NBA Philadelphia 76ers player Ben Simmons did not "care much for school," according to the AAP. In fact, the Australian "admits he attended Louisiana State University only for basketball and expresses disdain at being made to do so." He said, "I'm here to play. I'm not here to go to school." Simmons, the '16 No. 1 NBA draft pick, is the subject of a documentary that chronicles his '15-16 college season to analyze the "so-called one-and-done system" in U.S. basketball. In the film, Simmons, who is missing the start of his first NBA season with Philadelphia due to a foot injury, said that "he sees college as pointless." Simmons: "I'm going to the NBA next season ... it's not going to help me. I have to be getting better every day ... I'm not worried about my oceanography class." The documentary "follows Simmons during his freshman year." The Melbourne product was "ruled out of the running to win the Wooden Award for the year's best college basketball player for academic reasons." He was also benched for the start of LSU's game against Tennessee in February "for his poor results at school." He said, "The NCAA is really f----d up. Everybody's making money except the players. We're the ones waking up early as hell to be the best teams and do everything they want us to do and then the players get nothing" (AAP, 11/2).
