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THE GAMES WE PLAY

BEN SIMMONS TALKS trash on the court, but SimmoTheSavage25, in his own words, “talks a lot of sh*t” when he hops online to play Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. As he runs around, sniping people left and right, Simmo lets it be known that there’s no competition.

Man, we’re destroying these dudes, this isn’t even a competition.

I might just have to end this tournament early.

It’s November and Simmons is playing in a tournament, hosted by SLAM’s e-sports channel, @SLAMftw, against JaVale McGee, Josh Hart and Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ running

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