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The Ben Simmons-76ers Feud Is Getting Worse

The Sixers played a preseason game on Monday.

Ben Simmons did not.

Philadelphia players earned paychecks on Monday.

Ben Simmons … did not.

The cold war between Simmons and the Sixers has moved to another level in recent days. Last week, Philadelphia took the $8.25 million Simmons was owed on October 1st and dropped it into an escrow account, creating a piggy bank of sorts the team could crack open at any time. When Simmons no-showed the Sixers preseason opener against Toronto, a sizeable chunk—$360,000, per ESPN—was pulled out of it.