Ben Simmons – Philadelphia 76ers
All offseason long, Simmons and the 76ers have been batting heads and between all the drama ensuing between him and the franchise/fan base after the Sixers lost their playoff series to the Atlanta Hawks, Ben Simmons, and his agent Rich Paul wants out of Philly.
The 76ers have been looking all offseason long for potential trade packages to unload Simmons and the four years, $146.6M remaining on his contract, but they have been unable to get the return they would like.
Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia front-office are asking for an All-Star-level talent and key players that can help them right away instead of young assets and draft picks for Simmons, which they absolutely should given that Ben Simmons is a 3x All-Star, but the only problem is that no other team in the league has been willing to offer this up.
With the season less than a month away now, no team is going to want to drastically change their roster by giving up one of their best players for a player like Ben Simmons, who is being labeled a “project” by many around the league.
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While he has struggled offensively from time to time, Ben Simmons is still a former No. 1 overall pick that has the potential to still be an elite two-way player in this league. It may take time, but with him being one of the top defensive players in the league, plus being a skilled 7-foot facilitator/ball-handler, there are a lot of things Simmons can do for a contending team right now.
Philly has made their intentions clear that they would like to keep Ben Simmons right now and have him report to training camp, likely so they can try to increase his trade value again, but Simmons has not reported to the team and he has remained vigilant on not doing anything with the 76ers.
The game of “cat and mouse” between the 76ers and Simmons has gone on way too long now and something needs to happen. Either Ben Simmons has to report to the team, which seems highly unlikely, or Daryl Morey and this front-office need to just trade him for whatever they can get because if the 3x All-Star sits out heading into the regular season, the Sixers will be a man down and at a huge disadvantage.
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The Philadelphia 76ers really screwed up with Ben Simmons and this is a situation they may not actually be able to recover from unless they are able to turn Ben Simmons into either Bradley Beal or Damian Lillard.
