Harris had tweeted in support of Simmons, who was ruled out of Friday's game for personal reasons, saying in part, "When he's ready, we will embrace our brother with love and handle our business on the court." The Sixers have been fining Simmons for missing games, practices and meetings - nearing $2 million this season - but there is a provision in the collective bargaining agreement that protects players' salaries for failing to render services "if such failure has been caused by the player's mental disability."
Simmons met separately with coach Doc Rivers, medical staff and teammates Friday morning at the team's facility in Camden, New Jersey, and started a process that is expected to continue to keep him from making his season debut, sources said.Īfter he told the team's medical staff of his reasons for needing to seek help, the Sixers continued to offer Simmons whatever resources are necessary to assist him, sources said. Sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski earlier Friday that Simmons plans to meet with medical professionals for an evaluation after telling the team he wasn't mentally ready to play to his expectations and needed time to step away. And I hope that message is loud and clear to the fans and everybody around the organization, and honestly, you guys, as well." I just think we have to be there for him as a team, and I relayed that to the group. "Because when he's in here putting on a show and helping us get wins, everybody is cheering and praising, but we live in a 'What have you done for me lately?' type world, but when that's not the case, it's easy to turn around. So I think we just have to really understand he's a human first, and if he's going through something at times, we have to respect that and go through that as a team, organization, fans, all the way down the line. In general in this space we're depicted as superhumans, and you're not really supposed to have feelings or go through anything. "It's easy to look at something on the surface and come to assumptions on a lot of things, especially athletes. "But as I said, at this time we have to respect his privacy, his space, and we've got to be there for him, with what he's going through and this process. "I think it's obviously a good start," Harris said. PHILADELPHIA - In the wake of Ben Simmons meeting with and addressing his teammates for the first time since his holdout, 76ers forward Tobias Harris gave an impassioned defense of Simmons after Philadelphia's 114-109 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. Tobias Harris expresses support for Ben Simmons after 76ers meeting: 'We have to be there for him as a team'
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