New Blazers coach Chauncey Billups on Ben Simmons pre-draft: "I don't even know if I would take him with the #1 pick right now... He seems to be very passive, and that's okay if you're gonna be the 3rd or 4th best player on the team"

Bill Simmons questions whether Adam Silver is right person to lead NBA

Bill Simmons questions whether Giannis is still a top 5 player and doesnt think teams should trade all their assets for him He doesnt play Hes closer to Embiid than Jokic He doesn't play He gets hurt all the time He's hurt all the time I would be really scared about this

Bill Simmons on Adam Silver This is the most important decision of his career

Stephen A Smith on Ben Simmons As long as First Take is in existence Ben Simmons will catch strays Im not apologizing to a damn soul There is no bigger thief in the history of the NBA than that man If Ben Simmons runs near a basketball arena he should be arrested

Howard Beck on Bams 83 A few quotes that I got in conversations with NBA coaches via text These are snippets Total bullshit Bush league Heat Culture is no more Washington should have knocked him on his ass and unfair to Wizards and Keefe meaning the coach Brian Keefe Like embarrassing

Lowlight Brandon Ingram channels his inner Ben Simmons with the game-tying 3 point attempt