Ben Simmons has GOT TO GO! - Stephen A. on Simmons getting thrown out of practice | First Take
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Ben Simmons has GOT TO GO! - Stephen A. on Simmons getting thrown out of practice | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Jay Williams react to Doc Rivers kicking Ben Simmons out of practice yesterday and weigh in on the Philadelphia 76ers suspending him from their season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans.
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We already know Stephen a Smith gonna tell us he worked in Philly for 17 years lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No matter the topic its INNNNDUBIDABLY gunna be about STEPHEN A SMIIIITHHHHH
And Ben Simmons is a jump shot away blah blah blah....he really isn't though
Every time he talk about Philly lmao 😂
At least he didn’t say he’s a native New Yorker.
Charles Barkley said it best, "They gave him 34 million to get better and he didn't"
@Vanilla Nice no he got 34 mill to GET better. Not to try.
He is all star.
@Vanilla Nice you really can't say he didn't try to get better honestly he has put in the work you can find videos of him killing it shooting in the gym hut his issue isn't him not being able to physically do it, his issues are mentally! Mental issues that his coach or teammates did not help with at all! You know what happens when you beat up on a fragile mind? It breaks!
Money makes him more lazy. He not getting better or even trying.
His first Philly home game is gonna be must see TV.
Why because u want to see him booed lol
@@REALTRUEJOURNEY Yes, everyone does. What’s the problem?
@@thekingbradable y'all some losers lol
@@REALTRUEJOURNEY He brought it on himself 😂. Of course we want to see him boo’d. The way he’s acting he deserves it.
Good thing it's on ESPN vs the Nets .
Stephen A has to mention that he worked in Philly at any moment that he can 😂
Nice Phillies gear I’m from Detroit but my name start w P just got an authentic all star game Phillies cap!
We get it 😂🤦🏽♂️
So what punk
This who is coming from a Pacer fan and doesn't care about Philly.
ESPN should be paying Simmons for providing them all this content.
After lebron and Kyrie
You mean Kyrie.
Ehm... where do you think those 35+ mio. p/a for those guys come from other than tv contracts?
Not really,he bring this on himself
@@NuLORD66 - I agree, but you gotta kinda blame Philly too. I don’t know. It’s entertaining
Jay: "I'm going to ask you a question ok, yes or no questions" SAS: "Ok" Jay: *Doesn't ask a yes or no question
He asked him a question actually 2
@@Poppa417 First question wasn't yes or no lol
@@vivalasexy it was
@@Poppa417 "Do you think he will shrink or go next level" is not a yes or no question
😭😭😭😭😭
jimmy butler said this when he played for us & bounced, grow up ben.
He’s doing this to get traded
@@314shorts He's doing a pretty bad job of it.
@@paulbaker9086 Ben really out here ruining it for future generation. Best believe these owners are gonna put more emphasis on the next bargaining agreement to restrict what players can do and guarantee contract. Dude is messing things up
@@Tunechi65 I partially blame Harden for this trend of players having tantrums to force a trade.
@@Tunechi65 Adam silver already said there isn’t much they can do to stop players except fine them. And the players would have to agree on stipulations owners try and make
Molly just still has no clue what’s going on lmao 😂
SAS be ignoring df out of her
She's just there for eye candy!
She has no clue what’s going on for the past 4 years
To quote a great man called Claude, ITS TIME TO GO
👀
Reporter: "Ben Simmons....." Embiid: "Who dis?"🤔
Right, that's what I was thinking,Embiid should just start doing what Shaq first did when he was traded to Miami and people would ask him about Kobe, just ignore it til the next question is asked
Molly needs to stop interrupting. How she has not stopped already is beyond me
bro its been years now. baffling.
@@TheKondinho it truly is
She be talking and they just ignore her lol
@@TheKondinho she gotta be doing this on purpose
She mad that JWill and Max are better than Flop take
Don't trade Ben Simmons, penalize him with suspension the whole season. You save money, he loose his money. 😏
100%
Yesss
110% YES👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
It don't work like that
@@richand417 unfortunately.
