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Basketball Fans Have Hilarious Response To Ben Simmons Quote About His Shooting Troubles

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Ben Simmons still hasn’t seemed to figure out the whole shooting thing. Basketball fans clowned Simmons for air-balling a 10-foot shot at a park recently for the Brooklyn Nets community event.

But Simmons isn’t overly concerned with what fans think these days. At least, that’s what the three-time NBA All-Star claimed in a recent interview. Simmons spoke with ESPN reporter Nick Friedell about a number of topics ranging from his shooting, to playing with Kevin Durant, to his relationship with former teammate Joel Embiid.

After sitting out a full year of his basketball prime, the polarizing star says he’s just enjoying being back on a basketball court.

“You know, the first game I came back and played against the Sixers? The feeling of being on the court was so surreal. It just felt like that’s what I was missing, in the sense of my life. Being on that floor … was just like, ‘This is where I’m supposed to be. This is where I feel comfortable — on the court.’ So it’s a blessing just to be back here and moving and playing against the best players in the world.”

Ben Simmons Sets Himself Up With Quote About Air Balls

But the biggest topic of discussion was Simmons’ (lack of) jump shot. Which he feels is an overblown topic of discussion.

“It finds me all the time. And it doesn’t f—-ing stop. Sometimes I’m even sick of it, but then I’m like, ‘OK, I’m Ben Simmons,’ you know? Even the other day there was a clip of me air balling a shot at the park. Meanwhile, like 10 guys air balled 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]. You think I’m just air balling every shot? It’s not true. But you got to have tough skin and I realize that, but I can’t take everything personally. It’s social media.”

The quote quickly surfaced on social media.

The responses to his question were probably not what Simmons was expecting.

Don’t ask questions that you don’t want answers to, kids.