But I'd rather be one of those guys shooting 40%. "But Simmons also thwarted a bully from picking on a kid at his primary school in Melbourne and received a commendation from his principal for his compassion.
If he doesn't fix it, he won't get to the All-Pro level, which is OK. I think, 'Am I going to miss?'
"I know it's going to come," Simmons says. It's second nature. Simmons suffered the injury -- a subluxation of his left kneecap -- during a seeding-game win over the Wizards on Aug. 5. Ben Simmons knocks down a couple of 3-pointers as he shoots around in the Sixers' practice.
In his absence, the Sixers have shuffled their starting five to include both Joel Embiid and Al Horford up front, along with Shake Milton, Josh Richardson and Tobias Harris. "Ben wasn't giving a 'get out of my face' vibe like most kids that age would have been. His reticence to take 3s has heightened tensions between them, as pressure from the front office to expand his range increases. "I don't like to express myself too much in front of everyone else," Simmons says, "because then that lets you know how I feel. He iced several games with clutch swipes, looking like freaking Deion Sanders closing on corner routes. "Just like with It is a perpetual talking point that doggedly follows Simmons. "He's not blind to it," says Sean Tribe, his brother and agent. The Nets parted ways with Kenny Atkinson way back in March and they have been led by interim coach Jacque Vaughn, but they have not yet committed to him.Therefore they are beginning to gather some candidates the team has an interest in and Philadelphia 76ers assistant Ime Udoka is among the names, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and The Stadium.The Philadelphia 76ers continue life inside the bubble on Tuesday when they take on the red hot Phoenix Suns. He’s gotten a lot for his defense, but a 16-8-8 line is pretty damned pleasing in traditional terms. "In relation to sort of being incredibly down about it, I'm not," Brown said. "Ben loves to be efficient. "Now the Sixers are staring at the possibility of going into the playoffs dealing with injuries once again -- just as they have each of the past two seasons.
Because Simmons is injured, he has been permitted, per NBA guidelines, to visit the Sixers' practice facility for treatment.Even during the early stages of his rehab, Simmons regularly engaged in ballhandling drills to keep his skills sharp.
As Simmons matures, he says he has aimed higher with regard to conditioning. Nine times out of 10, people who criticize you have never done anything in their life. "76ers coach Brett Brown discusses Ben Simmons' improved shooting from deep and the support he's getting from his teammates. '"Simmons stoically absorbed the wrath of Boyle -- his favorite coach of all time, he says -- then followed his own mantra: learn from it, put it away and move on, same as he did following that gutting elimination by the Raptors last May. Simmons was late to practice and missed deadlines in the classroom. Either that or they're jealous 'cause you're better than them.
It's a technique, Boyle insists, that Simmons has responded to before, especially considering his thirst for accountability. Johnson vows their work will pay dividends. "If I were in charge of the Sixers, I'd tell him, 'If you don't take a pull-up jumper and a perimeter shot in each half -- I don't care about your percentages -- you're sitting,'" Boyle says.That is precisely the conversation Brown claims he had with Simmons and his parents last summer. He still doesn’t make the basic read out of double-teams consistently enough. "They picked on Simmons because he was the youngest, and also the best. He knows he needs it, even though he wishes he didn't. You need to experiment with things, and sometimes you might fail. "He didn't cry at all," says his father, David Simmons.