Siguen queriendo vender que es una víctima y que lo que esta haciendo tiene toda la justificación del mundo.Ben Simmons was looking for houses in Houston not too long ago.
Por lo visto, si estas en rumores de traspaso ( a cambio de un MVP además, ojo) ya demuestras ser una excelente persona y profesional si sigues rindiendo y no te borras. Espectacular. Ahora hay que darle las gracias y todo después del contrato que le firmaron, por lo visto nos hizo un favor no borrándose. Bueno, de su papel contra Atlanta evidentemente no dicen palabra en todo el artículo.Simmons was so convinced that new Sixers president Daryl Morey was about to reunite with his favorite franchise player that he started researching on the real estate front. If you had to pinpoint a moment when emotional ties were severed between Simmons and the only NBA franchise he has ever known, that may have been it
The trade never came, however. Harden headed for Brooklyn instead, and Simmons — who took the uncertainty in stride and never publicly complained about the role he had unwillingly played in it all
Specifically, Morey’s claim that “there’s a lot of hope” for a reconciliation here — paired with the inference that Simmons is the NBA’s version of the NFL’s Aaron Rodgers — was seen as laughable and out of touch.
“It’s total bullshit,” one source with knowledge of Simmons’ outlook said of Morey’s analysis.
Rivers’ suggestion that Simmons was shying away from the tough Sixers fanbase didn’t help much, either.
So no, in other words, nothing that was said in those candid Sixers media sessions appears to have helped this stalemate.
He’s clearly hurt by the way he was, in his eyes, scapegoated after his widely criticized finish against the Hawks and how that blame-game tone remains.
People who have intimate knowledge of how he sees this situation continue to insist that he’s done playing with Embiid. There’s nothing personal about this choice, it seems, but the 25-year-old Simmons has clearly decided that his career is better off without Embiid blocking the runways in the paint that he so badly needs to succeed.
El bueno de Benjamin se agarra al fit con Embiid para justificar su nivel. Este todavía sigue pensando que alguien tiene que construír un equipo 100% a su alrededor, es culpa de Embiid que no quiere intentar anotar bandejas fáciles cerca del aro estando completamente solo, su 33% en tiros libres, o su cobardía para lanzar a canasta a través del jumper de una manera que ningún otro jugador hace. Hasta Howard o Drummond se atreven. Pero nada, ahí sigue el chaval, cero autocrítica y buscando excusas ante su incapacidad de mejorar en sus carencias.As he sees it, sources say, the organization’s choice to build its basketball ecosystem around Embiid’s style simply isn’t conducive to the way he needs to play
Miente descaradamente, al contrario que él, Embiid cambió su manera de jugar desde que llegó a la liga mucho más de lo que hizo él para adaptarse a jugar con él. Sacrificios de Simmons para daptarse a sus compañeros, cero.
Truth be told, sources say Simmons thought he would have been traded by now.
Sources say the Sixers had come equipped with all sorts of reasons that he should want to stay, and even supported the argument with a statistically based presentation featuring the success of the Embiid-Simmons pairing. But his view, his uneasy feelings about the problematic fit remained unchanged.
Al final nos va a salir caro mantener a este chaval en la plantilla, porque con las payasadas que filtra empieza a ser difícil creer que este ególatra vaya a interesar ciertamente a nadie lo suficiente para dar nada interesante a cambio. Aún sigue pensando que acaba de llegar a la liga y es el nuevo Lebron.Even if he returned to avoid the stiff penalties, sources close to Simmons say the notion that he would up his trade value by re-engaging mentally and playing well enough to convince suitors that he might be willing to stay is, well, just that. Delusional.