Would you trade Ben Simmons For Jayson Tatum if you're Philly?

[The God Poster]

stop it, Ben Simmons was put 16 pts, 8 assists, 8 rbs and I believe at the time had shooters around him. Dude fell off a cliff. He was trending up

All that said he was still always going to be a huge liability. Comparing him to someone who can carry the offense was foolish

Even the Draymond’s of the league will take & make shots.Ben refusal told it all

 

[duckbutta]

nope...Ben is special and thats not to say Tatum isn't but Ben isn't the type of player you give up on unless he keeps having recurring foot issues...He's a generational talent...MYGM wouldn't even allow the 76ers to do that trade you would have to force a trade override.

Generational talent

Man I remember when Dejounte was balling his last year in SA there was all this stuff about flipping him for Ben Simmons

Imagine Pop dealing with a dude who got a kangaroo accent and doesn't want to play

I could legit see Pop throwing Ben on the court after a timeout like

 

[GoldenGlove]

The first page

 

[NatiboyB]

Sorry, I'm bored and stoned on a weekend morning

what I said wasn’t dishonest the dude is an injury prone grifting ass styish bum. He shouldn’t be much longer for the nba. But with my luck Ben Simmons in a contract year will preform well and sucker another team into signing him.

 

[Raquinotj]

Careers went in the opposite directions, Ben plays like a minimum veteran salary player, Tatum plays like an All NBA Super Max Player.



We Different here.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Generational talent

TBH, Ben Simmons really was a generational talent, he just didn't have the mental game to maximize it.

You can't name five players who had his combination of height, body control, and court awareness. 6'10" and a smooth ballhandler with the ability to see the court and defend the perimeter at an elite level.....that's a RARE combination. Put Magic, Kidd, or Bron's mind in the same body and he'd have won titles and MVPs with Embiid on some Magic-Kareem or Bron-AD shyt.

 

[duckbutta]

TBH, Ben Simmons really was a generational talent, he just didn't have the mental game to maximize it.

You can't name five players who had his combination of height, body control, and court awareness. 6'10" and a smooth ballhandler with the ability to see the court and defend the perimeter at an elite level.....that's a RARE combination. Put Magic, Kidd, or Bron's mind in the same body and he'd have won titles and MVPs with Embiid on some Magic-Kareem or Bron-AD shyt.

No such thing as a "generational talent" who can't and won't shoot.

Been was a great passer and great defender but I never watched him play and walked away like oh wow this guy is going to win DPOY a few times or that Philly would be in trouble if he didn't play.

 

[klientel]

Can’t say shyt on the coli

receipts get pulled for EVERYTHING. Dont matter if you said something 10 years ago in the random thoughts thread. Somebody will find it

 

[Professor Emeritus]

No such thing as a "generational talent" who can't and won't shoot.

Been was a great passer and great defender but I never watched him play and walked away like oh wow this guy is going to win DPOY a few times or that Philly would be in trouble if he didn't play.

Jason Kidd was a generational talent long before he learned how to shoot. LeBron would have been a generational talent even if he couldn't shoot.

The issue with Ben Simmons wasn't that he lacked talent. It was that he failed to develop his potential.

 

[T-K-G]

No such thing as a "generational talent" who can't and won't shoot.

Been was a great passer and great defender but I never watched him play and walked away like oh wow this guy is going to win DPOY a few times or that Philly would be in trouble if he didn't play.

Generational talent has NOTHING to do with someone's mental

 

[NoMorePie]

But why would boston do that

Thank God I didn't make a dumb post

 

[feelosofer]

This thread is absolute gold. Ben Simmons just wanted to make his quick 250 million and live the fancy lifestyle.

Tatum became a great player.

 

[Hathaway]

I was on the Simmons bandwagon at one point. nikka had the tools to be an alltimer. Thought he was next up in that Magic, Bron category. I'm not ashamed to say I had faith in the boy until Trae exposed him.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Let's say Boston offered you this deal straight up. Would you do it?

Tryna get some some views and commentary for when I play My League in 2K19.

I think id pull the trigger. Not sure though. I think Tatum may have the better career but Ben may be HoF status by the time he's retired.

Philly with Tatum better than Philly with Ben?

LMAO

 

[FS4LFE]

At the time of this thread… this was still a legitimate question. Simmons is a joke now but up until that Atlanta series he was giving you 16 10 with elite defense/playmaking.

Tatum is obviously the better player now but some of y’all acting like this wasn’t a debate in 2018.