Ben Simmons to join Essendon in the future?
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I'll cut my balls off if Simmons joins Essendon.
The bloke could be earning 100 million a year by the end of his career.
NO chance he plays for Essendon....EVER haha
The bloke could be earning 100 million a year by the end of his career.
NO chance he plays for Essendon....EVER haha
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As if...
The media are pathetic for even running a single article based on a tongue in cheek tweet. Dead set pathetic!
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Late to the thread but Simmons at 35 can’t be worse than Israel Folau in his prime.
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Even at 35 I get the feeling a man who is 208cm, athletic and has a good skill set could do some damage.
Seriously. He would’ve been a number 1 pick had he chosen football (Which, honestly, would’ve been a huge mistake for him).
Seriously. He would’ve been a number 1 pick had he chosen football (Which, honestly, would’ve been a huge mistake for him).
$6.43m this year on a rookie contract
The big problem will be he is likely to play forever - well into his 30's. Not sure he will have much left in the tank when he is finished with the NBA.
Extremely small chance of it, personally I don't see it happening. I think he would be better off playing a year or two in the NBL, and would probably be better for Australian sport if he did.
Heck the Bombers might even have an NBL team by then. They were one of the AFL clubs apparently looking to start a basketball franchise, and realistically they could start a team in the next decade and sign him.
Heck the Bombers might even have an NBL team by then. They were one of the AFL clubs apparently looking to start a basketball franchise, and realistically they could start a team in the next decade and sign him.
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On another note.... Is vanity no lobger a thing anymore now that we have social media? Finally got on board the Insta thing a few weeks ago and added this bloke. Got sick of the shameless self promotion and glamour shots after a week or so. I realise he's no Pat Malone in this regard. What's happened to the world?
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He's a bit thin. Maybe the bombers could put him on some sort of enhanced program to get him over the line.
Israel other than hating gays and letting everyone know about at 30ish just got another 4 year contract with Wallabies. WTF.
Simple. He may have been a bad afl player but he’s a quality rugby player...
He ain't that good he is probably cooked now
People are actually taking this seriously?
No chance of it ever happening. Bloke will be a top 10-20 NBA player his whole career. Good chance he’ll be a star well into his mid 30s. He isn’t going to be rushing back for a slim chance of playing AFL.
No chance of it ever happening. Bloke will be a top 10-20 NBA player his whole career. Good chance he’ll be a star well into his mid 30s. He isn’t going to be rushing back for a slim chance of playing AFL.
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Seems likely that he'd give up +$50 million a year to take on a hobby.
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I’m just toying with the idea and trying to figure out how it would go down...
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According to Choco Williams, Lleyton Hewitt asked to be drafted to Port Adelaide's rookie list while he was a top 10 tennis player in the world and earning millions doing so.
I think people underestimate the deep love some have for our great game.
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no chance.
played footy with him, he should stick to basketball
played footy with him, he should stick to basketball
He'll already be worth hundreds of millions by then so the money will start to become negligible
He dominated you didn’t he?
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According to Choco Williams, Lleyton Hewitt asked to be drafted to Port Adelaide's rookie list while he was a top 10 tennis player in the world and earning millions doing so.
I think people underestimate the deep love some have for our great game.[/QUOTE]
Except that he was and still is a HUUUUGE Crows fan and if I recall was their number 1 supporter for many years.
I think people underestimate the deep love some have for our great game.[/QUOTE]
Except that he was and still is a HUUUUGE Crows fan and if I recall was their number 1 supporter for many years.
What he’d get paid is irrelevant. If he ever decided to give it a spin it wouldn’t be for the money, it would be for the experience of it.
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