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Lopez comes up big, Bucks edge short-handed Nets 118-113
"Brook Lopez just missed a triple double in guiding the bucks to their 19th victory in 20 games. One 18 one 13 versus the nets. Lopez had a career high 9 blocks to go with 24 points and ten rebounds. The block total is an NBA season high. Bobby portis added a season best 28 points and 13 rebounds to help Milwaukee win without Giannis at ten to kupo. Patty mills scored 23 points and cam Thomas had 21 for the nets, who were without Nick claxton Spencer Dinwiddie cam Johnson, Royce O'Neill and Ben Simmons. I'm Dave ferry.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"That would be bizarre. So I had not heard that. Yeah, well, you're like my brain with that one. That is very weird. Mine is very close to that, though. Okay. And I said it a few months ago and the response was not smiled upon. But Ben Simmons for LeBron James. Like, it just makes a lot of sense. It does. I could break the case right now as I could a few months ago. The Lakers are doing nothing. Let's just be absolutely clear. They have no, they're not going to win the championship this season. I'm sorry. She's not going to happen. The sixers, okay. If you are the Lakers and you are stuck, and you I'm not moving, I'm not, by the way, I'm not trading Anthony Davis from the Lakers. That's like the one thing I'm just like absolutely not doing. 'cause he's very good. But if you are the Lakers and you're the Lakers and LeBron James who is 37 years old, he's playing tremendous basketball but he's 37 and has recently said that if his son, when his son gets into the NBA, if he's not in LA, then LeBron's out of LA, blah, blah, blah. You're not wearing this title this year. You're probably not gonna be better next year. I would imagine, because Russell Westbrook will probably still be on your roster unless she traded him for John wall. And LeBron will be 38 then. It's like, let's just get ten years younger or something like that. How much older is LeBron and Ben Simmons? Ten, 11, 12 years, something like that. Let's just get younger. And we'll have Simmons. We'll have Davis, that'll be our duo. And we'll go from there, going forward. And that's like that is that makes a lot of sense to me. And if you're the sixers, you're like, we just won the championship this season, and they probably would win the championship this season. If they had LeBron and Joel embiid. So that's the trade. I love it. I come for me haters. It's a perfect trade. I'm sorry. I like that you threw it out there again after being met with skepticism by your listeners. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, look, from the sixers perspective, they're getting exactly zero zero from Ben Simmons right now, except for the monetary recuperation that you had mentioned. So yeah, if you could add arguably the greatest player of all time, yes, please. I think LeBron being the shadow general manager of the Lakers would be reluctant to trade LeBron the player out of Los Angeles to Philadelphia. But can I ask why? Because he lives in a team..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"And Ben Simmons hated it. And I told Zach Lowe that he hated it. And he said, does that go? I'm better than this. I'm not this guy. So for whatever you think would be good for Ben Simmons, and I think your valuation is correct, Ben Simmons disagrees. He believes supremely in point guard Ben Simmons, and that's where he wants to be. You know, that's a wonderful point that I can't really argue with. I would say that in the way Charlotte plays, he would have the ball in his hands. I don't think he would be exclusively in the dunker spot or anything like that. Lamella can play off the ball, roger can play off the ball, whoever they keep pretty much. I mean, they play 5 out of ten. Just like the fact that there's bad defensively too. It's a perfect in every possible way. And I wish he saw himself as more of a positionless nightmare than a quote unquote point guard and someone who needed the ball and Sansa ton. But yeah, I mean, you're making you make a good rebuttal there. For sure. And I'm not the biggest Ben Simmons fan, but I just want to see him. He's an entertaining player when he's in the right spot. I think about a couple of years ago, three, four years ago whenever it was when it was March and then bead was out and he went on that ridiculous run with the sixers and they were just playing so fast and I just wanted to get back to that. That would be fun. As a basketball fan, that would be fun. So I think that would happen in Charlotte if he bought into it. But I don't think it's realistic. I wish Ben Simmons godspeed in farewell and nothing but well wishes in whatever city he ends up in and I look forward to that happening. I look forward to him ending up in another city that is not Philadelphia. Because I think honestly, it's well and again I am hopeful but not I'm skeptical that it will happen by Thursday. But when it does eventually happen, it will be to everybody's benefit. Because this thing obviously, you can't put humpty dumpty back together again. It's broken. It's never going to be fixed. They're getting exactly zero from Ben Simmons and Ben Simmons is getting exactly zero for them, so it's time to say thank you, but we should all go in our separate directions. They're getting $19 million so far, reportedly, so that's fun for the sixers I suppose. Sucks for him. Yeah. It does. Do you think speaking of this? Do you think Daryl morey can survive? Not trading Simmons before this year's deadline, which is not good because Joel embiid is this MVP candidate who's just averaging like 35 and 15 and obliterating everybody. And your quote unquote wasting a magical season out of him if you do not maximize the roster. So do you think that Murray could survive not trading Simmons before this year's deadline? And then also not getting harden or dame or Beal or all star X during the off season..