The Ben Simmons saga has marched on for a long time. But the twist in the story since late October has not been the former first overall pick out of LSU wanting a trade but that he has expressed to the team he is not yet mentally ready to play. There were some fines being levied towards him before he shared that. Then the fines were lifted with his admission. Then the fines were back on when the team apparently didn’t feel sufficiently included in the informational loop.
The latest from Shams Charania of “The Athletic” via Twitter late on Monday.