Ben Simmons ’low season as a punching bag in NBA circles continued with punctures from a couple of legends.
Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal, who appear on Shaq’s “Great Podcast,” were cut back in light of reports that Simmons wants to leave Philadelphia.
Barkley said he was disappointed that Simmons would take a $ 200 million contract from the Sixers, while reportedly requesting a trade.
“They don’t say,‘ Come cut me the grass, ’” they say, “Well, we need you to learn how to shoot basketball,” said Barkley, who also ripped off the 76ers ’tip last week.
“Ben Simmons, you’re not that good,” Shaq said. “In this league, do you want to be good? Or do you want to be great? You are not great. But if you want to get to the next level, you have to be great, and to be great, you have to work on your game.
“Don’t post photos of your Ferrari on your Instagram or which actress you’re with. When you play for a down like Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, a working city, they give nothing away. They want you to come and work hard and play hard. “
In July, it was reported that Simmons bought a mansion in the Los Angeles area for $ 17.5 million, shortly after he was seen in London with the rumored girlfriend and personality of British media, Maya Jama. Simmons previously dated Kendall Jenner.
Later in the podcast segment, Shaq said he was in the 6th game of the playoff series between the Sixers and Hawks, in which Simmons notoriously refused to shoot.
“As a player I know, the first thing I do is look into the player’s eyes. That man was out there terrified. He is not afraid to play, but he is afraid of receiving a foul and lack of free throws. Forget about it all, ”O’Neal said.
While Shaq was not known exactly for his free throws during his career at the Hall of Fame, even he was better than the 34% Simmons he shot during the postseason.
Simmons, represented by Klutch Sports ’Rich Paul, has been the subject of growing commercial rumors since the end of his sad postseason. Earlier this week, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported that Simmons does not consider it his responsibility to facilitate the task of downloading it to the Sixers.
“One of the messages Ben has sent Philly is that it’s not his job to fix his business value,” Windhorst said. “It is not your job to correct its commercial value or increase its commercial value. That’s not something that appears on the menu, so with that, I don’t think he’s interested in going in and trying to change the situation. “