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Okay, I want to twist this around real quick because we don't usually ask questions that are about the interest of the player. We always talk about team building and what makes a good fit where blah, blah, blah. Yeah. I'm thinking about it as I was talking about Portland. I spoke about how that would be a really good fit for Ben Simmons. Is there a team out there if you are Ben Simmons or you are Ben Simmons agent or you are Ben Simmons brother or whatever that you're looking at a team in a situation in a roster in a city, and you're like, this is the best situation for Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons ends up here. His career will get back to, we'll go get back on track and we'll get back to where it was a couple of years ago or I guess just last year. Back to being an all NBA contender back to being a perennial all star, back to being on a team contributing in a team in a way where his flaws are masked and his strengths are accentuated. Is there a team out there that you think is just so supremely wonderful for him? I mean, there is a team, but I feel like I'd really have to go through each team and think about this because I'm doing it on the fly here. But and this is such a cop out, but imagining him in the draymond role. He would be great. We were younger, bigger draymond. That'd be awesome, but that's a cop out because it's the warriors and they're like one of one in the NBA. Who else it's a wonderful environment? It's an awesome Vancouver. He'd fit in well because, you know, you've got the shooters and stuff and clay. And for him to play the draymond role, he would be great in the Trayvon role. I don't know that I'm thinking about other teams that. A lot of teams could use a Ben Simmons caliber, but like real theme of your question is, you know, what benefits him, right? And that's a different equation. Yes. And I have an answer. Please tell me. First of all, I don't understand. I don't think the trade is going to happen now for a few reasons, but before the season began or a week into the season, I was like,.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"The fact that he just sat out this whole season and then came back and just picked up like nothing happened. It's like remarkable. I don't understand, but he's really good still. He's incredible. Very, very good. He's incredible, yeah. It was just a basketball and you knew he was going to play and you knew he was going to stick around, then the answer is yes, but it's not. It's not just basketball. And there's so many variables that need to be considered when you're working through this equation that I would be very surprised if that's something that more would entertain. But my main thing and again, I don't think that it'd be really surprising to me if more you could pull off something big buy Thursday because it feels like all of this got started a little late. But my point overarchingly is that I trust that Daryl morey has a plan. He's been one of the best general managers in the NBA since 2006. His considerably smarter than I am. And I just believe that he's got an idea of what a reasonable equitable return on Simmons is. And if he can't get it by Thursday, I'm confident he'll get it in the off season. So this brings us naturally segueing us into these other questions that I have. We're professionals. Look at that. Obviously do this for a living. Yeah. First time I've ever been on a pod already work in the weave together. You and I do in the pick and roll. Amazing, amazing stuff. Rohan is just sweating right now. Wherever he is listening to this episode. You would never do him ever. I'm just keeping the seat warm. No. Now he's untreatable. So at the top of the show, you mentioned a few rumored packages for Simmons. You know, they're going back to the pacers deal. There's a whole bunch out there that have been reported that have been shot down over the past few months. I'm curious though right now with the deadline a couple days away, besides James Harden, who everyone is kind of locked in laser focused on, just what is the most ideal package, Philadelphia can get for Ben Simmons before the trade deadline passes, do you think? You know, I thought that the package of haliburton and Harrison Barnes and healed makes so much sense just from a basketball perspective. That's a great package. Yeah, now supposedly it was something in that neighborhood and then the sixers wanting way more on top. But just from a basket, like if you're talking about the sixers competing this season, you add in, you know, like you've got tyrese maxi yet and Halliburton and they're sharing minutes and all of a sudden on your point guard situations shored up, I love Harris and Barnes. I think he's so underrated. He can do so many things for you and now all of a sudden like that Tobias Harris stanny green wing situation that has not worked out incredibly well, where Tobias Harris has not had his best season and his struggle and he hasn't as good a defender as Harrison Barnes is. Harrison Barnes is just like that glue guy who can do all of the things you want on the wing and doesn't get nearly enough credit. And then heals the killer shooter. I mean, what wouldn't you want in those three from the sixers perspective? I think that that fits perfectly. But that's just a basketball consideration..