The Ben Simmons Podcast: How good is he? What is his value? Where does he end up? with John Hollinger

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The podcast where John Hollinger and I explore the biggest swing piece still remaining this offseason: Ben Simmons. What should Philadelphia do with him? What is his value? Where do we think the best landing spots are? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.
0:08.1	I'm your host Sam Vassini.
0:09.2	We are presented by The Athletic.
0:10.8	Today on the show, The Man Morning, the end of the Markasol era in the NBA.
0:17.9	It's John Hollinger, our dear friend from over at The Athletic, the senior writer, who
0:23.7	writes about literally everything that happens in the NBA. I feel like, John, how you doing,
0:28.6	man? Good morning, mate. I'm doing great. I'm not 100% sure that this is the absolute end.
0:39.4	I guess we'll see what happens.
0:41.0	He's definitely going to be chilling in Spain for a while, though.
0:44.3	Yeah, it's funny.
0:45.9	Like, I think that Mark had a underrated year last year with Los Angeles.
0:50.6	Like, I didn't...
0:52.1	Certainly the Lakers underrated it.
0:54.2	Yeah, I was going to say, like, I didn't understand why they didn't play him more.
0:57.7	Maybe Mark's body didn't allow for him to play more.
1:01.2	I don't necessarily have an answer there.
1:03.8	Maybe there's something I'm missing.
1:06.2	And look, I think that, like, he certainly is something of a defensive question mark at this point just in regard to mobility.
1:12.7	But he is so good offensively just due to decision making and shooting that there's still a role for him if he wants it.
1:19.6	It's just, is, you know, a minimum contract worth it for market at this point, given how much money he's made and given his legacy.
1:27.6	Yeah, no, I think the most logical thing for him to do is, you know, hang out for now,
1:36.1	grow some awesome vegetables, maybe work out with POW in Barcelona, you know, run his,
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