2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

simmons for haliburton and hield + picks

nets

simmons for kyrie

hmm i would prefer the nets not be totally unstoppable tho

Haha that makes sense actually

yeah they would be incredible

I’m sure the nets would be more than happy to do it but kd wouldn’t allow it

yeah its politically untenable thank god

i mean i'd hate it but i would absolutely watch the hell out of it

it would be interesting to see if simmons being unwilling to shoot in the 4th quarter of a playoff game could derail a team with kd and harden. it's like a thought experiment we could do in real life.

yeah wherever he goes hes really got to get his head together

were i considering making a big trade for a guy the fact that hes afraid to do basic basketball tasks in the biggest moments would def give me pause

yes. i really believe most ppl tweeting trades and stuff are underrating how catastrophic last season's playoffs were for him.

simmons needs to go on a vision quest in the g league, recover the ark of the covenant or something and emerge blissful and refreshed. short of a through the wire style revelation i don't know what happens to him next season except he's a third option who pretends he's the second option being paid first option money

anyways, lol i forgot about rondo and westbrook's bubble donnybrook
THIS IS GONNA BE FUN
https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/13/rajon-rondos-brother-was-ejected-after-heckling-russell-westbrook/

idg some of the Rich Paul masterminded this stuff. If he's got a grudge against the Sixers, why would Paul try and get his newly signed LaVine traded to them?

yeah idk

I haven’t forgotten but 2 years ago, I got booed, people in Philly wanted me to be traded. I even shushed them. Only the real ones didn’t but I just put the work in that offseason to be better cuz I knew I wasn’t playing up to my potential. Philly fans, y’all also gotta be better

— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) September 1, 2021

lol, what's with all the thin-skinned athletes suddenly crying about fans booing?

Be better? When the Simmons FT problems suddenly became acute in the playoffs, Philly fans literally cheered like madmen trying to will Simmons to make one.

I almost want Simmons to come back just so I can see the collision of his fragile ego and Philly 700-level cruelty.

"Crumb Bum" is the most offensive insult in Australia

people dont like too be booed it feels bad lol, and now they have social media to tell us about it

theres maybe some of this phenomenon going on too

Gare on the Mets battling the media and the fans. pic.twitter.com/OnZ2qAVnW7

— Meditations in Panic City (@MedInPanicCity) August 31, 2021

but i do think its mostly just were hearing about what athletes think more than we used to when the only channels were mediated by the media

embiids post is pretty funny tho in that it can easily be read as bullying works

Dude literally has a reference to trolling in his Twitter handle and he's going to complain about fans booing. Just go home and sleep on your pile of money. I can't even.

in this case hes clearly trying to be a team player re the increasingly fucked up simmons situation, but anyway good luck sixers lol

in retrospect doc and joel publicly throwing ben under the bus was probably not the best

shouldve listened to me and traded him three years ago when they couldve gotten an entire team back smh when will nba execs start reading this board

lonzo will teach ben using the vinson method

i think im over the 'we have to do better' platitude

we can't tweet empty platitudes and hope that will solve our problem. we have to do better.

lol

Local media keep insisting the Wolves are trying to make a Simmons deal happen

yeah i mean im sure they are

TWOLVES: "We'll trade you half our roster... and this stale ham sandwich!"

Yeah I dunno. Malik Beasley I think would have some value as a piece in a trade, maybe Beverly. I doubt anyone wants D-Lo's contract and I assume KAT and the Lad are untouchable, and I feel like they'd want a player like that back

https://m.startribune.com/timberwolves-chris-finch-anthony-edwards-taller/600093003/

Ant had a big off-season

larger lad

https://theathletic.com/2803587/2021/09/01/source-ben-simmons-trade-price-is-currently-too-steep-for-the-kings/

According to a source with knowledge of their situation, the Kings spoke to the Sixers weeks ago and made it clear that neither De’Aaron Fox nor Tyrese Haliburton would not be included in a possible Simmons deal.

the amount of foot-shooting from philly is really astonishing

if they are looking at getting pennies for simmons they should fire doc and morey and try to keep ben

the amount of foot-shooting from philly is really astonishing

Agreed, but even so, the Kings thinking they can land Simmons without giving up one of these two guys is ridic. Would be malpractice for Philly to make such a trade.

one of these teams is eventually going to have to step up and offer something

tho im sure at this point theyre happy to see how far the simmons-philly relationship can degrade

Yeah, it's messed up for sure. Simmons also has pressure to come back and show that those playoffs were a fluke. I don't think he really wants to hold out too long.

i'd bet simmons career peaked 1-2 seasons ago

I wouldn't bet against that.

i think he still has superstar potential... at the center position

large athletic draymond, think about it

whatever

Will be for just the veteran’s minimum. Millsap wants a ring. https://t.co/ur8Ll6333K

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) September 2, 2021

This is going to be interesting:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32128601/vaccine-requirements-specific-new-york-city-san-francisco-enforced-teams-cities-nba-memo-says

Teams in NYC and SF will have to comply with those cities' vaccination mandates.

Seven-time NBA All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge has been cleared to play again, passing all of the necessary tests, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The Nets are leaders to sign Aldridge, sources said.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 2, 2021