2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

i guess i didn't think the relationship was really ruined to the degree where ben would demand to be traded. they did finish no 1 in the east last year and i didn't think it was some crazy idea that they would run it back and see if it worked better

phillys thinking dame is going to fall in their laps which is not actually going to happen so maybe the demand makes sense

get them to move on to more realistic options

this is lining up to be lavine for simmons

That trade sounds like it's in the right neighborhood.

Source: There’s a high chance that Tyrese Maxey will be a part of any Ben Simmons trade.

Rich Paul would like both of his clients out of Philadelphia.

— Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) August 31, 2021

A few local Philadelphia based organizations had planned on partnering with Maxey on some community events. They were told to cancel those plans. Paul would not like Maxey to grow roots in Philly if he could be gone.

— Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) August 31, 2021

you heard it here first, rich paul hates charity. also hates "communities"

Simmons should shut up and dribble . . . we know he's not going to shoot.

I mean what a cry baby. Where does he think fans are going to cheer him shooting 30% from the line in the playoffs?

it's too perfect. windhorst has been continuously dropping hints that something is up with lavine and his future. lavine signs with klutch so now klutch can pressure both sides. and chicago's offseason makes a lot more sense if they're planning for this. the last step is trying to pressure the sixers into doing it.

I would take LaVine at this point. Simmons can't play for the Sixers. Would like to get a pick or two out of Chicago if I could.

getting lavine would be a coup for the sixers at this point. a team of lonzo, derozan, simmons would be hysterical, what the hell kind of idea is that

cad i like your train of thought and it looks like a real possibility lol

seems weird for rich paul to burn a whole organization like this

i think the 76ers with Lavine would be awesome.

based on the rich paul new yorker profile i wouldn’t be surprised at all if rich paul has a fundamental issue with the way daryl morey treats players & doesn’t want to sign guys to play for him

also it predates morey’s time specifically but there’s a whole connection there between the sixers and nerlens noel, per his lawsuit they told noel they wanted to offer him a deal that rich paul never reported to noel. feel like there’s blood in the water there for whatever reason

if i was tyrese maxey tho i’m not sure i’d wanna be along for the ride on this one

yeah idk why you would sign wiyh klutch unless you are AD fixing to play in LA

moreys china stuff really pissed off lebron too and rich paul is lebron

rich paul vs. morey and josh harris could turn into an absolute war. i'm here for it.

getting lavine would be a coup for the sixers at this point. a team of lonzo, derozan, simmons would be hysterical, what the hell kind of idea is that

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we would all lol at this but a fuckton of people would love it.

i really want simmons so go somewhere he can play center, i need to see it

where tho?

simmons for haliburton and hield + picks

nets

simmons for kyrie

hmm i would prefer the nets not be totally unstoppable tho

Haha that makes sense actually

yeah they would be incredible

I’m sure the nets would be more than happy to do it but kd wouldn’t allow it

yeah its politically untenable thank god

i mean i'd hate it but i would absolutely watch the hell out of it

it would be interesting to see if simmons being unwilling to shoot in the 4th quarter of a playoff game could derail a team with kd and harden. it's like a thought experiment we could do in real life.

yeah wherever he goes hes really got to get his head together

were i considering making a big trade for a guy the fact that hes afraid to do basic basketball tasks in the biggest moments would def give me pause

yes. i really believe most ppl tweeting trades and stuff are underrating how catastrophic last season's playoffs were for him.

simmons needs to go on a vision quest in the g league, recover the ark of the covenant or something and emerge blissful and refreshed. short of a through the wire style revelation i don't know what happens to him next season except he's a third option who pretends he's the second option being paid first option money

anyways, lol i forgot about rondo and westbrook's bubble donnybrook
THIS IS GONNA BE FUN
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idg some of the Rich Paul masterminded this stuff. If he's got a grudge against the Sixers, why would Paul try and get his newly signed LaVine traded to them?

yeah idk

I haven’t forgotten but 2 years ago, I got booed, people in Philly wanted me to be traded. I even shushed them. Only the real ones didn’t but I just put the work in that offseason to be better cuz I knew I wasn’t playing up to my potential. Philly fans, y’all also gotta be better

— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) September 1, 2021

lol, what's with all the thin-skinned athletes suddenly crying about fans booing?

Be better? When the Simmons FT problems suddenly became acute in the playoffs, Philly fans literally cheered like madmen trying to will Simmons to make one.

I almost want Simmons to come back just so I can see the collision of his fragile ego and Philly 700-level cruelty.

"Crumb Bum" is the most offensive insult in Australia

people dont like too be booed it feels bad lol, and now they have social media to tell us about it

theres maybe some of this phenomenon going on too

Gare on the Mets battling the media and the fans. pic.twitter.com/OnZ2qAVnW7

— Meditations in Panic City (@MedInPanicCity) August 31, 2021

but i do think its mostly just were hearing about what athletes think more than we used to when the only channels were mediated by the media

embiids post is pretty funny tho in that it can easily be read as bullying works

Dude literally has a reference to trolling in his Twitter handle and he's going to complain about fans booing. Just go home and sleep on your pile of money. I can't even.

in this case hes clearly trying to be a team player re the increasingly fucked up simmons situation, but anyway good luck sixers lol

in retrospect doc and joel publicly throwing ben under the bus was probably not the best

shouldve listened to me and traded him three years ago when they couldve gotten an entire team back smh when will nba execs start reading this board

lonzo will teach ben using the vinson method