This show is so ridiculous lol. Just rotating the entire ESPN roster besides max 😂
just waiting for when max is back on 1st take at this point! lmfao!!
Max won't be back on this show.
And yet you continue to watch a show that ridiculous lol amazing
@@meezrocka4053 or just go watch the shows that max is on instead of crying
@@REALTRUEJOURNEY I mostly don't tho... Just check in on Individual segments every now and then if they look Interesting, and it's always a different co-host 😂 You're out here doing the cliche "but you still watch", and telling people to stop crying, makes you seem hella upset about the criticism lol
Its gonna be funny to see Embiid VS Simmons when he gets traded to whatever team he ends up on 😂😂
We gunna hear from skip how Ben put up 40’on embiid once lol
It’ll be like Russ and KD when they first faced off
Simmons dropped 42-9-12 against the best defensive centre and DPOY. Simmons will drop 50-15-10 on Joel Embiid with 5 steels go with it.
Simmons Agent is giving him some really bad advice. He just made himself look way worse after this.
How? Woj already reported yesterday that teams know this is an act, that the Simmons they trade for isn't going to be the one we see at the 76ers practice.
Smart move if anything, Ben got like $16 million dollars for showing up when he did. You're playing checkers while they're playing chess
@@queyoung6597 shid. If he did it to the 76ers he could do it to any team
And this is why you’re not an agent. It’s actually genius.
@@Ghostkilla773 Very true, but the only thing we know now is he doesn't want to be in Philly
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
Do you remember 2016? I have a feeling it’s going to stick with you for a while…
Good point
“We must delete ben cry baby Simmons” -comment section
@@Twp0. fr he’s saying that and has that profile
FOH
In situations like this I always look at what Jimmy butler did when he wanted out of Minnesota. He didn't cry or not still give 100%. All he did was proceed and light his teammates up during practice over & over. I guess Ben chose to go the opposite way...
The 76ers made colossal mistake when they didn’t resign Jimmy butler. :::::/
Everytime I see a first take segment with Molly interrupting I have to play the “people are only as faithful as their options” video with Jalen for the balance 😂😂😂
Facts he said that right in front of her he is the man for that and let her know that she is married to him and nobody knows her other from that
When Molly talks and interrupts, Stephen A Smith is mustering all of his willpower not to tell her: "Zip it. Listen to me, Molly. ZIP. IT."
Bruhh I was about to say the same thing smh 🤦🏾♂️
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yo she is to much!!!!! She gorgeous, but she gotta go!!!!!!!! She wants to go ahead to head with Stephen A soooooooooooo badly, that she be interpreting so they can move her from the moderator seat & put her where skip & max where!!!! Smh
One of these days he gonna lose it lol
Stephen A will tolerate Molly because they obviously conspired to get rid od Max, cause they both hate Max.
She gets on my nerves. And Im a woman! Shut up Molly
This why jimmy butler left 😭😭😭
Jimmy left cause of Joel, yeah Ben is a problem and needs to work on his game but Joel’s game should be enough for him and butler to win but Joel didn’t take his body serious. Bens shooting problems isn’t why Jimmy left
Jimmy has stated multiple times that he left cause Brett Brown was a dummy. Brown let Simmons play PG all year then when the playoffs hit Brown realized his offense was garbage and tried to switch the whole thing up which deservingly pissed off Jimmy. In the NBA you can almost never overcome bad coaching
How many rings has Jimmy won since leaving?
jimmy was trash anyway
The 76ers made colossal mistake when they didn’t resign Jimmy butler. /--
Every time SAS mentions his time working in Philadelphia, he adds a year. He actually worked there for 2 years :). p.s. Quiet Molly
Haha exactly
😂😂😂😂😂😂 hilarious
Exactly. Like how he sometimes say he has known a 26 year old player for 30 years.
Bro I just wanna see the 2019 Ben again. He has soooo much potential, but he just needs a better mindset.
