Trade Ben Simmons poll

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What's the most you would give up for Ben Simmons?

  1. CJ + RoCo for Simmons and scrubs

    9.7%
  2. CJ for Simmons

    62.1%
  3. It depends on our new coach

    3.4%
  4. I'm not trading for that bum!

    24.8%
  1. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Not sure why we’d blow it up. CJ/Powell/Simmons/RoCo/Nurk is a top 4 seed
     
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    Dame/Powell/RoCo/Simmons/Nurk is a top 4 seed but the downgrade from having Dame as your number one option to having CJ or Simmons as your number one option would be devastating. The team you're putting up there would be worse than what we have now and therefore if Dame wants out you have to blow it up. You don't rebuild with CJ as a franchise cornerstone. Bleh, makes me sick to my stomach.
     
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    Olshey needs to let Morey know that under no circumstances will he ever trade Lillard to the Sixers.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    https://www.espn.com/radio/play/_/id/32405631

    Woj (11 min mark): "I think they should.... but they don't look at CJ McCollum (in a trade for Ben), because if they do a deal with Portland, they want Dame Lillard. And I don't think that would ever match up for Portland, but for CJ-- maybe there's a conversation there but that hasn't been anything or gone anywhere (yet). Philly is going to bide their time because teams don't make deals at this time of the season. The kind of deals that are there for Philly now are the deals that were there two months ago."

    Conspiracy me wants to think Olshey had Woj put this out there.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Philadelphia needs to join the rest of us on earth.
     
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    is it flat?
     
  7. illmatic99

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    I'm slightly irritated that Rich Paul has not made the situation more ugly.

    There was a report that Simmons is simply "going through the motions" in practice this week. And teammates are still repeatedly being asked questions about him in media availability. Philly can talk a tough game about holding on now, but I want to see how long that can last once they start losing and the players get more frustrated
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    from our perspective, yes.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    At this point I wouldn't trade Dame to Philly out of spite.
     
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    You underrate CJ. He’s played very well as number one option when we’ve needed him to do so.
     
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    If he ends up requesting a trade after the season, trade him anywhere but Philly
     
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    CJ dedicated a segment to Simmons on his pod. Nothing groundbreaking but kinda funny to hear him discussing it considering his name also being thrown around all over the place.
     
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    Oh boy.... it's not gonna be easy to fix this dude. This can't be true, but the speculation is wild. Helps drive down his value even further.

     
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    Imagine actually wanting this guy on your team my god. Same with Kyrie. Makes no sense. Unreliable, selfish head cases? Sign me up!!
     
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    No, I think I understand CJ's value just fine... you are underrating Dame. The difference between the two is massive.
     
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    Imagine thinking you're gonna headline a package for Damian Lillard with this jabroni HAH
     
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    when Dame has been out cj’s numbers are not that far from Dames per game.

    Dame has much better overall range but doesnt come close to the mid range foot work cj has.

    not sure its as massive as some think
     
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    Take Indy out of the running for ben

     
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    Just came in here to post that, but I apparently hadn't read the last page, and in that time, you beat me here!
     
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    If we trade Dame; would Simmons be too old for a rebuild?

    His game relies entirely on athleticism, which NBA players peak at age 26-28.

    It seems like if we trade Dame we'd be aiming to be a playoff team maybe 4 or more years from now, and contend a few years after that, at which point Ben is well into his 30's and years past his prime.

    It would make more sense to have a bunch of draft picks like OKC got for Paul George than have the next couple seasons of a peak athletic Simmons when the team isn't trying to contend.
     
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