Before Ben Simmons quit on the Sunday 6th, he was an NBA All-Star. Before Ben Simmons had the worst contract in NBA history, he was a perennial defensive player of the year candidates. Before Ben Simmons looked like a total disaster on the net's averaging just seven points per game for the season, averaging three points per game in February 2023, he looked destined to become an all-time NBA generational talent. What in the world happened? Ben Simmons was born in Australia and lived their all-his-life and began playing basketball due to his father being a professional basketball player. His father played in the National Basketball League, or basically the Australian version of the NBA. Simmons began playing basketball at just seven years old. By that age, he was already playing in a team setting, being on an underage 12 team playing competitively. Already, at such a young age, Ben Simmons was gifted from a young age and played really well in his younger years. Fun fact, he didn't know about Ben Simmons, he actually had a love for rugby and almost chose the over-basketball. But he came to his senses and chose basketball. We almost didn't see Ben Simmons playing the NBA, which might have been a good thing for all of us to be honest. Ben Simmons dominated for years to come in Australia before transferring to Montevere Day Academy, a prolific school in the United States where plenty of NBA players went to. From there on out, he began to start being scouted. Simmons was very clear the best player of the school year and his recruiting class. By the time his high school career was over, he was ranked as ESPN's number one draft prospect for his class. Scouts, fans, and media like already began calling him the Australian Magic Johnson and even compared him to LeBron Jane. These are giant shoes to fill and not everyone can fill them. And this is the point where potentially everything changed for the worse. As this matter of lead, Simmons is downfall on the pros. Simmons' whole life was being told that he was good at basketball and well, obviously he deserved it. He was really talented. But to be compared to arguably the greatest basketball player ever in the greatest point guard ever is something he had never seen before. All of this might have just led to Simmons inevitable declining the pros. Simmons' college career was a total disaster. He attended LSU and was very clear from the start. He thought he was too cool for school. It looked like he didn't want to be there. And well, it's Simmons' credit. He would have probably been the number one pick in the draft straight out of high school. But the NBA had required you to at least spend one year out of high school before declaring for the draft, with Simmons knew fans started him and national acclaim he just winged it for a year. Because he knew he would be the number one pick anyway. He obviously looked like he didn't want to be there for most of the time he was there. There was academic controversies involved. It was reported that he had a 1.8 GPA which is terrible and was reportedly skipping class. All of this was just a big joke to Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons obviously didn't want to be there and he didn't take it really seriously. And while the NBA draft rules are flawed, you can't just essentially quell your team. The team didn't even make the national tournament. These were some of the biggest red flags with Simmons. Even though realistically, he should have been allowed to be drafted a year early. You can't just be too cool for school. And ironically, there was some foreshadowing to the problems he's facing today. Ben Simmons obviously has character issues. This didn't worry the scouts. Because he still got draft number one overall and it was even close, he was still considered the best player in his draft by far. This class included Brandon Angerum and Jaylen Brown. He was set to go to Philly. I played with Joel and Beacon. Philly was hoping for the next magic and cream. We couldn't see what happened because Ben Simmons gets hurt and suddenly again gets to wait out here and we all have to wait. Well the year after that, things look good. Simmons was rookie of the year. Not only this was controversial because he wasn't rookie and Donald and Mitchell was having a great season as well. But nonetheless, he still wins rookie of the year. The team was really good and finishes 52 and 30 and loses in the second round. Not bad. The next year, Ben Simmons was an all-star and began to begin known as a great defensive player and the sixers even finished 51 and 31. And they even added Jimmy Butler mid season for a veteran presence. The team was a real threat in the post season but then they lost against an all-time, co-ye, buzzer, beater, just absolutely devastating. Then Jimmy Butler left the team. The team was in all that great the next season is also the bubble year. Simmons also isn't available to plan the playoffs because he was injured and they lose profoundly to the Celtics. Then the next year they finished 49-23. By the way, all this time Ben Simmons stats have stayed practically the same. All of his averages were practically the same. And while he was making all-star teams, it didn't seem like he improved that much since his rookie year. Another huge red flag. Then absolute tragedy happened. And the playoffs that ruined Ben Simmons' career forever, I'm sure all of you know what I'm talking about. The sixers are facing the Lancelawks and the playoffs in the second round. The team they are favored against, this will be Philly's first chance in the process era to make it to the conference finals. But as you make it to the finals, what they choke in a game seven. Bad dreadful day