While it's understood Simmons is still pushing for a trade, it's since been revealed that he held a meeting with the team's front office today, and also passed a physical according to ESPN's NBA reporter Ramona Shelburne.<\/p>\n
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But as it stands, Simmons' duties on the basketball court will be delayed for several days due to the NBA's health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n
The 76ers are scheduled to face the Pistons on Saturday (AEDT), but according to the ESPN report, there's no indication that Simmons will be cleared in time to play.<\/p>\n
Under the NBA's COVID-19 regulations, a fully vaccinated player who is entering a team environment for the first time must return at least one negative result before they can interact with teammates and Tier 1 club staffers.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Australia in danger of losing Formula One race for good<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Teammates react to shock return of Ben Simmons after months of drama<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n An unvaccinated player has to return two negative tests before they can participate in individual workouts, where no other player is present.<\/p>\n The unvaccinated player would then need to return two more negative tests before they can interact with teammates and the rest of the organisation's staff.<\/p>\n Ever since the 76ers bowed out during last year's playoff series, Simmons, who was heavily criticised for his side's unsuccessful series against the Atlanta Hawks, has been pushing for a trade.<\/p>\n With $203 million and four years left on his contract, the 76ers last month withheld an $11 million payment owed to Simmons<\/a> due to his contract standoff and refusal to show to pre-season training.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian NBA star Ben Simmons will have to wait until Saturday (AEDT) at the earliest until he can potentially participate in team-related activities with the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143587,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143585\/revisions\/143587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Problem](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/09\/383188\/pickerimage.jpg\")
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