In a somewhat shocking development, LSU forward Ben Simmons held a pre-draft workout with the Sixers on Wednesday, after initially maintaining that he would not be working out for any teams ahead of Thursday's NBA Draft.
By all accounts, Simmons impressed the Sixers' brass that was on hand.
"It was helpful at the end of the day," Sixers general Bryan Colangelo told reporters of Simmons' workout at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, via the Philadelphia Inquirer. "I think it was most important for us to kind of close the chapter on any doubt that Ben or [his agent] Rich [Paul] would want to have Ben here in Philadelphia.