OT: Sounds like 76ers couldn’t dump Simmons
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If you could redo that 2016 draft, do you take Brown and Murray ahead of Simmons? Probably not, but the question could at least be taken seriously now.
If true, I'm glad there are no takers yet. Players should have to live up to contracts.
If they want out so bad, let them buy out their own contract.
If they want out so bad, let them buy out their own contract.
He will be the next Hardin and will be disruptive in practice and make the Sixers trade him to get rid of him. They are hoping he comes in a plays hard, make some shots outside the lane to show teams he can shoot and increase his trade value. This is a pipe dream, dude can’t shoot.
I guarantee that the Sixers take Murray before Simmons now. Murray would crush with that Philly team. Just like he does with Jokic.
Who throws the bank at a player who can't shoot and won't play inside?
Easy there.. Harden is an MVP, 3x scoring champ, and might still be the league's best 3-level scorer. He's been fine with Brooklyn so far in terms of chemistry.
Ben Simmons is on an entirely different level. He literally refuses to put the work in and develop the most important skill in the game. Ben Simmons is something I don't think this league has ever seen. I'm trying to think of a top25 player who just refuses to do the one thing that matters most in the NBA.
They tried to wait out Beal or Dame forcing their way out of their teams. I still think he ends up in Sac for Hield and Haliburton plus filler.
Simmons could work on the Nets with two guys who are all offense. Not sure about Kyrie on Philly. I mean, it works if he plays for certain. But is he going to play 82 games? Or will it be only the away games and an additional 8 games for mental days off?
I don't think Philly has the same vax mandate New York does, he could play all 82 (minus the mental health days). I definitely think he'd fit with the team, if he played. I see it as a positive for both teams, better than they'd hope to get on the trade market with anyone else given how they're both backed into a corner and negotiating from a place of weakness. Plus with all the questions surrounding both players' reliability and just their ability to fit into a team culture and not cause headaches.
My downstate buddies mentioned that the rumor is Kyrie might just retire if he gets traded, so Philly can't take that chance.
They both want out of it though. But everyone knows they both do so they are trying to low ball because..... why not? It's good to see him go back instead of trying to force them to get a terrible deal in return
I don't believe it has. Not just the not putting in the work, we've seen something similar, but to be content being so bad at it he REFUSES to shoot the ball, at all? Not even lay ups because of fouls. I don't want a guard like this, but I'll take a 20 something percent outside shooter that will occasionally shoot(NOT OFTEN) over someone who will refuse to and the defense won't defend one single play.
He is from that area, the salaries match pretty well, and he fits offensively great. Only issue is that he is not sane and Philly knows it. Rumor is KD shot that idea down from the Nets side.
You weren't the intended quote. Mine was to the "I don't believe/think the league has seen this before" (not checking, so probably some paraphrasing). I was never talking about Harden. Sorry about any mix-up fellow cat brother! I was never meaning to imply any of that!
Honest one to make since I hit reply to that one. Babysitting a new young cat fan (nephew) so I have been bouncing around lol. Hopefully he'll be on here with me and you in a few years!
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Interesting story here
Bombshell Report Claims 76ers Star Ben Simmons May Have Faked Covid-19 Exposure To Evade NBA Playoff Game
https://www.mediaite.com/sports/bom...-covid-19-exposure-to-evade-nba-playoff-game/One of the most embarrassing moves by an NBA player, and Kyrie Irving is in the NBA...
76ers kick Ben Simmons out of practice, suspend him one game for being 'a distraction'
Simmons will miss Philadelphia's season opener in New Orleans on Wednesday night
www.cbssports.com
Welp, great start to my fantasy basketball team.
Embiid now basically saying he doesn't care about Simmons or what he does, and he actually defended him for quite a while.
Simmons has to be traded or cut at this point. You can't keep a guy like that around the team. I bet he has a new home in 24 hours.
Embiid now basically saying he doesn't care about Simmons or what he does, and he actually defended him for quite a while.
Simmons has to be traded or cut at this point. You can't keep a guy like that around the team. I bet he has a new home in 24 hours.
I'm neutral on Philadelphia but imagine 76ers fans are pulling their hair out.
What if no one wants to give anything close to value for the punk?
If I was Philly, I'd run with who I have and let him lose a year of his career with no paycheck to show for it.
Oh they want him gone. I mean, this is inexcusable. It's one thing to defend a player who wants out. But the 76ers did a heck of a job putting pieces around him, for him to basically pout, put in ZERO work on his side, and now becoming a monumental locker room cancer who isn't even speaking to his teammates. The last part is the nail... At the very least, you have to have your team's back. Maybe not the coach, or the owner, or even the fans.. but you can't have these exchanges with Embiid.
IDK. Philly is in a tough way. What organization would want to take Ben Simmons with how he's acting AND his refusal to put in the work?
It looks like that's what Philly is going to do, just keep suspending him, and keep him away from the team. But even that, might be damaging. Part of me wonders if Philly should just se if any team would offer a 2nd round pick, and just take it.. essentially cutting him. You can't have this guy around the team, he's too far gone.
Doesn’t work like that. Once he reported to camp he was guaranteed to get his money whether he plays a game or not.
The article said he hasn't made any money yet this year due to suspensions and fines?
I would think if a player gets suspended, they won't be paid. Like, if they do something wrong and the league suspends them, they dont get any payment. I think weve heard stories where they say how much a player lost by doing something.
But, IDK if a TEAM can just suspend without pay indefinitely. I would think the player's union would have something to say about that.
But, IDK if a TEAM can just suspend without pay indefinitely. I would think the player's union would have something to say about that.
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