Quote (MildSambal @ Nov 30 2022 09:30pm)
For the criticism Simmons took specifically as a result of the Hawks series, Doc and Embiid shared just as much blame IMO. It was unfair to shift the blame on Simmons for losing that series, plus there was some really messed up family issues Simmons was dealing with at that same time
He quit on the team, he stopped trying, he literally abandoned his job out there lol. Fuck him for being mentally weak and quitting.
Doc simply said "I don't know the answer to that right now" when asked if Simmons was a championship point guard of the future after game 7 loss vs the Hawks. It's not like he called him out and put him down publicly, which you seem to think he did. Embiid kinda called him out, but hell can we blame him? Imagine if he was playing with Kobe, Shaq, Jordan, etc. Those guys would have demanded publicly that the front office trade Simmons immediately LOL.