76ers back to fining Ben Simmons

[hoosierdaddy34]

A mental illness plea would be more believable if he didn’t just claim he’d never play for the organization again, only then report because he was getting fined, faked a back injury and finally stuck on mental illness as a way to stick it to the Sixers and still get paid. And after all that he and Rich Paul want us to believe he’s afflicted?

Apparently they think we and the Sixers are really gullible. Keep fining him Morey!

And stop using mental health as your scapegoat Ben. There are real people with real problems and your pansy ass is doing a disservice to them all by making a mockery of a very real problem in this country.

[MrPerfect1]

Your argument is that if he returns within a few days of getting traded that means he was lying. You're essentially saying he would need to sit out the rest of the season if traded to prove he has a mental illness.

not the rest of the season, but mental issues so debilitating that don't allow you to work don't get instantly solved by a change of scenery.
it can be a step in the right direction, but it's always a slow process.



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I bet a change of scenery would instantly solve his problem (although he still won't shoot outside of like 3 feet).

PHI should issue a statement that they feel it is immoral to trade a player having mental health issues so any trade talks are now on hiatus. After all, moving and adapting to a new place is very stressful itself.

As an organization committed to mental health, they are going to do everything they can to help him and then once he is recovered enough to resume playing yhen they will start listening to offers again.

[Crazy-Canuck]

Ben and klutch both have a serious case of notgetpaiditis.

[5paceman]

Like a lot of you said, I'm sure he is under huge pressure and could have issues with that. It's tough for a team when a guy fights his team to create the situation that leads to his own mental health issues that keep him from playing.

[AlexanderRight]

Daryl Morey has a Master’s Degree from MIT. Josh Harris (76ers owner) is a billionaire...you think they’re gonna let some bum who was selling clothes out of his car before topping Lebron off for a living get over on them when they have all the NBA owners support and 4 years worth of leverage? Yeah sure...

[kuclas]

Daryl Morey has a Master’s Degree from MIT. Josh Harris (76ers owner) is a billionaire...you think they’re gonna let some bum who was selling clothes out of his car before topping Lebron off for a living get over on them when they have all the NBA owners support and 4 years worth of leverage? Yeah sure...

Yes. People clamoring saying trade Simmons for 20 cents do not understand the bigger plot here. Destroy klutch sports. Cut them off at the knees. They got a player on super max long term contract and just because their client wants out. They can’t behave like this. Just report. Shut up. Play hard. That’s it.

Can’t feel entitled and think their client can sit at home waiting out a trade and collect a paycheck that’s the real issue. Other nba front offices are likely quietly cheering the sixers front office on as well.

It’s for health of the league here. Klutch and ben have zero leverage here.

[SpreeChokeJob]

Daryl Morey has a Master’s Degree from MIT. Josh Harris (76ers owner) is a billionaire...you think they’re gonna let some bum who was selling clothes out of his car before topping Lebron off for a living get over on them when they have all the NBA owners support and 4 years worth of leverage? Yeah sure...

Yes. People clamoring saying trade Simmons for 20 cents do not understand the bigger plot here. Destroy klutch sports. Cut them off at the knees. They got a player on super max long term contract and just because their client wants out. They can’t behave like this. Just report. Shut up. Play hard. That’s it.

Can’t feel entitled and think their client can sit at home waiting out a trade and collect a paycheck that’s the real issue. Other nba front offices are likely quietly cheering the sixers front office on as well.

It’s for health of the league here. Klutch and ben have zero leverage here.

Paul has no pull without Lebron. Lebron is the one who initiates the moves. Paul is just a go between. Basically if his clients are not part of Lebron’s plans, the commission they are paying Paul is going to waste.

[thenbaman]

Lebron and klutch both need to leave the nba.

[sikma42]

Daryl Morey has a Master’s Degree from MIT. Josh Harris (76ers owner) is a billionaire...you think they’re gonna let some bum who was selling clothes out of his car before topping Lebron off for a living get over on them when they have all the NBA owners support and 4 years worth of leverage? Yeah sure...

this just reeks of someone who has never dealt with people anywhere near those levels of wealth. in other words...you don't get it.

[DroseReturnChi]

Daryl Morey has a Master’s Degree from MIT. Josh Harris (76ers owner) is a billionaire...you think they’re gonna let some bum who was selling clothes out of his car before topping Lebron off for a living get over on them when they have all the NBA owners support and 4 years worth of leverage? Yeah sure...

what does degree has to do with ball? lebron doesnt even has a degree and hes the most powerful man. sure the agent was a bum but lebron made him top 10 most powerful guy in the nba and is soon to be billionairer.
theres nothing morey can do if simmons claims mental illness. morey lost this one trying to outsmart.

[LakerLegend]

Simmons is spoiled and immature, the sixers need to pursue every legal remedy to get their money back m.

[Salmons to Rose]

I'm so confused as to what the 76ers plans were?

Did everyone forget what it was like after game 7? The whole city, coach, the media etc etc. piled on Simmons (rightfully so) to the point where the whole country treated him as the scapegoat all off season. Almost every single fan on their board wanted him gone iirc

76ers organization left one of their biggest assets out to dry and it's no surprise their coddled and flawed star requested a trade internally and wanted nothing to do with the team anymore.
Morey had all summer to find a trade but failed which isn't ideal but why not just keep him at home and wait for the trade deadline for more options to naturally happen?

