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. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    The Expanse was also dropped by SyFy and had no studio until a fan campaign convinced Amazon to pick it up.
     
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    I watched the first season. I haven't had a chance to pick it back up. I need to though.
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Looks like Ben has hashed things out with the team for now, and is going to work on his mental health. I wish him the best. I still think he has to be traded because Philly doesn't seem like the forgiving type. They like to hold a grudge. As a former season ticket holder in Football, i found Baltimore & Philly Fans were the absolutely worst behaved of all the fan groups. Down right nasty.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Will this debacle hurt the Sixers down the road for, what some would argue, is poor treatment of a superstar? Is it all about winning, or would some FA's say pass on the Sixers potentially worrying about the wrath of Morey? After all this shit, would a guy like Dame (or similar) who appears to value culture, player treatment etc avoid Doc/Morey?
    Klutch seems to be having the last laugh, for now anyways!
     
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    Darius Bazely didn't play a lick of college ball, got a million dollars to train for a year straight outta HS, and is now an NBA player....

    All because of Rich Paul.
     
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    I think it's telling how RP gets it in here from people...

    Other agents do the same shit and always have. Yet he gets it...
     
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    And what, pray, is it about Rich Paul that we're supposed to be biased against? Him dating Adele, perhaps?
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    He's black. You do the math.

    If he sucks so much as an Agent... Why is he #2 in salaries?
    And for the silly talk about "anyone can get a max player a max deal" He has 2 max players...

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    It is very telling. We are a fan base that has always been insecure/worried about how unattractive our city is for young professional athletes. (market size, weather, nightlife, diversity, hot women. etc etc) And any agent who has a history of steering their client to bigger markets, we tend to worry about.(And yes dislike) Yes, there have been others and we didn't like them either.
     
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    Bazley was a five star recruit out of high school. Not much different than Simons.
     
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    There are a lot of black nba agents though.
     
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    Are there a lot of NBA agents getting sued by their (ex) clients?
     
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    The reason he rubs people wrong is because he works through the media and is admittedly greasy in his dealings because he is not afraid to air out dirty laundry. While other agents do the same (see what Jeff Schwartz said this week about Sac), Paul seeks out drama and exacerbates it to get his way. He has had more players hold out for trades/contracts than any other in recent memory (Simmons/Davis/Tristan Thompson/Bledsoe/John Wall/etc). Read how he handles his business-- he makes teams uncomfortable with his candor and threats.

    It has absolutely nothing to do with him being black. Why do you bring race into every freaking topic? Good Lord. I've backed Rich Paul for a while now, but your response was predictable as always.
     
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    @dviss1 at least once a week channels his inner Uncle Leo:

     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    That leads credence to the Norman idea that has been kicked around and talked about in here
     
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    lol “convincing dame to stay”

    keep beating that dead horse media, guy isn’t going anywhere.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    What idea is that
     
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    I'm probably remembering it wrong but it was something like Norm, Roco, one of the younger guys like Nas or Simons and a lot of picks for Simmons.
     

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