What I'm not sure about is whether Brooklyn views Simmons as a negative value. Are they willing to pay to move him?
Ah. I thought they were about the same size, but Clowney didn't get measured at the combine, it seems, and maybe he's going to have a more expanded game as he matures.
Seriously, Nate, you should watch this. Pretty interesting stuff (Ben Simmons is by far the worst contract in the NBA):
The deal being talked about with Brooklyn, Miami and us is Dame and Nurk to Miami Herro and Lowry to Brooklyn, Picks Simmons, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Jovic, picks to Portland Heat get Dame Nets get Herro and rid of Simmons Portland gets young bigs and picks
Which, to me, is worth it. If we can peel a couple picks off them to take his contract and then see if he can bounce back. If not, he's out in 2 years.
Simmons might be an awful contract but, the way I view it, we tank next year, so who cares if he plays or not. Maybe he figures stuff out with no pressure up here? If so, great! If not, he's a huge expiring going in to sharpes 3rd season. If sharpe is who some of us think, then year 3 could show a huge leap, where we try to "contend" earlier than thought, and we have a huge expiring, some young pieces hopefully, and draft capital to throw at the next star
I still think Miami doesn't give up NEARLY enough in that scenario. I demand this from Miami. It doesn't work on the machine because of Jaquez. I still don't know why Brooklyn would do this.
Id generally be fine with this. What picks are we talking about here? ***edit*** Not that I care, but I dont see what's in it for Brooklyn. They are left without a decent C
Talked about by Miami fans only, I can only assume. With Miami's "fuck you" move of signing Jacquez so he can't be traded, I would absolutely refuse any trade that doesn't include him.
Nurkic fits their TPE Lillard = Simmons (or Dinwiddie + filler) + Claxton Grant S&T = CamJohnson S&T ... if both are up for it, otherwise not Add picks Call NBA headquarters NETS: Lillard + Nurkic (+Grant) BLAZERS: Simmons 2 years + Claxton (+CamJohnson) + picks + $16.875 TPE
seems like it would make a lot more sense to ship Nurkic to Nets if they are losing Claxton and I sure as hell don't want Portland eating the contract of DFS. He's not a good basketball player. I would hope he's deleted from that trade
Simmons has major physical and psychological issues., but Portland is a team that can afford to gamble on him, and the positive value would be the picks/Claxton. Worst case scenario is that his contract is like the expiring throw away contact that are often included in deals like this. Only there's a chance it turns into a home run.
