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Ben Simmons out for the year with a back injury
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:24 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:24 am
because i know tRant loves some Ben Simmons news
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:26 am to BilbeauTBaggins
What a disappointment he turned out to be. I was so excited for basketball season when we got him at LSU. He was solid at LSU, but pretty much everything about any team he has been on has been a big dud.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 10:28 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:27 am to BilbeauTBaggins
him and lonzo ball can start their own wheelchair league.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:29 am to BilbeauTBaggins
Same thing that happened a year ago. What is wrong with this dude’s back? He’s only 27
Wild that he is still making $38M/yr. Is he the 2nd highest paid former LSU athlete behind Burrow? (Not counting Shaq)
Fun fact: he’s also been fined over $17M in his career
Wild that he is still making $38M/yr. Is he the 2nd highest paid former LSU athlete behind Burrow? (Not counting Shaq)
Fun fact: he’s also been fined over $17M in his career
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:36 am to JimTiger72
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Fun fact: he’s also been fined over $17M in his career
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:38 am to JimTiger72
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Same thing that happened a year ago. What is wrong with this dude’s back? He’s only 27
People almost 7ft tall tend to have back, knee or feet problems.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:50 am to BilbeauTBaggins
Even though I've been folowing LSU basketball recruiting since the John Williams days, Ben Simmons is the only prospect (& LSU commit) I ever got to see in HS (Montverde played a game at the Alario Center in Westwego, La, two miles from my house, where he shined that night with 3 pointers, dunks & gorgeous passes).
I thought much like Shaq, I thought I'd be witnessing a future No. 1 pick who'd dominate the NBA for a decade or more.
While he was a number one pick, he underwhelmed at LSU & was a colossal fail in the NBA. It might be worse having seen him dominate at the HS level knowing what could have been.
I thought much like Shaq, I thought I'd be witnessing a future No. 1 pick who'd dominate the NBA for a decade or more.
While he was a number one pick, he underwhelmed at LSU & was a colossal fail in the NBA. It might be worse having seen him dominate at the HS level knowing what could have been.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:50 am to Sterling Archer
Do they also have sucking at basketball problems ?
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:53 am to BilbeauTBaggins
Word on the street is that P-Diddy blew his back out
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:56 am to CP3LSU25
some people get their money and don't care anymore
Posted on 3/7/24 at 10:58 am to BilbeauTBaggins
i seriously have never understood any of the hype around this guy.
he demonstrated from the first game he played at LSU he gave no fricks about anything except getting that NBA paycheck.
he demonstrated from the frist NBA game he played he gave no fricks about anything except that NBA paycheck.
character matters. for all the apologists who justify his shitty LSU career, CHARACTER MATTERS.
now the NBA FAFO. first round pick LMFAO
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 10:59 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 11:01 am to nicholastiger
No dedication to the game, the Kardashians, fast cars he got the bag early in his career no Dog in him soft .
Posted on 3/7/24 at 11:36 am to lsusteve1
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Jamarcus level bust
Dumb AF. Jamarcus didn't do anything in pro sports. Ben had a fantastic start to his career before going mental and getting hurt a bunch.
3× NBA All-Star (2019–2021)
All-NBA Third Team (2020)
2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2020, 2021)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2018)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2018)
NBA steals leader (2020)
For the record, I don't like Ben Simmons very much, but the revisionist history around him is absurd. He was also a fricking beast at LSU. Unanimous first team All-American and averaged 19/12/5 which is one of the greatest freshman seasons in NCAA history.
He does seem like a complete jackass though.
This post was edited on 3/7/24 at 11:40 am
Posted on 3/7/24 at 11:44 am to CP3LSU25
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Do they also have sucking at basketball problems ?
Eh he still was the rookie of the year and 3x All-star.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 11:56 am to Sterling Archer
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People almost 7ft tall tend to have back, knee or feet problems.
It’s on the record Ben Simmons injured his back in the NBA during quarantine/player strikes by spending too much time on the couch.
I guess it’s possible he is actually just that prone to back problems, but I’m thinking a guy as young as he was would have to have generally terrible habits off the court to legitimately injure his back passively over a few months like that.
Not sure if that injury is related to this one, but spine wear & tear isn’t reversible.
He’s built like a statue, so I have a hard time believing it’s genetic. Could just be years of bad habits intersecting with the gauntlet of being a professional athlete.
Posted on 3/7/24 at 12:31 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
This is not surprising. If you don't have a spine, then you are more apt to have back problems.
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