{"id":412008,"date":"2022-11-23T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=412008"},"modified":"2022-11-23T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:32:06","slug":"76ers-fans-booed-ben-simmons-as-nets-lose-on-his-playing-return-to-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/76ers-fans-booed-ben-simmons-as-nets-lose-on-his-playing-return-to-philly\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers Fans Booed Ben Simmons As Nets Lose On His Playing Return To Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday night&#8217;s 115-106 victory over the Brooklyn Nets by a tenacious Philadelphia 76ers team\u2014playing without Joel Embiid and James Harden\u2014spoiled Ben Simmons&#8217; return to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night inside the Wells Fargo Center, Ben Simmons was fully aware of the reaction the Sixers faithful would give him. He anticipated fans would express their ire in a number of loud ways after going through a messy split with the organization that selected him as the top overall choice in 2016, which forced him to leave Philadelphia before the start of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>76ers Fans Booed Ben Simmons As Nets Lose On His Playing Return To Philly<\/h2>\n<p>To the constant jeers of the crowd, Simmons had 11 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds. He has been improving since a terrible start to his Nets career. Kyrie Irving scored 23 points and Kevin Durant had 20 before coach Jacque Vaughn pulled his starting lineup with three minutes left in the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tnt showing a 12 year old kid calling Ben Simmons a f*gg*t is wild Lmao <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWZ4OTmVMN\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWZ4OTmVMN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John (@iam_johnw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iam_johnw\/status\/1595228836236607489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Simmons averaged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists over four seasons with Philadelphia, who drafted him No 1 overall out of LSU, where he played only one season. His problems, such as his refusal to shoot beyond 15 feet, outweighed his otherwise gifted defensive and playmaking talents. Simmons\u2019 relationship with the Sixers deteriorated following the 2021 playoffs and he demanded a trade.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Simmons said don\u2019t pack anything tomorrow, lunch is on him. What a guy.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMmHboshuC\">pic.twitter.com\/vMmHboshuC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Philly (@BarstoolPhilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarstoolPhilly\/status\/1595234692873289728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The expected marquee matchup was dimmed with Embiid Harden absent through injury. Embiid v Simmons will therefore have to wait. However, Simmons vs. 76ers fans was quite entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Although there were a few fleeting<strong> &#8220;Fuck Ben Simmons!&#8221;<\/strong> chants, Sixers supporters were generally raucous rather than hostile. However, they mainly reserved the four-letter terms for the backs of their previous No. 25 jerseys.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Yeah, we&#39;re gonna do our secret handshake&quot; \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>Ben Simmons on if he will talk to Joel Embiid tonight<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erikslater_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@erikslater_<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HwtMDuwzfH\">pic.twitter.com\/HwtMDuwzfH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1595124413355024385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Simmons missed back-to-back free throws in the second half and precipitated a free fast-food chicken promotion, 76ers supporters went crazy for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Philly fans booing Ben Simmons during pregame intros \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Krisplashed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Krisplashed<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBRbTftV3f\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBRbTftV3f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1595214102468579328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Before the game, Simmons had stated that he anticipated a hostile atmosphere in Philadelphia. Ben Simmons added, &#8220;I can&#8217;t worry about everyone&#8217;s feelings. <strong><em>\u201cAt the end of the day, I\u2019m not here to make everybody happy.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ug7RdpKByfo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/reports-devin-booker-kendall-jenner-called-quits-after-dating-for-two-years\/\">Reports: Devin Booker &amp; Kendall Jenner Called Quits After Dating For Two Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/yuta-watanabe-earns-standing-ovation-from-nets-crowd-for-his-3-point-shooting-form\/\">Yuta Watanabe Earns Standing Ovation From Nets Crowd For His 3-point Shooting Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday night&#8217;s 115-106 victory over the Brooklyn Nets by a tenacious Philadelphia 76ers team\u2014playing without Joel Embiid and James Harden\u2014spoiled Ben Simmons&#8217; return to Philadelphia. Tuesday night inside the Wells Fargo Center, Ben Simmons was fully aware of the reaction the Sixers faithful would give him. He anticipated fans would express their ire in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":385145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,51],"tags":[481,3832,3546,2553,2215,1940],"class_list":["post-412008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-nba","tag-ben-simmons","tag-ben-simmons-booed","tag-brooklyn-nets-news","tag-nba-2022","tag-nba-news","tag-nba-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}