Ben Simmons rubbed lots of people the mistaken approach throughout his time with the Philadelphia 76ers, and that included former teammate Georges Niang.
Niang signed with the 76ers in the identical offseason that Simmons started his holdout, and he had lots to say when requested in regards to the scenario this week.
“I don’t wish to beat a lifeless horse, however the Ben Simmons factor, that pissed me off as a result of guys are attempting to make a dwelling,” Niang mentioned on the Highway Trippin’ podcast. “I signed just a bit over the minimal. This [pairing with Simmons] goes to be nice for my profession… After which he was like, ‘I’m not enjoying’ and I’m like, what the f*ck?… So I’m like, ‘How the f*ck am I going to make one thing occur?’
.@GeorgesNiang20 talks about his points with Ben Simmons’s holdout whereas they had been teammates in Philly.
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“After which he was strolling across the facility, you already know, you’d be like, ‘What’s up, man?’ As a result of they’re like, ‘Attempt to welcome him again in.’ And he’d be like *nods*. And that’s after I was like, ‘F*ck this dude’. Like, if I get a possibility to play towards this dude, I’m going to simply be an asshole.”
In the long run, Simmons by no means performed one other sport for the 76ers, as a substitute being shipped to the Brooklyn Nets together with Andre Drummond, Seth Curry, and two future first-round picks, in alternate for James Harden and Paul Millsap.
The Sixers, in the meantime, made it to the second spherical of the playoffs in that 2021-22 season with out Simmons, the place they misplaced to the Miami Warmth in six video games.
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