Sixers are intentionally asking for wayyyyy too much in an obvious negotiating tactic that is ridiculous and won’t come close to happening. The league knows it and thinks it’s ridiculous as well. Sixers fans will be disappointed.
Oh no! We can't make Phili fan upset, thats the city of brotherly love! They've nothing but hugs and kisses for their sports teams... STOMP
That's safe, I guess but Simmons is already the better facilitator, has a better handle, is quite a bit bigger, is worlds ahead as an athlete and defender. So even though shooting is a big part of the game and we know Siakam is a pretty good shooter and Simmons has been horrible. I would take what Simmons is now over Siakam. When considering potential and coupling that with what I just said about how they compare now, I think it would be a really bad move to take Siakam if you had the choice between the two.
The tactic is far too transparent and I hadn't really thought about the fact that they're setting up their fans for a huge let down.
Siakam is a marginal all-star. He's already 27. He'll likely get better, but the gap between where his is and his ceiling is pretty small. He's better than CJ and he has length and is a wing. But he's not so much better that he becomes that 2nd elite player to pair with Dame....IMO on the other hand, Simmons, with all his warts, is on another tier than Siakam. Yes, he might be broken and will never solve his personal riddles. But if he does he's an elite player, and would seem to have the potential to mesh well with Dame. Portland is in a bind because of Olshey's mismanagement. There probably aren't many avenues to salvage the Dame era. The chances for Simmons to be an answer might not be great, but they are a fuck of a lot better than almost all the other ideas. Sure, there's risk, but there's also some pretty visible avenues to high reward
More to tell us that he's terrible and that he'll never be good despite being a 3 time all star at age 24. Give it up and go play Badminton, Ben!
Hell yea he wants out. That whole organization wants his head and probably can’t stand him anymore. Why would he want to be there…
