>How can anyone take Simmons side or have sympathy for this
>dude is beyond me.

Exactly. I see many are using this story to bash philly as usual.
The whole city has begged Ben just to be aggressive and shoot, make or miss. That's all they've asked since he got drafted

publicly demanding a trade after that series is crazy,
good luck to him
like someone said, trade him to Minnesota or Sac where there's no pressure. Put up those Regular season stats and hit Cancun early every year.

Not sure he's mentally tough enough to be a leader on a contender at this point in his career