Ben Simmons ready to lose $ 1.3 million by skipping the “training camp”? | NBA

Even if he will enter the second year of his contract extension, and he therefore remains guaranteed $ 147 million over four years, the divorce seems to be recorded between Ben Simmons and the Sixers.

Pointed out by Doc Rivers following the failure of Philadelphia in the last playoffs, the Australian took the words of his coach badly, and he therefore announced to the leaders of Pennsylvania that he wanted to leave. His camp thus let leak that the All-Star was completely ready to ignore the “training camp” to get a start.

In his podcast, our colleague Brian Windhorst explains that it could cost Ben Simmons $ 1.3 million, if he decides not to show up during the six days of training camp.

Lots of parameters to set up an exchange

Philadelphia can indeed impose a fine of 227,000 dollars per day missed on its player, but the camp of Ben Simmons (and therefore undoubtedly his agent, Rich Paul) ensures “Be ready for this branching”.

So there are three weeks left for the Sixers and Ben Simmons to find a solution, the most likely being a transfer, a reconciliation now seeming impossible. But as The Athletic sums it up well, it’s not easy as Philadelphia may have let it drag on too much, putting itself in an awkward position to negotiate a start. The leader’s rating is indeed very fluctuating, his qualities as creator / defender being very attractive for some teams, but his total absence of outside shoot being crippling for a lot of others.

Moreover, Daryl Morey’s position from the start has been to refuse any transfer that would weaken the team in the short term. The leader therefore wants heavy in exchange for Ben Simmons, so that the Sixers remain a contender for the title in the next campaign. So many conditions that make an exchange very complicated to set up.