While everything has been fun on the court this season for the Philadelphia 76ers, the thing holding people back from falling fully head-over-heels for this Sixers team continues to be how the Ben Simmons situation will resolve. Every time fans let their guard down and try to enjoy actual basketball, another off-the-court report emerges to annoy the general populace.
Today, in Shams Charania’s Inside Pass column for The Athletic, Charania offered some reporting on where things currently stand with Simmons. Here are some noteworthy items from the article:
“The 76ers have become increasingly irritated with Simmons’ lack of providing further clarity on the matter to them and have threatened to return to their daily fines for events that the organization feels he is not participating in, such as games, practices, shootarounds and strength and conditioning workouts.