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Ben Simmons FIRED back at Patrick Beverley after Beverley said he doesn’t deserve to be back in the NBA after “quitting” the game of basketball 😳 Beverley: “I don’t think it’s fair that you can quit the game of basketball & come back. Like, you can quit with not... having a ton of success. You can quit because the game is hard, & it’s stressful, & you’re not playing well, & the fans are on you, & the media is on you. You can quit & have an opportunity to come back? We’ve been looking at Victor Oladipo, who’s been competing, who went to the G-League, workout in front of a ton of coaches & GMs & writing letters. This is the guy you pick! No discrediting Ben Simmons; I’m not with quitting when it’s hard at the time because I’m not playing right; I don’t feel right; everywhere I go it’s an issue & excuse.” Simmons: “Walk away…. ?? 😂😂😂 I played two years not physically. This ain’t no handout. I worked my ass off to be in this position… And I’m very grateful to be in position to play the game I fu**ing love! Y’all will continue to make up stories for your own benefits & that’s more telling about who you are 🤷‍♂️” Thoughts? 🤔 Via. League Alerts / Patrick Beverleyshow more

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NBA13 days ago

Quitting was always a reach. He was genuinely hurt. You don’t mess around with back injuries.

Shawndon26913 days ago

Ben Simmons is a 6'10 PG that can defend and rebound, Victor Oladipo is 6'3 guard that offers nothing outside of scoring and he's not even good at that anymore..

dave corzine13 days ago

Pat a hoe

Tunechii (MELO)13 days ago

Pat using Oladipo instead of just saying it could have been me is funny as fukk 🤣 I say that because why else would you say this about someone getting another opportunity ? Just comes off as hate to me 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

sophie cunningham pee on me plz13 days ago

Ben will come back and fuck some niggahs up

Pee13 days ago

Most passion about hoops I’ve ever seen him have tbh

Quenton Albertie (△⃒⃘)13 days ago

Anyone who comes back from multiple back injuries isn’t soft or a quitter, so there’s that

Dre Baldwin | #WorkOnYourGame13 days ago

1. “Fair” is irrelevant. 2. These are two completely different players. Ben Simmons is 6 foot 10. Oladipo is like 6’4”.

PROPERBETTORS INC.13 days ago

Damn Ben talkin shit too? He might really hoop this year

grass13 days ago

Some people dont know how a spinal injury and surgery can make you move or even do any differently. So ben simmons taking a year break from basketball was smart so he wouldn’t have put any more stress on it if he forced himself to play

LouisvilleTuanny13 days ago

I'm tired of these players getting in a mic and saying shit like they're some type of authority. He's mad he's not in the league anymore. There's been plenty of players who didn't get another shot, plenty that did. Why just choose Ben Simmons to point out.

Darren Howard13 days ago

Beverly is the Great Value rendition of SAS

John Snow13 days ago

Beverly was too much of a scumbag for even the barstool scumbags

BigSaGlowTee13 days ago

I agree with pat bev

jhalimm13 days ago

“I’m not with quitting the game of basketball because it got hard”…. Didn’t Michael Jordan quit because it got hard? Selective criticism at its finest. 😎

Troy Kiss (BIGINKED)13 days ago

Legend! Time to put these jealous humans in their place Benny. I would love to see even 1% of the population try to even play park basketball after back surgeries and a kneecap surgery!

Carlos Pena13 days ago

Its called connections people doggy doggy world but that how that goes in all lines of work

Willy13 days ago

@BenSimmons25 god can be cruel, here is this cuck with all the physical gifts and talents one can ask for and he gives up like a bitch. I am one of a billion who dream about this type of opportunity but will never get it

𝔍𝔊_ℭ𝔩𝔲𝔱𝔠𝔥_ℭ𝔦𝔱𝔶13 days ago

Ppl who never dealt with a back problem will never understand how much that shit will affect your entire life!!

Chuck13 days ago

Aint no thoughts (pl). Just one. He a goofy who dont love the game.

