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spikethedevil posted...

Whats the full story?

A summary of the whole situation.

- Ben played very poorly in last seasons playoffs, which led to a wall of criticism falling on him.
- Ben demanded a trade in the offseason as a result of all that criticism, which Philly has yet to do since they've been asking for a ton from everybody.
- Because he wasn't traded, he decided not to go to training camp + practices. Then when the 76ers threatened to fine him for it, he would show up with a bad attitude and be very lackadaisical in practices. Which then led to him getting suspended by the 76ers.
- Ben tried to use poor mental health as a reason for the way he had been acting but also refused to see the team doctors/psychiatrists that were assigned to help him.

I'm sure there's other stuff I missed, but basically he's doing everything he can to get the 76ers to trade him, which the 76ers haven't done because they've been asking for way too much from other teams (all while Ben's trade value has been free-falling as a result of this whole saga). The fines are a result of him not playing in games and not having a valid excuse for missing those games since he's rejected pretty much all of the 76ers attempts to help him.