How many years do you need to see the same thing over and over. He looks REALLY good every year in the regular season. Defense is totally different in the playoffs and he screws up the floor spacing and it kills his team. It’s the same thing every year man. All those highlight dunks and alley oops is a regular season thing
Ben really out here ruining it for future generation. Best believe these owners are gonna put more emphasis on the next bargaining agreement to restrict what players can do and guarantee contract. Dude is messing things up
Facts. Why give players fat, long-term contracts if they’re just gonna bail on the team? I wonder how the Players Union feels about this whole situation behind closed doors.
Ben, Bagley and Ayton
What leverage do the owners have now that they didn’t have the dozen other times that this agreement has been negotiated?
FOH
@@kevinc8955 They have the same leverage they always did. It's called a lockout.
Ben Simmons is "one mountain" of self-confidence away from being LeBron James... and I'm nowhere a LeBron fan.
@dadsa so worst Take on the internet today good job.
@dadsa 5hut your dumbazz up talking nonsense about LeBron,he's ranked best driver to the basket oser,maybe you're talking about your pa,lay off the meth nimrod.
@dadsa LeGod is the goat🐐even Jesus has haters,so I'm not surprised by the nonsense u just incorrectly ranted.
he has no confidence because he sucks on offense.
@dadsa I feel like he won’t be like Lebron, but he can follow in the footsteps Lebron took to become a better player, Lebron wasn’t as good of a shooter as he is now then back in his earlier years, but that’s because he wasn’t gun shy. He can follow the mold of a player that’s close to his body type, play making first mentality you know what I’m saying 💪🏽
Nobody: SAS: "I WORKED IN PHILADELPHIA FOR 17 YEARS !!!"
*🗣17!!!* lol
Simmons and Sixers have irreconcilable. He spent the summer becoming a better playa instead of a better player.
Ben Simmons: I think we should start seeing other people 6ers management: Baby please!! we can work this out
Also sixers management: **has a gun to Simmons head**
In this analogy they just got married
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is why I miss max. He at least could always bring something that made sense to the discussion.
Ben really out here ruining it for future generation. Best believe these owners are gonna put more emphasis on the next bargaining agreement to restrict what players can do and guarantee contract. Dude is messing things up
if Kellerman is so great, go listen to his radio show! you sound like a teenager who hasn't gotten over his parents' divorce
@@manimavuso exactly lmao like why you keep complaining 🤣🤣 dude is gone. Move on. Nobody forcing you to watch first take. Swear humans struggle with change. They did the same thing when skip left
Max isn't dead, you can go hear his take still in multiple places and it's not that much better comparatively
You could go click the kjm video to see max lol
I just looked at his reference page. Why in the world is he deciding to shoot .597 from the line ? I don't get that. As a professional basketball player, wouldn't it be a wiser choice for you and your teammates to choose to hit 80-90% of your free throws ? Yet another selfish decision from Mr. Simmons.
Lol yeah they just choosing to miss tf
I can tell you for certain that Ben can’t walk around this city right now 🤣
Nice work
I swear we can live without molly
It goes beyond his performance in the playoffs. He can own up to whatever somewhere else. Trade him.
Yeah that’s was just the straw that broke the camels back but he should of been traded last year
@@Spacetech3000 Ben held trae 6/23 in game 7 but it's his fault they lost? Embiid played like trash Tobias was garbage Ben's defense kept them in the game but then they want to put it all on Ben. The team is built around Embiid
Simmons has said he's willing to play for 29 NBA teams. Surely the Sixers can find a trade with one of the 29 other teams in the league.
@@princeofyahudah no I agree with u for sure. Ben might not of handled this perfect but Philly totally fucked up. Ben needs to work on his FT that’s it. But Joel and him can’t play together Philly knew that 2 years ago. And Joel never comes in shape and most the pieces have been for him the only player helping Ben is Seth curry. I would trade for Ben if I was most the teams, put 4 shooters around him have him play D like draymomd whoever has the ball is his man. And have him run an offense where he can get to the basket or pass to 4 shooters. I think he could dominate
It’s weird how often First Take has jwill and Keyshawn on the show given those are on Max’s show and max is no longer on FT.