Thomas Brima13 days ago

Ben will do good

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62,632 views • 5 months ago

Bam Adebayo GOES IN on the critics that says his 83 point game performance is unethical: "For the couch coaches, I mean, if you're in my shoes and you have, first of all, y'all are blaming me. You should be blaming the head coach. Get that first. I was not the one letting me go one-on-one the whole game until I had 70, and then you started to send a double. At that point, I got 70 with, like, what? nine minutes left to go in the game you think i'm not going for it like like and that's the thing that's crazy when they talk about the unethical part of the basketball i'm like if i have 70 points with 9 minutes to go Who would just be like, you know, coach, just take me out. Yeah, right. Anybody in my shoes with nine minutes left? Okay. A minute? All right. Nine? Yeah, I'm going for it. You can't be mad at that. If you are mad, I don't care because a lot of people, they're upset because if they did play, they never had a chance to get that close to chasing greatness. And then if you get that close to chasing greatness, that's the point of chasing it so you can surpass it. And some of the people have never played basketball. So like if you've been in the backyard and you and a couple of your homies have been playing 21 and you got 19. You're not going to get an easy look off. And four, they're going to talk about the free throws. It's not like I shoot 15 free throws a game. It's not like I average 10 free throws a game. You can watch the film. I was legitimately getting fouled every time. So I went to the free throw line."

Bam Adebayo GOES IN on the critics that says his 83 point game performance is unethical: "For the couch coaches, I mean, if you're in my shoes and you have, first of all, y'all are blaming me. You should be blaming the head coach. Get that first. I was not the one letting me go one-on-one the whole game until I had 70, and then you started to send a double. At that point, I got 70 with, like, what? nine minutes left to go in the game you think i'm not going for it like like and that's the thing that's crazy when they talk about the unethical part of the basketball i'm like if i have 70 points with 9 minutes to go Who would just be like, you know, coach, just take me out. Yeah, right. Anybody in my shoes with nine minutes left? Okay. A minute? All right. Nine? Yeah, I'm going for it. You can't be mad at that. If you are mad, I don't care because a lot of people, they're upset because if they did play, they never had a chance to get that close to chasing greatness. And then if you get that close to chasing greatness, that's the point of chasing it so you can surpass it. And some of the people have never played basketball. So like if you've been in the backyard and you and a couple of your homies have been playing 21 and you got 19. You're not going to get an easy look off. And four, they're going to talk about the free throws. It's not like I shoot 15 free throws a game. It's not like I average 10 free throws a game. You can watch the film. I was legitimately getting fouled every time. So I went to the free throw line."

Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴

374,056 views • 6 months ago

Sinner on if there’s anything Djokovic doesn’t do as well as he used to, ‘I’m lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes & I can hopefully learn something… I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level’ “Novak will be 39 in May. Do you think there are things he doesn’t do as well now as he used to?” Jannik: “The level he is still playing, he is I think the most professional athlete we have here in the locker room. Me as a 24 year old, I am lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes and I can hopefully learn something. I feel like every day and every time he plays I can learn something about him, about Carlos, about all the other great, great players. I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level. He is an inspiration for all of us, especially young players.” (via Australian Open Press)

Sinner on if there’s anything Djokovic doesn’t do as well as he used to, ‘I’m lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes & I can hopefully learn something… I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level’ “Novak will be 39 in May. Do you think there are things he doesn’t do as well now as he used to?” Jannik: “The level he is still playing, he is I think the most professional athlete we have here in the locker room. Me as a 24 year old, I am lucky to have someone like him in front of my eyes and I can hopefully learn something. I feel like every day and every time he plays I can learn something about him, about Carlos, about all the other great, great players. I think the way he is playing and moving, if you are not professional, you don’t play at this level. He is an inspiration for all of us, especially young players.” (via Australian Open Press)

The Tennis Letter

261,671 views • 7 months ago

Anthony Edwards explains why he dapped up the Spurs with 8 minutes left: “Yeah it’s 8 minutes but we not going back in the game. When you win a playoff series everybody is celebrating at the end of the game. They’ll be smiling while I’m pissed off. I was like ‘let me go ahead and congratulate these boys because I’m not going to be laughing with y’all after you whooped my ass.’ I didn’t want to go dal them n***** up at all. But then what would they have said About me? That’s why I’m me and y’all are whoever y’all are.” (Via

Anthony Edwards explains why he dapped up the Spurs with 8 minutes left: “Yeah it’s 8 minutes but we not going back in the game. When you win a playoff series everybody is celebrating at the end of the game. They’ll be smiling while I’m pissed off. I was like ‘let me go ahead and congratulate these boys because I’m not going to be laughing with y’all after you whooped my ass.’ I didn’t want to go dal them n***** up at all. But then what would they have said About me? That’s why I’m me and y’all are whoever y’all are.” (Via

