Ben Simmons

> No! I don't want to do this challenge!
>
> -Ben Simmons' most common catchphrase from various seasons

## Description

Ben Simmons is an active NBA player who currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets.

## Season History

### Duplex Character Elimination Bad Future

He was one of the 12 starting contestants. In Episode 2, Ben Simmons refused to participate in the challenge, claiming that the challenge is for girls. When Shadow White Ninja asked Ben Simmons what the latter was doing, Ben Simmons called him an "insecure and unoriginal little dog". Ben Simmons would get eliminated the next episode, though he ended up returning in Episode 7. Ben Simmons ultimately placed 6th, getting eliminated right before the finale.

### Ethereal Madness Character Elimination

He was one of the 40 starting contestants. He was picked to join the James Harden Ownership Group by Giannis Antetokounmpo. In Episode 2, Ben Simmons sabotaged his team's work by destroying his team's poster. Ben Simmons stated that since he hated James Harden, the person was advertised on the poster, his team shouldn't do the challenge because only his opinion mattered. Dr. Phil questioned Ben Simmons' correctness by claiming that Ben had a 1.8 GPA in college. Ben Simmons got eliminated the next episode and never returned, placing 49th.

### Stage Magic Character Elimination

He was one of the 24 starting contestants. He was picked to join the Mysterious Magicians by Zatanna Zatara. In Episode 1, Ben Simmons refused to do the challenge by claiming that magic is for ladies. When Zatanna tried to convince him to contribute, Ben Simmons walked out on his team after comparing Zatanna's IQ to her age. Ben Simmons got penalized for quitting on his team and was the first contestant to be eliminated from the series; he never returned after his elimination. As a result, Ben Simmons placed 27th, good for last place. Because he was the first contestant to be eliminated from the series, he was allowed to participate in Battle of the First Boots.

### Battle of the First Boots

He was one of the 15 contestants. He was picked to join the Cursed Con-Mans by Darknissan. In Episode 1, Ben Simmons saw Amber Heard take a massive dump on Xi Jinping in the middle of the challenge. Ben Simmons claimed that he was about to puke after seeing what had just happened in front of his eyes, stating that he needed to quit the challenge; Ben Simmons eventually passed out because of the strong odor from Amber's dump. In Episode 7, Ben Simmons had difficulty doing the challenge, which was to survive a flood, so he decided to drown himself. Ben Simmons got eliminated the next episode along with Bart Baker and Dark Negative Aaron, but he placed ahead of those other two contestants since he had less elimination votes. Ben Simmons finished in 6th place, narrowly missing the finale again.

### Altered Reality Character Elimination

He was one of the 16 starting contestants. He was picked to join the Colossal Goths by Goth Stormy. In Episode 3, Ben Simmons refused to do the challenge, which was a poms challenge, claiming that only ladies do poms. Ben Simmons then stated that if his teammates did Poms, they're all bums, just like Ninja. When Ninja expressed disgust in Ben Simmons' words, Ben asked if the insult felt good. Ben Simmons got eliminated the next episode, but returned in Episode 10. That same episode, however, he refused to do the challenge, which was to beat MrBeast's Impossible Escape Room, because it was too hard for him to do. Ben Simmons got eliminated the next episode, along with Goth Sophie, but placed below her since she had more save votes. Ben Simmons finished in 7th place, being eliminated right before the finale for a third time.

### Winner's War

Ben Simmons was one of the starting 60 contestants. He was picked to join the Dazzling Artists by Averie. In Episode 5, Ben expressed relief that the challenge, which was to construct houses, was finally something reasonable for him. In Episode 7, he refused to do the challenge, which was to run a 100-mile marathon in Barbie World. He quit on his team, prompting Gigi Hadid and Ludwig Von Koopa to express disgust in his actions. Ben responded by insulting Ludwig. Ben got penalized for his actions and was eliminated the next episode. He never returned, finishing in 54th place. However, in Episode 26, during a rejoin event, Ben told the voters not to vote for Goldnissan or Darknissan, prompting Ninja to give the latter two 13 extra rejoin votes while taking away 26 rejoin votes from Ben. This caused Goldnissan and Darknissan to rejoin the season and ultimately resulted in a massive war taking place in Episode 28.

## Trivia

Ben Simmons had a cameo in Episode 6 of noitanimilE 8871, where he served as an opponent during a RPG battle challenge. His primary attacking method was to throw bricks at the contestants. However, while attempting to throw a brick at Stephen A. Smith, Ben Simmons' throw completely missed him. Stephen A. Smith responded by throwing the brick back at him, though Stephen A. Smith's actions resulted in him getting penalized.

Ben Simmons stands at 6' 10" (2.08 m) without shoes and weighs around 240 lbs. (109 kg). He was was teammates with Joel Embiid in real life, as both of them played for the Philadelphia 76ers from 2016 to 2022. He was teammates with Boban Marjanovic and Jimmy Butler in real life, as the latter two also played for the 76ers in 2019. Simmons was also teammates with Kevin Durant from 2022 to 2023, as they both played for the Brooklyn Nets.

Some of Ben Simmons' roasts were taken from the lyrics of iDubbbz and Boyinaband's diss track on RiceGum.

The song used for Battle of the First Boots' elimination order was taken from a part of a video called "LIFE of BEN SIMMONS PARODY (part 1)"; the specific part used for the elimination order featured Y2K Sports voicing Ben Simmons during the latter's attempt at recording a diss track on the Philadelphia 76ers.

In June 2021, following multiple subpar performances from Ben Simmons against the Atlanta Hawks during the NBA playoffs, many NBA fans joked that he would join the Shanghai Sharks the next season. Ben Simmons was seen in a Shanghai Sharks jersey during Duplex Character Elimination Bad Future's elimination order in the final episode of that series.

It is possible that the reason why Ben Simmons destroyed his team's poster in Episode 2 of Ethereal Madness Character Elimination was because he got traded in exchange for James Harden not long before Episode 2 was released; his team promoted James Harden's career's development.