jrob23 wrote:CoreyGallagher wrote:LongLiveHinkie wrote:So basically Simmons' season will come down to his next scan in all likelihood. I'd guess he gets one right after the AS Break and if it shows it's fully healed, then he starts full practices. If it doesn't show fully healed, then he's out for the season.
I think he's missing the season regardless.
Rumors were that his agent didn't want him to play this season, we excused those rumors as ridiculous. Now, months later, here we are and his agent seems to have gotten what he wanted. Conindence? Lol...
agreed, and it's a scumbag move by him too. And I think ownership is falling on the sword for him too. They're even going so far as agreeing to play the bad guy as he pretends to be upset about playing when in reality that decision was made the day the doctor told him it'd take him 12 weeks to heal. The only way I'll believe different is if he does in fact play. I feel for you fans, I'd be so pissed. I can't believe there are so many that take the official statements hook, line and sinker. Fans are so desperate (not just PHI fans but all fans of all team) to see their team successful they'll excuse this treatment from their teams and players. Such a shame for those guys that bought tickets specifically because Simmons was drafted.
Rubbish that Simmons is being branded as choosing to sit out to win ROY next year. Simmons has never cared about any awards for that matter. If he did he wouldn't in his College year have decided to give away a guaranteed Wooden Award by skipping the entire last semester of school.
In fact it doesn't even make sense with the timeframes of what has happened this year. He was right up to schedule with his 5 on 0's, being out on court prior to games... right up until the day he had his 16 week scan. As soon as that 16 week scan happened he went into hiding and you stopped seeing footage of him practising or being on court before games.
If the intention was for him to never play this season going back to October... it makes no sense that they had started trying to bring him back from January 1... and then stopped dead in their tracks 24 Feb after the 16 week scan. It's obvious they found something at that scan.
I said that his disappearance off the face of this earth after that 16 week scan worried the hell out of me... and thought the organisation was lying to us.... and was told I was just a conspiracy nut and panicking and that I should "back track and admit I was wrong" when he comes back. Now we are hearing he had an issue at that scan exactly as I suspected.
What is more worrying to me is the disgraceful lying that the 76ers have done to their fans. If we find out now there was a problem... and they told fans that the scan was ok and he was "progressing as expected" then heads need to roll.
Except Oden manged to play over 100 games in the NBA, I don't think Embiid will play more.