NBA Courtside

4,462,855 views • 4 months ago

You’re not too old. You’re not too broken. And you’re not too far gone. I’m turning 62 in 2 weeks. I post videos of myself training, but not to impress anyone. I’m not chasing likes. I’m not trying to prove I’m elite. And I’m not pretending everyone should be able to do what I do. There was a time, like for many of you, when I struggled to find time to train at all. Three young kids. A demanding job. Little balance. Fitness wasn’t even on the back burner—it was off the stove entirely. But it came back. With work. With consistency. With a mindset shift. I don’t post because I think you should do exactly what I do. I post because I want to show you what’s possible. Because we lose what we don’t train. Because we assume age means decline. Because we assume the risk is too high. And because we assume—somewhere deep down that it’s too late. But it’s not. You may not aim to lift a certain weight or hit a specific number. But you can move better. You can get stronger. You can build resilience. And you can surprise yourself. This isn’t about showing off. It’s about showing up... to see what’s possible for you.

You’re not too old. You’re not too broken. And you’re not too far gone. I’m turning 62 in 2 weeks. I post videos of myself training, but not to impress anyone. I’m not chasing likes. I’m not trying to prove I’m elite. And I’m not pretending everyone should be able to do what I do. There was a time, like for many of you, when I struggled to find time to train at all. Three young kids. A demanding job. Little balance. Fitness wasn’t even on the back burner—it was off the stove entirely. But it came back. With work. With consistency. With a mindset shift. I don’t post because I think you should do exactly what I do. I post because I want to show you what’s possible. Because we lose what we don’t train. Because we assume age means decline. Because we assume the risk is too high. And because we assume—somewhere deep down that it’s too late. But it’s not. You may not aim to lift a certain weight or hit a specific number. But you can move better. You can get stronger. You can build resilience. And you can surprise yourself. This isn’t about showing off. It’s about showing up... to see what’s possible for you.

Howard Luks MD

13,397 views • 1 year ago

Iman Shumpert on the difference between playing with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony: “With Bron, the most that I learned from was just like what I’m looking at in the game. Like the times that I’m thinking TA just trying to get a stop and Bron like no TA trying to speed you up or slow you down because it’s a two for one situation and you just don’t know. He taking advantage of you. So you taking the bait because you don’t know what the fu*k you doing. And he like, you know he looking at me like Melo ain’t teach you. But it’s like anytime Melo said two for one I went but I didn’t know what the fu*k you talking about gang. Like I was embarrassed to tell Melo I ain’t know what the fu*k going on. For real though. This me being transparent at 21. Like Melo telling me some sh*t I don’t know. But Melo not the type of n***a that’s going to grab you after the game, sit you down, say this was the play, circle it. Melo kind of internalizes it be like, Damn, his young a** I can’t expect his young a** to know that, so I need to score another five points, I need to do a little bit more. He like, it can’t be Shump fault. You know what I’m saying? And Bron kind holds you accountable like, I’m going to throw a turnover if you’re not in the spot I told you to be. I’m going to throw a blind pass over my head and if you not there I’m going to tell coach to take you out.” (Via Out The Mud Podcast)

Iman Shumpert on the difference between playing with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony: “With Bron, the most that I learned from was just like what I’m looking at in the game. Like the times that I’m thinking TA just trying to get a stop and Bron like no TA trying to speed you up or slow you down because it’s a two for one situation and you just don’t know. He taking advantage of you. So you taking the bait because you don’t know what the fuk you doing. And he like, you know he looking at me like Melo ain’t teach you. But it’s like anytime Melo said two for one I went but I didn’t know what the fuk you talking about gang. Like I was embarrassed to tell Melo I ain’t know what the fuk going on. For real though. This me being transparent at 21. Like Melo telling me some sht I don’t know. But Melo not the type of n*a that’s going to grab you after the game, sit you down, say this was the play, circle it. Melo kind of internalizes it be like, Damn, his young a I can’t expect his young a** to know that, so I need to score another five points, I need to do a little bit more. He like, it can’t be Shump fault. You know what I’m saying? And Bron kind holds you accountable like, I’m going to throw a turnover if you’re not in the spot I told you to be. I’m going to throw a blind pass over my head and if you not there I’m going to tell coach to take you out.” (Via Out The Mud Podcast)

