It's a bit out of touch to have an rich old white dude be a mascot (unless you dress him like Ben Franklin lol). Seems like the Sixers are going full speed ahead with their marketing strategy of appealing to the wealthier crowd in the suburbs. Didn't this sub get all pissy about that last year

We can all agree that Campus Apartments is a shitty company and its owners and founders are shitty people though. There's no denying that

It was a quote from some radio show. The guy on the radio was basically saying Simmons likes to hang out with "in" crowd, date beautiful famous women, etc, so he prefers to go to California, not Toronto or Portland. It's so dumb because pretty much all the star players hang out with famous people, date beautiful women, etc and everyone knows how players are attracted to places like LA and Miami.

I think it's caught on because the world " socialite" is kind of unusual, especially for describing basketball players, so people think it's funny because "socialite" is usually used to describe people like Paris Hilton, or super rich people, out of touch with normal life. In reality, all these star players are "socialites". I mean, so many of these guys literally hire people to dress them to make them look cooler.

The whole thing reminds me of middle schoolers giggling when someone says the word "duty". It's just a word and any humor in it comes from the immature mind of the listener, not from the word itself.

Philly fans are the only ones that would sabotage their own team if it makes them feel good about putting someone down

Well if they are the only 2 cars available it makes some sense. You can't talk about how this is dumb without providing some realistic alternatives the Sixers could've done.

What else would they have done? There's only so many players that can realistically improve the team?

There's only so many options in any given year? Who else would've been a good signing? Keep in mind that most Sixers fans were excited about the Horford signing at the time. Preseason rankings had the Sixers very high. Most people thought we'd get at least one good year from Horford - they were concerned about the back end of the contract, not the front

Maybe he has his own ideas about where players should play or wants to keep them cheap so they can join Lebron at some point for a bargain. The main product is Lebron - if Paul thinks something might serve Lebron now or in the future (or one of his other superstar clients) it might be logical, albeit unethical, to try and control role players' trajectories or placements so they could potentially benefit the superstar down the line.

Rich Paul told Simmons not to shoot jumpers

You know how the most expensive houses sit on the market a lot longer than typical middle-class homes? Not because they are inferior houses, but because there are fewer people that can afford the house, so it takes longer to find a match. Simmons is an expensive house

Except that many of the most famous were body builders, athletes, wrestlers, etc AKA actual tough guys

Um that doesn't make sense. You saying that no relationships are healthy?

Philly fan base is anything but tough. Insecure is the word that comes to mind for me

Yes playing competitive basketball with different people, different expectations, different environment would have helped tremendously. I get it though - he gets injured and it fucks up everything including trade possibilities - so it makes some sense to sit out

You think he just makes 30 second videos and calls it a day? LOL - the hate on this man is unbelievable. literally doing the same shit as every other player and has been called a lazy bum all summer

Baloney. If Shaq worked harder he would have a couple more rings

I see, so off-season was his off-season from gambling too

Let's get one thing straight. The 76ers team choked. Anyone who puts this all on Ben's shoulders is going to be sorely disappointed when he's gone and the Sixers have another early exit in the playoffs. They need to fix their chemistry, Embiid needs to step up as bona fide leader, coaching needs to improve

You're gatekeeping Ben hate? C'mon now. it's a trend to hate on Simmons, both here and on /NBA. It'll die as soon as he has a few good games in the season and people will rememebrn he's actually a good player

Lol what? There is more hate for him here than anywhere.

Is there a way to put money in ths

Players usually get better at his age

These are just the places he's lived lol

This is why y'all stressed. You should never expect a ring. Don't expect anything except for basketball to occur.

Yes these random people with stories about climbing some stairs is totally as meaningful as millennia of art and design. 😂