Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4

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Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#1 » by mademan » Mon Aug 8, 2022 4:52 pm

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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#2 » by Ambrose » Mon Aug 8, 2022 4:54 pm

Sounds about right.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#3 » by SelfishPlayer » Mon Aug 8, 2022 4:55 pm

This is KD playing hard ball with the Nets. He really doesn't want to be there.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#4 » by Duffman100 » Mon Aug 8, 2022 4:56 pm

I mean, I'll take this with a grain of salt. But it's possible so I'll entertain it as true.

This is why I just avoid Simmons if I'm a GM. And we do these 'mock redrafts', I keep Simmons down the list. Yes his potential is so so so high....but due is just a Kyrie type liability at this point.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#5 » by GSWFan1994 » Mon Aug 8, 2022 4:56 pm

Now ask us if he left the Call of Duty group party after a loss...
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#6 » by Wallace_Wallace » Mon Aug 8, 2022 4:56 pm

Probably sprain the right thumb in the process of doing so.

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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#7 » by jokeboy86 » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:00 pm

I want to believe it but its Bucher. He just says things for attention now because he's now become irrelevant as an NBA insider. FS1 uses him to feed their NBA talk because Shams/Woj don't work for them so they can't have them on but nobody takes him seriously.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#8 » by Tracymcgoaty » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:13 pm

Dude this guy just seems to be full of crap to be honest. I dont believe a damn word that comes out of his mouth.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#9 » by mademan » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:20 pm

To Bucher's credit, it was also reported by more reputable guys that the Nets were surprised and disappointed Simmons wasnt gonna play game 4. Be a pretty weird and oddly specific thing for him to make up
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#10 » by iLLmatic860 » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:28 pm

New Jersey nets fans was talking all that smack 2 years ago LOL
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Post#11 » by Godymas » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:37 pm

probably wouldn't have done it if they were playing the hawks though
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#12 » by SelfishPlayer » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:39 pm

iLLmatic860 wrote:New Jersey nets fans was talking all that smack 2 years ago LOL


LOL your Knicks avatar is in the Nets color.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#13 » by Joshyjess » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:42 pm

GSWFan1994 wrote:Now ask us if he left the Call of Duty group party after a loss...

Yeah, right. Do you really think that Simmons is going to lose at COD with all the free time he's had to perfect his game!!! He's probably one of the top players in the world by now.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#14 » by CobraCommander » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:44 pm

GSWFan1994 wrote:Now ask us if he left the Call of Duty group party after a loss...


Ben got that text and was like
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#15 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:48 pm

Why do things like this come out (true or not)? All it does is assassinate someone’s character in front of a public audience. This stuff need to stay in house.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#16 » by cam24thomas » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:50 pm

KD will never reach Ben's level of defense or playmaking, no matter how hard he tries....
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#17 » by GSWFan1994 » Mon Aug 8, 2022 5:51 pm

CobraCommander wrote:Ben got that text and was like
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That was his reaction as well:

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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#18 » by Time for Change » Mon Aug 8, 2022 6:02 pm

We sitting in here–he’s supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talking about a group chat. I mean, listen, we talking about a group chat. Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We talking about a group chat. Not a game. Not the game that he goes out there and dies for… wait… never mind.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#19 » by Shock Defeat » Mon Aug 8, 2022 6:03 pm

It's Ric Bucher, this dude's credibility and career has tanked in the last decade. I'm not sure I trust him.
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Re: Ben Simmons left the team group chat when he was asked if he was gonna play game 4 

Post#20 » by Johnny Bball » Mon Aug 8, 2022 6:05 pm

This sounds like pure rubbish.

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