How Ben Simmons' Success Became His Own Detriment
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How Ben Simmons' Success Became His Own Detriment
In this video I dive into the Ben Simmons disaster. Everything from how he lost his confidence to his entire basketball story is detailed in this video. How did the young star fall from greatness?
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:13 - High School
03:52 - College
04:24 - Drafted #1 by the Sixers
05:01 - Summer League
06:04 - Rookie Season
07:18 - 2018 Playoffs
08:21 - 2018-19 Season
09:25 - 2019 Playoffs
10:18 - 2019-20 Season
11:08 - The Bubble + Knee Injury
12:00 - 2020-21 Season
13:38 - 2021 Playoffs
14:44 - Conclusion
Ben Simmons would be like Giannis except he is scared of failure, whereas Giannis is not. Giannis keeps trying to shoot free throws and threes even though his percentage is below average. Sometimes I feel Ben Simmons is criticized too much but then I remember he got a max contract. I watched your Giannis Antetokounmpo video which was very good and so is this one. Also the one on Jokic. I like your style. ☺️
Ben Simmons skip the process all so he can rookie of the year! He should of played his rookie season his real rookie season that’s what hurt him and the team because he didn’t played they drafted fulkz traded away other players got a awkward team and he never learn how to play
Wouldn’t be on giannis’ level tho still there’s a reason he’s called the Greek freak
He HAS to man up next season, I would've traded him already because he really fucked up by being ignorant punk but they atleast gave him another chance. If he fails yet again it's gonna be hard for him in the future and I bet even the Sixers are not gonna stand up him anymore. They have Embiid to build around so no worries yet, The Process wasn't good but it's alive because of him
@@George-Cancel thats a weak ass case
The concept is true but he couldn't be giannis, giannis body is a joke
It’s so amazing to see actual polar opposites of players in the NBA. What I mean is Ben Simmons came into the league with all the hype, all the talent, son of professional basketball player and a great life. Winning rookie of the year his second year and viewed as the next big thing. On the flip side you have a Giannis who came in unknown, passed over, humbling tough upbringing and no talent. Yet he worked and worked his tail off and look where he is now. Ben folds under criticism while Giannis perseveres through it. Great video man, definitely had to sub.
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i see what you mean but giannis with no talent???
@@wgnd1614 Critics were killing him (Giannis) before he really blew up. Because he didn’t have that exposure entering the league, the media and critics just overlooked him.
@@raisil11 why do giannis fans have to make up this fake narrative he’s always been a fan/media favorite
@@ravens4207 Honestly, I don’t even know.
He doesnt need a jump shot. He just need to shoot 80% from the FT line.
Not even 80% anything above 60% is a great starting point
@@xavierfisher1657 Even 50% is too hard for him now lol
@@xavierfisher1657 He already shoots over 60%. The problem is that he choked in the playoffs
@@joni1405 The onslaught against Simmons is an attempt to white wash the Sixers failure & protect Rivers, Embiid & others. Sixers do not have enough depth to go deep in playoffs. After all, every team that made it to conference final had players with deadly mid range shot. Chris Middleton, CP3/Booker, Trae Young, Leonard/George
Funny thing is if you can get your ft% that high, you'll usually also develop the shooting touch to do some midrange, close range fadeaways, and close up floaters. Giannis demonstrated it a little bit in the playoffs.
“Hard work beats Talent when Talent fails to work hard” is exactly Ben Simmoms and Giannis
Except Giannis exhibits both hard work and talent
@@LebronJames-cl4pj he was not really that talented back then he was tall but he was very skinny no expected alot from him but because of his dedication and hardwork he putted so much muscle mass and became one of the most dominant players in nba
when he requested a traded to somewhere with a nightlife, we all knew why he wasn't out working on his jumpshot during the off season
If Ben Simmons had Giannis' work ethic and confidence, he'd be an instant top 5-10 player.
Giannis is the goat . From someone in Milwaukee. Fuck 76ers . Haha you guys suck
@///// AMG cool
@///// AMG i dont see any reason at all why people would shoot using your non dominant hand
@@colinmasek974 i know Lebron is actually left handed, but in basketball he is right handed. Still, he do struggle with free throw shooting at about 70%. All good shooters use their natural dominant hand in basketball.
no lower than 5th if he could avg 22ppg. #1 If he avg'd 28ppg along w other his stats.
