The fact that bleacher report made this is amazing

I can accept failure but I can't accept not trying

I’m Australian… as soon as he pulled out of playing for Australia, I knew there was something wrong with his head

wait this is bleacher report lol😂

The disastrous 2021 playoff series against the Hawks is where Simmons NBA career effectively died missing all those free throws in game 5 and infamously passing up the open dunk on Trae Young in game 7.

Raw talent will take you to the table but hard work is what's gonna make you keep your seat.

Wasn't expeting that on BR 😅

The big difference between Rose and Walton is that they want to contribute. They want to make the most of their NBA career in any fashion. How much does Simmons want to? He has the tools to be an interior scorer. But does he care enough to improve his free throw shooting?

Wait, this is Clayton Crowley

He put this downfall on himself he cares more about getting paid than playing basketball Period 💯🤦🏽🤡🗑️

Ben just don't wanna work

As a therapist I hated this - at a time people were becoming more sensitive to mental health - he used it as an excuse to quit and blame others cause he was entitled. I live in Philly - followed this as it happened.

BR making content like NBA youtubers 😂😂

35% from free throws is crazy, I thought Giannis was bad

Dude was just scared to dunk on lil Trae. That's it.

You know it’s over when BR makes a video 😂

Ben is happy asf sitting on the bench.

He could’ve developed his game. He just aint want to. F em. Simple as that🤷🏾‍♂️. Shoutout Bleacher Report for posting this typa video on em

From rookie of the year to bust. He is also not a shooter like a true point guard.

Heavy wallet syndrome. It’s a horrible disease that affects many young athletes.

His downfall is mainly due to his obsession for instagram models and beauty fashion shows

Soft. That all there is to it.

The Kardashian Curse is Real he is a perfect example

Hell yeah Clayton, great vid

Doc was so lucky that Ben Choked in those playoffs cuz all the attention was taken off him lol

"i don't know that question, or the answer to that right now" is such a hilarious response from doc

Ben messed up leaving Philly. Maxey is the exact guard he needed next to him, what Fultz was supposed to be.

Hang on, is that @ClaytonCrowley I hear narrating this piece?

Clayton! Congrats on the collab

Ya"ll stuck looking at the product, I'm looking at the net profit. He's the most efficient businessman out there.

Also ben Simmons was one of the hardest defenders for luka to match up against due to his size+ lateral quickness/ defensive ability

You have to give it to the guy. He had to play thru all those years without a spine. It's no wonder he would have so much back pain.

Clearly mental health, he broke down. Sad story.

If he retires after this he still walks away with over 200mill. Pretty sure he doesn't care

It’s really mental when it came to that series. There was some family drama so obviously his mind wasn’t where it was supposed to be and some of his teammates didn’t even support him. Ry hope he bounces back from this back injury. He’s still very talented.

I’ll say this… I appreciate how you actually just told his story and didn’t really add any fluff or talk about being a bust and instead ended the video with how he has a spot in the NBA he just needs to find it. Very nice change from the usual bball youtube videos I watch where people are just ripping on a player they are talking about.

bruh, it’s because of you guys. Bleacher Report, Espn and other media outlets put all this pressure and build up on ben simmons when he was never really that good. You guys put him in that position knowing that he was never a shooter, In today’s nba if you can’t shoot it’s worthless.

Ben Simmons was one of my favorite players. I don’t think there is a more versatile yet effective defender in nba history. He could literally gurad 1-5 better than anyone else

At the 1:47 mark that's an error, The 2017-2018 Philadelphia 76ers have a 52-30 record, not a 56-26 record.

Remember when people thought he was gonna be the next LeBron? lol

It’s simple. He got comfortable. End of story.

It took the Hawks game 7 of Ben passing the ball off instead of dunking to kill off the rest of his confidence. He's just there to earn money and look fashionable sitting on the bench now. He could have been a top 10 current NBA player if he had the work ethic, but he doesn't. He will forever be known as a coward and you can't come back from that.

Giannis weakness is shooting, it never stops him from being great. Fultz went from being bust to a decent starter/rotational player.

Im so glad that Bleacher Report hired Duncan Robinson to narrate their videos

Pretty fair analysis of Simmons I'd say as a Sixers fan. We'll never 100% why exactly he failed but it's not just 1 reason.

