76ers' Simmons willing to sit out entire season absent trade?

76ers' Simmons willing to sit out entire season absent trade?

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star guard Ben Simmons allegedly believes "his profession is best off without" having huge man Joel Embiid as a teammate and, by all accounts, stays critical about staying away from the group as he makes an attempt to pressure commerce both earlier than or in the course of the upcoming NBA season. 

ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst explained earlier this month Simmons might sit by way of the autumn to get his want, however, Ramona Shelburne reported throughout a Tuesday look on ESPN's "The Bounce" the 25-year-old could also be keen to skip a whole season, if vital. 

"Whenever you speak to folks near Ben, I say, okay, worst case state of affairs it takes all yr, would he sit all yr? And the reply proper now could be sure," Shelburne stated, per Kyle Neubeck of the Philly Voice. "Now, you may say that proper now firstly of coaching camp, you may say that you simply keen to sit down all yr if that is what it takes to get traded to a group that you simply really feel extra snug on. However let's have a look at what occurs while you actually begin lacking checks, you actually begin lacking basketball, and the league strikes on without you."

Again on Sept. 8, Windhorst stated of Simmons throughout an on-air phase: 

"And one factor that I feel is fascinating is that his contract is structured in a means that he'll get half of his cash by Oct. 1 — $16.5 million of his $33 million comes earlier than he has to fret about getting fined a single dime, 41 of his video games. So he'll have a conflict chest and he can simply sit this out." 

The 76ers reportedly aren't keen to budge on their asking worth of an All-Star, draft choices, and decide swaps for Simmons, and Simmons additionally appears snug in his stance. It seems we're no nearer to any decision relating to this standoff as October nears. 

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