Ben Simmons, Dennis Schroder snap back at heckler in tense confrontation

Ben Simmons didn’t return kindly to being heckled by a instrumentality earlier getting passionately defended by his teammate connected nan measurement backmost to nan Nets locker room aft a nonaccomplishment to nan Magic.

A video posted to societal media captured what appeared to beryllium a young instrumentality calling Simmons “trash” aft nan Nets prima passed him successful nan players’ passageway astatine Kia Arena successful Orlando aft Brooklyn fell 116-101 to nan location squad connected Friday night.

Simmons kept stepping but said: “Why didn’t you opportunity it erstwhile I was there, p–y?”

The business didn’t extremity there.

Nets defender Dennis Schroder — successful his 2nd play successful Brooklyn — came backmost and asked a different fan, “Who taking s–t astir Ben?” The instrumentality instantly pointed down nan line.

Schroder went complete and confronted nan heckler, but what was said could not beryllium made retired connected nan video. 

An big — who nan societal media station claims is nan person’s begetter — tried to get nan young instrumentality to locomotion distant from nan business arsenic different Nets players lingered.

The business yet diffused aft a short statement betwixt nan heckler and Schroder.

Simmons has 7 points, six rounds and conscionable 3 assists successful nan game, nan Nets’ second-straight conclusion to statesman nan season.

The erstwhile No. 1 wide prime by nan 76ers has been constricted by injuries and played successful conscionable 57 games full complete his first 2 seasons pinch nan Nets.

It has made him an easy target for critics.

Even erstwhile playing, he has been acold from nan All-Star erstwhile he showed successful Philly, averaging conscionable 6.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists during his two-plus play successful Brooklyn.