Quote (JeanR @ Oct 22 2021 07:41am)
I think it's way more than that. What people are saying about Ben now is the same shit they've been saying about him since day 1. If the only reason he wants a trade is that he felt Doc threw him under the bus after game 7, then that's just not acceptable. How big of a baby do you have to be to want a trade after someone is critical of your performance. The vast majority of people go through performance evaluations at their jobs too.
I don't see a world where the rest of the NBA owners are okay with this too. The dude is signed through the 2024-2025 season and he is demanding a trade now. I'm all for players being able to choose where to play, and even requesting a trade a season before their contract is up, but if the league doesn't want to become soccer where the players have all the power and they go wherever they want whenever they want, then they will need to come in hard on Simmons and his camp. It is already getting bad with Anthony Davis wanting out a year and a half before his contract was up and then we had the Harden situation last year in Houston as well. If they don't do anything here, then I think we are going to be looking at a lot of more player movement in the coming years.
I think Jason Kelce said it best, Simmons is rightfully pissed at the organization for not having accountability. Doc Rivers has been the HC of how many teams that choked in the playoffs now? It's sort of his default response to throw someone else under the bus for his own failings.
The only time Doc ever succeeded was when he had a stupidly stacked team (KG, Ray, Pierce, Rondo) and even then they should have got more than 1 ring
This post was edited by SSBBWGiantessLover on Oct 22 2021 09:52am