League sources that have spoken to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer believe a Ben Simmons trade is “inevitable.” However, the exact timeline for a deal remains unclear. According to Pompey, several sources believe it might not happen until the preseason.
One source tells Pompey that there are more teams with interest in Simmons than have been reported, since this year’s free agent class isn’t particularly strong. The Sixers‘ asking price remains high though, so it remains to be seen whether any suitors will meet that price or whether Philadelphia will have to lower it.
The 76ers have suggested publicly and privately that they’re prepared to move forward with Simmons if they don’t get an offer they like, and they previously expressed a desire to work with him this summer to improve his shot and expand his game.
However, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report said during an appearance on The Gastroenteritis Blues podcast that the team hasn’t really been able to get in touch with Simmons since the end of the season.
“There was an intent to have a workout plan or whatever – like in any offseason. And that’s always kind of been the case, that the Sixers haven’t really been able to align with a development plan,” Fischer said, per NBC Sports. “That’s kind of what Yaron Weitzman wrote at Fox Sports wrote in that big story, right? It just doesn’t sound like there’s ever really been movement to come together on the same page to do that, and it hasn’t really worked this summer either.
“So, I think that’s not something that is an encouraging sign for him being in Philadelphia in the future.”
His value is lower than Philly thinks. Philly is expecting too much in return. I’m not a Sixers fan, but they should honestly keep him and switch him to the 4, build back his confidence.
The only way Simmons gets traded is if they lower their demands, a lot. If they’re too proud/stubborn to do that, then your solution is the best option.
No one in the FO drafted him.
The ask on him is insane, a 3 and D wing who cannot hit 3s is not worth a quarter of deaaron fox and is not worth OG Anunoby let alone asking the raptors for their entire team and draft, philly wants to trade him like he’s just breaking in the league as the first overall pick when everyone knows what he is and he is no superstar he’s a borderline all star, trade him for kuzma straight up and call it a win hahahaha
If they are asking “way too much” your suggesting the polar opposite. Reality often lies in the middle, Simmions is valuable, that’s why all you haters keep saying your team should get him on discount.
They’d need to trade Harris then, another heavy lift, particularly if they want to extract value from it. Harris is no more a 3 than Simmons is a guard.
From what I heard
Ben Simmons hang up the phone, 76ers can’t reach him
76ers have great workout plan for Simmons to shoot from the right hand.
How can this be possible? Yeah, you can ask Shaq to shoot from left hand.
Simmons is right-handed.
@DXC
I don’t think moving Harris would be that tough. Dude was almost a 20/7/4 guy on near 50/40/90 shooting. Would rather keep him than Simmons.
Very good player. Priced like a superstar. Can he be Moved? Sure. But for value? Won’t be easy.
Ben Simmons. Very good player. Priced like a superstar. This is still the nba. Superstars need to be able to contribute significantly on the offensive end. True he can pass but when you’re such a liability in terms of limited range, scared to shoot and unable to hit FT it detracts from your overall value.
Simmons for Porzingis! link to socraticgadfly.blogspot.com
Russell Westbrook would be good for the Sixers and Ben Simmons might be good for the Sixers
The Salaried are so what compatible and everyone can go on with life
Westbrook doesn’t solve any problems really. 76ers ned a consistent jump shooter to space floor. Westbrook is more of a slasher than shooter
@Knicks,
I think he would be fine
Why? What’s one of the reasons Simmons dursnt mesh well with Embiid? Because he’s a ball dominant guy who doesn’t the space the floor. They need to search for a playmaker that can shoot 45/35/80 from the floor. 44/31/66 while taking 19 shots isn’t ideal.
This trade doesn’t get any better the more threads you post it on.
You won’t change my mind, I can’t stand Simmons
Now what Morey does is anyone’s guess.
Simmons for Porzingis … both teams move players who don’t totally fit in current roles and positions. link to socraticgadfly.blogspot.com
Stop the groveling and drooling, it’s not getting you anywhere. Philly doesn’t want or need Porzingpus with is wobbly knees, or his delusional brother/agent who thinks he has nba managerial abilities, Cuban don’t tolerate nonsense like that, plus the fact that he’s jealous of Luka, means his days in Dallas is already numbered.
If Simmons is going to Washington, Russ will not be going to Philly
Meditation moment: When does the post-season become the pre-season? Is today’s post-season simply tomorrow’s pre-season? Or is today’s pre-season an echo of post-seasons of the past?
The process…..alive and well.
Is it me or is there a picture of Simmons not being the most willing to work on his craft? I respect someone more if they’re trying but failing but can’t fo so for dinner simply not being eager to improve especially one being paid upfront on potential.
forgive me for the typos.
Yeah I was thinking the same. “Can’t really get in touch with him” about working on his shot is kind of ominous.
Like if he still doesn’t think he should be doing everything in his power to improve his shot at this point then I’m not sure he ever will.
Unless he is being bad on purpose. How many red flags does he need to wave? He wants out. This is how it’s done for a quiet inscrutable guy.
@x%sure
no cap. I love your vocabulary. spot on for Ben. I think he needs to go somewhere a bit off the radar.
Maybe he is angry that his costar and coach threw him under the bus. That loss wasn’t just Simmions, he does what he does, team has like one whole good shooter and Harris always disappears in the big moments too and nobody notices.
The report they can’t get a hold of him has already been refuted by more reliable sources than Fisher.
Ben Simmons is a center? I mean throughout history a guy who is 6 foot 11 and can’t shoot would be considered a center. So, he can dribble and he’s a good passer. But, basically, I’d say he’s a center. And, Giannis too. If Ben Simmons is a center and your team has an MVP level player at center, then it’s not a good talent fit to have them on the same team. I hope Ben Simmons gets traded to a team that can figure out how to maximize his pretty unique skill set…that we can see an offense built around his very unique skill set. Not that I think this is likely.
