Although Simmons has returned to the 76ers so far, he has played passively in the last two training games, and has also deliberately confronted head coach Rivers, for which the team has banned him for one game, and also fined him $1.4 million in salary, and today Simmons told the team that his back has been injured and psychologically traumatized, so he needs to take a few days off, and the specific time will wait for the medical report to come out, but the 76ers do not buy it.
At present, Simmons submitted an application: due to the sudden tightening of back muscles, he cannot participate in high-intensity training and any regular season, and his psychological trauma has not been repaired, so he has not been able to face high-intensity competition, so he needs to rest for several days, and when the doctor's diagnosis results come out, he will notify the management of the specific time.
Obviously, Simmons was injured this time, not injured early or late, but injured after the team just banned him and fined him, and said that psychologically not ready to participate in high-intensity games, so why did you come to the NBA? Why don't you sign in to the NBA and say you're not ready? The management of the 76ers is clearly aware of his approach.
According to Howard Isth, the host of the 94WIP of the American sports television, the management of the 76ers is now very angry about Simmons' application for a truce, they think that the player is just cheating, he is not sick at all, he just uses such a reason to escape the team, his professional attitude has proved that he is not a basketball person, the team has now planned, will not approve his injury application, and if he dares to miss the game, Then the team will deduct his salary accordingly according to the number of games.
Simmons had thrown the ball directly to the head coach in previous training games and then chose to go home, and also threw the 76ers training suit directly into the trash, and now the two sides have completely torn their faces.