Death. Taxes. Ben Simmons offseason videos shooting 3s? This has apparently become a tradition ever since the Philadelphia 76ers point guard entered the NBA in 2016.
Simmons has been heavily criticized for his shooting struggles, and that hasn’t changed this offseason. In fact, he received more criticism than ever after his poor performances hurt the Sixers in the second round of the 2021 NBA playoff.
As every year, Simmons was recorded at the gym, making 3-pointers, shooting from long distances, making those shots, and looking pretty comfortable while doing it. In recent hours, another video surfaced showing the Australian point guard going at it, sinking shots with extreme ease.
Ok Ben 👀
(Via @swishcultures_ | h/t @AhnFireDigital) pic.twitter.com/qY12AGzHgD
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 22, 2021
NBA fans aren’t falling for this, and they took a lot of shots at Ben for posting the same videos every year and never taking shots during the NBA regular season. This has been common in the last couple of campaigns, but nobody is buying this anymore.
That form still sucks, also need to see him do this in an actual game
— ☘️ – Jays Enthusiast (@gReenbean_26) August 22, 2021
Ben Simmons is the only basketball player that gets criticized for working on his game
Example if KD,Bron,CP3, or Melo was on video working on their game, ppl would praise them
But when Ben does it and be in the same gym ppl kill him for actuall taking jumpers and making them
— Dre Haynie (@DreHaynie) August 22, 2021
Here is an update. He posted these videos just like this the last four years. He won’t shoot in real games or summer games.
— The Wagon (@PhillyWCWagon) August 22, 2021
— Matt (@INMEnterprises) August 22, 2021
they post it knowing he’ll get clowned and the page will get interactions it’s been a trend for a while among nba pages lmao
— Nicholas Blough (@NicholasBlough) August 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/BolWrld/status/1429470628566949896https://twitter.com/dallasamiker24/status/1429469544012140546https://twitter.com/chamaeleonking/status/1429505433719517189https://twitter.com/HatingTyy/status/1429469463515213830
idc til he does it in a real game this is a mere bag of shells to me
— 🥷🏾 (@itsjustTaj_) August 22, 2021
Sixers fans watching the same shit every off-season pic.twitter.com/MTkanrWrm0
— The CaruShow 🐐 (@BaldMambaSZN) August 22, 2021
Same August vids every year
— Popcornblast (@PopBlastNoah) August 22, 2021
Does that mean dwight can shoot since he makes all his free throws in the game? Making shots in scrimmages and practices dont mean jack stop. He cant shoot theres no "we know he can shoot".
— te c🅰️rvle (@DanteTaeBae) August 22, 2021
Was going to say, same thing. He a shooter in off season pick up games. Some reason, it never makes it to real games on NBA court.
— Rudy Rodriguez (@rudebxnyc) August 22, 2021
Y’all can’t be falling for this every year
— Matt (@SGA4MVP) August 22, 2021
How many times we got to do this lol. They count when he does it in real games. Same as Adams, and Dwight before him, and Shaq etc
— Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) August 22, 2021
Fool me 3 times….. nobody and I mean NOBODY is falling for this AGAIN!!!!!
— Olumide 〽️ (@Hey__Banjo) August 22, 2021
LMAOOO not this again
— PELS YEAR. BBN (@pelsyear) August 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/nonbiasednbafan/status/1429469457068568578
Fans are ready to see Simmons make an actual change and start attempting all these shots in actual games, where they really matter. The talented playmaker has been linked with a move away from Philadelphia, even cutting communications with the team and letting his agent Rich Paul do all the talking with the franchise.
It looks like we’re living the last days of Simmons wearing a Sixers jersey, but he’s getting ready to face a new season where the pressure will be huge either he stays or leaves.
