The Sixers played a preseason game on Monday.
Ben Simmons did not.
Philadelphia players earned paychecks on Monday.
Ben Simmons … did not.
The cold war between Simmons and the Sixers has moved to another level in recent days. Last week, Philadelphia took the $8.25 million Simmons was owed on October 1st and dropped it into an escrow account, creating a piggy bank of sorts the team could crack open at any time. When Simmons no-showed the Sixers preseason opener against Toronto, a sizeable chunk—$360,000, per ESPN—was pulled out of it.