bebopdeluxe wrote:CptCrunch wrote:As I predicted in the first post, Rich Paul is going down the you can't fight mental health claim route. Now that Simmons has provided the Sixers with his mental health professionals. the Sixers are done. Pay the man or trade the man for cheap.
Now that Simmons is seeking treatment officially on paper, what are the Sixers/Moray gonna do? Prove something that cannot be proven?
You have made the Sixers (and Sixerscan's) point:
"Now that Simmons is seeking treatment
officially on paper"...
Do you KNOW how that sounds, bro?
And this isn't like when you were in 5th grade and all you had to do to get excused from school is bring a doctor's note to the teacher. This is a $147 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. Ben SImmons can't just say "hey - I'm seeing someone SO GIVE ME MY MONEY".
Strength training and cardio work. Film sessions. Participating in walkthroughs to understand the offensive and defensive sets so WHEN HE IS READY TO PLAY he can step right in. These are all reasonable requests for the Sixers to make - to show that Ben is negotiating in good faith and is complying with basic "ready to return" activities.
The reason why Michele Roberts and the NBA PA are not out there publicly supporting Ben is he is NOT doing all of the things he needs to do in order to get the PA's support. It is also why you have not heard a peep out of Ben's camp about arbitration. If you are right, and all Ben has to do is seek treatment "officially on paper", they why aren't we hearing from Ben or Klutch about the $720K Ben was docked for missing the Detroit and Chicago games - huh?
I think you are being a bit harsh.
1) Sixer restarting the fines is a new thing. Going to arbitration is a long road and there are obviously many options before going there. The fact that YOU haven't heard anything from the NBAPA and Ben's camp means absolutely nothing. These things take time, nothing negatively changes re starting this process today vs next month (the money is in escrow).
2) Missing film sessions, walk-throughs, etc could be reasonable based on professional recommendation. You are so fixated on the money, but that shouldn't affect the doctor's recommendation as to what is the best course of action/treatment for his mental health at this time.
I don't understand the rush to jump out ahead of necessary facts. imo if Ben Simmons is 1) going to a reputable therapist through the NBAPA and 2) providing documentation from the doc that he is attending the prescribed sessions ---> then I think it's a reasonable response.
Just looking from the outside...I've always questioned whether Simmons had some mental health issues. And this could simply be a case of not trusting the Sixers (based on their history on a fool would) and not wanting to go public with these issues in detail. Luckily, he may not have to go into to much detail with them.