It’s no secret that the Sixers and maximum-salaried All-Star lead ball-handler Ben Simmons appear destined for a divorce via trade. Evan Sidery of Basketball News posits that the pending split could work out well on both sides of the deal.
Simmons, 25, is a three-time All-Star and an All-Defensive Team staple. His offensive limitations have often confounded his teammates, coaches, and fans in Philadelphia. Sidery notes that, though Simmons may have been initially projected as a Magic Johnson-esque oversized point guard, he now appears destined to become more of a Draymond Green type, a pass-first point forward who can defend anybody.
Sidery suggests that the Sixers would benefit from moving on from Simmons, too, should they acquire a new guard with more scoring punch in a trade. Such a player could help create spacing against All-NBA Philadelphia center Joel Embiid.
There’s more out of the Eastern Conference:
- Despite trading away an intriguing backcourt talent in Devonte’ Graham, the Hornets ultimately improved their depth this offseason around incumbent leaders Gordon Hayward, Terry Rozier and LaMelo Ball, opines Zach Harper of The Athletic. The club’s new regular rotation additions James Bouknight, Kai Jones, Kelly Oubre, Mason Plumlee, and Ish Smith all appear poised to know their roles for a team hoping to qualify for the Eastern Conference playoffs in 2022.
- Spencer Davies of Basketball News has mixed feelings about the Pistons being so quick to move on from Sekou Doumbouya, the No. 15 pick in the 2019 draft, who was sent to Brooklyn in the DeAndre Jordan trade. Davies opines that the 6’8″ forward has an intriguing ceiling, and could have carved out a rotation slot on a still-rebuilding Detroit club.
- On the Nets‘ side of the equation, the club’s young new versatile forward Sekou Doumbouya could offer promise as a future rotation player, writes Chris Milholen of Nets Daily. Across the final nine games of his 2020/21 NBA season with the Pistons, Doumbouya averaged 10.7 PPG and 4.8 RPG, in 27.0 MPG.
Simmons isn’t even close to Magic Johnson, at best he’s another Draymond.
Fairly certain that’s exactly what they said.
This place is as full of intolerance as the Antebellum South, what’s the deal here? I say positive stuff about the Rockets, that makes me a homer. If I say anything negative about another team, I’m a hater.
Now I get jumped on for agreeing with someone and expounding on their statement. Are Houston fans being driven into the closet out of shame here? We’re here, we’re Rockets fans, get used to it.
That’s awfully dramatic.
You did’t expound. You just repeated and quit. Although, the next post was worse.
You need a new hobby, this one makes you needlessly crazy. Best of luck!
While the Green-Simmons straight up trade ideas keep getting proposed, I would prefer to trade Wiggins – I just think Simmons and Green together, plus the brothers Splash, is an unstoppable combo on offense and defense, if a 3rd scorer is added to the 5.
Myles Turner, that’s an unstoppable offense and defense.
I agree with sir Charles, Simmons needs to sit and pay for his insolence then show up on the court and pump his deflated trade value or he’s not going anywhere.
Last year 76ers were the best team and no 1 seed.
Because they did not upgrade the roster, now Las Vegas rank them at 8th best team in the nba.
I don’t buy their GMs and coach any more
Like..is that what passes for reporting these days? “The two sides that have completely destroyed the relationship they had could both benefit from moving on”
No way, you don’t say! Also yea it’s great to say the sixers could benefit from a scoring guard coming back in the trade. Um, obviously? Now propose a trade that actually works. Not nearly as simple.
This isn’t a site that “proposes trades”.
Try Hardwood Houdini or Bleacher Report for clickbait.
This site is more of a we reference other reporting or rumors and we write an abstract type of site.
I wasn’t referring to the writer for this site. That was I thought pretty obvious since I quoted what the reporter mentioned in his article. Not what Alex wrote.
Cmon Sekou is not a promising forward lol
Of course he is!
He is 20 & better than when he was drafted #15 at 18yo… if that ain’t promising!
