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Another Simmons? He made 240 million in 213 games in his career, and now he is fat: He has money, and it is difficult to lose weight

7:31am, 16 August 2025【Basketball】

Not all players in the NBA are striving for honor. Some players just want to make money. George used to want to win the championship, so he forced the palace to leave the Thunder to join the Clippers. However, he did not win the championship in a few years with the Clippers. As he grew older, George began to consider life, so he refused to reduce some of his salary and stayed in the Clippers. He went away to Philadelphia and won a large contract of 220 million. Now everyone has seen it on the 76ers, his performance is not good and his attendance rate is still low.

In fact, George has always been a glass man. He asked for a big contract last summer, and many teams were also in a dilemma. If he gave it, he would definitely regret it. If he didn't give it, he wouldn't be able to sign it. When the 76ers signed him, he planned to have a premium contract in the last two years of this contract, but he didn't expect that the premium began in the first season. The 76ers had no choice. The key is that it is difficult to send it away now. After all, the attendance rate is here, and no one wants to be a sucker.

There are many players in the NBA who value money more. He clearly has the talent to win great honors, but after getting a big contract, he completely let himself go and gave up chasing honors. He would never work hard if he could lie down. This kind of player also made the team helpless. The No. 2019 No. 1 pick Zion is such a player. He attracted much attention before entering the league. The attention can be said to be no worse than Wenban, and he was even considered to be as talented as Jordan and James.

After winning him, the Pelicans also have full expectations for the future, but this No. 1 pick is not self-disciplined, overeating, and Feitianliu's playing style also makes his knees and ankles unable to withstand pressure, and he is often injured. Anyone with some injuries may be reimbursed for the season. In this case, the Pelicans have always used money to support him, thinking that if they are sent away, the team doesn't know how much money they can get to have such a talent, but it is also helpless for the team to keep it and cannot achieve results.

The Pelicans are also very entangled, so they have considered sending him away in the past two seasons, but they were finally left behind. The team changed general manager this summer, and Choudhumas took office. The team traded to send CJ McClum away, exchanged Poole, and won two lottery picks. The feeling is that the Pelicans want to rebuild, but they still did not send Zion away. Dumas and Zion got along very happily, so they planned to keep him and see.

I think the final result is still the same, because Zion recently posted a photo, but his abdominal muscles were gone, and his abdominal muscles were fused and unified. This fully shows that Zion has been very undisciplined for a while and has not chosen to maintain his body shape or lose weight. He is probably fatter now than before, and this has brought about a significant increase in the probability of injury. He is probably missing for a long time again in the new season.

Zion has been in the league for 6 seasons since he entered the league in 2019. As a result, he has played 213 games in total, and has an average of 35.5 games per season, with an attendance rate of only 43%. Although the team is depressed, he doesn't care about this. He feels comfortable with a big contract. His rookie contract has reached 44 million in four years and 44 million. The first contract extension in his career reached 197 million in five years, totaling 241 million. Many experts and media have also persuaded Zion to lose weight.

But he disagreed with this, and he didn't think it was a problem. When asked this question in an interview, Zion said: It's difficult, man, I'm only in my 20s and already have all the money in the world. My money is as big as I have money from the whole world, so it's really difficult to control my weight. His meaning is very clear. When he has money, he loses the motivation to make money. At the same time, his life is good enough, and he can't control his weight.

If this continues, I think he will become the next Ben Simmons. Like the former Western Emperor, he amazed everyone when he first entered the league. After winning the first big contract, he began to indulge himself, no longer work hard, nor improve himself. He will take care of him if he has injuries, and he will take care of his minor injuries. If he has the opportunity, he should be free. Now everyone should see Simmons' situation. Now he wants a basic salary contract, and no team chooses to sign him. Maybe he will go to the overseas league.

If Zion continues to be injured like this, the team may try to win him after the Pelicans give up on him. However, if Zion is absent, everyone will eventually reach a consensus that he has no professional quality and will eventually fall to the point where he has no ball to play. There is no shortage of top talents in the NBA. It is a group of top talents in the world. In this case, if he wants to top the league's superstars and become a Hall of Fame player, he not only needs talent, but also needs to work hard to pave the way.

The Pelicans still have a lot of talents. Even if Zion is sent away, they will also have Trey Murphy, Jones, Philes and Quinn. I think the Pelicans should be more determined. Having said that, what do you want to say about the current Pelicans? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.