No one self-hypes at Media Day like Ben Simmons
Word out of Nets training camp and media days is that Ben Simmons is fully for the first time since joining the team. He’s said it, and other players are weighing in with the same opinion. Should we trust this news and what will we need to see from Simmons to fully trust he’s playing at a high level again.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Brooklyn Nets’ Rebuilding Confidence
4:28 Skepticism and Validation in Sports
7:26 The Pressure of Media Days on Athletes
8:57 Brooklyn Nets’ Strategic Decisions
14:32 Transformation in Athletic Performance
20:13 Balancing Veteran Experience and Young Talent
22:25 The Trade That Changed Everything
24:08 Exciting Potential Lineup for the Nets
26:08 Challenges in Brooklyn Nets’ Lineup Strategy
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20 Comments
The whole Brooklyn team has been hyping up Ben Simmons since media day 😮😂😂…
I think most of them understand the memo which is to try to raise Ben Simmons trade value as much as possible from zero to something more then zero 😮😂….
It's a bold strategy but we'll see if it works 😅….
Dorian Finney Smith said yesterday that IF Ben Simmons is healthy the Brooklyn Nets are going to shake up the NBA 😮😂!?
Can someone please tell Doe that Brooklyn is looking to shake up the NBA not through the regular season but through drafting Cooper Flagg or Ace Bailey next year 😮😁!
Ben Simmons makes 3 point shots in practice without anyone defending him. Ben Simmons shoots jump shots without anyone defending him. Ben Simmons makes a layup through actual foul contact and Ben Simmons dives for a loose ball in practice 😮….
I guess Ben Simmons the All Star in "PRACTICE" is back!?? 💀😂😂….
Again the Ben Simmons cycle is getting so much hype but what matters is him somehow staying healthy so Brooklyn can somehow trade him before the trade deadline and move forward 😁….
So we've gone from buying out Ben Simmons to buying back Ben Simmons 😨😂😂….
I’ll bet my life savings he will be out of the league after this year. He’s not ever getting back to Philly Ben it’s fucking over
23:53 How about Ben and DFS as the first guys off the bench for Schroder and Clax. You Move Clowney to center. Whoever’s at the 2 and 3 is a shooter Cam/CJ/Wilson/Watford.
Unless The new coach turns Clax into a 3pt shooter lol like Kenny did with Brook.
Ben has a chronic L3/L4 disc protrusion. Both surgeries remove nerve impingements caused by the disc protrusions. Good rehab can make you better with general living. NBA is not general living. He is more than likely to go through another episode with contact in the NBA. YOU CANNOT PERMANENTLY FIX DISC PROTRUSIONS. I’ve had this for 30 plus years.
Look, there is only one thing that matters in all of this. Doesn't matter what he said or did in the past, it's a contract year, that's it. He's gonna ball out
hellllll nah 😂 He retiring after this season. He cooked. Focus on our future, which is to tank! We want a top 3 pick!!
Simmons never self-hypes himself. Every time he is being filmed whether it's rehab or training camp or open runs, he is obsessed over because he is a star and then the inadequate basketball social media idiots pretend he is a bust, if anything he is far too modest.
In saying that, the fact fans have doubt about his health, that I agree with, even I cannot have faith in his health, but if he is healthy he is by far the best player on this roster and would change the team completely and no one is even remotely close.
It's just cool to insult simmons because it gets engagement, likes, views etc. sheep mentality, the main thing to consider is only his health.
If he is healthy, he is elite!
Believe it when he plays 20 actual games.
I just don’t see how Ben will ever return to what he was in Philly. Back injuries never improve
Juat patiently waiting for BS contract to run out like Ex-Lax so we can sign someone that can help this team other than taking up cap space.
Starting lineup
Ben simmons
Cam Thomas
Cam Johnson
Noah clowney
Nic clax
Then we have doe bogi and Dennis coming off the bench thats 8 of the 12 right there that will probably play I don’t see this terrible roster smh
geez you guys are boring to listen to. i have tried so many times but i really hope you have a day job…7.5k followers after at least 2/3 years, you guy are the ben simmons of podcasts….great for going to sleep to though, thank you.
You guys are still listening to this clown. Enough is enough. Smh
The king of finessing the league, he's fine he just has no real motivation to pull his weight with that huge contract.
Being contract year he will actually try if he can get some $$$$ then he will go back to phoning it in 🤷🏾♂️
Nope. Just accept the nickname HasBen and stroll off into the sunset actually thinking people care about your basketball career more than you did (bare minimum or less). Biggest bust since Oden and I mean no disrespect to Oden.
Once upon a time i said don't trade for Simmons. I said that Sacramento Kings wanted Simmons and the 76ers wanted Harden and so it made sense to make it a 3 team trade where the Nets get Haliburton and the 76ers get Harden and the King's get Simmons. Most Nets fans at the time said Simmons was better than Haliburton and that he wasn't good enough for the Nets. Fast forward and we have seen Simmons contribute nothing and Haliburton go on to be an All-star and win a gold medal. The same people that wanted Simmons later bashed him and wanted him traded. Sean Marks should have been fired for doing the Simmons trade.