5:30 “all about the Benjamin” is hilarious. 😹.
Imagine Ben first Philly game he just starts shooting threes and makes them
I can’t wait for Simmons to leave and Doc get puts on the HOT seat
and Joel Embiid! let's not forget, Ben Simmons been carrying the 6ers when Embiid was hurt all regular season
@@manimavuso I honestly have no idea what they will do when Simmons is gone and Embiid gets hurt. Philly fans actually think Tobias and Curry will carry team to wins?
🤣🤣🤣 right, he had one 42 point game at Utah last year & clammed up in the playoffs…..again. Just like he did at LSU
@@bobcharlie1666 no, no they don’t. Who said that? Y’all be making up these absurd takes
FINALLY A SMART AND TRUE COMMENT. These media ppl seem to forget that once simmons is traded. The pressure is heavy on doc and joel. Especially joel they just extended him for 200 mill
Jay Williams is right. Trader Daryl overplayed his hand. He's waiting for a sucker to show up and give him a top 20 player for Simmons, but I don't think there's a sucker out there right now. And Simmons' trade value is declining every day this festers.
Morey is incompetent. Never played ball, doesn’t understand the other 95% of being a GM that his “moneyball” math equation can’t solve.
I miss max, I’m tired on Stephen A being cool with other peoples take. Max made the show so much so interesting. Not that jay is bad, but max and Stephen a just mesh perfectly.
Max had some bad b-ball takes that’s why SAS was mad all the time and real talk that’s why he want Max to do his own thing separately. In KJM Max asks more questions than give bad takes which works better for him and he’s still one of the Best boxing analysts.
GREAAAATTTTTTTT TAKES
Imagine waiting to trade Michael Carter-Williams
Then sixers would be stupid lol
I'm really missing Max.
“Listen hears the deal” lmao swear when he say tht he right
I just love how people are just piling on Ben Simmons and saying how crappy he is as a player but yet are backing the 76ers 100% by keeping him on the team outside of trading him for what ever they can to get him.
Well, thats because most people have limited intelligence and are totally unware of their cognitive dissonance. "Ben Simmons sucks. He can't shoot". "Sixers shouldn't trade him for nothing".
Ben is being hard right now, someone please call trey young to set ben straight
Violation😂
They already tried to get Iverson to handle him but AI @ the wrong person on twitter LMAO.
cant believe jay came back after disrespect he got from SAS last time
Molly 🤫
$$$$$$$$
@@JJplaya08 jalen rose gonna try hands lmao
@@ZackFlairr 🤣
SAS everytime they talk about Simmons: I know cuz I’ve reported in philly for 17 years
What's the name of the instrumental at 0:45 y'all... would appreciate it if anyone can help me out.
Ben Simmons is acting like a middle school student who got cut from the basketball team
Ben Simmons gone sabotage the season he bout to be setting screens for the opposite team
Lolol
From what’s been reported they’ve had solid offers for Simmons. Brogdon and CJ would legitimately make this team much better
Nobody: Stephen A: 4:51 "here's the reality joe jay"
I be feeling bad for Molly now when Stephen A ignores her
Please, cut it out.
I dont..she is a moderator not an analyst
Steven A got absolutely smashed here with logic. One of the few times he could not scream his way out. Well done Jay. You got him!