Damn, this was a really good video explaining the Simmons issue. Hope he can at least start hitting from the stripe. At the very least
I hope so, he may just need a change of scenery as well. Thanks for watching, feel free to share with others so more can know about Ben's issue.
It's tough in philly but the lack of willingness to even try to shoot is unacceptable
Bros a stripe in the underpants of the NBA 😂 😂 😂
@@dylandoesbasketball The Nets won't make him do it though. They won't even make him play. Ben needs to be disciplined by a coach and a team that won't let him pull his woe-is-me act all the time.
It's over for ben
Is it the bookmarks, is it the quality of the production, is it the small number of subscribers? I don’t know but watching your videos makes me feel like the hipster who found the next big hit Waaaaaaaay before it blew up
Didn’t even look at the amount of suns but wow 😂
This guy is good man. He got 350k views 2 months after his first video haha, that’s tough.
I just read your name out loud and my furniture started shaking
Subbed because of this comment!
Have a lot of die hard Philly fans friends and that was one thing they called out early: his position adjustment left him with very odd matchups which were uniquely conducive to rebounds. Notice his triple doubles were rarely eye watering in their dominance with a lot of spot jump shot kick out assists thanks to his bringing the ball up and embiid option. When he’s forced to create from a positional that’s technically not natural to him, it’s no wonder. He built his entire game and confidence on one style. When shit hit the fan, he couldn’t fall back on perimeter play but had to double down as a point guard. Can you imagine how foreign that’s gotta feel
This is an absolute documentary! I quite seriously don’t understand how a small channel can produce videos like this. Absolutely amazing video man, keep up the amazing work.
thanks a ton :)
He has all the skills and no heart. He needs a strong mentor. 💪
He had one but that mentor left and join the Heat.
@@chaolee4956 but that guy Jimmy kinda mediocre too....But not mediocre like Simmons level
@@mrboast2826 True, but having a mentor doesn't mean he has to be a superstar maybe a proven a Vet/Solid player. The 90s Bulls had Cartwright around counseling Pippen when Jordan first retired. Booker had PJ around during his early years in the league and look at him now.
He had one in Butler. Butler left the Wolves because Towns and Wiggins were soft. Butler left the Sixers because Simmons is soft. When he went to the Heat, a team of hungry players eager to win, they went to the Finals.
Not even a strong mentor can fix a weak mentality. For example Michael Olowokandi was trained by Kareem Abdul Jabaar, but Kareem quit because Olowkandi didn’t care about improving
Ben doesn’t even need to form a three point shot. All he had to do was practice free throws so his fouls wouldn’t be a complete waste and strategy for opponents. Any kid can practice free throws and get pretty damn consistent with them as long as you try and put effort into it. Even I went from throwing the ball behind my head as a kid until I decided to form a proper shooting form and went to my local park every day and practiced proper free throws until I became a pretty damn good shooter now and I’m not getting paid millions of dollar to do so but did it just so I played the game of basketball the proper way which baffles me that a number one pick point guard in Ben Simmons refuses to put in the time to do the same. Shooting is all mentality and Ben Simmons exposed himself so badly this playoff that until he gets a shot I doubt he’ll ever be viewed as an all star player cuz opponents are going to use that against him so much and we saw that with the hack a Ben Simmons this year
Exactly. He reminds me of Nash, who would attack the basket, and had one of the greatest free throw percentages of all time to compliment that
@@matthewsawczyn6592 outside of passing and aggression when slashing to the basket, they’re completely different players. Nash had that deadly 3, but wasn’t that great defensively due to his size and lack of natural agility.
Yyyeeah but you kinda forgot that its WAY harder the taller you are... no offence, im sure you worked hard on it and achieved success but if you're like 5"10 its 10 times easier than if you were 6"10.
@@aw2584 actually, that goes completely against science. It’s easier to shoot a basketball with both bigger hands and being taller, most big guys don’t develop an outside shot because they spend more time focusing on the paint and don’t need a outside shot, while a shorter guy needs one a lot more. It’s also the same reason why catchers and pitchers aren’t great hitters in baseball.
