Trade Suggestion: Fox for Simmons + #28
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I think the biggest concern has to be where he's at mentally. Dude caught a bad case of the yips in the playoffs and it remains to be seen whether or not that'll carry over into this season. Add to that a supposedly bad work ethic we don't want rubbing off on our youngsters *and* his supposed unwillingness to play anything other than point, and I can see why Monte would balk at bringing Ben to Sac, especially at the high price the sixers want.
For the right price you gotta roll the dice with someone as talented as he is but I think that right price is a pretty low one. In my opinion there's at least a fair chance he'd come over and do more harm than good.
For the right price you gotta roll the dice with someone as talented as he is but I think that right price is a pretty low one. In my opinion there's at least a fair chance he'd come over and do more harm than good.
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It definitely is an interesting take, to talk that much trash about your own player and then insist that you won't trade him for a "discount". Simmons is getting paid between $33-40M a year over the next four years, but having him on the court is like playing 4-on-5, but we won't trade him to you unless we get assets equivalent to what we're paying him (as opposed to assets equivalent to what he's worth). Oh, also, the Sixers have the leverage because they're paying him all that money to not play. Very interesting take, that's for sure.
It's looking to me like Simmons is going nowhere. Sixers want all-star value for a 4-on-5 player, but why would anybody give them that?
Now wait for Simmons to sit out, so that everybody who is at all tempted to trade for him has no memory of him doing anything except freezing up in the 4th quarter and whining and demanding a trade and refusing to play. I mean, that'll make his trade value skyrocket.
It's looking to me like Simmons is going nowhere. Sixers want all-star value for a 4-on-5 player, but why would anybody give them that?
Now wait for Simmons to sit out, so that everybody who is at all tempted to trade for him has no memory of him doing anything except freezing up in the 4th quarter and whining and demanding a trade and refusing to play. I mean, that'll make his trade value skyrocket.
Yea I mean, I think at a certain point it's diminishing returns. Have to think they'll pull a trigger soon probably just didn't want to get super lowballed which is the right move.
That was probably the plan with the "we will only trade Ben for 6 all stars" talk. Definitely exaggerate but for the purpose of not getting lowballs.
I feel there may be a move soon
That was probably the plan with the "we will only trade Ben for 6 all stars" talk. Definitely exaggerate but for the purpose of not getting lowballs.
I feel there may be a move soon
Absent an unexpectedly significant offer, I think the opposite: More pretty much haas to keep him now and hope his regular season play displaces much of the ugliness that attaches to Simmons' image right now. Simmons can't really answer fears about his playoff performance til the next time he plays in one, but if he can make nice w/Embiid and Rivers, put up his usual regular season numbers, maybe show a bit of a jumper and a little improvement at the FT line, he can revive his trade market some.
Course, there's a lot of risk there for the Sixers, too - that BS has an extended holdout, that the playoffs aftereffects linger well into the season, that he looks/plays worse...
Course, there's a lot of risk there for the Sixers, too - that BS has an extended holdout, that the playoffs aftereffects linger well into the season, that he looks/plays worse...
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Wall is better than any player linked to Sixers except maybe McCollum. If he has more in the tank to give than expected (20pts 7 assists per game is a good start) then hes at least a very good player and Houston gets two 1st round picks which gives them a shot to acquire other talent. That's not a bad return, and much better given the other known offers. If Wall is even 3/4 of his old self then it's a win for the sixers who have backed themselves into a corner.
Wall looked great last year and will be that much further removed from the achilles injury. Wall plus two firsts, one of them Houston's, would be a fine return for Philly IMO, depending in part of what their "salary filler" looks like.
Houston's the one most likely to grump, I imagine. Wall and a 1st for Buddy and Bags? At 30, Wall obv. isn't on the Green/Sengun/Garuba timeline, but neither is Buddy. Depends on how they feel about Bags, I guess.
Houston's the one most likely to grump, I imagine. Wall and a 1st for Buddy and Bags? At 30, Wall obv. isn't on the Green/Sengun/Garuba timeline, but neither is Buddy. Depends on how they feel about Bags, I guess.
Not reporting to training camp is one thing. Not playing once the regular season starts? For how long? It's not just Morey and Simmons playing some version of Chicken with each other. They're each also playing against GMs across the league - and GMs across the league are trying to gauge each other.
None of us has any idea who'll swerve first or what that might mean in terms of offers. Quite a few people seem to think the Sixers are being lowballed, that GMs are trying to take advantage of Simmons' artificially deflated value. Many of us, including me, think that Simmons is *actually* worth less than those in the first group believe. I'm not pulling for Monte to take advantage of the Sixers' bad spot. I'm hoping he doesn't overpay for a guy I wouldn't trade Fox for straight up for under most circumstances, his all-star credentials and youth notwithstanding.
Lots of risk and TONS of uncertainty all around, especially for Morey/the Sixers and Simmons and Rich Paul.
None of us has any idea who'll swerve first or what that might mean in terms of offers. Quite a few people seem to think the Sixers are being lowballed, that GMs are trying to take advantage of Simmons' artificially deflated value. Many of us, including me, think that Simmons is *actually* worth less than those in the first group believe. I'm not pulling for Monte to take advantage of the Sixers' bad spot. I'm hoping he doesn't overpay for a guy I wouldn't trade Fox for straight up for under most circumstances, his all-star credentials and youth notwithstanding.
Lots of risk and TONS of uncertainty all around, especially for Morey/the Sixers and Simmons and Rich Paul.
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I’ve read somewhere Houston is unwilling to include 1st round picks in order to move Wall. That could all be positioning and not reality based.
My main thought, if Philadelphia was to accept Wall and two 1st for Simmons and Houston would be okay with Buddy and Bagley, then keep it simple and make it happen.
My main thought, if Philadelphia was to accept Wall and two 1st for Simmons and Houston would be okay with Buddy and Bagley, then keep it simple and make it happen.
I know Ben Simmons is objectively a better player than D Fox (so far it’s not close). But I’m a believer in Fox. Listening to him yesterday and seeing him hulk up - I believe he will never stop working on his game. So I’m ride or die.
Still wishing we could get Simmons for Buddy, Barnes, 1sts and scraps - but that Fox and Haliburton back court needs to be off limits. If Fox steps up his shooting off the dribble and Haliburton learns how to get to the line - the sky is the limit.
Still wishing we could get Simmons for Buddy, Barnes, 1sts and scraps - but that Fox and Haliburton back court needs to be off limits. If Fox steps up his shooting off the dribble and Haliburton learns how to get to the line - the sky is the limit.
