Oh, this is going to be a tough one for a lot of people, man.

On a what if Wednesday, we go with a what could have been with Ben Simmons.

Welcome to the P.H.L.Y. Sixers podcast on a what if Wednesday, along with Derek Bodner,

Kyle Newbeck. I'm Devon Givens. Bree, president of basketball ops producing all of you in the

chat. And the first thing that I will say is aggressive Ben Simmons is the best Ben Simmons. Derek,

didn't I say that all the time? And it would run because I'm like, I'm waiting for it to happen, man.

It's going to happen.

He's going to figure it out, Kyle, and get it done.

And here he is the day after we're talking about a what-if with Ben Simmons folks.

Because last night, as the Los Angeles Clippers took on the Denver Nuggets in Game 5, where they're certainly

in the series.

They're looking to close things, you know, try to get that home court advantage, push it

to a game six back at the Intuit Dome and get a victory there.

Unfortunately, for the Clippers, the Denver Nuggets knocked them off 131, 115,

but for the sake of the conversation that we're having here,

last night, Ben Simmons for the Los Angeles Clippers,

five minutes, 0 for one from the floor,

one rebound, one block shot, and minus 4 in the plus minus

for the game last night.

And this is why we're talking about Ben Simmons today for the what if Wednesday.

And Kyle brought it up as we were discussing this.

We're also talking about them because we thought about doing a James Hardin retrospective. Correct. In light of his own

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