@@TreeforLife The main issue isnt height its weight. There is a lot to back it up kzhead.info/sun/bNl6adFrboSYlnk/bejne.html this video explains a lot. ben simmons will never be an 85+% free throw shooter if he wants to maintain his physicallness. but he can still go to like 70-80% and the best time to do that is in the off season. i think next season will be the best show of his work ethic
I'm Australian I should love Ben he's repping my country, but all ive seen from him is cockyness or laziness, feels like he's more concerned about his next celeb partner over actually improving and earning those all star appearances.
Good luck getting a better player
Oi, fun fact for you Americans. Australia is also a f**king continent! Got that?
@@horse-4598 Andrew bogut was actually pretty damn good until he snapped his arm in half.
Ever heard of Kyrie Irving? Or Patty Mills?
@@gwarfanatik didn't he win Gold with the US in 2016?
Him getting a Max contract while he doesn't care about his flaws, and Jeremy Lin accepting to play on the G league because he has the desire to come back to the NBA is one of the most unfair things I've seen in sports. His indifference is offensive to all fans of the sport, he doesn't deserve to play.
cf Isaiah Thomas
Um sounds like life yall think all these basketball players deserve everything go there way
because ben with no jumper is still better than j lin
@@CARLSOLBERG facts
@@CARLSOLBERG u sure about that? 7 game series against a high powered 3pt team...sat what u want I'm taking j Lin at least he can answer a 3 with a 3
As an Aussie speaking here. Ben missed a huge chance to play for the Boomers this Olympics and get involved with the positive culture of the team led by Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and many. Positive energy is all Ben needs right now, he has achieved so much and just needs a refresh. The talent is there and the best is yet to come in him. Matisse is a proper legend. My big hope is for these fellas to join together, fire up and start producing some of the best in the NBA. Rock it lads and let it rip. Full respect, go smash it!
You have a point, he needed a refresh from new teammates and new environment plus him representing his country might add up some motivation and pride while playing. But a part of me felt that he's too ashamed to face team usa and all after what happened. It's fine if he can't win in the Olympics but the lessons he can pick up on that experience could really help him redeem himself. Such a missed opportunity.
like a PC that will run better on a "ReStart" , i think B.S. needs more than that. I recommend a "ReBoot". better yet yet B.S. get a "Format HDD" .
no one cares your Australian
G7u
Lol no this is the nba
Great vid! In my opinion the problem is definitely not with his jumpshot itself, but with psychology. Would be useful to add number of Ben's midrange and 3point attempts (and percentage) for each season, during your storytelling.
His trajectory is flat on the ball, slight hitch, slight elbow flare not awful but not ray allen good.
His lost his spirit, also I think whoever is in his inner circle agent is probably doing a shit job, I would even send him to the NBL(not the Sydney Kings though) for a season just so he can clear his mind , get away from this high life/ being lifestyle
How do you shoot 45% FT? A couple of years ago when I was still playing basketball a lot I was shooting above 60% FT even though I am just a regular Joe playing basketball for fun in my neighborhood.
bruh you deserve more subscribers, keep up the work. Love it!
Yo this dude put so much effort into this video, u deserve more recognition, keep up the hard work 💪
It's crazy that a year later, Ben has regressed even further.
Lmao yeah that is amazing isn’t it😭and it’s like his whole career is a clickbait his value drops by the second every year and people still asking if Ben Simmons can be aggressive enough like we havnt said this 5 years ago😭😭😭😭😭
I know I got to the end and I was like oh this is a year old he doesn’t even know how bad it gets.
That back injury and surgery didn’t do him any favors.
@@jennytool1348 I think the timing of the surgery didnt do him any favors. He got the injury sometime during his tenure in Philly when he was sitting out. He should've gotten back surgery during that timeframe, but he waited until the offseason to do that.
@@smoothsavage2870 he was playing at leverage I guess? But if I was his agent I would’ve pushed him to get healthy asap so he could prove his worth for his next contract.
Man this channel is a goldmine! Great stuff man, excited about this channel
stay on the grind bro and u will reach new heights
This video is so well thought out and spoken so intelligently. Everything about this was valid and correct!