Thank god they have Clayton on this

No trolling, no hate, just an informative video essay on his career up until now. Respect.

Hope he gets bought out this coming year and goes to Minnesota or maybe Miami.

he is set up for the next 40 years. Hopefully he has a smart finance manager and lives off the rent/dividends/interest income.

From -> I don't need to shot to -> I don't need to play.

Why are people acting like that passed up lay--up was the moment he became what he is now? Did you see the games prior,he was already non existent on the offensive end,he was terrified on that end of the floor. The playoff yrs prior,the same thing. The bigger the games,the smaller he played. If you truly look at him objectively,college should of been a big clue about his make-up. In the NCAA, one spectacular player can lead you to a tournament of 64,and exceptional player can carry you deep in the tournament. Ben Simmons couldn't get his team in a field of 64,dont know many #1 pics who couldn't do that. Since entering the NBA,his game is exactly the same from his lone,lackluster season. People fell in love with his height and his ability to run and dish in transition,he was like the pretty girl,they only focused on the surface level stuff. But like the pretty girl,when it was time to reveal more about herself other than her looks,there wasn't much there.once teams figured Simmons out,keep him in a half court set,he'll be ineffective(especially in playoffs when the lights are the brightest)

Wanted the money and lifestyle and fame.. but not the work and the criticism. He is not him.

Making free throws is a basic fundamental skill of a basketball player, be it at pro or amateur level. I just can't understand why someone who totally sucks at taking free throws can be selected number 1 at an NBA Draft.

Sometimes, I'm really curious behind the scenes on how patient the Nets' front office is on keeping Ben Simmons and paying him THAT much of his salary despite obviously not being worth what he is being paid for.

Ben Simmions is overrated and he should not be in the NBA!

Ego. Karma. I knew it on draft night. He was walking to the entrance area of the stadium and the camera man in front of him tripped and fell backwards. Right in front of him and instead of offering him a hand or having any sense of empathy for the guy he looked at him with disgust. It said everything I needed to know about the guy. There was no reaction in the sense of oooh or ouch tough, here let me lend you a hand. He looked at him like a peasant. It was disgusting. I’ve commented on it several times. The video is buried on KZfaq. Find it and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Then there’s the whole family thing. Not going to expand. If interested just look it up. Ben Simmons is not a good guy.

Not only that, teams found that this dude couldn't shoot beyond 5 ft from the rim so they let him open, just daring him to shoot while blocking all of his teammates

Funny human being in general. Is like he has weaknesses and doesn’t want to deal with it but still wants to be a celebrity figure.

Like it was said He wants to live the lifestyle of an allstar NBA player but has no interest in playing basketball. Cannot work like that. I think he should just retire and live off his millions that’s he’s made

The face he makes while shooting a free throw is one that a person makes when taking a test that wasn’t studied for

He is not a good person, I can tell you that much. He has a dark spirit, I picked that up almost immediately after seeing him. Not a fan.

Comparing Ben Simmons with Derrick Rose is insane. This guy is at most 7X rating 2k player and always take sick leave

Is that Clayton Crowley?

The terms "All-NBA" and "draft bust" do not belong in the same sentence. Simmons is STILL the only player from the 2016 draft class with at least one All-Star, one All-NBA, AND one All-Defensive selection. Considering how much time he's missed, that's impressive AF.

No way bleacher report makes this kind of content 😂😂

Simmons can still redeem his career. He needs to go to a team with a proven strong culture -- OKC, Miami, Indy.

the guy was never a star. people were just dumb and overhyped him

Yoooo the writing on the wall for A MINUTE before they could put this up 😂😂

The difference between Doc and Joel when asked about Simmons. Doc stayed politically correct and Embiid threw him under the bus. Where is Embiid now? still finding excuses for never even making a conference final. Some MVP you are, brother.

Derrick Rose was always hurt too but he tried every single thing to get baCk and play hard. Simmons is a lazy douche who continues to con his way to a paycheck

two things i disagree with this video about so far 1) Simmons rose and just stopped he never got better from when he was a rookie. Even his seasons were the same. He would play really good but not great, people would talk about how great he WOULD be WHEN he added X or Y to his game. Lose to like the Celtics in the playoffs like a joke. Then relase a hype video in the off season pretending that he was getting better before being the same player the next year. 2) It's not that Simmons could not shoot. You only take like 2 threes a season doesn't mean you cannot shoot. It means you WILL NOT shoot. Which is Worse.

