Ben Simmons tried to succeed in out to his former teammate Joel Embiid over the summer season, after years of rigidity between the pair.
It doesn’t imply that there will likely be a reunion in Philly, however insider Ramona Shelburne isn’t completely ruling out the chance.
“He’d even reached out to Embiid and others final summer season, league sources mentioned, hoping to fix fences,” Shelburne mentioned. “Simmons, who’s within the closing 12 months of his contract in Brooklyn, has proven how he can nonetheless influence 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. May they ever attempt to determine it out collectively once more? One supply referred to 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 informed reporters he didn’t assume profitable was Ben’s prime precedence.
“It’s unlucky profitable was not the most important issue,” Embiid mentioned of Simmons. “It’s unlucky that for him having his personal crew and, I suppose, being a star was extra his priorities.”
There was additionally drama over the Recreation 7 playoffs loss when Simmons blew it within the clutch and Embiid mentioned in reference to Simmons, “I’ll be sincere: I believed 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 informed ESPN that he and Embiid “by no means actually spoke” after they performed collectively.
“I don’t assume there was actually a relationship there. Like when it comes to a friendship? You’ll be able to attempt as laborious as you need to attempt to be near someone, be their buddy, no matter it’s, however everyone seems to be totally different as folks, 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 acquired our private lives. And work is basketball, so in that second, my purpose is to win and I acquired to win with Jo. He’s an amazing participant, we simply didn’t get it completed.”
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