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Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons has filed a grievance with the NBA in order to try to recoup the nearly $20 million in salary that the Sixers withheld from him this season, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. This move was widely expected, and the grievance will now go through the league’s arbitration process.
Simmons requested a trade from Philadelphia this past offseason, and he made it clear that he didn’t intend to play for the team again until his wish was granted. The Sixers began to withhold pay from Simmons when he didn’t show up for the start of training camp. He ultimately returned to Philadelphia and rejoined the Sixers, and the team briefly stopped fining him once he said that he wasn’t “mentally” ready to play. However, the fines resumed in short order when Simmons declined to meet with team doctors or share updates regarding his mental health progress. Obviously, Simmons and the team didn’t see eye-to-eye on this issue.
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