By Alek Arend For a while there Joel Embiid did everything he could think of to try and persuade Ben Simmons to feel comfortable and play again. But after a while the Sixers forward grew tired of trying and eventually gave up on Simmons completely. Embiid shared his true feelings on Simmons during an interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrew on Tuesday. “I did a lot of chasing around trying to get him back and try to make him feel comfortable again,” Embiid said of Simmons. “It was tough. I didn’t care anymore.” This falls in line with what Joel Embiid had previously said about Ben Simmons. In fact,…