Ben Simmons is a true enigma. The man didn't play a single second this season for either the Brooklyn Nets, his current team, or the Philadelphia 76ers, the team that traded him after a lengthy in-season stalemate. And yet he still remained a hot talking point among NBA circles.

That didn't change as his former Sixers club were unceremoniously ousted from the postseason one game earlier than they were last year with Ben Simmons still playing for them. The three-time All-Star may not have outright tweeted anything controversial, but he was seen giving a like to a rather spicy take from one Skip Bayless:

“James Harden typically no-showed in the second half of this closeout game. Now he's mostly just another Jim Harden. Ben Simmons eventually will make this trade look so phoolish for Philly,” said the Skip Bayless tweet that Ben Simmons liked.

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James Harden had one of his worst performances ever during the Sixers' elimination game against the Heat on Thursday. He finished with just 11 points, scoring zero in the second half, which turned out to be their last of the season.

For all the talk that Ben Simmons was a non-factor in the Sixers' last playoff run, James Harden wasn't much better for Philadelphia.