On this episode of this league, I'm going to actually do the thing that nobody would ever expect me to do, which is this.

I'm going to defend Ben Simmons.

Yes, baby.

Today I am going to defend Ben Simmons.

That's right.

This is the Ben Simmons appreciation and the Sixers shit on show.

Time to shock the world, Marty.

Let's drop the beat.

We're in the game trying to take it. shit on show. Time to shock the world, Marty. Let's drop the beat. I've spent, I think, I think a lot of time. I've spent, I think, a lot of time, a lot of time, an inordinate amount of time, thinking about Ben Simmons.

It's not an obsession per se, but it's something.

I don't know.

He's an interesting character, and I spend way too much time on him.

It always moves the needle, though. And as more news comes out, my final verdict is now this.

It's really time to point out the blame for who really deserves it, right? Who is really at fault?

Is Ben at fault for going MIA every single summer and not improving his jump shot?

Yeah, of course, we've been talking about that.

But the truth is this.

The erosion of Ben Simmons is as much, if not more, Philadelphia's fault that it is Ben Simmons.

And Ben Simmons has come to this conclusion as well.

The news is now this.

Have you seen it, Marty?

The Jason Dumas, a Sixers reporter, says, oh my God, it's damning.

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