Wednesday night marked another first for Ben Simmons.
The 76ers first overall pick sat on the bench with his teammates for the first time during the 123-114 loss to the Toronto Raptors. This came one day after Simmons wore sneakers on a basketball court for the first time since he broke his right foot on Sept. 30.
“To bring him out now … to exchange dialogue, conversation with him to say what are you seeing? What do you think? I think it’s pretty cool having out there with his teammates,” coach Brett Brown of Simmons being on the bench.