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"ben simmons" Discussed on The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"And choose Seattle? What do you think? I think he does not get claimed. I think he hits free agency. I think he, I think he determines his destination. But I just don't know if the Seattle thing is necessarily true. I'm not a vacuum guy anyway. I mean, I'm not owed that background, but if you're a patriots fan, you obviously want him because you're a wide receiver could be a hell of a lot better. So we work the risk. I think he's washed, but I also think the fact that the thing where he's most effective is just a little quick slant root and then get it and run underneath. I mean, he can just he can bury people there, just catch it and go. And that's kind of what the Patriots are running. I think he could wreak havoc in the middle of the field. I also think he's good with contested catches. So I just think, you know, and Mac is pretty accurate. I do think it's good. I mean, I get it if you're OBJ, you're thinking I'm I want to run down the field and I want touchdowns and Russell Wilson throws a meaningful and I want to join an offense. It has a passing attack with the receivers. So that way, I don't draw number one corners, and those guys can guard DK and I'm just going to be beaten up on number three guys, you know? Yeah. That would be to be a smart individual choice, but I mean, as much as I like Seattle, and I kind of do, they're in the hardest division in a while. I'm like, they don't even make the playoffs. Patriots probably have a much better chance to make the playoffs in Seattle. Seattle will be fine. But I didn't expect unbelievable division though. But yeah. If OBJ wants his targets and he wants his value up, obviously, Seattle might not be great. You know, so he's gotta balance it. What does he want most? You know, does he want a winner? A team that he thinks he can put over the top does he want to rehabilitate it? Yeah. I do get what Jimmy's saying that. It'd be much harder to win the Super Bowl with their Seattle than the Patriots actually have a decent like path to being compared. Well, they're in the AFC east, which is the worst division in all of sports for late last 20 years. Even including this year too. Yeah. So there's always the Patriots are always going to have a chance to make the playoffs. And once you're in the playoffs, anything can happen. OBJ could have a huge role for them, too. I will say I'm not worried about diva issues. Most people who have shoot themselves out of one place and act really petulant and immature are on their best behavior at their next destination. At least for a short period of time. So the tie in here is terrific. Tomorrow, Simmons and OBJ are both in Boston. Crazy. How are we going to do two streams at the same time? I told lazaro. I was like, standby, dude. I was like, the second we know. And you know me. I said Bradley Beal was a 100% done. I'm texting with Lazar earlier today. I'm like, it's 90 ten Beckham is coming. So get ready. And he's like, come on, man. I'm like, it's happening, you know? No, they cleared out. They cleared a roster spot for him today. I was ominous. Yeah. I mean, they just didn't like that center, offensive. No, no, no. That's procedural. You got probably guys coming off the pup. You cut, you cut ferns, you put them back on the practice squad..
The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"ben simmons" Discussed on The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"I'm gonna get to what I think is worth talking about later. But I don't think it's I don't think having conversations about what can you do to improve this team and do you have to be bold and if you shook it up, you know, because what are we looking at? We're looking at a team that's four and 6 that a lot of people think their ceiling is going to be the 6th seat or the 5 seed and a first round exit in the playoffs. That seems to be the ceiling of this team. If you think that that's good enough, what is it? I mean, look, you're not, and that's why I would get into my hypotheticals after. But, you know, again, nobody thinks right now at this moment, Ben Simmons is worth what Jalen Brown is absolutely not, especially based off his attitude based off the last time we saw him on the court, based off all of it, based off his skill set right now, Jalen seems to be considerably more valuable. He's a scorer. And as Bobby knows very well, the most important thing in basketball is scoring. Yes. Right. And that's why. Again, we're having a million different conversations when it comes to that thing. The biggest problem with Simmons, no, this many problems. He's making such an extraordinary amount of money when it comes to the cap head there and just a contract and it's not a flyer. You just look at the two players and just Simmons in a vacuum. Anybody would take a fire on Simmons, but at that commitment and that amount of years and everything that's happened within the last year with him at all matters. The whole entire context matters. So, you know, actually, Brown was one thought ahead of Simmons in this year's rankings, right? So jail is just a flat out better player, even when you look at it in a vacuum for getting the contracts and all the other stuff. You pay guys to score. That's why you get the max deal. You produce offense and Simmons. For all the intangibles, you know, we love Rajon Rondo and the different things he does, similar player way back when.
