OT Philly

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[TBpup]

Damn, if you're going to go that far, just man up and say who you are referring to.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I'm kind of obsessed with the Sixers. They SHOULD be SO GOOD (kind of like we thought the Roy-Aldridge-Oden Blazers were going to be). Hinkie's "Process" gave them a foundation to be a dynasty. But they keep fucking it up! What's the problem? Part of it seems to be that Simmons and Embiid just don't really work together. Maybe that's Simmons' fault? I want him to be a superstar because he's like Rajon Rondo (one of my fave players ever) in a forward's body, but what's with the weird reluctance to shoot threes? And has he ever actually won anywhere?

Or maybe that's Embiid's fault? He can absolutely dominate when he wants, but then he can also vanish, and he looks like a real injury risk.

Also: why the fuck did they spend all that money on Horford when he clearly doesn't work with Embiid?

So: here's my suggestion (which, as you can see, doesn't actually work, but maybe could be the basis of a trade that DOES work):

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The basic idea is to get Chris Paul a real shot at a title, while giving OKC a star to build around. This might look a bit unfair to Philly, because they get Paul AND SGA, but Paul is ancient and has a ginormous contract. Basically Paul for Horford is two untradeable contracts being swapped, and then Simmons for SGA is two young starlets being swapped. Maybe swap SGA out for Bazely or something? I don't really care enough about OKC to worry. But I think if Philly have to pick one star to go with, they should probably pick Embiid. He's the guy who, when he's on, is as good as anyone in the league. He could be a bigger Anthony Davis if he really wanted it. And I don't think he doesn't care - he was genuinely distraught after Kawhi's "the shot" last year.

Anyone else got opinions?

You're right, although OKC wouldn't have given up SGA. But Philly should have trade for Chris Paul and got rid of Simmons. I'm sure they could have gotten a good draft pick thrown in also.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Josh Smith doesn't have the right to criticize ANYone:

I love how he just throws in Mike Woodson at the end there.

 

[TBpup]

Dan Patrick just talked about the Simmons for Dame trade and gave it a big, long NOOOooo. But then brought up Simmons for CJ and said something to the effect of that would then be a conversation.