Quote (Red Sox @ Oct 19 2021 12:06pm)
The city has definitely ruined some careers , but a guy like Ben Simmons who has failed to improve his game by not doing the most simple (clearly not for him) fundamental of basketball...I mean he brought this upon himself.
How has he failed to improve his jump shot even slightly since entering the league. He is legit the same player in 2021 as he was in 2016, and that's all effort. He does so many things at a high level but time and time again has been exposed in the post season while showing no signs of improvment
He also really, really, cares about what people think about him. He's so afraid of being embarrased. And that generally doesn't end well for Philadelphia athletes, when you don't perform of course.
The sad part is he didn't even need to elevate his game in the postseason to advance past the Hawks, all he had to do was be himself. It's 90% mental in the NBA, and Simmons failed that miserably. He completely stopped trying to score, stopped even looking at the rim and let his free throw struggles (also mental) get into his head.
If he was aggressive at all against Atlanta they would have won that series for sure. Just attack the rim and hit 60% of your free throws like you normally do, that's all we asked....