Ben Simmons

Brandon Ingram has been good lately. How good, you ask? So good, he has certain people around the NBA believing he’ll be better than Rookie of the Year favorite Ben Simmons. From The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor (h/t Lakers Nation): Brandon Ingram is rolling. A few execs told me at @SloanSportsConf they think Ingram will end [...]

The full court press to recruit LeBron James this summer has already began. One Philadelphia company, Power Home Remodeling, has decided to create three billboards in Chester, Pennsylvania to entice LeBron to sign with the 76ers in free agency this summer…. [tweet https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/968167053944393728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] I have got to give this company some credit, this is a [...]

LeBron James is pretty high on Ben Simmons. He might even be higher on the Philadelphia 76ers rookie than he is on Dennis Smith Jr. Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated penned a predictably wonderful profile on Simmons, and as always, one excerpt is making the rounds within NBA circles: “You have an opportunity,” James told Simmons [...]

Compare Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons to LeBron James if you must. Just don’t expect the four-time MVP to board that bandwagon. This has nothing to do with James’ view of Simmons, the odds-on Rookie of the Year favorite, and someone who has a legitimate shot at becoming the first rookie since Blake Griffin to [...]

Ben Simmons has a pretty good, verging on great, chance to become the first NBA rookie since Blake Griffin to earn an All-Star nod. The Eastern Conference is thin on superstar clout, and he’s playing out of his mind, averaging a patently absurd 18.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game on [...]

Ben Simmons is not holding back when it comes to calling out the NCAA. If you remember, the runaway Rookie of the Year favorite called the NCAA “really fucked up” in a Showtime documentary. Now, in an interview with Uninterrupted, he’s calling it a “dirty business.” Here’s the transcription (via Bleacher Report’s Tyler Conway): “It’s a [...]

We are currently experiencing somewhat of a changing of the guard in the NBA and in the eastern conference especially. While there are still the established superstars performing at a high level as per usual, many of the players leading the league in many categories are young stars on the cusp of entering their prime [...]

As the No.1 pick in what was, one would project, a very deep NBA Draft class, the 76ers have invested a lot in Markelle Fultz and are counting on him to be a cornerstone of their franchise. Fultz is known for his effortless ability to score in a variety of ways including from deep as [...]

Ben Simmons doesn’t care about being the NBA’s best rookie. He has his sights set on something bigger. Like the league’s (unofficial) best-player crown. As he told ESPN.com’s Niall Sewang: “My goal is to be the best in the league,” he told ESPN. “I’m not worried about other rookies — I’m worried about the guys [...]

The potential super trio of the future in Philadelphia of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz got one step closer to being able to impact the league next season. Ben Simmons has been fully cleared to play basketball. [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/900114226118889472] Simmons apparently took part in a full court pickup game in his home country [...]