Sixers Head Coach Doc Rivers Throws Ben Simmons Under The Bus With Brutally Honest Answer After Game 7 Loss

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• The Philadelphia 76ers were eliminated from the playoffs after a poor shooting night by Ben Simmons
• After the game, Sixers head coach gave a brutally honest answer when asked if he though Simmons could be a point guard on a championship team
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Doc Rivers doesn’t seem too confident that Ben Simmons can lead a team to a championship.

Ben Simmons had a horrible series against the Hawks and bizarrely refused to shoot the ball in crunch time for the team.

Ben Simmons 4th quarter this series:

Game 1: 2-2 FG
Game 2: 0-0 FG
Game 3: 1-1 FG
Game 4: 0-0 FG
Game 5: 0-0 FG
Game 6: 0-0 FG
Game 7: 0-0 FG

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At one point in the game, Simmons even passed on a play that should have resulted in an easy dunk.

After the game, Rivers was asked if he thought Simmons could be the point guard of a championship team and the Sixers head coach appeared to throw Simmons under the bus by giving a non-committal answer to the question.

Yikes.