmons: "He was a distraction today, I didn’t think he wanted to do what everybody else was doing. It was early, it wasn’t a big deal. I just told him, he should leave then, and we went on with practice.” #Sixers

4 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

i wanted ben gone a few years ago.  

they did coddle him under brett....and again last season...right up until he basically took a sheet during the game 7 loss.  then he gets called out...probably for the first time in his life...and this is his reaction. 

 

see, its aholes like you that didnt allow him to make the same mistakes over and over again . it's not like it helped lead the sixers to multiple playoff series eliminations or anything.

 

 

[Neubeck] Embiid: "at this point, I don’t care…I’m focused on trying to make the team better”

Just now, mr_hunt said:

[Neubeck] Embiid: "at this point, I don’t care…I’m focused on trying to make the team better”

[Kyle Nuebeck] Embiid says he has not talked with Simmons since he returned. "At the end of the day, our job is not to babysit somebody”

2 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

i wanted ben gone a few years ago.  

they did coddle him under brett....and again last season...right up until he basically took a sheet during the game 7 loss.  then he gets called out...probably for the first time in his life...and this is his reaction. 

 

Yeah, dude is so entitled and soft. He has this pervasive need to be seen as flawless, which is troubling. Forget the court (and the fear of shooting), just look at how he presents himself to the media... I have no clue who the guy really is. He has a cold and impenetrable personality projecting only the parts of himself that he wants you to see. The truly great ones acknowledge their flaws and embrace mistakes, because that is how you learn.

And the most bizarre thing is that he doesnt seem to comprehend that people (especially fans in philly) love authenticity. We have given him all of the encouragement and patience to be himself, to grow in his game, and to connect with us, but he just ignores all of that. 

There are not many other players in the NBA who get the home crowd rocking every time they take at 3 (regardless of whether it is made or not). We want to see the effort, we want the imperfection and personality... and thats why we want him out.

2 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

[Kyle Nuebeck] Embiid says he has not talked with Simmons since he returned. "At the end of the day, our job is not to babysit somebody”

[Kyle Nuebeck] Embiid: "I’d be willing to babysit if someone wants to listen, but that’s not my my job”

9 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

[Neubeck] Embiid: "at this point, I don’t care…I’m focused on trying to make the team better”

clark filled in the dots.

 

[Clark] "At this point, I don’t care about that man. He does what he wants” -Joel Embiid on Ben Simmons

31 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

hot take, man. i put about 90% of this on ben...not the front office. he's the one acting like a f'n baby. 

Im not sure this was unexpected by the organization. I think it was good faith by them to allow him to come back with his tail tucked. And if he wants to act like this thinking its good enough to get paid, then they can counter that action by suspending him and hopefully continue to keep his game checks. Now he is back in Philly and still hopefully not getting paid. That would be hilarious.

[Shams Charania] Doc Rivers asked Ben Simmons to join a defensive drill today. Simmons refused. Rivers asked again. Simmons said no again. Rivers then told Simmons he should go home, and Simmons dropped the ball and left.