You just can’t give up on the kids, if you don’t intend to set them up as best possible to succeed, then please don’t draft kids!
People are quick to pounce on these kids, but they are just teenagers when they come to the league, the onus is on the teams to do everything possible for them to be successful, if not draft dudes at 23 & then yes you must expect them to deliver from day 1, except busts like Toppin that can’t do!
He is 4th in the rotation at PF on the Nets. He will be lucky get 10MPG. And he wasn’t that good in Detroit.
If he can learn to finish at the dish in the G League hell have a shot. He has work ethic, just skill wise hes not very promising.
Not the job of the parent club. If Seku did not go to the GL, then he is not green-lighting his own development. He had limited skills and not the size of Giannis. He was drafted post-Giannis when there was so much criticism that GA fell to 15th.
Ben is not a PG. Am I the only genius who sees this. Just cause he has a handle at 6’ 10”. Do t make him Magic. Ben has vision and is a great passer. A PG does a lot more than that. Any REAL PG who played with Embiid. Would make sure he was MVP every yr. PG wins by running a team. Managing a game. Ben doesn’t do that, And he can’t shoot. Not a PG.
Move on already. Ben has lost his swagger. Until he becomes a 75% FT shooter or better. He will never get it back. His strength is at 3-4. It’s that simple. Career Ben has avg 7.7 ast a gm. Magic never avg less tha 12 ast a gm with Kareem. OK ….. so all so called basketball people who make a living off the NBA. You know SQUAT. Ben is NOT a PG.
He’s 6′ 11″, and you’re always praising tall players. What’s the deal here?
Why do people care so much about position?
You say he can’t shoot, doesn’t lead his team to wins and is tall that makes him not a point guard. Yet the Sixers just finished the number 1 seed. Only thing your right about is that he’s tall and can’t shoot.
Then you say ohhh Ben he’s not Magic Johnson, Magic averaged 12 assist with Kareem. I mean 99% of all players in any position don’t average that many assists. How does that determine anything?
Jokic is the games best passer, he leads his team to wins, he can shoot and score from anywhere does that make him a point guard.
Oh but he doesn’t average 12 a game like Magic so I guess not?
Draymond Green, in his prime could hit threes and still can’t from time to time these days. He’s a solid play maker, is he a point guard?
Why can’t we just say Ben is a great basketball player besides the fact he can’t shoot, and that if he learns how to shoot he’s going to be pretty unstoppable. In today’s basketball you don’t just start 5 players in 5 different positions and play your roles. You have alternating line ups of shooting, defence, small ball, length, pace and space, etc etc
Look at Jeff Green he’s a career SF at 6’8 and now at 35 years old for the last two years has been at centre.
Just like how defensively you have to be able to cover multiple positions, offensively in today’s game you have to be able to play multiple positions. So I think it’s a dumb argument to have
@Knick
Not arguing with you. But Simmons is a point guard or if you wish, point fwd. The difference is almost zilch between a Magic and a LBJ. The term point fwd to me is just a marketing thing. Simmons just doesn’t have the flair of Magic nor does he play in the style of the Magic Lakers showtime. He also lacks the IQ and leadership of both Magic and Lbj and really most of the PG we cherish. Same for Westbrook imo. Great athletes…good passers but they don’t really run the offense or see the defense schemes the way the best do. I wish they had a way to differentiate an assist where a pg passes the ball to a Steph Curry who nails an open shot vs a play where the PG truly sees what the defense is doing and already sees how to break them down and get an easy bucket for a non star teammate. Not all assists are equal. But Simmons is not a high IQ point guard to me and his lack of a shot doesn’t help keep the defense honest.
KFCF, that was honest, including the word “cherish”, and there should be room in the lineup for one who does that— or as many as possible! But Simmons on the break is also splendid, and him playing PG allows for the most of that. It’s only late in the shot-timer that he cannot hoist and looks bad dumping off, but most teams get a bad shot anyway.