While Ben Simmons spoke (glowingly) about the Nets, both team and culture, on The Old Man and the Three podcast, most of his interview with J.J. Redick and Tommy Alter concerned the 76ers and mental health issues. While Simmons was generally positive about his time in the City of Brotherly Love, he heavily criticized the 76ers organization and agreed with Redick’s suggestion that Doc Rivers and Joel Embiid “threw you under the bus” following the Game 7 loss to the Hawks in the 2021 Eastern Conference semi-finals.
Simmons specifically discussed how he felt the 76ers, knowing he was having difficulties related in part to family issues back in Australia, not only didn’t support him as much as needed but made things worse by what he saw as piling on.