Did the 76ers fail to read the room? Simmons clearly has anxiety issues and there was zero communication since G7. He was done and its laughable if they thought they could get him back to play and rebuild his trade value

Again, just heading over to their board and they seem to be loving Morey and happy to continue fining Simmons out of spite. Both sides are letting their egos get in their way of the bigger picture and it is absolutely hilarious. What they should have done is paid his damn salary when the entitled socialite wasn't going to give in. The sixers don't get to keep the fines so it appears they are just doing it out of spite and prove a point. He is still your asset for the next 4 years so I am baffled what the purpose of fining him was other than to smash his image and value.

If i was a 76ers fan i would be absolutely livid with how this has played out. His trade value is completely shot as no team in their right mind would trade for him without understanding what his mental illness situation is now.

[Nate505]

. morey lost this one trying to outsmart.

As long as Simmons loses too, humanity ultimately wins.

[K3nny Pow3rs]

Simmons is spoiled and immature, the sixers need to pursue every legal remedy to get their money back m.

Philly can do nothing, given that Simmons has been seeing a therapist for months....
His mental issues can be confirmed by an NBA mental health expert.... plus how could anyone survive mentally when the sister is accusing the brother-in-law (and shooting coach) of child molestation.... and its playing out in public.
So even before we get to basketball issues, he's already got an extremely valid reason to be struggling mentally.

[kcbworth]

76ers have really screwed up here.

[Nate505]

The sixers don't get to keep the fines so it appears they are just doing it out of spite and prove a point.

If i was a 76ers fan i would be absolutely livid with how this has played out. His trade value is completely shot as no team in their right mind would trade for him without understanding what his mental illness situation is now.

Good. Hopefully they keep it up, for the good of the league. The day a player like Ben Simmons can hold a team hostage is the day the league is truly ruined.

Plus I'm not sure why any team would want him anyway. All he's done is proven that he's willing to not play for a team if he doesn't get his way. He's the poster child of an unprofessional spoiled brat as a player

[Statlanta]

The real question I have is the outsiders who say this will have an effect on the CBA. In what manner?

Ben has flaunted his power by using mental health and not giving 100% sure.
But the Sixers have also showed that they can waste 4 years of his prime and his money via fines and suspensions.

The 76ers have proven that franchises have power when a player goes AWOL and pulls shenanigans early to mid-contract. Ben isn't holding the Sword of Damocles over them.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

The real question I have is the outsiders who say this will have an effect on the CBA. In what manner?

Ben has flaunted his power by using mental health and not giving 100% sure.
But the Sixers have also showed that they can waste 4 years of his prime and his money via fines and suspensions.

The 76ers have proven that franchises have power when a player goes AWOL and pulls shenanigans early to mid-contract. Ben isn't holding the Sword of Damocles over them.

Kyrie and Ben have basically insured that there will be out clauses and the owners will make sure to find a way not to pay guys for this kind of thing, and make sure that they can't get released from their contracts to sign somewhere else.

[hoosierdaddy34]

I'm so confused as to what the 76ers plans were?

Did everyone forget what it was like after game 7? The whole city, coach, the media etc etc. piled on Simmons (rightfully so) to the point where the whole country treated him as the scapegoat all off season. Almost every single fan on their board wanted him gone iirc

76ers organization left one of their biggest assets out to dry and it's no surprise their coddled and flawed star requested a trade internally and wanted nothing to do with the team anymore.
Morey had all summer to find a trade but failed which isn't ideal but why not just keep him at home and wait for the trade deadline for more options to naturally happen?

Did the 76ers fail to read the room? Simmons clearly has anxiety issues and there was zero communication since G7. He was done and its laughable if they thought they could get him back to play and rebuild his trade value

Again, just heading over to their board and they seem to be loving Morey and happy to continue fining Simmons out of spite. Both sides are letting their egos get in their way of the bigger picture and it is absolutely hilarious. What they should have done is paid his damn salary when the entitled socialite wasn't going to give in. The sixers don't get to keep the fines so it appears they are just doing it out of spite and prove a point. He is still your asset for the next 4 years so I am baffled what the purpose of fining him was other than to smash his image and value.

If i was a 76ers fan i would be absolutely livid with how this has played out. His trade value is completely shot as no team in their right mind would trade for him without understanding what his mental illness situation is now.

I’m not a Sixers fan but I don’t think it’s any more possible for me to disagree with this.

Simmons and his camp said nothing about serious mental illness until he started getting fined and he got called out on the fake back issue. Players see therapists all the time and still play and perform, so him seeing someone for months doesn’t really carry weight in this. It was only after all his other cards and been played and failed before he settled on this as a way to sit out and still get paid.

But as an organization you can’t have a player and his agent bashing your organization and drawing lines in the sand that they will never play for you again, while under contract for 4 more years, and sit and do nothing about it. You aren’t helping the situation by coddling this guy any more than you already have.

[TheGreenArrow]

Randle, Rj Barrett plus 2 1sts for Ben!!!!!!!!