The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"ben simmons" Discussed on The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"So just get them. Ray J's company. I didn't even know that. Oh, really? Yeah. I mean, that should be enough. All you need to know is that it's ray J's company. That guy knows music, you know, sound audio all that stuff. And I would just say go for it. Thanks. I'm Jimmy toscano knows. Of course I say the wrong thing. No, he's got the goods. Right, it just don't let Bobby say he hates it like he does with our other sponsors. You know? I'm all for it. All right, ready? Here we go. Marcus smart for OBJ. Who says no, right? This story is going to blow away tomorrow, huh? No. Honestly, I don't think OBJ's coming. You don't think so? Nah, he already said his preference to Seattle I'd be stun if it doesn't happen. But you Smith whatever. Anyway. Rusev russes back this week. Oh, great. All right. So what happened today, the Internet exploded as it does every single time that the Celtics are tied to reports of Ben Simmons. There was a story in the afternoon. I got a zanis called this morning and every day I get this call. I'm like, what's happened now? So the arc of this story is shams at ten o'clock. Post a story that where the Ben Simmons trade market is. And Celtics are interested, okay? Interesting. That's it. Just throws it in. Among other teams. But the Celtics have inquired in our interested, but talks have gone. Talks have gone nowhere and yet you should inquire about everybody always at all times. You should never not inquire about a day. Have the conversation? Yes, oh, you're selling this $2 million house? Would you take 5? Would you take it for a 100,000? No. All right, cool. Have the conversation, though, okay? So that happens and then obviously the Internet explodes in every green tumor is like no. Never. And sorry, the report says the report says, and it doesn't even say anything other than obviously in order to make this work, the sellers would have to throw in someone like jaylen Brown because they just don't have other matching pieces, which we know. You're not picking up the phone and saying, I'll give you Marcus and nee Smith and whatever. It's just not gonna happen. So every time Simmons name comes up times the Celtics Jalen gets attached. The Internet explodes every Twitter into a tizzy. Oh my God, the worst thing ever. How short would this conversation be? It was ridiculous. We never happened. Never ever ever. This is sit down. And they're like, right, right guys? Right? And then a bunch of national people weigh in and say, I can see this working out and then that makes the Celtics fans even frothier and then a bunch of Celtics media go and they get people on the salts to say these rumors are untrue. We've seen this cycle, and it's fine. It's just happens. So we have to before we have any conversation we have to put in this disclaimer. Not a single member of the garden report advocates a straight up trade. There you go. For Ben Simmons versus jaylen Brown. So anything we say moving forward are hypothetical discussions that we're going to have for the purposes of discussion..
Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman NBA Podcast
"ben simmons" Discussed on Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman NBA Podcast
"It was just going to be a war of attrition and whoever had the most healthy bodies left standing at the end or key healthy bodies in Milwaukee did. You know, there's a lot of jokes about it. And but the fact it is a fact that if Kevin Durant's took a size 15 instead of a 17 or whatever it is, the bucks would not have won. Right. It is that it's the truth. That's how capricious. Their championship is. And everybody listening to this podcast knows what I'm talking about. We're talking this is to our PhD fans. They know damn right well, what I'm talking about, I don't have to elaborate. Well, I have to be honest with you. I'm rooting for the old man. I never thought I would root for the Lakers. But I'm rooting for me for Davis who's not the old guy. I know sorry bob. But I want to see the broad of Davis make one more run. I do. I don't like to run too. I think we all would like to see, again, one more run for them to get there. I don't know how many people will root for them to win the whole thing. But it is, you know, we can say it was fun watching all these new faces last year. Whether it was Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, Deandre ayton had his moments in the playoffs, the honest, obviously, but at the end of the day, you still kind of want to see LeBron. I do. I hate to admit it. I hate to admit it. I do. I want to see the stars. I want to see the stars. Okay, here's a guy as we switch gears that we thought would be. We thought he'd be a star. And that's Ben Simmons. And this is something I know Jeff wants to talk about it. Jeff, I'll start with you. I mean, bob has seen a lot of things happen in this league. And we see the Steve sax disease, if you will. I mean, this poor kid didn't want to take a layup. Now he wants to shoot his way out of Philly. They don't let him. He's got to go back to practice in Doc goes oh, guys, remember Ben. Awkward. What the hell's going to happen? Well, what's happened is he's showing up for practice last two days. You know, I was told a source I talked to said. He didn't do much. I mean, he's standing there, dribbling on the sidelines. He doesn't want to be there. They really don't want him there with the way he is. Certainly. So I would be surprised if he plays to start the season. I don't think he's going to play. I think he's just there not to get fine and now the biggest question is Daryl morey and his pride and does narrow mori try to stick it to Ben Simmons and say, you know what? I'm not going to trade you. I'm going to let you sit in the bench and watch you rot because again, you know, you didn't. And I don't know whose fault it is at the end..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"ben simmons" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the NBA front office show. We're taking you around the NBA talking about some of the biggest news stories of the day. I guess we'll kick things off where else would we be, but Ben Simmons as the world turns. Keith. I'm ready for this trade just to go down. I'm ready for this to happen and us to know where Ben Simmons is because it sounds like if it doesn't, the 76ers are gonna be in a real tough situation. Yeah, the update from Mark Stein today of substack now Mark Stein updated that all signs point to Simmons is still not coming to camp when it opens next week..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
Houston Rockets, John Wall Working to Find Trade Deal
