For the second time in three games this season, Ben Simmons is out for six fouls. A frustrating situation for the Australian, who believes that refereeing is a bit hard on him. In any case, he does not finish the games while the Brooklyn Nets are in trouble at a regular start.
Great defeat against the Pelicans, a narrow victory against Toronto, then another setback in Memphis last night (134-124). The Brooklyn Nets season is not starting in the best way and a man can be seen as the symbol of that false start. Ben Simmons was sent off for six fouls in his team’s two defeats, from there to find a correlation between the two there is only one step that we will not go further but the fact is there, the Australian struggles to finish the games when his team needs him. Well, the boy hasn’t played since the 90s, inevitably when he comes back he is surprised by the refereeing. More than surprised, he is even frustrated by what he considers very harsh, and even unfair about the treatment given to the Grizzlies. He also returned to the fault that marked his fate, four minutes from the end of the match.
Ben Simmons committed a foul on this play …
Do you agree with the call? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/9FkWVqZygv
– Bleacher report (@BleacherReport) October 25, 2022
Blame it or not, we let you judge it, we are not referees and their work is hard enough as it is. However, the conclusion is there: Ben Simmons is struggling not to make mistakes. He was already like that in pre-season – he has committed six fouls in 13 minutes against Wolves – and is now twice in three games. Previously ? It had only happened six times in his career. His coach Steve Nash explains this lack of discipline with the long absence he has known. It’s true he doesn’t help, and it shows in his game and his stats: 5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists on average aren’t much for a former All-Star. Especially given the emergency situation his franchise is in, which hasn’t shown anything very regular since the arrival of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. If the Nets are to win, Ben Simmons will have to play better, until the buzzer in the final quarter.
The matches follow one another and are similar for Ben Simmons, who has accumulated almost as many fouls (14) as points (17) since the beginning of the season. An indiscipline that will have to be canceled quickly if the Nets are to start their season well.
