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Ben Simmons Withdraws From School, Moves To Phoenix To Train For NBA Draft

by Staff Reporter

March 22, 201635 Comments

SNY.tv Basketball writer Adam Zagoria is reporting that LSU freshman Ben Simmons has withdrawn from school and has moved to Phoenix to prepare for the NBA Draft:

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The 2016 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 23rd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Simmons is expected to be drafted No. 1 or No. 2 overall.

Filed Under: LSU Basketball

Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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More beer please•110 months

Johnny still hasn't heard anything

Hammond Tiger Fan•110 months

Simmons didn't even bother to complete a full year of school LMAO! Just more proof that this one and done crap is a charade. NBA needs to adopt MLB's approach and philosophy for declaration and get rid of this one and done mess.

saint amant steve•110 months

Do you know of a single freshman who intends to declare for the NBA draft who takes the time to finish their bullshite classes and not start prepping for the biggest moment of their young life? It would be a colossal waste of time and effort to continue on with the rest of the semester.

txbd•110 months

He should have just played overseas instead of going to college. Would have been a better experience for him if he doesnt give a shite about school.

saint tiger225•110 months

But then you don't become the talk of a town, or hell ESPN, for a year if he does that.

CarterWilson717•110 months

didn't Brandon Jennings do that?

jimbeam•110 months

But he still hadn't taken his oceanography final!!

xGeauxLSUx•110 months

I heard he missed bowling class too!

Matisyeezy•110 months

That explains why LSU opted out of the NIT.

Shalimar Sid•110 months

Wasted scholarship.

NASA_ISS_Tiger•110 months

I know I'm probably gonna get my head bit off for this comment but...I wish there was some mechanism for schools to recover the money that was spent on him for his scholarship since he didn't finish school. Unless there already is a mechanism for that.

GeorgeTheGreek•110 months

Yeah there is... you get that scholarship back for the next year.

Black n Gold•110 months

Isn't is considered a form of fraud to get a student grant and not show up to any classes? If not, it should be. Taking money out of taxpayers' pockets and limiting the ability of other kids to get a college education because he was suppose to be good at basketball.

rlebl39•110 months

LSU made money on him in his time he was here through ticket, concession, and merchandise sales at basketball games. Did you not see all the promotions he was featured in and the huge jump in season ticket sales this season?

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lsuhunt555•110 months

Again, not a single frick was given.

Lake Vegas Tiger•110 months

Why is this news?

GeeOH•110 months

Was he ever IN school other than on papaer?

saint tiger225•110 months

I don't believe. NCAA basketball needs to take a page from baseball's book and it's either straight out of high school or 2-3 years of college. The way it's setup now isn't fair for the players or the colleges.

BTRDD•110 months

He came to LSU to be a basketball player, not a LSU basketball player.

rlebl39•110 months

And as long as the system is set up the way it is right now, IMO there isn't anything wrong with that. Yeah it sucks as a fan because you want the players to have the same school pride you have, but with the one and done bull crap going on now it's just the nature of the beast.

Godfather1•110 months

Well...bye.

LSU Tiger Eyes•110 months

Did the door hit him on the way out?

ULSU•110 months

Thanks for the hit on our APR, maybe it'll cost us yet another trips to the tourny

dred24•110 months

Thanks for the memories....

lsuson•110 months

He didn't care, why should we??

DVinBR•110 months

I really do hope buddy hield is drafted before him, or at least someone with a leadership and character personality

TWT•110 months

JJ, Ben needs you to go with him. Your knowledge of the game could really help him in the NBA.

czarcasm76•110 months

It sounded like he'd already withdrawn from school unofficially, so now it's official. Cool.

atltiger6487•110 months

"Do you know of a single freshman who intends to declare for the NBA draft who takes the time to finish their bullshite classes and not start prepping for the biggest moment of their young life?" I was under the impression that many/most players finish out the semester. Otherwise, it's a negative hit on the school's APR, and since most players, you know, actually give a shite about their school, they finish out the semester.

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