Nets’ Ben Simmons reacts to viral airball video from practice in the park
Brooklyn Nets playmaking forward Ben Simons had quite an impressive night in the team’s third preseason game on Wednesday, but fans seem to be focused on a viral video from Brooklyn’s practice in the park event.
Simmons is all too used to hearing amassing criticisms from analysts and fans on social media alike. Basketball insider Nick Friedell of ESPN asked Simmons about the criticism to which he replied:
“It finds me all the time. And it doesn’t [expletives] stop. Sometimes I’m even sick of it, but then I’m like, ‘OK, I’m Ben Simmons, you know? It comes with being Ben Simmons right now.'”
Simmons reflected on the viral clip of his airball:
“Even the other day there was a clip of me air balling a shot at the park. Meanwhile, like 10 guys airballed multiple shots. So it’s like people will find one clip and try to make it that everything — like Ben can’t do [this or that]. Like come on man, you think I’m just airballing every shot? It’s not true. But it comes with it, and you got to have tough skin and I realize that, but nah, I can’t take everything personally. It’s social media.”
This video may rival when Ben Simmons missed throwing the fish in the water pic.twitter.com/ISeIxydj1E
— ry (@NinjaBands) October 11, 2022
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