The Ben Simmons era, one filled with as many valleys as peaks, has come to an end in Philadelphia. Sixers fans will certainly find solace in Simmons now being Brooklyn’s problem in the aftermath of how the three-time All-Star’s tenure burned out here.
“The best-laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry...”
The dreams of Simmons and Joel Embiid, arm in arm, on a parade float down Broad Street have evaporated in front of our eyes. Perhaps it was a marriage that was doomed from the start, but it will go down as one of the many, many memorable teams in NBA History that never reached the promised land.