Ben Simmons’ problem is that he has never had to struggle for his success. He’s always been miles above his teammates and opponents and that’s his downfall. Its just like the “gifted” kid in school who was knocking out 10 books a week and didn’t have to study only for college to absolutely destroy them. Any new activity that isn’t immediately mastered gets cast aside because they’re afraid of failure and not being the dominant person they’re used to. Simply put Ben has been spoiled by his own God given talents.
never met somebody who is academically gifted who struggled in college lol. my dad had a 4.5 gpa in highschool and partied all the time, same in college. he graduated at the top of his class at princeton
Honestly didn’t think much of this video but your commentary is legit and got me watching the whole thing. The research is on point !
He doesn't necessarily need a 3 pt. shot now but his mid range (10-15 ft.) and free throws .72% or better are a must now. He can develop a 3 shot later. He has to give the Sixers 20/10 and defense every night. I'm very hopeful and want to see him play better and want him to win.
He could be a 20/10/10/2 guy if he moves to the PF and gets the midrange/FT shot. He could playmake out the post like Jokic to cutters
subbed at 7.46K... only watched a couple videos but they're really good and i can tell your channel's gonna grow, let's see where you get in a few months
im completely obsessed with ur videos bro, keep the good work!
This was a great video man! Hope you get more subs in the future because this is excellent content
Vids go crazy bro🔥
Great video; definitely deserves more views
Your videos are amazing! Keep up the good work
Your channel is a diamond. Keep up the good work.
Can’t believe Sixers fans considered Jimmy Butler as a third option behind Simmons when the Min-Phi trade happened
At the time it made sense. I mean, he went into Minnesota expecting to be an the 3rd option. He pretty much became the 1st option there. At the time it made 100% since, Ben Simmons is a unique talent that we most likely won't see again. He's just ruining his on talent.
Perception is def different from the reality of things. In that Raps/Sixers series Jimmy Buckets was the only one getting scores because Marc kept up with Embiid and the Raps didn't care much about Simmons' impact. The year after the Sixers weakness for not having a perimeter scorer/shooter showed up again when outside of Embiid playing bully ball inside, it was very predictable to keep up with their offense.
Really good video. I think another point people don't talk about is he chose to play for LSU because the coach was a family friend, and Brett Brown was also close with his Ben's dad when he was the assistant coach of Melbourne Tigers back in the late 80s. These complex long-time relationships would've been a factor in how he was coached in his most pivotal years.
@@dylandoesbasketball It's more than a fun fact, he's pointing out the constant babying needed to pacify the softest pro athlete of all time.
Just found your channel! Now this is how to do it!! Kudos on a great NBA channel
Welcome aboard!
You have a nice rhythm and pace in this video. Good job.
I been telling all my friends…the absolute worst thing to happen to Ben was becoming an all-star without expanding his game. No sense of urgency until now, he can’t “I’m an all-star” his way out of this. Time to face the music.
How are you only at 1.25K with legendary editing and videos like these? Bro, I saw your video and I thought you were some mil sub channel that makes video essays or something, I know you gonna blow up bruh this is now one of my favorite basketball channels 🙏🙏🙏
All the big channels have to start somewhere. This is just one that hasn’t blown up yet. Mark my words, he’ll be at 100k in no time.
300% growth in a week... so at this rate he should be over 100 milllion in a few months.:D
He grew crazy in 6 months
@@anonymoususer2080 Fr
Underrated channel right here, great breakdown 👌🏼👌🏼
you do this insanely well dylan
Awesome vid 🔥
When I look at the difference between Mitchell and Simmons since their ROTY race, I think a big difference was Donovan being unafraid to be vulnerable. He constantly changes his form, his playstyle and his routines such as before free throws in order to find what works whereas it seems Ben tries one or two things at the start of the year then regresses back to same old Ben. I routed against Ben a lot in the early years, being a Jazz fan. But since his recent fiascos and complete battle with is own city, I've started hoping that he can find some solid ground again. It looks really difficult to be him right now and I think he deserves a fresh start and a chance to quietly build back up without all the bright lights on him.
Love the videos! Continue with the good work
Excellent video man🎉
The raptors series being on the other side of the way you talked about Ben is interesting I wish you mentioned how they won the title that year
This channel deserve more subscribe
That was a great story you did about ben I hope he bounce through this next season
youtube algo found me your channel and quality on par with the best 👌 seems like everyone in the comments agrees, your channel might blow up soon my man
this video is epic! Ben definitely will be improving as part of the Jiangsu Dragons!
