No way Morey takes Simmons into the regular season and I very seriously doubt that Dame is traded by then. So, I'll say it again, CJ is the best fit available for what that Sixers team needs. Morey has to know all of this. So I just think we'll see what happens but Simmons will almost surely be somewhere else to start the season and as long as Olshey is willing to pony up CJ and other valuable assets, this is where Simmons should be.
You sound as delusional as Morey.
What a piece of junk article, throwing shit out there hoping it will stick. Whats happened with integrity in reporting? of course thats not reporting it gossip for clicks.
It's just some hometown bullshit wishful thinking. Stories like that have always been written in local papers but now national outlets like B/E and The Athletic have writers for every team putting stories out. The columnist showed that it was obviously a Sixers fan piece when he said, "It would be much more reassuring for me to write, 'the moves so far in free agency have made it a lock that Damian Lillard will become a Sixer',"...
In what way was that post delusional? Do you think the Sixers are going to go into the regular season with a player making 33M that won't even talk to them? Do you think there are players available that are a better fit for what the Sixers need than CJ... that they would get extra assets with?
I think Morey-On can eat a D&#K!
Was this from the Asinine Times.
Beal is probably a better fit than CJ.
I agree, I think he is hurting his credibility in terms of what his offers are. At the same time if he just says that he's now open to offers from other GMs he can probably push it a little further now. I think it's an effective mind game if you're willing to give up some control. So he's relinquished control but he's also expanded the universe of what could be asked for... even if that doesn't increase the player's value. I think he's desperate right now to recoup some of what Doc and Embiid destroyed.
Oh, definitely... Beal is the best fit for what they need but Washington doesn't want to trade Beal and Beal just said he's excited about his new teammates and continuing to try and win with his team. So he's even further away from being attainable than Dame... IMO. So CJ is Beal Lite and even if Beal were available, if the Sixers were to try and get Beal for Simmons the they would be the team sending out assets and if they end up taking a deal in which they get CJ for Simmons, they'll be receiving assets along with CJ.
Are you even a Blazers fan? Dame will want to stay here just because we are Portland. And he knows Olshey is doing everything he can to bring a title to our town. He even got over not having valet parking everywhere.
We could do it for picks if we made Dame wait until next off season but we can't do it for picks now. Dame could make any roster in this league a playoff team and then we're just left with our picks and their non lottery picks.
They're either delusionally optimistic and fueled by bullshit media or we're in the dark over here. I'm pretty sure it's the first one but if it happened I wouldn't be completely shocked. Dame said make big changes urgently and Neil has said he can't. That probably isn't enough for him to bail but that's only probably.
