Ben Simmons Trade Thread Part 6

The players here have decided they are going to try and shut down Simmons questions by not answering as much as possible.

Does Simmons sit out home games to avoid being booed is my question.

Negrodamus · Post #967 » by **Negrodamus** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:38 pm

the_process wrote:The players here have decided they are going to try and shut down Simmons questions by not answering as much as possible.

Does Simmons sit out home games to avoid being booed is my question.

I'll believe he's playing a game for us once the team announces he's going to play.

ProcessDoctor · Post #968 » by **ProcessDoctor** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:42 pm

Serious question: what percentage of Philly fans will actually boo Ben if he has the balls to play at home after all of this?

Negrodamus · Post #969 » by **Negrodamus** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:50 pm

ProcessDoctor wrote:Serious question: what percentage of Philly fans will actually boo Ben if he has the balls to play at home after all of this?

90% of the home crowd will once he shows his face. It's pretty stupid, but to be expected at this point.

Post #970 » by **Sixerscan** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:19 pm

Negrodamus wrote:
ProcessDoctor wrote:Serious question: what percentage of Philly fans will actually boo Ben if he has the balls to play at home after all of this?

90% of the home crowd will once he shows his face. It's pretty stupid, but to be expected at this point.

I don't think that many people will boo him constantly but there will be very little patience for him passing up open shots and so on.

Like you I'm still dubious that he's actually going to play versus just figuring out some way to get out of it.

Skates · Post #971 » by **Skates** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:26 pm

They are all trying the minimalist approach, which given how the media, fans and Simmons himself can get themselves up in a tizzy so easily makes sense, awesome if one is a fan of awkward silences, mumbled responses and vacant stares and lookaways, lol. This is like crazy dysfunctional family stuff on a mediocre sitcom.

Post #972 » by **Sixerscan** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:37 pm

Ben's team has screwed this up like 1,000 different times but you figure if they were smart they would have him do some sort of short video with a prepared statement that puts him in a positive light and ESPN and so on can run with. Otherwise the first time he talks is going to be like an awkward press conference with Howard Eskin and so on asking him all these questions that he won't answer.

Post #973 » by **Stanford** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:40 pm

I think they'll boo him when it doesn't matter and won't boo him when it does. If he rips the ball from someone hands to start a fast break, no one is going to boo him. If there's 16 seconds left in a tied game, they're not going to boo him. If his name is called by the announcer with 4 minutes left in the first quarter against Charlotte, they'll boo.

Negrodamus · Post #974 » by **Negrodamus** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:48 pm

Sixerscan wrote:Ben's team has screwed this up like 1,000 different times but you figure if they were smart they would have him do some sort of short video with a prepared statement that puts him in a positive light and ESPN and so on can run with. Otherwise the first time he talks is going to be like an awkward press conference with Howard Eskin and so on asking him all these questions that he won't answer.

He's going to need to have a contrite message before his first game if he wants to avoid boos. It honestly might be too late since it looks like he's just here to collect his paycheck. I think the boos will be up front however. As soon as he plays well, everyone will get over it, but the beginning will be brutal.

Kobblehead · Post #975 » by **Kobblehead** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:56 pm

He's going to get Dan Lambert heat and he deserves every bit of it.

KL78192020 · Post #976 » by **KL78192020** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:33 pm

Kobblehead wrote:
Stanford wrote:

Read on Twitter

No surprise there. Thybulle is incapable of being offensive.

lol he sounds like he hates media.

KL78192020 · Post #977 » by **KL78192020** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:35 pm

Sixerscan wrote:Ben's team has screwed this up like 1,000 different times but you figure if they were smart they would have him do some sort of short video with a prepared statement that puts him in a positive light and ESPN and so on can run with. Otherwise the first time he talks is going to be like an awkward press conference with Howard Eskin and so on asking him all these questions that he won't answer.

He should just go full Marshawn Lynch mode. "I'm here to win a Championship" and just keep repeating it over and over again.

Tomjas · Post #978 » by **Tomjas** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:51 pm

Lmao at people who want him to apologise to the city of Philadelphia and Sixers fans

Weirdos

Negrodamus · Post #979 » by **Negrodamus** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:00 pm

Tomjas wrote:Lmao at people who want him to apologise to the city of Philadelphia and Sixers fans

Weirdos

You misunderstood me (or your reading comprehension is poor). I’m suggesting a way out from getting his fee-fees hurt due to all the booing.

I’d actually respect him more if he said nothing and got booed relentlessly.

Mik317 · Post #980 » by **Mik317** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:03 pm

glad that you are dropping the pretense of not being a Ben fan only.