NBA 2K22 dropped on Friday, and of course player ratings have been the talk of the town. Among those who should be most offended by 2K's evaulation of his talent is Sixers guard Ben Simmons, who has been dominating the NBA offseason news cycle after demanding a trade from Philadelphia. Likely in response to Simmons' dissapointing postseason performance, 2K has lowered his overall rating to an 84, the lowest since his rookie season as the Philadelphia Inquirer's Damichael Cole points out. 

Cole also noticed a hilarious fact: with Simmons' three-point rating dropping to a 58, he now has a lower three-point rating than non-shooting centers like Deandre Ayton, Boban Marjanovic, Dwight Howard and JaVale McGee. It's a savage shift, but not necessarily unwarranted given Simmons' playoff woes a few months back.

He attempted just one three-pointer through 12 postseason games (he missed it) and essentially stopped taking shots all together as the playoffs progressed, culminating in a passed-up dunk in the fourth quarter of Game 7 against the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

It seems, based on this ratings dip and the reported lack of interest from potential trade partners for Philly, that Simmons' value is at an all-time low. This postseason collapse left a sour taste in the collective mouth of the NBA, which makes his threat to sit out the Sixers' training camp if he's not traded all the more perplexing. Simmons should be trying to rehabilitate his value as much as possible, and the only way to do that is by actually playing in NBA games. If Simmons were to do that and perform well, perhaps he could pique the interest of a solid team with trade assets and he'll get his wish of being dealt. Until he realizes this, he'll just have to kill time by playing 2K like the rest of us.