PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid dispatched Ben Simmons off to Brooklyn with one final parting shot.

"It's unfortunate winning was not the biggest factor," Embiid said of Simmons, his former Philadelphia 76ers teammate. "It's unfortunate that for him having his own team and, I guess, being a star was more his priorities."

That Nets-76ers game on March 10 should be a spicy one.

That is, if Simmons even plays in his professional homecoming. The player he was traded for? Well, Embiid said he talked to James Harden since the trade that landed Philadelphia the 2018 NBA MVP and they are raring to get going.