{"id":766449,"date":"2022-11-22T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=766449"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:36:53","slug":"ben-simmons-76ers-reunion-game-is-going-to-be-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/ben-simmons-76ers-reunion-game-is-going-to-be-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons: 76ers Reunion Game Is &#8216;Going to be Fun&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Ben+Simmons\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Ben+Simmons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Simmons<\/a> will be playing against the 76ers for the first time since the franchise that drafted No. 1 overall traded him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/report-james-harden-traded-to-the-76ers\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/report-james-harden-traded-to-the-76ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at the deadline<\/a> to the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a Tuesday morning shootaround, Simmons said it &#8220;feels good to be back&#8221; at Wells Fargo Center and that he&#8217;s &#8220;locked-in&#8221; and &#8220;ready to play&#8221; against the 76ers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Simmons following this morning&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrooklynNets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrooklynNets<\/a> shootaround at the Wells Fargo Center: &#8220;It feels good to be back. It does feel good to be back. I&#8217;m ready to go, locked-in. So I&#8217;m ready to play.&#8221;<\/p>\u2014 Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PompeyOnSixers\/status\/1595097558644568065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nets (8-9) head to Philly carrying a consecutive win streak after beating the Trail Blazers and Grizzlies. Simmons goes into the game carrying significant baggage from his last year, where he sat out the season due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ben-simmons-has-been-mentally-exhausted-in-philly\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ben-simmons-has-been-mentally-exhausted-in-philly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mental health<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ben-simmons-has-reportedly-cut-off-communication-with-sixers\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ben-simmons-has-reportedly-cut-off-communication-with-sixers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top of public concerns<\/a> about his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/scottie-pippen-says-ben-simmons-is-who-he-is-in-gq-interview\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/scottie-pippen-says-ben-simmons-is-who-he-is-in-gq-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> lack of aggression<\/a>. After <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ben-simmons-blessed-to-be-a-brooklyn-net-no-timetable-for-return\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ben-simmons-blessed-to-be-a-brooklyn-net-no-timetable-for-return\/\" target=\"_blank\">he was traded to the Nets<\/a>, Simmons sat out the rest of the regular-season and playoffs due to a back injury that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/nets-announce-ben-simmons-will-undergo-back-surgery\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/nets-announce-ben-simmons-will-undergo-back-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately required surgery<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the prospect of his return being anti-climatic due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Joel+Embiid\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Joel+Embiid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joel Embiid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Tyrese+Maxey\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Tyrese+Maxey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=James+Harden\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=James+Harden\" target=\"_blank\">James<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=James+Harden\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=James+Harden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=James+Harden\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=James+Harden\" target=\"_blank\">Harden<\/a> not playing, Simmons said that &#8220;the fans will make up for it&#8221; and that he knows his first game in Wells Fargo Center out of a Philly uniform will be filled with a lot of boos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, so I&#8217;m looking forward to it. It&#8217;s going to be fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben Simmons on if his return to Philly is anti-climatic with Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and James Harden not playing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sixers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sixers<\/a>: &#8220;I mean the fans will make up for it. Yeah, so I\u2019m looking forward to it. It\u2019s going to be fun.&#8221;<br>Simmons knows he&#8217;ll hear a lot of boos.<\/p>\u2014 Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PompeyOnSixers\/status\/1595102744037232641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Philly-Brooklyn takes place at 7:30, with TNT showcasing the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Simmons will be playing against the 76ers for the first time since the franchise that drafted No. 1 overall traded him at the deadline to the Brooklyn Nets. Following a Tuesday morning shootaround, Simmons said it &#8220;feels good to be back&#8221; at Wells Fargo Center and that he&#8217;s &#8220;locked-in&#8221; and &#8220;ready to play&#8221; against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":766450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62694,18,63826,62493],"tags":[9067,5200,700,10813,94,25823],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-766449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-ben-simmons","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-james-harden","tag-joel-embiid","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766470,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766449\/revisions\/766470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766449"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=766449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}