All things ben-simmons
![This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/d856314f88dfb3b2709a059c4b64f130.jpg)
![The latest scapegoat for Ben Simmons’ back issues? His agent](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/95393e5857a1ceafe16400872e0bb341.jpg)
![The latest scapegoat for Ben Simmons’ back issues? His agent](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/95393e5857a1ceafe16400872e0bb341.jpg)
![Do the Thunder have a Josh Giddey problem?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/886934d6a39ce2cae6a55cac007214ac.jpg)
![Do the Thunder have a Josh Giddey problem?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/886934d6a39ce2cae6a55cac007214ac.jpg)
![This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/d856314f88dfb3b2709a059c4b64f130.jpg)
This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining baske...
![Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ba5d5adf7021357b5d6a183057dcb43b.jpg)
Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining baske...
![The latest scapegoat for Ben Simmons’ back issues? His agent](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/95393e5857a1ceafe16400872e0bb341.jpg)
The latest scapegoat for Ben Simmons’ back issues? His agent
Remember when NBA Twitter, now NBA X, spent an entire season obsessing over where Ben Simmons would ...
![Do the Thunder have a Josh Giddey problem?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/886934d6a39ce2cae6a55cac007214ac.jpg)
Do the Thunder have a Josh Giddey problem?
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining baske...
![JJ Redick says it's 'always an excuse' with Doc Rivers](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/cc471db6f9720c73b42c409abd2c5bea.png)
JJ Redick says it's 'always an excuse' with Doc Rivers
Former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick is tired of Doc Rivers’ excuses. The First Take host went off on h...
![NBA trade deadline winners & losers; Doc Rivers already starting to lose Bucks players; Jalen Brunson the best PG in the league?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/b56cf1d642e73893b7d36d3ca99d342e.jpg)
NBA trade deadline winners & losers; Doc Rivers already starting to lose Bucks players; Jalen Brunson the best PG in the league?
So, now that we’ve had a couple of weeks to digest things and get all the Doc Rivers 3-1 lead jokes ...
![Tyrese Maxey is learning that life as Trae Young is harder than it looks](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/53efffcabd49dde08004a55dd211f6bb.jpg)
Tyrese Maxey is learning that life as Trae Young is harder than it looks
Life as Tyrese Maxey has been an auspicious existence. He entered an ideal scenario as an ancillary ...
![The 2024 NBA trade deadline is DOA](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/6f0c12e0b64efea51f2b40c00ee90fad.jpg)
The 2024 NBA trade deadline is DOA
Please for the love of God stop reading this. The 2024 deadline has absolutely no pulse. Do not conf...
![Kim Mulkey needs to do right by Brittney Griner; Ben Simmons a hero?; Klay Thompson being traded?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/43af4982c47ca509d46986f012a3d58e.jpg)
Kim Mulkey needs to do right by Brittney Griner; Ben Simmons a hero?; Klay Thompson being traded?
Anyone who dresses the way Kim Mulkey does loves attention. And since the ultra-competitive and alwa...
![Ben Simmons is the hero the NBA Players Association didn’t know it needed](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ff7ea62bfd37a1084c2ac87fd782823b.jpg)
Ben Simmons is the hero the NBA Players Association didn’t know it needed
Ben Simmons shows up to work, posts up on the bench in vibrant fits, shades, and quietly monitors th...
![Zion Williamson is the NBA’s most polarizing talent](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/819dfe1a797711ebb76d7ab8895804e0.png)
Zion Williamson is the NBA’s most polarizing talent
Zion Williamson is a series of contradictions. He’s a near-300-pound space mover who elevates like h...
![Trade talk is the nadir of sports journalism](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/9596794df9a26c1e3e8e1523544a578e.jpg)
Trade talk is the nadir of sports journalism
Imagine being a Chicago Bears fan — I know empathy is hard, but just try — and going through what th...
![The Beard's ego has him stuck between a Rock(et) and a Harden place](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/1965f78ab85b874d519808945467c6ea.jpg)
The Beard's ego has him stuck between a Rock(et) and a Harden place
James Harden is in limbo. Last season, he was all in on taking a pay cut in an effort to give the Ph...
![The NBA script is already rolling as the writers’ strike ends](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/4869cb9873fea1b895cefc76e4206fff.jpg)
The NBA script is already rolling as the writers’ strike ends
Ding-dong, the strike is dead. The Deadspin staff’s WGA brethren have come to an agreement with the ...
![Ben Simmons is dreaming of taking his street clothes back to Philly](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/11158b94335ff577da36e69ddb5a50d1.jpg)
Ben Simmons is dreaming of taking his street clothes back to Philly
It’s that time of year when we get these Ben Simmons workout videos where he’s in the gym shooting b...
![The James Harden domino effect could be epic in Philly](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/a63453545eb9ef244aabd1dc9c749aa0.jpg)
The James Harden domino effect could be epic in Philly
Philadelphia is a sad basketball city at the moment. Another season has passed where the 76ers can’t...
![The Sixers don’t have time for another prolonged James Harden trade saga](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/88ea2cb4f8375466a92d6d4298c1ff37.jpg)
The Sixers don’t have time for another prolonged James Harden trade saga
The staring contest is underway between James Harden and Daryl Morey as the Philadelphia 76ers annou...
![NBA doing everything it can to marginally disrupt player empowerment](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/e5f35c2f95f627fcfa798a54cfc4afff.jpg)
NBA doing everything it can to marginally disrupt player empowerment
The NBA league office prolonged the current stalemate between the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami H...
![This might be Trey’s last dance in San Francisco](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/4439d0b3347457e0f5c7b99b64a72080.jpg)
This might be Trey’s last dance in San Francisco
Trey Lance is entering year three in San Francisco and has suited up for eight games and started jus...
![NFLPA prez implies franchised running backs should fake injuries for leverage](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/6d35cc7d960ce672b0ed9b08d3322a46.jpg)
NFLPA prez implies franchised running backs should fake injuries for leverage
Apparently all the striking and picketing going on at various writer and actor guilds has seeped int...