Jusuf Nurkic Called Ben Simmons’ Aversion To Jumpers ‘Ridiculous’ After Simmons Said He Is ‘Ass’

The Philadelphia 76ers took the floor on Saturday afternoon without star big man Joel Embiid, but despite this, one of Philly’s other stars participated in some Embiid-esque trash talk of an opposing team’s center. Unfortunately for the Sixers, they got run off the floor, which led to that aforementioned opposing team’s center clapping back.

Philadelphia hosted the Portland Trail Blazers and got ran off the floor, falling 130-115 to their Western Conference foes. At one point, Ben Simmons missed a free throw, which led to Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic remarking “hell no.” This didn’t sit particularly well with Simmons, who responded with a little bit of NSFW trash talk.

It’s a funny response from Simmons, who had an excellent game — 29 points, 10 assists, and seven rebounds in 36 minutes. The issue was the Sixers got trucked, partly because no one was able to stop Nurkic. The Bosnian center had a huge night, going for 24 points and 10 rebounds in 24 minutes of action.

Nurkic is also someone who is known to talk some junk, so after the game, he met with the media and gave his thoughts on Simmons. Namely, he focused his comments on Simmons not being much of a shooter.

The two teams are done playing one another this season unless we get a Sixers-Blazers matchup in the NBA Finals, so we’ll have to wait until Simmons and Nurkic can go at one another again. Unless, of course, Evan Turner’s plan comes into fruition.

We here at Dime don’t condone fighting, but a boxing event to resolve NBA beefs wouldn’t be the worst idea in the world.