NBA Fans Roasted Ben Simmons Over His Laughably Bad Fail vs. Nikola Jokic

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 30, 2025

Los Angeles Clippers guard Ben Simmons played five minutes and scored zero points in the Game 5 loss to the Nuggets. / Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

Ben Simmons, the former No. 1 NBA draft pick, played five minutes in the Clippers Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night and while he scored zero points, one of his shot attempts led to lots of jokes from fans on social media.

Simmons found himself being guarded by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and tried his best to do something good for his team. Jokic gave Simmons plenty of room, basically begging him to shoot, before Simmons threw up an ugly one-hander from inside the paint.

His shot missed everything and seemed to catch the Nuggets by surprise as they deflected it out of bounds:

Ben Simmons COOKED Nikola Jokic 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/7rpTJxZhZW

— BricksCenter (@BricksCenter) April 30, 2025

Not great!

Here's another angle of it:

Ben Simmons did Kareem's signature skyhook on Jokic 🔥pic.twitter.com/mewvzzutev

— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) April 30, 2025

NBA fans had fun roasting Simmons over that:

Imagine being an NBA player missing an uncontested 5 footer by that much https://t.co/Mlk9cDoyLg

— Shawn Ferris (@RealShawnFerris) April 30, 2025

Bra need to retire, it’s ova! https://t.co/z3ufbx8amO

— 40AL (@FREEBAND_GLOBAL) April 30, 2025

Has there EVER been a more hyped player and former All Star who has completely folded like Simmons? https://t.co/iQr2Z17Zac

— T (@tbone5123) April 30, 2025

His downfall needs to be studied. https://t.co/XRINMGMslG

— Jake Nuechterlein (@JakeyN14) April 30, 2025

Dawg lol https://t.co/ZIMEfTbdVX

— Marcus (@Mjtothemax) April 30, 2025

I don’t know if this funny anymore https://t.co/MqZ6AcUi4T

— Nique (@Sneakerdom) April 30, 2025

Game 6 of this series is Thursday night in Los Angeles. The Nuggets lead, 3–2.

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