I gotta go with Steven here. Ben’s in professionalism is tanking his market value and making it really hard for the Sixers to trade him especially because they are a championship contender
Ben is doing the same thing he did in college at LSU, soon as the basketball season was over & they didn't make the NCAA tournament, he quit college, never went to class again, left the school...then went to the NBA draft. His whole life he did what he wanted without any consequences
He always seemed entitled to me and like he was better than everybody instead of actually accomplishing something other than rookie of the year
I Find It Funny That SAS All Of Sudden Is Saying Ben Simmons When Max Kellerman Being Saying This From The Door
I never thought I’d agree with Stephen A but Jay Williams made it happen
Stephen A sounds like a punk, you can’t get rid of a player with 4 years left because he’s being a baby. Just keep fining him not giving him his salary. He has to do his job to get traded. They can’t let him get away with this.
they still have to pay his salary... did you not watch the video? the fines are nothing compared to what they pay him; Him staying is hurting the team in the long run, if you'd rather be vindictive than give your team a chance at the title, then you are an idiot.
Go back to bed little gabby
Very entertaining indeed
Vintage Stephen A. “Lemme say somethin to ya” Smith 😂😂
Look at it from this perspective high school/AAU- biggest,fastest, and best on school team no accountability and coach let him do what he want College- coach was his god father, no accountability do what he want NBA- Brett Brown was his coach in Australia, Brown was fall guy, and didn’t make Ben develop The problem is Ben has been in situations were he hasn’t been held accountable due to the fact of the people above him and their relationships and them not holding him accountable, now that Doc and Morley are doing are holding Ben accountable he’s all upset
swear I just wanna hear how Jimmy feels about all of this! He knew back then!! lmfao!
Philly will never get full value for what they believe Ben Simmons is worth. All the NBA teams know they have an asset that is diminishing in value with his stubbornness and play. Philly should’ve made any kind of deal before training camp started.
That nba countdown lineup gonna be lit ok I see you ESPN!
Jay bugs me all he does it just defend every take he takes to defending something or someone
Facts he really be thinking he saying something , Ben is trash get him outta Philly
Still can’t believe we trusted Ben over Jimmy 🤦♂️ stupid sixers
Jimmy Bubbler hasn't really done anything in his career yet. Stop overhyping that dude 🤦♂️
Jimmy has done a lot more then Ben. But the 76ers never had to give up jimmy. They could’ve kept jimmy, embiid, Simmons, and Tobias they just would’ve paid a lot in taxes
wow, they are really doubling down on having Max's co-host as Steven A's guest host as a weekly thing
Well yeah, Steve, that’s been the whole point this whole offseason.
I hate to say it but I agree with Jay Will on this one - Daryl Morey is overplaying his hand here. Take CJ McCollum, Robert Covington and 3FRPs and move on
Facts# Morey isn't on Wall Street. U can't win every trade. Danny Angie u still need to know who can play together not just put "assets " together!
I disagree completely. There's no reason to trade him this early before the trade deadline. In December teams can trade players they signed or extended in the offseason so presumably you'd get some better offers then. After that you have another 3 months till the trade deadline to see if a star becomes Available. What if you move him now for peanuts and in Feb Dame or Beal become available...? No reason to jump the gun and trade him now unless the offer is too good to pass up.
@@harryo82 in the NBA u never get your wish list in this situation. Everyone knows u are not in a good situation. Not giving you there best player. 76ers unlike some teams want to win this year (not a rebuild). So can't keep a cancer on the team and a spot open. Good G.M.'s know there isn't any difference between now and trade deadline. SEE cleveland waiting for right deal 4 KEVIN LOVE! Lol. Good G.M.'s make trades that aren't just NBA 2k on override trade mode. Sometimes u get no all star at the moment players who take off on your team.
Was this really a package offered? Wouldn’t trading CJ upset Dame i don’t understand this being thrown out
Molly has GOT TO GO
I just want to know how many years Jay has said that for, wasn’t clear
Great job SAS brother tell it truth yes
For all the people saying Stephen A. Is taking it personal with Kyrie: yo, this is Stephen A. he always go hard period!
There are two things here. The media narratives and what’s actually happening behind the scene.
this guy was so hyped up 🤣
I have to agree with Stephen A. that if Simmons want to leave, he has to go back to the team, play the game, build his reputation on the court up, get attracted to newer organizations to get out of Philly. If he's not going to play this year, his basketball IQ will just continue to tank and tank and eventually won't have anymore value.