"Keith, let's start things off with John wall, a Houston rocket for now. But will not be a Houston rocket into the future. It sounds like he is going to be treatable. The rockets are hoping. They're hoping anyway. Let's get into that. What's going to happen here? The rockets, John wall working together to try to find a trade and he will not play any more games for Houston. Yeah, so this is that working together part is where it's very different from the 76ers and Ben Simmons who are not exactly working together. They're kind of working apart right now. So it sounds like by all accounts John wall has been very good in his time in Houston. He's been somebody that the younger players have really come to rely on for leadership. He's been a great leader for them. In the rockets are looking at insane. Look, we have a ton of guards that we want to play young guards to Kevin Porter junior, jaylen green, Josh Christopher, just adding in the last couple of years. Kyrie Thomas, who we picked up on a late season edition last year and he played quite well for them. So they want to play those guys. They don't necessarily want to play John wall, nor do they want to have John wall get hurt in kind of completely ruined maybe whatever little tiny modicum of trade value he may have left. There's no other way to slice this. It's 91.6 million. That he is owed. It's bad money. There's John wall would probably say at the same thing. Good for John wall for getting him what he did. And this is why you should never criticize a pointer for taking a max contract when it's offered to him. Team, other story we can have there. But at the time this contract was offered, wasn't necessarily as a bad contract. And either he's one of the first class of supermax guys to get it. So yeah, so what they're going to do is they're going to have them come to camp. He sounds like he's going to be there to kind of almost be like a glorified assistant coach. While they continue to try to work on
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"ben simmons" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Simmons. I mean the houston rockets. Didn't want ben simmons. I that kind of speaks volumes about what nba teams. Think of. ben simmons. The rockets are going nowhere. They elected to take a package of really picks because the players that got back not much if anything at this point after the dust has settled electric that package of picks over something that would have involved a ben simmons. So maybe there is more appeal. If you're the sixers to having kamenga moody maxi wiggins contract to flip again in a deal. Then just having ben simmons. Yeah i mean there's an. I think the rockets situation. They weren't rejecting. Ben simmons the player necessarily. I think they were rejecting the idea of well. One maybe trading. With daryl morey and sending james harden back to daryl morey but to look they elected to go the complete rebuild route. Let's just get a bunch of picks. Let's go. Let's give ourselves maximum flexibility. They wanted to bottom out. they wanted. Yeah they want what they got they wanna jalen green. And the potential jalen green to be a franchise player. Sure and they got it. And if you get in simmons. Now ben simmons is going to play with john own ben. Simmons is already in his prime so now. Do you have to win immediately. Is that possible isolate twenty-five prime baby. But he's only twenty five years old early prime early prime but anyway but it does put pressure on if you acquire benjamins right now. The the burden of as a team is to now build around. Ben simmons and wind right now. I don't think you're you can't consider yourself rebuild anymore. The rockets wanna be full like there's a philosophical point. They made their that. I think is defensible him. Though for with five years left on his contract though there it would not be the the usual pressure that is on teams that acquire all star players. That usually it's like. Oh my god we've got to get good in next year or two. We have to trade him. They would have had at least for years if not for to figure out. If the ben simmons christian would play or whatever it was a core was what should build around so on on the warriors concept like could you trade him to the worries right now for coming and moody some picks wiggins deal to make the money working all that and then have those pieces available. If lillard comes available yeah. Possibly but i gotta think still chris if you're the.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"ben simmons" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"It's a whole new level for you and me chris. This relationships can subscribe for the best weekly nba content. These two are capable of. What does that mean could be. The best duo ever see how you can beat that here. They are chris. Mannix and howard back crossover. Nba podcast kris. Maddox and howard beck back. It has been a few weeks now since we've been together vacations other projects Good to see again my friend you it has been. It's been like a month or something. I think i've been on seven different planes since i last saw you. Yeah and a few places as well. We are back weeks before start of the nba season. There's not a ton of nba news to digest. At this moment we're going to get deeper into teams and specific situations as we get closer to training camp at the end of the month but we do have a still evolving. Ben simmons situation. We do have the hall of fame which at its induction this past weekend. Paul pierce chris bosh among others entering the hall of fame. We'll get into that and a few other topics here on the show. I guess though we should begin with simmons because that seems to be the topic du jour at the moment as we are weeks. Away from ben simmons. Maybe possibly reported training camp. The latest does certainly seem like ben. Simmons wants out of philadelphia. It does seem like the sixers want to find a new home for him but they understand that just giving him away doesn't bring them any closer to a championship. And darryl maury one of the biggest star hunters out there has to be keeping his eye on some of these teams that may elect to tear it down before the end of next season. So you know. The latest came out of the philadelphia inquirer a week or so back affirming. The ben simmons wanted out. What do you make of where we stand with. Ben simmons so earlier this summer. I was firmly firmly of the belief. We may have even discussed it that there was no way. Ben simmons would be on the opening night roster or even the training camp opening day roster of the sixers because too much has happened too much has been said too much has been alluded to. It's clear they wanna move him. It's clear that he wants to be moved. So that's that's just way too much tension to bring with you to the first day of training camp and everybody. They're asking so bad. I feel about being here. How long are you going to be here. Or in the event of the i still think unlikely holdout scenario. We don't really do hold outs in the nba but doesn't show up or maybe give given permission to show up. That's still hanging over the franchisee. You're now missing your second best player and with no replacement in in ready to take up all those responsibilities.
