As if another trade rumor wasn’t enough to satiate your Ben Simmons drama palate for the day, we had a report from PhillyVoice’s Kyle Neubeck hit the wire this evening, regarding the fines accruing in Simmons’ absence. Per Neubeck:
“After being fined for missing Philadelphia’s preseason loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday night — a penalty of roughly $360,000 — Simmons’ representation had another discussion with the players association in which it was reiterated they would be unable to recoup the money being deducted from the $8.25 million sitting in escrow, sources say, and it was communicated to the Sixers that these early fines were perhaps higher than they expected.