Amidst the past few weeks of gross Sixers basketball, hardly anything has gone right for the team.
Ben Simmons withstood a nerve impingement in his back after the team played him in Milwaukee, despite the fact that in order for the guard to play, he would have needed treatment in the locker room each time he exited the game. Much ink has been spilled taking the organization to task for the bungled handling of (another) star player’s injury, but suffice it to say that if his back was in bad enough shape to require medical attention periodically throughout a February road game, maybe it would be best if the player did not play in said game.