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Australian MP Complains About Ben Simmons Not Being An All-Star In Parliament

Philadelphia 76ers rookie phenom Ben Simmons is having one of the best all-around rookie seasons in NBA history. The 21-year old Australian is averaging an impressive 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists. 1.8 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, while shooting 52.9% from the field.

Simmons is considered to be the biggest All-Star bust of the season (if he won’t be the injury replacement of Kristaps Porzingis). A lot of Sixers and Simmons fans are angry about that fact, and are now joined by Australian Labor MP Tim Watts, who made it a political affair when addressing the issue in parliament.

Watts stood up in parliament calling Simmons not being an All-Star an “outrage”.

“I rise today to express my outrage at the exclusion of Australian Ben Simmons from the NBA All Star game. In a record-breaking rookie year for the Philadelphia 76ers, Ben is currently averaging nearly 17 points, eight rebounds, seven assists in a game. He’s already had five triple-doubles, and frankly no one with two brain cells to rub together would want Goran Dragic on their team over Ben.”

That wasn’t all of it. Watts was even talking about an anti-Aussie conspiracy that goes all the way to the top of the NBA.

“The fact that compatriot Jingling Joe Ingles has also been left out of the three-point competition, despite currently sitting third in the league in three-point percentage, makes me think there’s some kind of anti-Australian conspiracy going on at the league head office at the moment.”

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