76ers point guard Ben Simmons has had enough of lingering questions about last year’s Rookie of the Year race between himself and the Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell.
Actually, before Thursday’s game at Vivint Smart Home Arena, he took issue with even characterizing it that way at all.
“It wasn’t a [expletive] race,” Simmons said. “You saw the votes, right? … Did you see the votes? So what’s the question?”
For those who didn’t see the votes, of 101 ballots cast, Simmons got 90 firsts, 10 seconds and one third, while Mitchell got 11 firsts, 89 seconds, and one third.