That sounds you hear is a dozen columns being written about how this shows character flaws.

Ben Simmons has been a superstar since he was a senior in high school…two years ago. And ever since, he’s had a strategy for keeping his privacy: Change phones more often than a burned asset behind enemy lines.

Ben Simmons has had so many phones since his senior year of high school, he no longer knows his phone number.

It’s not that he’s one of those people whose constantly leaving it in a cab or all of the other places cell phones seem to disappear to. It’s been his common practice since he was a senior in high school and it was clear that he was going to be the top pick one day in the NBA draft to change it when he feels like “too many people have it.”

“It’s hard to get in contact with me really,” he said.

“I changed my number during college about six times,” he added. “I changed it again just this weekend. It’s hard to keep in touch.”

While Lane Johnson flat-out lied in text messages to beat writers, the Sixers guys better get used to “new phone, who dis?” from Simmons. He also doesn’t use Snapchat, which is smart for him, but Kyle’s dreams of a leaked Ben Simmons dick pic have been dashed.

Kyle: Give it time. ?