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Sports | November 30, 2017 2:47 pm

Ben Simmons Has Helped Turn the 76ers Into Winners

He is not the next LeBron, but Simmons is the next NBA star to follow the path he started.

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Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after a made three point basket by Robert Covington in the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz at the Wells Fargo Center on November 20, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
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By Rebecca Gibian

At 17-years-old, Ben Simmons met LeBron James. James told him that he has the opportunity to be better than him, as long as he did the work. Simmons, along with with Joel Embiid, have made the Philadelphia 76ers winners this year, and though Simmons is not replacing LeBron, he is following his path.

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