Alright, let me walk you through my Ben Simmons fantasy headache this season. Started same way every year does – staring at my waiver wire at 3am scratching my head over this dude.
The Hopeful Stage
First week saw Simmons grabbing rebounds like a madman preseason. Got all excited thinking “maybe this year he figured out how to shoot”. Dropped my solid-but-boring center for him immediately. Big mistake number one right there.
The Reality Check
Watched his actual games and damn near threw my remote. Dude passes up wide open layups! My grandma takes tougher shots. Noticed three killer problems:
- He disappears entire quarters like a ghost
- Those free throws? Brick city. Hurts your % bad
- Zero threes. Zilch. Nada
The Experiment
Stubborn me played him three straight weeks. Never again. Checked the damage later:
- Tuesday: 4 points, 5 boards – bench warmer numbers
- Thursday: Fouled out in 20 minutes – killed my totals
- Sunday: Finally decent… on my bench cause I lost trust
Meanwhile the dude I dropped? Putting up double-doubles for my league rival. Felt like punching my own face.
The Cold Hard Truth
Here’s how I see Ben Simmons now: better in real life than fantasy. Yeah he’s got skills but doesn’t translate to points in our game. Unless your league counts “avoiding shots” as a stat? No? Didn’t think so.
Learned my lesson hard way. Unless he magically turns into prime LeBron tomorrow? Keep him far away from your starting lineup.