Daryl Morey says quiet part out loud, lays out Sixers’ stance on Ben Simmons: 'We'll handle it appropriately' - The Athletic

The Sixers didn’t play a basketball game on Thursday, which meant they were back on Ben Simmons time. The off-days are now devoted to an ongoing standoff. And to this point, little progress has been made. Both sides are dug-in.

“We’re just taking this one step at a time,” Daryl Morey said. “We’re treating it day by day, that he’s part of this team and we’re hoping to reintegrate him. Obviously, that doesn’t look optimistic right now; I’m not here to spin (it).”

After getting in late from the season opener in New Orleans, the Sixers had a scheduled day off on Thursday. As is standard practice across the NBA, that means the low-minute group (the players who got few or zero minutes) getting work in. Simmons has likely never been in the low-minute group in his career, but then again, he also has never been suspended for refusing to take part in a defensive drill. These are unique times.

That Simmons did not cooperate on Thursday is not a shocking development. Ever since he started practicing with the team on Sunday, there hasn’t been anything close to full buy-in. Shams Charania has reported that Simmons isn’t mentally ready to play for the team. Regardless of what is driving Simmons, his actions since returning to Philadelphia suggest that he has no plans of stepping onto the court at Wells Fargo Center wearing a Sixers uniform again.

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