Ben Simmons is still a star.
At least, judging Day 2 of the Brooklyn Nets’ trip to Paris. Following their practice at Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, various Nets were made available to the media. First up were Mikal Bridges and Ben Simmons, simultaneously fielding questions in separate corners of the gym.
Bridges, the 21.2 point-per-game scoring iron man who has become the undisputed face of the Brooklyn Nets — for better or for worse — took questions from a dozen or so reporters. I got more than my fair share of questions in; my fellow, mostly French journalists started to falter after a few variations of “what do you think of Paris?