Ben Simmons inadvertently provided more ammunition for the Twitter trolls on Thursday night, when he airballed a layup during an overtime loss to the Mavericks.
Late in the first quarter, Simmons worked a give-and-go with Kevin Durant near the top of the key, ad after getting the feed from Durant, floated up a straightaway layup from just outside the restricted area under the basket, but the shot was well short, hitting nothing but the court below before bouncing out of bounds to give possession to the Mavericks.
Video of the airball had already reached 2.5 million views by Friday morning.
Simmons has been the subject of this multiple times, including a preseason event held by Brooklyn at a local park, in which Simmons airballed a turnaround jumper.
Simmons finished Thursday night with seven points and four assists with four personal fouls.
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