$40 Million for 6/6/6

[Meticode]

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This is the last season of his contract. You think someone signs him after this season? You think he gives up and walks away from the game?

[Neal Romer]

Im sure if a team wants to get scammed he'll happily oblige.

The question is which team will have the guts to give their fans the "**** you" that way.

[Meticode]

Im sure if a team wants to get scammed he'll happily oblige.

The question is which team will have the guts to give their fans the "**** you" that way.

No matter how much they give him that'll be the case, but there's no way in hell he's getting close to $40 after this season. He'll probably get Westbrook money at this point.

[j3lademaster]

You would think for a contract year he’d show up and at least put up some passable stats along with the good defense we all know he’s capable of. He’s at the age most players peak, there’s no pressure to win anything in Brooklyn, and again… the last major contract of his career is on the line.

[Meticode]

You would think for a contract year he’d show up and at least put up some passable stats along with the good defense we all know he’s capable of. He’s at the age most players peak, there’s no pressure to win anything in Brooklyn, and again… the last major contract of his career is on the line.

If you look at his last three years he's legit put up 6/6/6 the last three seasons in his limited time. Getting $35+ million each season. Crazy.

[RRR3]

You would think for a contract year he’d show up and at least put up some passable stats along with the good defense we all know he’s capable of. He’s at the age most players peak, there’s no pressure to win anything in Brooklyn, and again… the last major contract of his career is on the line.
He clearly has some kind of anxiety disorder and he's also been injured a lot.

[j3lademaster]

If you look at his last three years he's legit put up 6/6/6 the last three seasons in his limited time. Getting $35+ million each season. Crazy.

Literally coasted through life because he’s born with 1 in a billion genetics.

[j3lademaster]

He clearly has some kind of anxiety disorder and he's also been injured a lot.

I understand the anxiety when KD and Kyrie were in Brooklyn and fans expected some W’s, but Nets just want Simmons to be their tank commander this year.

[SouBeachTalents]

It just seems obvious he clearly doesn't possess the competitive drive or ambition to strive for anything better than this. I could 100% see him walk away for good after this season is over.

That 2021 Hawks series just broke him mentally, and he never had the fortitude or persistence to fight back, he really just kind of rolled over and died after that.

[Neal Romer]

It just seems obvious he clearly doesn't possess the competitive drive or ambition to strive for anything better than this. I could 100% see him walk away for good after this season is over.

That 2021 Hawks series just broke him mentally, and he never had the fortitude or persistence to fight back, he really just kind of rolled over and died after that.

There were rumblings even before the draft that he was entitled and autistic. So he never should have been a first overall pick. And if he hadnt been, he never would have gotten that max deal. Good defender or not I dont think most guys with his stats get that kinda money unless the team is addicted to a previous assumption they made abiut his potential. Same with Andrew Wiggins in Minny, if he was a second round pick they wouldnt have offered him a max after a very uneven first five or seven years or whatever it was.

Teams foolishly over invest in athleticism and potential, with usually embarrassing results. If a guy hasnt proven hes a skilled professional by the time you give him that deal, it usually doesnt happen. But teams are so afraid to lose a guy they already told everyone to believe in by drafting him high. And so you end up giving John Wall a max deal and then eventually trading him for peanuts.

Its amazing how stupid NBA teams are about figurinng out which players to take seriously and how much to pay them.

[Axe]

I do think he'll be fine if he comes to play for the australian league.

[HylianNightmare]

No way a team pays him to

[coin24]

Unless he shows up this season I’d say he’s a goner unless the wizards or pistons etc throw him a bone

[Chick Stern]

Unless he shows up this season I’d say he’s a goner unless the wizards or pistons etc throw him a bone
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[hold this L]

The NBA has the most overpaid bozos in sports history

[Druckenmiller]

He’s the biggest ***** in the history of the league and it’s not even close. The NBA stands for No Bitches Allowed — which is why he’ll be out of the league in short order.

He won’t finish the season. They’ll make up some injury and he’ll be banished to the bench — which is where he’d rather be anyway. The Nets are significantly better when he’s off the floor. Give me Schroeder and Thomas. They’re not perfect but they aren’t afraid to shoot the ball and aren’t spending 90% of the game with their balls tucked up their ass.

[bdonovan]

I have a feeling this is the last time people use "Trust the Process" publicly since people who Trusted got Burned and the trust was misplaced in a front office that got it wrong. Even at his best, he wasn't enough for them to win a ring.

Perhaps if Philly didn't discourage scrutiny of their draft choices, this wouldn't have gone on so long.

I'm still not entirely clear why the drop-off. You have a player who relies almost solely on his athleticism, have back problems, and he doesn't have enough skill to fall back on. But his problems seem to go beyond the physical.

People claim having his girl stolen by Booker is not a big deal, but his drop off happened shortly after- esp. his embarrassment in the post-season thereafter. He collapsed after that mentally.

Basketball is one of those sport's where you would think people would be drafted and be great players because they could shoot. Yet we've had MVPs like Westbrook who don't really know how to shoot. Not sure there's another sport where people go so far in the game without being able to do the one thing we expect them to do.

[Meticode]

I do think he'll be fine if he comes to play for the australian league.

He'll have anxiety about wolf spiders then. Probably will play worse.

[Meticode]

I have a feeling this is the last time people use "Trust the Process" publicly since people who Trusted got Burned and the trust was misplaced in a front office that got it wrong. Even at his best, he wasn't enough for them to win a ring.

This made me laugh because all I can think of us Simmons leaving the 76ers and becoming what he has, Embiid being injured all the time and shoving a reporter, Paul George already doing his injury thing before he even plays 1 game for them, Jimmy Butler leaving and then I imagine someone yelling at Embiid after shoving the reporter "You ain't trusting the process!"

[Charlie Sheen]

He is going to get a look on one year deals for the next couple seasons i would imagine. There is always another last chance waiting. The league isn’t done with anyone before 30 until they show they are Anthony Bennett bad.

[Nowoco]

Probably the most disgraceful career in NBA history. And he has no excuse. He's just a lazy, weak piece of shit.

[coin24]

Sitting b2b for mangina management ??

[meat]

This made me laugh because all I can think of us Simmons leaving the 76ers and becoming what he has, Embiid being injured all the time and shoving a reporter, Paul George already doing his injury thing before he even plays 1 game for them, Jimmy Butler leaving and then I imagine someone yelling at Embiid after shoving the reporter "You ain't trusting the process!"

Don't forget Okafor and Fultz. Great process.

[Meticode]

Don't forget Okafor and Fultz. Great process.

Totally forgot about Okafor. They were going to have twin towers there.

[Real Men Wear Green]

I still kind of wonder if Okafor could help in the right situation. He was never going to work alongside Simmons and Embiid, that's a horrible fit even if Okafor isn't a bust. That's why Horford didn't work there, a real big is only going to clog the paint with those two.

But I do realize that he should have done better somewhere else if he was meant to have a real career. Philly screwed up but I can't say I foresaw his failure.