Kemba and lots of picks from OKC get this done or am I severely undervaluing Simmons….? At least Kemba can shoot.
I’d rather just keep Simmons. Kemba’s knee is going to physically remove itself from his leg in the next 2 years at some point.
I wouldn’t mind Knicks taking a chance on Simmons but probably have nothing of value to offer. I also don’t think Philadelphia wants to trade him in conference
Yea that wouldn’t happen for both reasons you mentioned.
S&T DRose and RJ Barett might actually get it done.
Kyrie / Jordan for Simons / Curry / Maxey ..
Nets gets out of Jordan’s contract and gets one of the best defenders (his achilles heel) Seth replace Irving’s shots (a little)
76ers..they get a real, scoring stallion and a Joel endorsement..Howard is leaving
That may not work from a player value standpoint, but it would be perfect for both teams. Nets hide every issue Ben has and he makes then a defensive threat. 6ers get exactly what they want/need and both teams are battling in the ECF assuming healthy, but Kyrie and Embiid have very significant injury issues so that could also be a bad go.
Yeah that’s actually an interesting proposal. Simmons as a third guy next to Harden and Durant—I mean, if Simmons’ skillset is going to thrive anywhere it would be playing next to those two.
And for Philly you get a premier shot creating perimeter guy to play off Embiid.
It’s more of a risk for Philly because of Irving’s volatilities both emotionally and physically, but – if it were offered – it would be way better in terms of talent of anything else realistically on the table right now.
For Brooklyn the issue would be more Irving and Durant’s friendship than anything basketball related IMO.
Simmons cant shoot..yes its right.but to me, he still a very good player.hope my bulls get him.coby,markkanen,and young.
Unless they can get a big return, the 76ers are better off moving Simmons to PF and getting a stud PG who can 3 & D.
So if they play Ben at the 4, what do you do with Tobias?
Tobias play at 3 when they had alhorford.but his best is at 4
He is most certainly right handed. His problem is that he cannot make a layup. If he could he would average 40 points a game. Since he cannot he’s sucks.
There is a report of the Raptors turning down Ben + x for #4, FVF, OG and Lowry (would need to be a sep. trade). Which the Raps are smart for rejecting.
Also a PSA: If someone says Kevin Love in any trade not involving #3 at this point for Ben or anyone else they need a reality check. Kevin Love is done with basketball from what I can see. Waive, stretch, and retire is the only future I see.
Agreed he couldn’t even do USA basketball after basically not playing forever. He also throws tantrums on the regular and hasn’t been any kind of good.for many moons. I was taken aback when the Cabs gave him that extention when he was clearly a MLE flyer at best.
Ben can’t stay in Philly. He will be moved eventually. Sixers not giving him away. So they will wait it out. As long as they can. I like Ben going to GS. That would be fun. I’m sure they can help his shooting. All Ben needs to is get his FT% up to 75-80%. With that he can play the wing with Dre.
Ben likes to control his narrative.
He knows they prefer to trade him, so now he attempts to make it seem like HE doesn’t want to be there… “so trade me!”
He’s in California workin out.
Same place (gym) he’s worked out the last two offseasons – maybe the third time is the charm.
Everyone saying moving him to the 4 solves anything doesn’t really know basketball.
He basically already is that – switching on D and in the dunker spot offensively.
His strength is running an uptempo offense.
Take him off the ball and he’s essentially useless on that side of the court.
He needs to go to a rebuilding team who want to employ a Milwaukee-lite style scheme. Even then I don’t think he has the competitive fire to make that work.
He needs to see a psychologist too. The problems are mostly in his head. Weird they have him and had Markelle end up the same way. Player development is clearly not a priority in the city of brotherly love.
The Markelle thing is weird. Fultz, if I remember correctly, also chose to do summer workouts with a family member? Or maybe his workout coach ended up sleeping with his mom?
Either way, probably a coincidence, but incredibly bad luck for Philly.
And yeah, the Ben Simmons is a Center crowd is kind of missing the point—moving him off ball is solving the problem with a sledgehammer. Yeah the shooting’s not an issue as much, but his ball handling and passing will be severely mitigated if he’s not initiating. So what’s the net result? Simmons becomes Jarrett Allen++? I’m not sure I want that guy on a max.
Simmons needs to play Point Guard, Point Forward, Point Center, Point Whatever to maximize his skills. But in order to play Point Etc he needs to be willing and able to shoot half-decently. There’s really no other way.
Ben Simmons got us there regardless of his poor shooting. And don’t forget, he gives up touches to four others who needs their touches. These sports writers are pathetic “Rumor Merchants” pushing a story or a narrative. If the Sixer’s are foolish enough to trade Ben Simmons for the likes of a “scorer”…then they will have given up DEFENSIVE chemistry, with their offense which allowed them to flourish in the first three quarters of games when they blew teams out early in games. They need to sign Jarrod Allen as a backup/starter behind Embiid. The second unit is WHERE most of our problem is as we gave up leads to teams like Atlanta, when we had Atlanta buried in that series. Blame Ben ONLY is a weak rhetorical, when he is a walking triple doubles, double doubles who can erupt when given the chance to with or without Embiid. PEACE
Latest Simmons news: he still can’t shoot better than your 12 yo in the driveway! He CAN play D; he CAN bring up the ball; he CAN rebound; but, he’s still one of the worst shooters in the league and might be for his entire career. If you don’t need shooting, Ben’s your man. It’s really too bad, but he’s limited to playing in only the first 3 quarters due to his awful foul shooting and lack of confidence.