The one person who might might be able to expedite Ben Simmons' exit from the Philadelphia 76ers is his erstwhile partner in The Process, Joel Embiid, because everyone else seems fully prepared to let it all burn.
It is irrelevant at this point whether Simmons, Embiid, Sixers coach Doc Rivers or president of basketball operations Daryl Morey started the fire. Simmons had a choice between taking a firehose or a blowtorch to his first practices of the season. He chose the latter, and Embiid poured gasoline on the raging embers.
"At this point, I don't care about that man, honestly," Embiid told reporters after Simmons was thrown out of practice and suspended for Wednesday's season opener after allegedly twice refusing to participate in a defensive drill.