Ben Simmons' Outfit at 2024 Met Gala Inspires Jokes, Memes from NBA Fans

Featured Columnist IVMay 6, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Ben Simmons attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Ben Simmons' Brooklyn Nets are not in the playoffs, so he has plenty of time to pursue off-court endeavors.

Such as attending the 2024 Met Gala.

Simmons arrived at Monday's event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York decked out in quite the outfit that included a prominent clock:

Bleacher Report @BleacherReport
Ben Simmons has arrived to the Met Gala 🕟 <a href="https://t.co/fQq2uduNIS">pic.twitter.com/fQq2uduNIS</a>

The clock makes sense considering this year's theme for the Met Gala is "The Garden of Time," per Jacqui Palumbo of CNN. Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth were the co-hosts for the celebrity extravaganza.

While basketball might take a backseat for most with so many celebrities in attendance, NBA fans were certainly ready with the Simmons jokes:

BetMGM 🦁 @BetMGM
Ben Simmons officially has more Met Gala appearances this season (1) than 15-point games in the NBA (0) <a href="https://t.co/GeqbcLYo9B">pic.twitter.com/GeqbcLYo9B</a>

Jeff Eisenband @JeffEisenband
Ben Simmons on a minutes restriction at the Met Gala <a href="https://t.co/c99GjTaLej">pic.twitter.com/c99GjTaLej</a>

Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
Ben Simmons in mid-season form at Met Gala <a href="https://t.co/skbB2qDzpA">pic.twitter.com/skbB2qDzpA</a>

Matt Goldich @MattGoldich
Look, it would be so easy to dunk on this photo. That's why Ben Simmons isn't going to do it <a href="https://t.co/tCFMoZRz33">https://t.co/tCFMoZRz33</a>

Andrew Salciunas @asalciunas975
Ben Simmons put more effort in this outfit than he has in his last 3 NBA seasons combined <a href="https://t.co/3FOrdIVaH1">https://t.co/3FOrdIVaH1</a>

BrickWrld @BRICKW0RLD
Ben Simmons will do anything but hoop 💀 <a href="https://t.co/b76KvGz8Xi">pic.twitter.com/b76KvGz8Xi</a>

Complex Style @ComplexStyle
Ben Simmons is playing no games. An early contender for best-dressed man at the 2024 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> <a href="https://t.co/eX9s02zbtU">pic.twitter.com/eX9s02zbtU</a>

Madeline Hill @mad_hill
The clock is counting the time since Ben Simmons was a basketball player. <a href="https://t.co/iP1clSuuHE">pic.twitter.com/iP1clSuuHE</a>

Dr. Danny Sanders @dannysanders80
Nothing new here..Ben Simmons plays no games in the NBA either. <a href="https://t.co/TYNoU7pd7U">https://t.co/TYNoU7pd7U</a> <a href="https://t.co/zgSeGikI1v">pic.twitter.com/zgSeGikI1v</a>

Tiffanee With Two E's @tiffanee_dawn
If you squint you'll see that the big hand is on 5, which is the number of games Ben Simmons plays per season. <a href="https://t.co/B5QVTXAR7p">https://t.co/B5QVTXAR7p</a>

Jacob Moreno @Jacobmorenonba
Ben Simmons went from being an all-star to being the protector of the time stone <a href="https://t.co/mJPzmZMuHK">https://t.co/mJPzmZMuHK</a>

Geo @sixersgeo
Ben Simmons when it comes to anything but playing basketball <a href="https://t.co/iKWRSKLmvD">pic.twitter.com/iKWRSKLmvD</a>

Simmons hasn't been on the court much of late. He appeared in just 15 games this season and 42 games in 2022-23 after missing the entire 2021-22 campaign. The LSU product hasn't played more than 58 games since he was an All-Star in 2018-19 for the Philadelphia 76ers.

The expectation is he will be ready for the 2024-25 season, where he will look to make an impression for his play on the court in addition to what he is wearing off it.

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