NBA Courtside

590,688 views • 6 months ago

Magic Johnson says Dwyane Wade is the greatest, most unselfish superstar in NBA history after the Heat won in 2013: Magic: You are now one of the greatest winners and champions, but to me you’re the greatest, most unselfish superstar that’s ever played in this game. How do you decide when you recruit LeBron as the face of the franchise, you’re one of the two best players in the league. You and Kobe were dominating the league at that time. Then you take a step back and say ‘it’s your team.’ how did you do that? Wade: One of the hardest things I had to do. I remember watching the finals in 2010, Lakers vs Celtics. I remember watching Kobe running after the ball for his 5th championship. I said ‘I want that! I want that again!’ I’m a hater because I was mad that he had 5… I knew I’d have to take a step back. It’s not easy but I wanted to win.

Magic Johnson says Dwyane Wade is the greatest, most unselfish superstar in NBA history after the Heat won in 2013: Magic: You are now one of the greatest winners and champions, but to me you’re the greatest, most unselfish superstar that’s ever played in this game. How do you decide when you recruit LeBron as the face of the franchise, you’re one of the two best players in the league. You and Kobe were dominating the league at that time. Then you take a step back and say ‘it’s your team.’ how did you do that? Wade: One of the hardest things I had to do. I remember watching the finals in 2010, Lakers vs Celtics. I remember watching Kobe running after the ball for his 5th championship. I said ‘I want that! I want that again!’ I’m a hater because I was mad that he had 5… I knew I’d have to take a step back. It’s not easy but I wanted to win.

Heat Central

154,274 views • 3 months ago

Max Strus says making the NBA required him to accept he doesn’t have a bag anymore and that shooting got him on the floor but defense would keep him out there “I don’t have a bag. I used to have a bag back in college, but I don’t anymore because you find what your niche is and you just go at it.” “I knew shooting the basketball was going to get me on the floor, and then I knew playing defense was going to keep me on the floor. I’ll guard the best player. I don’t care. They’re going to score on me because everybody’s that good. You can’t really stop anybody anyway.” “So it’s like, how can I make it as tough as possible on them? I don’t need to shoot the ball. I’m all right. I can do other things that I know are helping the team win. How can I make Donovan Mitchell better? How can I make James Harden better? How can I make Jarrett Allen better?” “If I feel like I haven’t gotten a shot, it’s like, all right, go crash the offensive rebound and get it. I’m not going to sit here and cry to myself about not shooting the ball or not being involved. Make yourself useful.” “My first couple years [in Miami], I don’t think I dribbled the ball once. Come off a handoff and shoot, come off a screen and shoot, and then defend and rebound. That’s all I did.” “As you continue to build more confidence within the team, within the coach, they put you in positions where, all right, now I can do a little bit more.” “You’ve got to have the humbleness to humble yourself to, ‘I’m not that guy anymore. I can’t be that guy anymore.’ But then be ready for the opportunity when it does come, ‘No, I could still be that guy. That’s just not what we need right now. But when we do, I got you.’”

Max Strus says making the NBA required him to accept he doesn’t have a bag anymore and that shooting got him on the floor but defense would keep him out there “I don’t have a bag. I used to have a bag back in college, but I don’t anymore because you find what your niche is and you just go at it.” “I knew shooting the basketball was going to get me on the floor, and then I knew playing defense was going to keep me on the floor. I’ll guard the best player. I don’t care. They’re going to score on me because everybody’s that good. You can’t really stop anybody anyway.” “So it’s like, how can I make it as tough as possible on them? I don’t need to shoot the ball. I’m all right. I can do other things that I know are helping the team win. How can I make Donovan Mitchell better? How can I make James Harden better? How can I make Jarrett Allen better?” “If I feel like I haven’t gotten a shot, it’s like, all right, go crash the offensive rebound and get it. I’m not going to sit here and cry to myself about not shooting the ball or not being involved. Make yourself useful.” “My first couple years [in Miami], I don’t think I dribbled the ball once. Come off a handoff and shoot, come off a screen and shoot, and then defend and rebound. That’s all I did.” “As you continue to build more confidence within the team, within the coach, they put you in positions where, all right, now I can do a little bit more.” “You’ve got to have the humbleness to humble yourself to, ‘I’m not that guy anymore. I can’t be that guy anymore.’ But then be ready for the opportunity when it does come, ‘No, I could still be that guy. That’s just not what we need right now. But when we do, I got you.’”

Josh Chambers

2,747,940 views • 18 days ago