On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Ben Simmons has no intentions of showing up to Sixers‘ training camp next week and “never intends to play another game for the franchise”.
Shortly after this report was released, Doc Rivers was booked on First Take for an appearance Wednesday morning.
Here’s a brief overview on how that went:
Doc Rivers is on First Take on ESPN. Couple of takeaways:
-PHI isn't giving up on Ben Simmons
-Rivers confirmed Simmons has told 76ers leadership that he wants out
-Rivers says "We would love to get Ben back…We want him back.