The Beijing Ducks will be fighting the Dragons for them
I think he would do better as a role player for the Shanghai Sharks.
I had a career in 2k19 where the 76ers became a Spurs-like dynasty with Fultz as the starting PG and Ben as the PF. Joel left at some point and they got a few generated guys who also became all stars.
You are on the way my man
I just watched the Giannis and the fultz video. Excellent work man. I gotta say dylandoesbasketball very well 👏
I think a good athlete is one who admits their downfalls and tries to improve at it and take shots. That’s what makes Giannis a good basketball player. He can laugh at himself and he is constantly trying to improve
I think Giannis takes himself seriously enough and doesn’t laugh at himself, but he takes criticism in mind, has character and will work on mistakes, rising to criticism and doubt and surpassing it instead of dismissing it
Subbed. Great content. Keep it up! I'm kinda sad your Fultz video got 1M views and your sub count is still "low", because your videos are really well done. Hope it picks up, nonetheless people are watching which is what matters most. Would be amazing if you could do some "retro" series. I vote for Manu Ginobili. Not biased, I swear 🤣
Here before you blow up, great work.
Bro how am I just finding this channel!? And you used an ICYTWAT song in the intro? This channel is quality. Subscribed 🤙
I just recently stumbled upon this channel and, with hindsight in mind, it's crazy to see Harden wanted to go to Philly even while at Houston. Not to mention the fact that Philly wanted to trade Simmons for Harden since then. The trade deadline was truly crazy this year lmao
As an Aussie, I so desperately want my man Big Simmo to succeed. He's so talented and has so much potential. Hope the Boomers bronze medal win inspires him to want to join in on the success, and that's done by improvement. I wonder if a position change might help? Back to a power forward
Here's my problem with that: He has rejected opportunities to play for your country three different times since turning pro. Once in 2016, when he wanted to concentrate on preparing for his rookie year, 2019 because of "professional obligations", and finally 2021, where he wanted to work his shoo-absolute horses***. He didn't want to show his face anywhere after the embarrassment in the playoffs that year, but ironically, rejected a route that might have helped people to forget about it.
Another great video.
Wow amazing content and great channel you got my sub
This video aged well
Aaaaah Ben Simmons the 3 time rookie of the year , those were the days
Great video, you deserve more subscribers! They will come.
Great video!
you missed the part where ben could've actually played the last 20-30 games of the season when his foot healed but he opted not too so that he could win rookie of the year the following year because it was an incentive in his shoe deal I think for a couple million or so dollars.
That part
Damn, thx dude, i completly forgot about that. That is freaking horrible. Woah.
Ben Simmons developing in Europe would have come out a beast , because he would have no other choice but to practice jumpshot , there is no way in hell that a trainer would let him play 1 minute without it
Amazing content. Wow.. u deserved my subscribe
scouts said he lacked work ethic, and a mid range jumper. its as if professional scouts actually know what they are talking about some times.
My guess is that Ben Simmons has an extremely big ego. That's where it all starts. He's a bad shooter and the only way to fix that is to shoot more. Instead, his ego won't allow him to go through that struggle so he's just dug in his heels and refused to work on his garbage J
Excellent video
Love that icytwat instrumental in the intro
This is what happens when you let all the hype that surrounded you get in your head. It is ok to bask into that hype but you gotta show work ethic and passion.
Wtf is that profile pic, my eyeeeees
@@helck1153 too lit for your eyes aint it? 😉😆
Ben Simmons is my current favorite player. I really like your content, keep it up. Be Legendary
Why his ass
Lmao
Great Video! You have a new subscriber here!
crazy views! you should have more subscribers!
Phenomenal video, Simmons in the 3 seems like an obvious choice to me as his shooting is just no where near an NBA pg. That might give Philly a poorly formed team but I don't think Simmons is entirely to blame. Putting him on a team with a strong outside. But no doubt he is afraid of making improvements to his offense game
Precisely. The onslaught against him appears to be an attempt to white wash the failure of Sixers as a team & organization & to protect Rivers, Embiid & others. Embiid being always injured seems to be more of a factor in playoffs.