on game seven, Ben Simmons passes up an open layup because he's scared to get fouled because he can't shoot free throws. Remember when I said he hasn't improved that much from his rookie season? Oh yeah, he still can't shoot and he didn't shoot and he passed it up. He was scared going to the free throw line because he's absolutely terrible at the free throw line. In this exact moment, this destroyer is career forever and it practically traumatized him. Joe Ambi took shots at him. Doc Rivers took shots at him and while they were seeing the truth, they absolutely broke the code. You can't diss your guys in front of the media. You could diss him in the locker room with players and coaches only but in front of the media absolutely not. You see the six years franchise of this point where Kotlin Ben Simmons told career, they never forced him to shoot and they ever taught him to shoot. They never required him to learn to shoot and in that moment that dreadful dreadful moment, they completely turned on him. Simmons handled the exactly how you expect someone who has seen nothing but praise in his life without him. He pouted and he threw a tantrum. He requested a trade despite having four years left on his contract. That's very unprecedented for his starts to request trade multiple years left. They usually do it with one two years left. The same character issues Ben Simmons faced in college led to this moment. They said mean words he couldn't handle it. He infamously showed up to practice next year, looking again too cool for school. I don't want to be here. The same issues in college just a thousand times worse. There was a lot of controversy involved. They sent him home. He said he was mentally ready to play. This was a slippery slope. The six years believed that he was just using mental health as a way of being able to keep his money and not play. Again, a lot of controversy involved. He was fine again and again. He didn't play a game for the six years. Again, the six years didn't want to trade him because the market for him was really bad. He was a young all-star and those stars were available and no young players that potentially could have been stars were available. The 2022 trade deadline approached. James Harden asked for a trade so the six years traded Ben for hard and Ben Simmons is now net but he still doesn't play side-to-meant to health issues and eventually back problems. Simmons missed all the season and that gets swept in the first round. Simmons has back surgery in the off season but how in the world did Ben Simmons injure his back if he did not even play? While I got the answer for you, I'm blind. I don't know how they answer for you because nobody knows how he injures his back which is really disturbing. Again, there's a lot of characters who's with this man. Well, the good news for Simmons is he could have a great year next year and become an all-star again and win defense player of the year and when a champion is oh yeah, Kyrie requested trade in the off season. This is just kidding. Then Katy requested trade and this is just kidding. Oh boy, this season is doomed before it even starts. The immensely fragile scoop stars on one team is a recipe for disaster. Simmons doesn't look like himself all season. All of his averages have gone down and gets banched and sometimes it's even played and then one day he just gets poked in the eye and now he has a knee injury. No joke, like look, he didn't return for the game sliding in a knee injury but he got poked in the eye. Again, character issues. Surprisingly, everyone is locked in. They have a great record before they trade that line and then they're definitely now going to win the champion. Oh, Kyrie just asked out again. So they trade them for role players. Hey, maybe Kevin Durant and some good role players can make a championship. Oh, Kevin Durant asks out again and they trade them to the sons for role players. This leads us to today. Ben Simmons today is even 75% of the player he was on Philly. He is now the knife man on a team that's starting lineup includes Spencer Denowitty, Macau Ridges, Cam Johnson, Doreen Finney Smith and Nick Clackson. As Simmons isn't starting because he isn't as good as any of these guys right now. This is just plain sad. Like I said at the beginning of the video, Ben is averaging 3 points of game in February. This is heartbreaking. You go from an NBA All-Star to being this bad, outrunning out of words to describe it. Well, Ben Simmons' character issues have led up to all of this. He was colorless all his life. The time of me was good. Good as a young player, he had no issues despite obviously being lacking in the shooting department. When it's college, he was too cool for school. Coach is then challenging. Day and time will work on his jump shot. He was too cool to improve. He never worked on his jump shot. He never worked on his shooting struggle. He was in confidence shooting. He passes up an open layup because he's got a shoot. He throws a tantrum when he faces any low criticism from the team that had been protecting him this whole time. He asks out. He doesn't act professional. Again, he's too cool for school. He joins the nets. Too good for them. Doesn't really want to play. The mysterious back injury appears. As Poe from the eye of the mysterious knee injury appears. Again, character issue. Ben Simmons' tremendous rise also led to his in an ever-rebel decline. He was always told he was the guy without actually doing anything. As a young player, he was the guy in college. He was too good. In the six years, oh don't worry about shooting. We don't need you to shoot Ben. Then when he's met with struggle, folds and quits. Now tell me people, Ben Simmons or Burst.