Per Philly Voice<\/a>,Has Ben Simmons been a distraction? Are the Sixers prepared to accept him back into the locker room? Can you know the answers to these questions when he hasn\u2019t spoken to certain power players in the organization since the season ended? Fair questions to ask, especially when Joel Embiid is one of the people who has been boxed out, as he admitted himself on Monday night. \u201cI personally haven\u2019t talked to him since the season ended. Obviously, I tried, but it wasn\u2019t successful as a lot of my teammates have. It\u2019s unfortunate the whole situation happened, but we\u2019re a better team with him on the floor. I think there are going to be some adjustments, but it doesn\u2019t need to be awkward,\u201d Embiid said. \u201cWe are professionals, we want to win. I want to win. He gives me the best chance to win, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to go with.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cBut as far as coming back and all that, we\u2019ve made a few adjustments, and he\u2019s just got to come in and buy in and we\u2019re going to be fine. Last year we were the No. 1 seed. You just got to buy in and we\u2019re going to be fine.\u201d Save for Embiid\u2019s extended rant on how the team has catered to Simmons with their roster-building moves, the Sixers\u2019 players have said all the right things about welcoming Simmons back. There has been no mystery about their stance \u2014 the players have stated firmly that Simmons coming back is good for the organization and gives them a better chance to win than if he spends the season sitting in his new L.A. home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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