Knowing Ben Simmons’ history with the Philadelphia 76ers, seeing the Sixers take on his current team, the Brooklyn Nets, would be an exciting matchup, particularly if Simmons matches up with former teammate Joel Embiid. Sixers guard Shake Milton issued his confidence in how Embiid would do in that matchup. “We like that matchup,” Milton told reporters on January 24, per Justin Grasso of Sports Illustrated. Jacque Vaughn’s Thoughts on Nets-Sixers MatchupMuch like Durant, Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn doesn’t see their matchup against the Sixers as a game between rivals. “You’re playing an Eastern Conference team, and you don’t know what the results are gonna be at the end of the year.
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