Even B/R give this man summary

Shaq in awe of that 80 million in 55 games. 😂😂😂

Lost a lot of respect even amongst us Australians when he pulled out of the Tokyo games

Unfortunate as hell, yes he’s a poor free throw shooter, and jump shooter…but the fact that nobody blamed Embiid who’s supposed to be the best player on that team, Tobias Harris who got paid 160 mill to average 10 points in those 2021 playoffs…I’m still holding out hope for him.

He could’ve been Giannis. Giannis isn’t even a good range shooter still, but he can still get 30 a night with just athleticism and his frame. Simmons has a similar build, he can absolutely have done something similar by just being aggressive

not that it matters, but the sixers didn't finish with 56 wins since Allen Iverson led them to the Finals

Look at that constant vacant stare, u can tell he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer

There's been a lot of falls from grace in the NBA but I can't remember one so steep and so fast.

Can’t be hungry if you’re too well fed 🤷‍♂️

How can you be runner up for DPOY but then not make any of the all nBA defensive teams during that same season. Some of these awards make no sense.

Part of me feels that even if Ben Simmons actually improved, because of his reputation, no one will take him seriously.

Biggest bust in nba history

Ben can't even Simmon himself.

The last voice I expected to hear in a Bleacher Report video was Clayton Crowley. If they keep him around, they’re actually going to get a good rep lol

You got it all wrong what downfall? This guy is the Goat in the NBA earning millions playing 5 to 10 games a season. Has the best seat in the house watching games while earning. Gets busy shooting Workout videos for preseason. The Preseason Player of the Year

Just stopped being on teams by awkwardly refusing to practice

Question is... who willl give him a contract after his lack of performance in recent years.

Glad you pointed out the red flag of his performance at LSU. Outside of Simmons, that team didn't have any NBA-level talent, but to have a "generational player" only to go 19-14, finish 5th in the SEC, and miss the NCAA tournament entirely doesn't make a lot of sense. The team was a little better the season before he got there, and made the tournament. Having watched some of that season, I saw Simmons as uninterested and he sulked a lot. While he was clearly the best player on the team he didn't have the sort of impact you'd expect of a generational talent playing against college players. I get that at some point he was just playing out a season for a bad team so he could go to the NBA, but you still expect more from someone who had tons of hype before he got there and after he left.

I don't believe Simmons originally had a clinically significant back injury. I think his back pain was psychosomatic. With that said, once he had back surgery, everything goes out the window. He likely has legit back problems at this point.

No sympathy for this man. You're making hundred's of millions, you have to expect scrutiny with that kind of money. No different to how literally any other job works. The highest paid workers will always have their performance scrutinized to ensure they are meeting the demands expected with such a high salary.

well done ,watched all the games did not realize that he attempted no field goals in the 4th quarter.The pass in the scrimmage at 7:05 is sad

Ego, was his downfall. He thought just by his status alone he could slide through his NBA career without to needing to improve, without needing to develop a jump shot or a free throw. Philadelphia even tried to get trainers for him to work with and he said no to all of them. Simmons downfall was his own. He’s so bad offensively not even Australia want to call him up for international play. His offensive game is a joke. It’s 2024, if you can’t shoot a jumper or a free throw get the hell off the floor. Especially in the 3 point era started by the GSW. And even more egregiously as the lead Point Guard. Yeah Simmons doesn’t deserve any more time in the NBA. There’s always players coming through that deserve a chance.

The real issue is, they paid him TOO much TOO early, and he never cared about it. Mf is making 30M+ just coming off the bench.

Not confusing at all, he doesn't care about basketball. The end.

Simmons needs to be the PG for the SUNS. Listen: He has all the shooters in the world. He only needs defense (he’s elite) and passing (he’s elite). It would be a match made in Heaven for the Suns and for him seeking redemption.

Giannis also struggled in the freethrow line before but his mindset is different. He wants to get better every game. He even practice freethrows and threes before and after the games.

The fact that he is still in a team roster is very surprising. Someone else deserves his spot.

You gotta blame doc on this too. Throwing him under the bus was just crazy.

I thought this was a fake channel but its actually BR holy shit 😂😂😂😂