Ben Simmons tried to succeed in out to his former teammate Joel Embiid over the summer time, after years of pressure between the pair.
It doesn’t imply that there might be a reunion in Philly, however insider Ramona Shelburne isn’t completely ruling out the likelihood.
“He’d even reached out to Embiid and others final summer time, league sources mentioned, hoping to fix fences,” Shelburne mentioned. “Simmons, who’s within the ultimate yr of his contract in Brooklyn, has proven how he can nonetheless affect a sport together with his passing, size and protection. However within the second quarter of the sport Friday, he additionally missed the rim on a layup in a clip that rapidly went viral — reminding everybody of how his time in Philadelphia went awry. Might they ever attempt to determine it out collectively once more? One supply known as it unlikely, however stranger issues have occurred. Particularly with the Sixers.”
Embiid and Simmons performed 4 seasons collectively on the 76ers and it wasn’t with out it’s fair proportion of drama.
When Simmons was traded to the Nets Embiid instructed reporters he didn’t suppose successful was Ben’s prime precedence.
“It’s unlucky successful was not the most important issue,” Embiid mentioned of Simmons. “It’s unlucky that for him having his personal workforce and, I assume, being a star was extra his priorities.”
There was additionally drama over the Sport 7 playoffs loss when Simmons blew it within the clutch and Embiid mentioned in reference to Simmons, “I’ll be sincere: I assumed the turning level was after we had an open shot, and we made one free throw and we missed the opposite, and so they got here down and scored.”
Then, earlier than the beginning of the 2022-23 season, Simmons instructed ESPN that he and Embiid “by no means actually spoke” once they performed collectively.
“I don’t suppose there was actually a relationship there. Like when it comes to a friendship? You’ll be able to strive as exhausting as you need to attempt to be near someone, be their good friend, no matter it’s, however everyone seems to be completely different as individuals, so for me, it’s by no means private. I don’t have any anger or hate in the direction of him. He’s who he’s and I’m who I’m. And we’ve received our private lives. And work is basketball, so in that second, my aim is to win and I received to win with Jo. He’s an excellent participant, we simply didn’t get it performed.”
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