Ben Simmons has had sky-high expectations for his time on the basketball court since he was a teenager. Hype videos surfaced of him taking the ball coast-to-coast and dunking in a way that should be impossible for a guy his size. This, of course, made those videos go viral for years. Simmons was given the lofty expectations of nicknames like “The Next LeBron”. His playstyle was compared to NBA stars like Magic Johnson at a very young age.
Now in his 5th season in the NBA (although he sat out the entire first year), Ben Simmons appears at a crossroads possibly the first time in his basketball career.