Daily News | Ben Simmons will be on Nets’ bench when Sixers host Brooklyn
“It’s great,” Nash said. “He’s on our team, he needs to be with his teammates and get the whole Philly thing out of the way a little bit. Maybe it never goes away, but the first time it’s always nice to kind of deal with it and move on.”
Nash said he would be “happy to talk” to Simmons about the reception he’s expected to get, but he said he is confident the 25-year-old former All-Star knows what’s coming. “I don’t think he’s naive [enough] to think he’s not going to get some boos,” Nash said. “I hope he enjoys it. It’s a part of the game I miss.”, along with Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and a pair of first-round picks, at the NBA trade deadline in exchange for James Harden and Paul Millsap, who have gone 5-1 in their six games together since joining the team — with the only loss coming on the road in Miami on the second night of a back-to-back and without Harden.