Lattimer wrote:bebopdeluxe wrote:Simmons is not insecure. He is speaking his truth - which is there is NO rookie who compares with him. I agree with him.
I actually like that fact that his focus isn't on Donovan Mitchell, but the elite players of the NBA. That is where his focus should be.
The fact you can't even acknowledge the idiocy of him responding to "what rookies have caught your attention" with "none" is so very telling.
The question wasn't "what rookies compare to you, or, should someone else be considered for roty besides you (him responding with "none" would still be idiotic to that question by the way given the discussion that is being had outside of Simmons himself and his fanboys) no, that wasn't the question, it was "what rookies have caught your attention."
None? Really? One of the best rookie classes ever, along with a guy doing things that not many rookies ever have and "none" is his response. Like complimenting someone in the rookie class, takes away from what he's doing or would break his heart and potentially impact the voting and him getting the award. I think Reek is blatantly insecure.
Yeah. Ben Simmons is insecure. Right.
So...when the season started and his fellow rookies did not vote Simmons as a front-runner for ROY, do you think he cared...or do you think he used it for fuel - huh?
He doesn't give a f what you think or what I think or what Donovan Mitchell thinks or what any other rookie thinks. Period.
I remember an interview with Kobe Bryant on the eve of the 2001 Finals...they asked him about what it was like to come home (he starred at Lower Merion High School - where my kids will go to school) to play in the Finals. He could have said something nice about Philly...what it would be like to play in the Finals here...and instead, he said something to the effect of, yeah, I am coming home to "cut the hearts out" of Sixers fans. Fans in Philly got all bent about that, but that was the Black Mamba speaking.
No mercy.
Ben Simmons doesn't care what Donovan Mitchell or any other rookie thinks of him. Mitchell played like STRAIGHT TRASH in the two games they played against each other (guess who won), and if anything, I would expect in their next game for Ben to guard DM personally and show him what an All-Defensive-Team-level toolbox looks like up close and personal. I still think about Embiid smacking Mitchell's ish here in Philly and then talking smack to him while he was on the ground. One of the highlights of the year for me. I respect what Donovan Mitchell has done, but if you want to get your panties in a twist because Simmons wouldn't "play nice" with Mitchell in that interview, feel free. I know Ben isn't losing any sleep over it.
Good luck in the playoffs. Hopefully both teams will get to the Finals and it can be settled there.
Just gonna avoid this one.
