Sixers 'livid' at Simmons as ugly feud escalates

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Ben Simmons' information successful the Sixers' location opener against Brooklyn is successful uncertainty aft the Australian skipped a scheduled idiosyncratic workout astatine the Philadelphia 76ers' signifier facility.

Sources told ESPN that Simmons arrived and past near the team's HQ without participating successful the planned workout.

Simmons is expected to travel aboriginal to the 76ers' shootaround Saturday (AEDT) to sermon his playing status, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The 76ers are hopeful that Simmons volition enactment successful the shootaround.

According to The Athletic, Simmons is presently not mentally acceptable to play for the squad and was receiving attraction connected his back.

The study states helium volition miss the SIxers' location opener and is not expected to play for an "undetermined play of time."

Philadelphia vigor big Howard Eskin went adjacent further, claiming the Sixers judge the Aussie is "faking wounded and intelligence illness."

"According to Sources, content by #Sixers Ben Simmons is faking wounded and intelligence illness," helium wrote.

"He came successful 2day and said helium had backmost stiffness and mentally not acceptable to play. Mental unwellness is superior contented and squad is livid Simmons went down that road. Team plans to good him each game."

Simmons was suspended by the 76ers for their 117-97 triumph implicit the New Orleans Pelicans for behaviour detrimental to the team.

The 25-year-old has yet to afloat prosecute successful a squad signifier since reporting past week. While helium remains inactive for the Sixers, the Australian's play with the squad is inactive header quality crossed the US.

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Philadelphia Eagles NFL subordinate Jason Kelce was asked what proposal helium has for the disgruntled Simmons astatine a property league this morning.

"I archer guys, you constitute your ain narrative. I don't privation to crush immoderate different players, but what's going connected with the 76ers, Ben Simmons, worldly similar that, each of that is due to the fact that of a deficiency of accountability, a deficiency of owning up to mistakes and a deficiency of correcting things," Kelce said.

"If each that got corrected, if you're fixing escaped throws, if you're getting amended arsenic a player, nary of this is happening. So everybody tin bitch and kick astir however pugnacious this metropolis is to play in. Just play better, man. This metropolis volition emotion you."

Kelce added that the Simmons communicative highlighted however relentless the media tin beryllium if an jock tries to unit a team's hand.

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"These guys were each brought successful here, a batch of talent, and it hasn't worked retired for them for immoderate reason," Kelce said. "But it's a beauteous bully illustration of however not to grip the Philly media, astatine the precise least.

"There's a batch of radical that accidental it's a hard spot to play. I deliberation it's beauteous f---ing easy, to beryllium honorable with you," Kelce added. "You conscionable spell retired determination and play hard. You privation to beryllium loved successful this metropolis arsenic a shot player? Run to archetypal base.

"They're going to f---ing emotion you. That's what it comes down to. If you travel up present and marque a clump of excuses, you travel up present and effort to prevarication to them and enactment similar they don't cognize what they're talking astir -- which sometimes they don't -- erstwhile you enactment that mode oregon you aren't accountable, you're making mistakes oregon you're not getting better, they're going to crush you."

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