Australian freshman Ben Simmons is the best thing in college hoops this year, if you haven't been paying attention.
He has NBA-ready game -- and, apparently, some NBA-ready trash-talk. We've long known the former, but just learned the latter after Simmons called out none other than Drake following an upset win over perennial powerhouse Kentucky.
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Before we go on, know that Drizzy is a big Kentucky fan. (He also just happens to be a fan of most powerhouse teams, it seems.) We know this because he once inflicted his broke-ass jumpshot upon the world at a Kentucky practice. We also know this from that time he was hanging out in the Kentucky locker room at the 2014 Final Four.
STARTED AT THE TOP, SUCKED A LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, NOW WE’RE HERE pic.twitter.com/6SEzAt78OL— SB Nation (@SBNation) April 6, 2014
Anyhow! Where were we? Ah, yes: Simmons and LSU upset Kentucky on Tuesday night, dismantling the Wildcats 85-67. Simmons was hampered by foul trouble and held to a relatively modest 14 points and 10 rebounds. But he did punctuate the win by throwing down this thunderous dunk in the game's penultimate minute.
Then Simmons busted out a digital finishing move to tweak Kentucky's top celebrity fan.
On "Scholarships," a track from Drake and Future's summer mixtape collaboration, Drake raps, "I rock Kentucky blue on these hoes." (Interestingly, that mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive, just spawned another funny sports story as well.)
So after taking down the Wildcats, Simmons posted a photo of himself dunking over Kentucky, along with a twist on Drake's lyrics and an at-mention of the rapper's Instagram handle.
I rock LSU gold on these @champagnepapi A photo posted by Benjamin Simmons (@bensimmons25) on Jan 5, 2016 at 10:08pm PST
Add that to the scouting report. This kid is officially ready for the pros.