Ben Simmons was destroyed on Twitter for missing the Brooklyn Nets playoff game yet again.
The last time Ben Simmons played in a basketball game that mattered, he quit on the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2021 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Win or lose, he still quits. Simmons bailed on LSU after one season and refused to learn how to shoot a jump shot in The City of Brotherly Love. There is a chance Simmons will not play in a basketball game in over a year for Ben Simmons reasons. He may never end up playing a game for the Brooklyn Nets for all we know. Brooklyn is down 0-3 to the Boston Celtics and he is out again.
The only person with more quit in him these days is wide receiver Antonio Brown on the gridiron.
Nets are listing Ben Simmons as OUT for Game 4 vs. Celtics. A surprise as Simmons had been expected to play Monday as long as rehab was on course.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 24, 2022
Twitter harpoons Ben Simmons for not showing up again for the Brooklyn Nets
Fate would have it Simmons has partnered up with the GOAT of wanderers and a man who doesn’t believe in mandates in Brooklyn. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will now have no choice but to pick up the pieces at the Barclays Center, as they hope to stave off elimination from a division rival. The Nets have to pul all of their trust into a flat-earth truther and a burner account victim.
Enough is Enough with Ben Simmons! pic.twitter.com/y3WAlVVk3x
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) April 24, 2022
Ben Simmons now targeting Game 7 or Game 8. Details to come.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 24, 2022
Ben Simmons the day after the Nets are eliminated pic.twitter.com/w07kgVDhzf
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) April 24, 2022
Nets: “We need you come back and guard Jayson Tatum”
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) April 21, 2022
Ben Simmons: pic.twitter.com/671TYTPow1
When The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent hit the silver screen, it was thought to be about the life and times of iconic actor Nicolas Cage. As it turns out, it was better served to stand as the autobiography some poor ghostwriter will have to put pen to paper to for Simmons many moons from now. The only thing stranger than fiction is when life is imitating art. This is just ridiculous.
Ben Simmons out for game 4. Man, heartbreaking to lose a reliable teammate in crisis.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) April 24, 2022
Everytime I see a Ben Simmons update--about anything--I am legitimately shocked he does not play for the Orlando Magic.
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) April 24, 2022
it’s too bad we won’t get to see this ben simmons in a game pic.twitter.com/Zmw8PZUGTk
— buckets (@buckets) April 24, 2022
Ben Simmons walking into Nets games to get fits off pic.twitter.com/3Fv6RjDs5A
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) April 24, 2022
A broken clock is more reliable than Simmons because at least twice a day, that clock is serving its purpose. Not since Chase Daniel changed the game as an NFL clipboard holder have we seen a professional athlete play the finesse game this masterfully. Brooklyn is having to sort through a living, breathing Ponzi scheme of epic proportions. How can anybody back Simmons at this point?
Ben Simmons said pic.twitter.com/LxjGKp8Heu
— Pickswise (@Pickswise) April 24, 2022
Ben Simmons fit for G4 pic.twitter.com/m6YKQEHBgX
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) April 24, 2022
Ben Simmons has officially completed the biggest heist in NBA history. He really sat out an entire season! Carry on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) April 24, 2022
So glad we're finally at the point where people are starting to call Ben Simmons out for exactly who he is.
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) April 24, 2022
Dude quit on one team, and can't be bothered to even attempt to play for another - all while making $33 million in salary.
Biggest waste of talent I've ever seen https://t.co/XLrexyZ2nN
Look. If he is really hurt, it is what it is. Then again, this is playoff basketball. Injured stars like Joel Embiid and Clint Capela are among a handful of guys who are gutting it through some pretty serious stuff. As for Simmons, look for him to be sitting sidelines at the Barclays Center on Monday night resembling Joseph in his technicolor dream coat as his teammates get swept.
It’s hard for fans to care about a sport when the athletes making millions don’t seem to either.