Asked Ben Simmons what is preventing him from reaching Jordi Fernandez’s goal of 10 shot attempts per game:

“The role I’m in right now is a little different and I’m trying to adjust. And then obviously when you have Clax coming back it’s gonna change again. I feel like I got some good rhythm in that second group. And then obviously Clax came out and then went back into that lineup. I just gotta find my spots and do a better job of doing that for the team.”

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  1. Erik Slater then asked Nic Claxton about being between the starting and bench units.

    >Asked Nic Claxton whether he feels it’s been difficult moving between the first and second units:

    >“No. Whenever you get on the court, we’re basketball players, so we just gotta hoop. It’s different starting and coming off the bench, but whatever the coaches want we both just gotta adjust and be ready to play.”

    [https://x.com/erikslater_/status/1860187819882209341?s=46](https://x.com/erikslater_/status/1860187819882209341?s=46)

  2. Word salad for “I don’t wanna shoot”. Honestly, if he don’t wanna shoot, just let him push the pace and playmake and have him take zero shots a game if thats what he wants

  3. To be fair, different types of player. Clax a screen and roll and get points off the lob kind of guy. Ben needs the ball more so their responses are understandable. Having said that, Ben seriously has a bad cinfidence issue shooting the ball and getting back his aggressiveness

  4. He has anxiety about going to the line so he turns down every opportunity to get to the rim in fear of getting fouled.

  7. What “spots” does he have, if he can’t even dunk and blows layups from practically underneath the basket and unguarded???

  8. All of the people with the “he’s scared” would literally have a panic attack before they were on an nba court for 10 seconds so please take a seat. He stands there and answers questions. He’s clearly got ptsd from the back injury or the basketball equivalent of the yips. If any franchise is equipped to handle this it’s the Nets. Just relax. Ben doesn’t need to score. You have Cam Thomas or so I was told

  9. when you know youve put the hard work in, you want to be tested, you want to show case your skills on the big stage, when the cameras and the spotlight are on you – just look at how fearless Maxey and McCain are. hard work has given them confidence.

    the flipside of this coin is what you see with Simmons.
    His bag consists of dribble hand-offs, setting screens and passing to an open man. basically the same player that entered the league in 2016.

  10. But goddamn if Ben isn’t the best looking guy on this roster and arguably top 10 in the league. I don’t know how many other females are on this Reddit but we need to take a poll on this 🤣

  11. “Find my spots”.. does he have any spots? Like there’s pretty much nowhere on the court that’s good for him.

  12. I blame the kardashians. Ever since Ben’s break up with Kendall, he broke mentally. Everything the kardashians touch breaks.

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