Welcome to Down to Dunk.

I'm your host, Andrew Schlect.

We're part of the athletic podcast network.

With me, as always, on Wednesdays is my good friend Alex Spears Alex

what's up what's up Andrew 27 days still opening night unreal unreal

and we get to see preseason basketball in like week and a half is that right i don't know it's like october

third or something like that october fourth i can't remember what day preseason is that soon

is media day next monday media days in like five days wow yeah Pretty wild stuff.

It's exciting.

I, to be honest, I contemplated not doing any shows this week because I need a break, but here I am anyways.

Noice.

Noice.

Doing it for the down to Dunkers.

Doing it for you, Dunkers.

That's who I'm doing it for.

There's actually some stuff to talk about.

Number one, Ben Simmons is never playing another game for that team ever again, Al.

Never, ever.

That's what Woj said yesterday. ESPN sources. Ben Simmons will not report for opening of training camp next week and intends to never play another game for the franchise. Simmons hasn't spoken to team since the late August meeting when he communicated this message to Sixers officials. Wals went on to say Simmons is clearly aware of sanctions available to organization to find and suspend him, including withholding of salary.

But so far, Simmons appears willing to carry out a plan of forcing his way to a new team.

Sixers have yet to find a trade. They're willing to make for him.

I mean, it felt like it was going this way.

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