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The Ben Simmons saga won't end unless Daryl Morey does something he rarely does

Cue the music, Ben Simmons and Daryl Morey are engaged in a modern-day episode of “Tom and Jerry.”

Action and reaction. Tweets and videos. All fun for the gallery, but misery for the collateral figures — the actual roster of the Philadelphia 76ers and coach Doc Rivers.

Petty games that seem to reach a crescendo — until tomorrow.

But we’re no closer to a resolution today than we were when it was obvious this marriage needed to end.

This is about Simmons, of course, but Morey, the 76ers president of basketball operations, wants this to be about him — or is at least behaving that way.