“He quit on LSU, he quit on the Philadelphia 76ers and now he quits on Brooklyn Nets” Stephen A. Smith lashes out at Ben Simmons for not honouring his Nets contract
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Former Indiana Pacers star guard Reggie Miller and ESPN Analyst Stephen A. Smith lash out at the Brooklyn Nets’ newly acquired point guard Ben Simmons as he is ruled out from the crucial Game 4 of round one against the Boston Celtics.
NBA Hall of Famer Miller is highly disappointed by the recent update from the Nets side where they ruled out Simmons from playing Game 4 after it was reported by various media sources because of which Miller was not able to hold back his frustration against Simmons who hasn’t played a single game since last year’s June. But it was extremely believed by the Fans that Simmons will debut this season with the intent to bring the Nets in a better position in the series.
Moreover, it has not ended the way everyone expected, due to which Simmons is facing a lot of criticism. Even Reggie Miller who was frustrated with him took the thing to Twitter and tweeted, “Cmon MAN!!! Out for Game 4 when it was rumored you were going to make your debut. This dude has ZERO competitive ?.. As small a chance as the Nets have to come back in this series, you still have KD and Kyrie, all you need is to win ONE game and take it from there.. #ManUp”
The Nets are now down by three in the series but there was still some hope left for Brooklyn if Simmons would have made his debut. The team would have got more defensive and offensive options but this latest news has shocked the NBA fans.
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TNT Analyst Stephen A. Smith rips Ben Simmons after being ruled out of Nets-Celtics Game 4
On Sunday night when ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski joined the crew of NBA countdown, he revealed that the Nets franchise changed its minds of bring former Sixers guard for his debut in Game 4 and it was a mutual decision by both team and management to keep the player on bench as the Game 4 can be the last game of the season.
Meanwhile, when TNT analyst Stephen A. smith heard all this, he was not able to control himself and didn’t miss the chance to burst out on Simmons and his incompetence in the season. Smith also targeted Simmons by saying he is earning $20 million by just sitting on the bench.
“I feel bad for anybody who was his (Ben Simmons) teammate,” Stephen A. Smith said. “He quit on LSU, he quit on the Philadelphia 76ers and now he ain’t showing up for the Brooklyn Nets we can point to all the excuses all the rationale behind it that we want to.
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Smith further added, “I do recall despite him not playing he still filed a grievance to collect 20 million dollars that he has not earned this is one of the most pathetic situations that I’ve ever seen in my life he ain’t going to war he ain’t going in the octagon he’s not going in the boxing ring it’s pulling teeth to get this man to play basketball.”
Smith concluded by saying, “It’s pathetic, it’s sad and at the end of the day when the NBA gets in the collective bargaining table and they go after the players in terms of pay for play stipulation in the collective bargaining agreement it’s going to be called the Ben Simmons rule.”
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