Ben Simmons is trying to make an NBA comeback at 30 years old after injuries kept him out of the league last season. The forward is training with the Australian national men's basketball team in private runs this week with the hope of making the 2028 Olympic roster, and as videos from those sessions start to circulate, it's time for one of modern basketball's greatest late offseason traditions.
It feels like every offseason features videos of Simmons showing off an improved outside shooting stroke. This of course never actually holds when the games matter, as Simmons has made just five three-pointers in 383 career NBA games. I was worried that we'd never get another mid-August video of Simmons stroking jumpers in a pickup run again after his career stalled out last year, but I was wrong! Watch a shirtless Simmons connect from deep in the video below:
Simmons has legitimately never recovered from refusing to take an open dunk during Game 7 of the 2021 Eastern Conference playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks. Simmons was named an All-Star for the third consecutive season that year, but his body started to break down after repeated back and nerve injuries, and he's never been able to rediscover his best level.
Videos of Simmons ripping jumpers in pickup runs have been circulating for a decade. Here's a video from July 2019:
Here's Simmons ripping jumpers in offseason training sessions from 2021:
#offseason #season #runs
It feels like every offseason features videos of Simmons showing off an improved outside shooting stroke. This of course never actually holds when the games matter, as Simmons has made just five three-pointers in 383 career NBA games. I was worried that we'd never get another mid-August video of Simmons stroking jumpers in a pickup run again after his career stalled out last year, but I was wrong! Watch a shirtless Simmons connect from deep in the video below:
Simmons has legitimately never recovered from refusing to take an open dunk during Game 7 of the 2021 Eastern Conference playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks. Simmons was named an All-Star for the third consecutive season that year, but his body started to break down after repeated back and nerve injuries, and he's never been able to rediscover his best level.
Videos of Simmons ripping jumpers in pickup runs have been circulating for a decade. Here's a video from July 2019:
Here's Simmons ripping jumpers in offseason training sessions from 2021:
#offseason #season #runs
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