As I said on RGM, it's entirely possible that, rather than the mental issue being the latest excuse for Simmons not playing, it's been the actual reason this whole time and he used the other stuff as an attempt to cover up for it. We live in a society where a man can't have a mental breakdown without it being seen as a character flaw rather than a medical issue. The dude clearly has some mental hangups when it comes to shooting that just aren't normal. He's been shat on pretty continuously this off-season, including dude's like Kelce who had no reason to bring Simmons up. No amount of money is going to prevent someone who already has issues from being vulnerable to that type of pressure. We don't have to feel sorry for him because of that, but it's certainly something I'm not going to dismiss out of hand.
Despite the Philly leaked yesterday, I can totally see a scenario where Simmons explained his mental aversion to playing for the team again, and Morey, famous for his view of players as assets was like, "Yeah, no. You're gonna play for us and like it until your value goes up." For Morey, it's better if Simmons is an asshole than have a condition, because the condition would affect his trade value even more. He remembers Royce White just as clearly as remembers Harden. The blatant unprofessionalism he's shown during this is astounding, even if Simmons is basically wrong. I know I'd absolutely not want to be part of that team as long as he's there. Simmons and even Klutch have refrained from attacking the organization in any way. It's so different than it was with Leonard. Simmons isn't looking to save his reputation -- he doesn't even seem all that concerned about getting money. He seems to mostly just REALLY want out. That doesn't mean the Sixers have to trade him, but it does mean we should reconsider how big of a villain Simmons is. It's like how LeVeon Bell got so much hate for not playing for the Steelers even though he didn't take any money from them that last year and just stuck to his guns about preserving his body. It's easy to be made at missing out on the on-floor product, but ultimately athletes are humans first, and sometimes they'll have to make moves from that perspective.