Ben Simmons is shutting out the Sixers and his teammates. The relationship is obviously damaged, but Simmons has no one to blame but himself.
The Sixers and Ben Simmons are heading for a split, and there are a lot of contributing reasons why. While the comments of Doc Rivers and Joel Embiid (especially Rivers) were unwise, the thread started unraveling well before that.
There’s a feeling from Ben Simmons camp that Simmons was disrespected by the organization following the team’s embarrassing Game 7 loss against the Atlanta Hawks.