1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

That amount of money he is will lose is staggering. 

Seriously. That's some crap you'd only be dumb enough to do in your early 20's. Burning $30+ million because you're mad at your coach—who bent over backwards to shield you from criticism—finally cracked, and admitted that it's a little weird for a starting PG to be terrified of shooting. Just hope I'm alive long enough to hear 50-60 year old Ben Simmons' opinions on 24 year old Ben Simmons screwing himself out of $30 mil because his little fee-fees got hurt.

I also like the comment about Ben feeling upset because Embiid called him out for the Atlanta series when Ben didn't call Embiid out over the Toronto series. I don't remember any specific Embiid failure in that series, but if he failed, he failed while actually TRYING which is 1000x more forgivable than your starting all-star PG refusing to shoot the ball.  

next step for maxey is playing with this type of aggression when jojo is also on the court. he's young & tends to defer a bit too much. 

58 minutes ago, xBMTx said:

A fluff piece put out by Simmons camp and it still makes Simmons look like a petulant child. 

That's what I kept thinking while reading it. Clearly she was fed this by Rich Paul and Klutch, and it still makes Ben seem like a spoiled brat. 

The team is better without him, both on and off the court. 

33 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

next step for maxey is playing with this type of aggression when jojo is also on the court. he's young & tends to defer a bit too much. 

That will come with time I’m sure. I’m just excited to watch the kid develop and see just how good he becomes. The kid won’t even be 22 until next season. Right now the sky’s the limit… and he seems like a dude who will actually put in the work to get better, unlike the guy he replaced in the lineup. 

2 hours ago, Shepard Wong said:

 

If I’m the Sixers in arbitration I bring up his rookie year he could’ve played after his foot healed. But they paid him and they allowed him not to play so he could get bonuses the following where he won rookie of the year. So we already paid him one year where he didn’t play at all and he could have. We’re not doing it a second time

All they need to say is the guy is healthy and is choosing not to play because he doesn't want to honor the contract he signed. The end. Nothing in his contract about people having to coddle him because he is a wimp.

Have to wonder if Morey starts to feel a little pressure to do a deal as long as the Sixers are this hot. He HAS to see that getting a couple good players back in return can help push this team over the top.  Needs to stop holding onto the pipe dream of getting a star in return for Ben when he can make a trade that can help this team NOW rather than wasting a year of Embiid’s career. 

8 minutes ago, nipples said:

Have to wonder if Morey starts to feel a little pressure to do a deal as long as the Sixers are this hot. He HAS to see that getting a couple good players back in return can help push this team over the top.  Needs to stop holding onto the pipe dream of getting a star in return for Ben when he can make a trade that can help this team NOW rather than wasting a year of Embiid’s career. 

He already said with the way Joel is playing, they are willing to accept a top 40 player rather than a top 30 player.

At the same time he was saying there do seem to be packages with the Kings that would work. 

Reportedly Haliburton, Hield, and Barnes was offered.

Conceivably, Fox is on their top 40 list, but wasnt offered. And so, still no deal done.

9 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

He already said with the way Joel is playing, they are willing to accept a top 40 player rather than a top 30 player.

At the same time he was saying there do seem to be packages with the Kings that would work. 

Reportedly Haliburton, Hield, and Barnes was offered.

Conceivably, Fox is on their top 40 list, but wasnt offered. And so, still no deal done.

Morey should be fired on the spot if Haliburton, Hield and Barnes were turned down. In fact, I’d rather have Haliburton than Fox. Better fit IMO. 

Just now, nipples said:

Morey should be fired on the spot if Haliburton, Hield and Barnes were turned down. In fact, I’d rather have Haliburton than Fox. Better fit IMO. 

yep...

but, here we are.

27 minutes ago, nipples said:

Morey should be fired on the spot if Haliburton, Hield and Barnes were turned down. In fact, I’d rather have Haliburton than Fox. Better fit IMO. 

Maybe the Kings are smarter than we assume and they want to keep him. Morey could be counting on the March Embiid injury to happen again as well and is willing to hold off to see if better offers come this summer.

9 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Maybe the Kings are smarter than we assume and they want to keep him. Morey could be counting on the March Embiid injury to happen again as well and is willing to hold off to see if better offers come this summer.

I struggle to see better offers coming in the summer when Simmons is then over a full calendar year since the last time he stepped on a court. 

31 minutes ago, nipples said:

I struggle to see better offers coming in the summer when Simmons is then over a full calendar year since the last time he stepped on a court. 

I'm with you. Just saying why Morey may be doing what he is doing.

 

 

 

Sounds like they let the cat out of the bag. 

 

man.... I dont really want to pay extra for an NBC package...

 

9 minutes ago, Shepard Wong said:

 

Deserves it.  He got us the pick from OKC that turned in to Maxey.

Good for him 

 

52 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

Good for him 

 

Yeah the truth, he has been fluffing that dope up since he got here. Now that Ben is screwing Glenn over now he acts like a tough guy. They can both go

Elsewhere, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith held Harris and Sixers ownership, not Morey, accountable for the situation playing out as long as it has in an explosive shot.

 

"You are an utter disgrace right now.... Daryl Morey would pull the trigger on anything, because he can’t stand guys who can’t shoot, so why would he like Ben Simmons? Please,” he told NBA Countdown.

 

"This is Josh Harris holding on, telling Daryl Morey hold on to Ben Simmons for dear life or make sure you get this,” he said.

 

"I’m sorry, it’s a disaster and it reeks from the top down. Josh Harris, clean up your damn’ act, it’s an embarrassment and you are wasting away the greatness of Joel Embiid because he deserves better.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba/nba-2022-ben-simmons-trade-news-rumours-whispers-josh-harris-daryl-morey-deals-suitors-updates/news-story/0542ebe7310c99d2f37fe90670e3ceb8

 

1 hour ago, iladelphxx said:

Good for him 

 

I can’t imagine reading the story yesterday and being another team’s GM saying that looks promising for Ben and we badly need him. It would question to me whether or not he’s mature enough to ever maximize his talent and not just blame others and make excuses when he can’t. 

9 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I can’t imagine reading the story yesterday and being another team’s GM saying that looks promising for Ben and we badly need him. It would question to me whether or not he’s mature enough to ever maximize his talent and not just blame others and make excuses when he can’t. 

Agreed.  It amazes me that he and Klutch think they are accomplishing anything other than immolating his career and any hope we have of a decent return in a trade for him.

54 minutes ago, Shepard Wong said:

Agreed.  It amazes me that he and Klutch think they are accomplishing anything other than immolating his career and any hope we have of a decent return in a trade for him.

I also as a player wouldn’t know how to act around him. Because he’s willing to not work on his game and it’s becoming more obvious that Maxey took the initiative and did it and look at how much improvement he’s had. Meanwhile he’s saying it is what it is about his. On top of that he’s soft enough to hold a grudge on something while he was in fact a big part for that loss along with some other big factors. no accountability from Ben Simmons whatsoever. If I was a teammate or a potential teammate that would very much bother me. Because he’s never going to take accountability and i don’t think you can win with players like that. 

Extended Beal and Bertans (contract dump for Wiz) for Ben, Green (non-guaranteed 2022 contract), Korky/Shake and a 1st. 
 

Seems fair, no?

28 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

Extended Beal and Bertans (contract dump for Wiz) for Ben, Green (non-guaranteed 2022 contract), Korky/Shake and a 1st. 
 

Seems fair, no?

No, doesn’t seem fair to the Wizards at all. Nobody is giving up a player of Beal’s caliber for Simmons. It’s just not happening.