It’s players like Ben Simmons that teams find it difficult to give privileges to players
Funny how MLB is deep into their postseason and here is ESPN talking about Ben
Who cares about baseball lol
Jay must’ve heard some stories from Max 😂😂 he not playin with SAS 😭
I think it’s funny that first take brings on everyone from Max’s new show except for max
Simmons got 3 options - WNBA, Euro league, or AAU!
How many burner accounts do you have to upvote your own comments?
Thank you
@@Twp0. Same one gotta make sure it get out there!
That's what happens when you overpay a player and let players tell the team what to do
I was furious AF when the Kirilenko situation happened. Imagine how I'm feeling now. I'm just wating to watch #25 gifting 🍦 at WFC in his 1st game vs 76ers
Stephen A we can’t let you go for trash😅😂😂😂 Ben Simmons
Trade him for sure. But don’t make him a scapegoat. If I had my coach and teammates putting me down I’d be upset too. They know wha BEN SIMMONS IS! He’s never going to be a shooter. He’s a pass first guy! If he doesn’t want to shoot or if he doesn’t fit your scheme then trade him.
Simmons for Kyrie that’s the only logical trade on the table. Can u imagine embiid with Kyrie? Wow and Simmons with harden and Durant sheesh
As a sixer fan I agree, I'm tired of the chess match, pay em till we find a trade or trade him, I'm over the drama, I'm ready to watch ball.
Poor Molly couldn't put a word in there...LMAO.
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@Moses Harrison Thanks for his contact info, I'll get to him right away
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Here we go again sports Agents paying analysts to say they should be let go. I’m sure Ben set this all up with his agent so it would look bad. I’m sure they went over many different situations like this and figured this is the best way out
lol you're delusional, man.
@@paulbaker9086 Maybe you should start watching more ESPN and more sports. Then you’ll realize we’ve seen this multiple times before. You probably believe in them talking stuff about Kyrie Irving but not say anything about a half of our police force in the United States that haven’t taken the vaccine either. Maybe that’ll give you a little insight on how they pick what they talk about.
@@justinwalker615 as someone who watches a lot of espn, a lot of sports, and has literally worked in sports media…you are delusional. Also why would they talk about stupid cops not being vaxxed? What does that have to do for sports? This isn’t a general news show.
@@paulbaker9086 lol 😆, I do work in sports media. And my page is in a different name for my cover just to let you know. Plus I used to be an ex basketball player that had an agent in high school illegally that kept money i my pocket like most sports players, And for some reason you working in the media surprises me for you not to know that everything is done through sports agents and it’s basically the only way you will make it to the NBA or any sports league no matter the talent.
When the CBA(collective Bargaining Agreement) gets renegotiated you’ll have Ben Simmons and a few other NBA players to BLAME for forcing their way off of teams with this BS unprofessional behavior. If won’t be in the players favor and you can bet on that. Smh
finally one person on the show that knows basketball
So happy simmons is doing makes me so happy
Jay Williams saying “now you want me to help you” is the problem with these athletes now days. “Gosh man. Yeah we want you to help us, for a quarter of a million dollars per game”
But thats now what the Sixers have said. THey've given some BS story that no one believes that they can mend the relationship. No one is stupid to believe that.
Every time Molly says anything “shut up Molly!!!”
Stephen A love tellin us every other day he worked in Philly for 17 years 😂
Jay Williams kills me, for a man that was a great college basketball player and choked in his final game as a Duke Blue devil because she couldn't hit a free throw and was a first round second overall pick bust of all time.
I wouldn't call him a bust. He had a motorcycle accident that ended his career
No matter what Stephen A. Gotta make sure he uses the word “culpability” on every episode lol 😂
Only On Ben Simmons
Who is the team being built around??
What SAS doesn’t understand it makes more sense for Ben to not cooperate when a team gives up less for him, Ben ends up being on a better team doing this.