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Brian Windhorst ‘Highly Doubts’ Ben Simmons and 76ers Can Repair Their Relationship
"Let's get to the latest surrounding ben simmons and the sixers keep pompeii the philadelphia inquirer reports that people in simmons's camp are not inclined to help the sixers find a trade partner for him so given the public criticism from doc rivers after the playoffs and how his name was in the james harden trade talks last season march sign of the times reports that the cavs are one team. That's interested in him so brian is there a chance for simmons to repair his relationship in philly. And if not where do you think he could end up. I've been around too long to say that. There's never a chance of anything. But i would highly doubt it One of the messages. That ben has sent back towards philly. Is that. It's not his job to fix his trade value. It's his job to correct. This trade value raises trade value. That is not something that is on the menu for him and so with that out there. I don't think he's interested in coming in and trying to change the situation and one thing that i think is interesting is that his contract is structured in a way that he's going to get half of his money by october first sixteen and a half million of thirty three million come before he has to worry about getting find a single dime for a forty one of his game. So he's going to have a war chest that he can. Just sit this out. Now i agree the cavaliers and other teams that are really interested in trading for a guy with four years. Left on their contract would be interested. That's also why. You've heard a mike minnesota and even potentially a team like san antonio these are organizations that typically don't do well in free agency and so the idea of getting a star player under four year contract is very attractive but dens value is so low right now and the expectations of daryl morey on a trailer so high we just are not neutral zone for any If any team at this
BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"ben simmons" Discussed on BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"He tan at the end of those games. He just doesn't have the energy to go at the teams 'cause he has to create all the advantages, you know, he didn't really have outside of CP three and rustling Russell's healthy and had that second person that helped him run the offense. He had to create a goal. He had to create for Trevor ariza. He had to set up a photos lobs, you know. Absolutely. Yeah, and that's on a hot take. I think everybody recognized that the issues he had in Houston in the playoffs were all related to fatigue. He just got worn down. And it's funny because they obviously, the rockets looked at it analytically and said, okay, the best type of shot we're going to get is something generated from James Harden. Like that clearly is what the numbers tell us. So that's what we're going to do without necessarily factoring that in that a, it can wear you out over the course of the whole season and then B, when you get to the second round of the playoffs, the defenders you're going up against are really good. And are even more focused than they would have been in the regular season. And so all of a sudden, whatever that you're trying to generate that you've built over the course of an 82 game season isn't going to work very well at all. And you're going to miss 27 threes in a row. All those kind of things happen. Based on that. So that's why they probably learned the lesson that you can't really wear somebody out like that. Michael Jordan learned that as well. And so not only do they bring a couple better players in to help him offensively. But the system they ran in the triangle. Also, was able to better balance the floor and make it more difficult for the deep and so load up on him. And then it created the easier shots for everybody else. Remember, the offenses like that aren't for the stars. It's for the role players who will let you down if you don't give them a an offense that will they know the shots are coming and they have a rhythm and then the catches. And it's not just sort of stilton and you're standing in the corner for 5 straight possessions and you finally the 6 one touch the ball. That's we've known that for a long time. And I think that the rockets got a painful lesson in that one. So another superset. Thank you so much on the YouTube side. Nicknamed tuned cat. All right, thank you. And this is all caps, by the way, Ben Simmons is Lamar Odom without a jumper. Yeah, okay, I can see that. I mean, since it's even more explosive as an athlete than lamarr was, but Lamar was what made it unfair for the Lakers because he was a guard at 7 feet. And he would handle the ball initiate the offense. He'd fill in almost like a Scotty pippin roll, and it was unfair for other teams, because then he could play defense too and be that big. So that was a low key, what's the word underrated advantage of Lakers had all those years of Lamar? Okay, we have another speaker coming in here. And what's up, what else we're going to talk about so far as we're going through here? Anyone else want to jump in there? I just mentioned something quickly. Yeah. No one mentioned the Ben Simmons for Jamal Murray. I don't actually think that's going to happen on a practical level..
BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"ben simmons" Discussed on BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"You remind me, I'll take it. But if it's rich Paul, then, you know, it's clutch, right? And that's Ben Simmons. So I think that there's an example here where they're not necessarily making bad deals just to get a benzos and their team. Now, I feel like there's another deal that happened though with rich Paul. But remind me, maybe in the comments and I'll see it. Ben Simmons is trying to. Clutch sports. Yeah. And that's rich ball, right? And tight. And LeBron and everybody else, right? So yeah so I think here's an example. I was listening to a windhorst yesterday on his podcast, which is interesting. I don't listen to hardly any podcasts because I don't want to get influenced unduly by other people's takes. But I do listen to his, because I think it's pretty good. It's really good. And he was saying how rich Paul, just an interesting tidbit I noticed that he said I thought it was worth sharing. You know, you could go to the mat with rich Paul through a GM, and it could get really contentious. He won't hold that against you on the next one for the next player, which is not what happens usually in the NBA. And so that's an interesting thing where, you know, teams only need to be scared of him, what's necessarily for doing, you know, negotiating tough with one player and then have to deal with them for another player. I feel like that's going to influence it. So that's good. I mean that's how rich foster approached all those anyway. So Dave Wu, thank you so much for the other generation super chat. If I have a name for your new defensive system, shadow defense since the defense should be close behind the ball handler that he can't get rid of, wow, shadow. I like it. I like it. 'cause you know, chase chase Steve Fitz is what I've been calling it. And I don't know, it's not exactly grabbing me perfectly. So shadow is interesting. I kind of like that. Dave, that's big. It's big. I'm gonna make sure that you get your shot right now, and then if it sticks, then Dave rub, David, we're gonna remember that name and have the help of that name. Great call on that one. So the Ben Simmons thing, let's talk about it. Wow, another super chat. Well, thank you so much, detrick Morgan. Patience is key in the situation. Absolutely. I mean, the sixers don't need they have four years of him. And but here's what's interesting is they could show up in the beginning of the year and not playing. He doesn't play whatever. And his figure, they'll be okay. But I'm looking about lineup, and I'm not that impressed with it. I don't know if Maxie, Danny Green, Tobias Harris, I'm missing somebody and then embiid, who will be the fourth player in that starting lineup. They listed it the other day. I don't know how many games that wins. There's a lot of teams in the east that are much better now. We have to also look at the schedule and see who they're playing the first month because it might be an easy schedule..
BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"ben simmons" Discussed on BBALL BREAKDOWN Podcast
"Why does Ben Simmons want out of Philly? Where are the best places for him to go? Will he ever be the number two on a title winning team? You'll make question left is, say it with me, you win. Hey. Sports fans, coach Nicki here, and welcome to the live greenroom show on YouTube as well. Simultaneously across the all the whole Internet. Coming at you today this morning on Sunday at about 9 a.m. Pacific time, grid to see everybody out there, both on YouTube and on green room. Don't forget if you want to come in the show and chop it up with me. You can download the green wrap find me it's in the link in the description below on the YouTube side and request to speak and I bring everybody in at the same time. We have a nice rollicking good time and a good conversation. So how is everybody going? Let's say we already have a request. I kind of want to jump into the Ben Simmons discussion and preparing a video on this for a couple of reasons, but let's bring in Martin right now and to see what he has to say. Martin, how's it going today? Yeah, what's up? Hey, hey, you want to talk about Ben Simmons? First up, like, so like, you know how like the MJ versus Leblanc comparisons has been going on? I'm like, what area? What is one area do you think that la bonte is better than entry on both office and defense? Oh, it's a good question. I would probably say what area would he be better at? I mean, shooting wise, I think Michael is a better shooter overall consistently and that they had the three point shot as an emphasis. I think we would have seen that too. And even just form wise. So, you know, ball handling, no, it's hard to say what offensively I suppose you'd say that LeBron's a better passer. And that also goes with in line with him just being a bigger and taller, and he could see easier over a defense. And so I'd say he's probably better at passing than Michael defensively I think pound for pound Michael is still better. I know LeBron has more he could guard more positions because of his size and his strength and his explosion. But I just think effectively an impact wise, Michael was as more, if not or if not more impactful defensively than LeBron ever was either. So there's not a lot of things, but you're splitting hairs at that point 'cause they're both they're both that good, but I don't know. What else do you think? What am I missing here that LeBron might be better than Michael at? That's a good question to ask..