If you’re in business, there are some fundamental goals you share with any other business people. You want to buy low and sell high. The NBA is a big business.

Each of its general managers, by that logic, is a businessperson. They share the same goals as anybody else who’s trying to turn a profit. 

Of course, general managers don’t move oil or gold. They move basketball players. If a player’s value has hit an all-time low, it’s generally not advised to trade them. 

On the other hand, sometimes, a general manager’s hands are tied. If they’re trying to win games, and a player is impeding that goal, they may have to move them even if their value has imploded.

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In those cases, a rival GM is presented with an opportunity to buy low. 

As it stands, Ben Simmons’ value has likely reached an all-time low. Could the Brooklyn Nets trade him to the Sacramento Kings?