Grant's Rant: 7-14-21 You Really Want Ben Simmons?

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Grant Napear

Sports, Basketball, Football

3.5 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers appears to be on the trading block. Why would the Sacramento Kings, or any other NBA team want Simmons? He just completed his fourth season and still can't shoot. He won't even attempt 3pt FG's and is a career 59% FT shooter. In this year's playoffs Doc Rivers had to take him off the floor down the stretch of close games, because he is a liability at the FT line. Why do you think the 76ers don't want him anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time for Rent.
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0:11.0	Don't forget to check out my video rants as well over on YouTube.
0:15.0	Well, it's that time of year where we hear about the NBA Trade Rumors and the Sacramento
0:22.3	Kings, one of several teams that are rumored
0:25.0	to be interested in Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers.
0:30.0	I've said this before and I will say it again. Why on earth would you want a guy that can't shoot?
0:38.0	It's not like Ben Simmons is going to come back this summer and be Mark Price from the free throw line and be a prolific
0:44.5	three-point shooter. He's played four years in the NBA. He doesn't even shoot
0:48.6	three-pointers. He's a liability at the free-throw line line his career from the stripe is a dreadful
0:56.0	59 percent you saw on the playoffs this year dot couldn't even have him on the floor
1:02.2	at the end of games.
1:03.6	So I ask you Kings fans, I ask you NBA fans, why do you want a guard who can't shoot? The NBA game is all about shooting. It is all about three-point
1:17.2	shooting and if you're not able to make threes particularly from the
1:22.1	guard position you are a liability.
1:26.8	If you can't make free throws, you're a liability because the coach can't put you in in
1:32.4	close games down the stretch.
1:34.8	So I ask you one more time.
1:36.8	Why would you want Ben Simmons on your team.
1:45.0	Stay away from Simmons. Four years in, he has not improved one iota with his shot.
1:49.6	He won't even attempt a three-pointer.
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