Just watched “one and done” last night on Showtime (documentary about Simmons for those that haven’t seen or heard of it).
One of the biggest things I took away was his attitude, and the feeling of entitlement that he seemed to have while at LSU. Basically making a mockery of being in College. He was there because he had to, and didn’t seem to care if they won or lost, it was all about going through the motions in college to get it over with (he withdrew from school the day after they lost in the SEC tournament). The NCAA didn’t mean a thing to him. Just a necessary evil to get to the NBA.
Yes he was under a lot of scrutiny, and had a lot of negativity being directed toward him, but he did bring a lot of it on himself, maybe he was and still is a very unselfish player, but the critics that said he needed to be more involved in the closing of the games appear to have been correct, as it seems to have carried over to the NBA career that he has now.
Yes he’s a great player, and can fill a stat line, but when the games on the line, where is he? This is the only real knock (besides his lack of shooting the three ball) I see that until he changes it, will keep him out of the comparisons with the elite of the NBA, they want the ball in the closing moments and live to be in the moment.
Anyway, for anyone that would like a little more insight into Ben Simmons, watch the movie...
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