Kyrie Irving jumped to the defense of his Nets teammate Ben Simmons following the team’s 110–99 loss to the Bucks on Wednesday.
Simmons struggled to get anything going against Giannis & Co., only scoring 4 points in 34 minutes. When asked how he and his teammates can get Simmons to shoot more, Irving gave an honest answer.
“I mean, I just think like if we’re going to come in and be honest as a team, I’m not trying to just be critical over what Ben’s done right or done wrong every single night,” Irving said. “He’s a basketball player, he’s a professional, he has the skills to be a great professional. He’s done it in the past and he hasn’t played in two years so you guys keep coming in here and asking me, ‘What about Ben? What about Ben?’ and it’s just he hasn’t played in two years. Give him a f------- chance.”
