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Have Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons already reached their fantasy ceiling?

Home games have been good to Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons this season, but questions remain. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

The somewhat disappointing Philadelphia 76ers have a pair of odd storylines following them around this season. First off, there is the growing narrative that center Joel Embiid and point guard Ben Simmons cannot effectively coexist on the court, a notion that seems rather preposterous, but that received added fuel when the former went off for a career-high 49 points on Monday while the latter sat out with a back injury. The other story is how this team has won merely nine of 29 road contests, as they are nearly unbeatable at home with a 27-2 mark, and if there is a magic formula explaining it.