No Simmons need to be a 4. Small forward have to be able to shoot from all three levels, Ben can guard 1-4 on defense
The true definition of suffering from success
Great video
Dude, your voice is exactly like emp lemons voice. Great vid btw
Guy is the personification of “hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard”.
As a Philly fan I really hope he manages to gain the same confidence he had earlier in his career. If he gets traded (which is almost a sure thing at this point) I hope he goes to a team where he is supported and can play aggressive again!
He's to much of a potential liability. He could just sit and say, you knew about my issues when you signed me. Who needs that. He's a bum.
Jeremy Sochan switched to one hand free-throws and doubled his percentage. Simmons really has no excuse
Great video, wow
Ben Simmons is just lazy. He is the type of guy Kobe talked about when he explained why he didnt want to pass to certain teammates. He is probably more worried about his CoD winrates then his basketball winrates.
🚨🚨🚨moron alert🚨🚨🚨
@@ravens4207 facts
He really Is lazy that's why he focuses so much on defense you don't gotta practice to play defense or do hours of drills . He is lazy asf
@@Lefthandrightband Nigga how is focusing on defense lazy defense is literally all about effort if he was lazy he wouldn’t even try to play it
@@Lefthandrightband gotta disagree... he is lazy but I don't understand your point.. Offense is easier to get down than Defense, especially in this Era. So the defense makes no sense, him getting his defense down pack was the one thing he tried to Improve. You can't get good on defense by being lazy.
0:45 Another obvious example of a player not living up to their potential is the so called Maple Jordan (Andrew Wiggins)
*another example of people being bad a player comps
Yea his playing better on a non poverty team
The problem is people were sold on Wiggins' flashes of brilliance but not believing his ability to consistently bring it out. He's never had that so consistently at best he's a good third player in a winning team. But he's never going to be the number one guy in a winning chip caliber team ever.
@@t4d0W also he’s never been able to shoot consistently which was the case when he went 1, i hate how the narrative w picks like that are always he failed to live up to expectations instead of he should’ve never went 1 in the first place
Quality video! Subscribed for more content like this, 👍
Quality content. i have no reason not to sub. thanks for the vid!
Honestly Bens story is so human. He’s still has time to improve his flaws and prove everyone wrong
people has been saying this for years now, how much longer do we have to wait for him to improve? how come he gets to have a pass?
@@idk-rb6ph What do you mean pass. Dude don't owe you shit. "How long we have to wait" as if you are the one paying him to play.
@@dalla-think3765 He doesn’t want to improve it’s Ben Simmons fault he doesn’t want to improve hell he didn’t even listen to Kobe and I used to defend this bum like crazy
@@dalla-think3765 Also Tell Pissed off Philly Sixers fans that
he still rookie of the year up to this date lol.
he's like all the others who showed what they truly are when they get the bag. once he did get paid, he knew he had nothing left to prove and just slacked off.
great video
Well done video
He doesn’t need a 3 point jumpshot… just a regular ass jumpshot so he can make his goddamn free throws
Shout out to Markelle Fultz for the following year going #1 despite being on a team that finished bottom of their conference and didn’t even win 5 games. I don’t know why during that period everyone just ignored winning and fell in love with pure stats.
i know great vids when i see em! Fire!
I coulda sworn I saw you had over 16k subscribers yesterday. now it says only 15k, weird.
Damn im not even a Jazz fan but i feel bad for Mitchell when someone mentions Ben Simmons as the rookie of the year😆
At the same time Mitchell's impact on his team is much higher. Especially in recent playoffs where him going nuclear and scoring toe to toe with another playoff scoring volcano in Jamal Murray is what kept his team in.
Hope he can actually get better. I was hyping him up heavy until 2 years ago. The fact that him and KAT both streamed video games and haven't improved like everyone expected really doesn't help me explain my hobby 🤣
Nice icytwat beat in the beginning 😀
You know it!
@@dylandoesbasketball keep grinding the numbers will follow 💪🏾
i see what you did at the end 💀 great analysis!
If i’m an NBA GM, i’d trade my players immediately after he breaks up with a Kardashian
Merciless 😭😭😭
@@abakella For now. Unless he marries her or something.