The Philadelphia 76ers are playing pretty solid basketball despite a loss on Monday to the Washington Wizards. The Sixers have won nine of their last 11 games and continue to move up the standings despite missing a certain All-Star.

That would be 25-year-old Ben Simmons, who requested a trade in August. He has not yet played for the team through the season’s first 43 games and has made it clear he does not intend to ever again.

With the Feb. 10 trade deadline approaching, the focus around the league is on Simmons, but the organization could be waiting for the offseason to pursue James Harden of the Brooklyn Nets in a sign-and-trade deal.

Simmons appears ready for that as well. Per ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, the young star is ready to sit the entire season:

He does want to move on of course and restart his life in his career, but he’s been going very diligently to do work with his therapist and I think the sense is, if it takes the entire season to trade him, if it takes all year for the Sixers to find a trade that is acceptable for them, he’s prepared for that. And it sounds unbelievable to think like a guy who is still getting fined for every game, for every practice, for every weightlifting session that he’s missing as of the January 15 paycheck that he got, there’s still heavy fines being laid on him every single time. He’s OK if it goes the whole season if that’s how it goes.

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The Sixers are also content with letting this go the entire season. It could mean sacrificing a season of Joel Embiid’s prime, but on their side, the big fella is on board with the organization’s letting this play out if it ends up with the Sixers getting what they want for Simmons

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