The Philadelphia 76ers have put Ben Simmons and that saga in their rearview. With James Harden now leading the attack, their minds are solely focused on winning one of the next two games up in Toronto. They’d love to put Nick Nurse’s group down for the count by taking an insurmountable 3-0 lead on Wednesday night.
But elsewhere in the Eastern Conference playoffs, Ben Simmons is eyeing his return-to-action.
The former first overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft has yet to play at all since the fateful Game 7 vs. Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks last season.