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"A simmons for darren fox trade just makes so much sense to me and i just wish it happened. The league would be so much more interesting fox is obviously that pick and roll high usage ball handler. Who's kind of languished in sacramento. Even though last season he started to hit step back. Three is a little bit. The jumpers coming around for him. He's like at his peak will carve you up There's there were some games last year deer and foxes. Just okay this guy like a going to be a top ten player pretty soon when he gets to his prime. I'm a huge fan of his game and you know just going off the the dumb rankings conversation again i would probably have and fox ahead of ben simmons personally I just think he's better so a trade like that that would loosen things up for halliburton and they just drafted david mitchell. I don't know. I think that that would be. That's a trade that i just. It's one of those. I don't understand why that's not a thing that people are talking about. I i just think. Well i'd be interested to hear your your rationale on it. Loosening up stuff for halliburton. Meaning how how do you think that would loosen stuff up. Well you can play. Ben simmons a screener like he can. He doesn't have to be a point guy like he can do. Cermony thinks he's humongous. Like let him be the let him be dream on on certain possessions. Let him be Do what jaanus did in the in the playoffs. He sitting screens for chris. Middleton diving hard and He's a lob threat. So i'm not saying he should do that all the time. And i'm saying that like he can still run fast and like i don't know but like if you have a defense that also has david mitchell and ben simmons like you have an identity. They were the worst defense like an nba history. Last season like they should they. I know pitching for the only team. That obviously i've done all this research on the nineties. Knicks that sense. Japan gundy resigned from new york in like december of two thousand one. The kings are the only team that has more bottom ten defenses over that span. The knicks do which is just like holy hell because the knicks with the exception of like three or four years. every single..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"ben simmons" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"You have to drop the price. I just went through that painfully. I mean i think the sixers. You've been simmons a little bit more than i was valuing my apartment And i couldn't get rid of my apartment. So what does that say about ben simmons. You can't get rid of them asking for four first rounders. Never going to happen like you know. The the rockets didn't get that james harden. So are you thinking. And i remember saying this year ago almost a year ago with zach lowe and we talked about this You know simmons such a particular sort of star Four first rounders generally kind of signals. That this is your franchise guy you were throwing everything you've got the next few years. It kind of making sure that works making sure is your piece on top of the fact that you know. It'd be different if he were like you know still on a rookie contract where you're not paying them that much yet. You're paying this dude. Thirty five miller whatever it is a year and you might have to rehab a whole lot of things with this guy. I mean i don't know how this is going to go into next season clearly a change of scenery. We'd be nice. But i mean the sixers are asking for the moon and the stars for the guy which you can start there but at a certain point. If you're not asking for less at some point or saying okay we can come to an agreement on something less than that two first rounders in a you know a decent young up and coming guy what we're really talking about here. They're not gonna get for first round is for him. I knew that at the beginning. I don't know what they'll end up settling on. I don't know maybe they can get a couple of young guys in our first round pick. You know. I don't know who would want him. I don't know if it's minnesota. We saw may mix report about the idea that it's essentially not going to be sacramento. Which you know is interesting. Just because i kind of feel like that is a place where maybe he could work a little bit. I wanna talk about destinations a second. Because that's just obviously that's what we do here and sacramento to me. I won't step on my thoughts on sacramental right now..
Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo
Can Ben Simmons Be Saved From Philly?
"You may remember our guest here from page to espn's page to. bill simmons. Now has his own podcast. Yeah and each walk into this now but soviet i actually i wanted to talk about ben simmons. 'cause i'm doing football the next couple of pods on my pod and i just have like a twenty minute. Ben simmons conversation me that might you know expire a. I don't know what the time sensitivity is on it. Who knows something happened over the weekend. But i'm just so fascinated by this story. And i don't even remember if it has a payroll and recent mba history again. That's where you always. I think kind of lap the rest of the historical perspective of like. Hey this is happening. It's newsy we've got all these tidbits rumors that we're going to get to and in who's in charge of the steel but historically what we're talking about with somebody this young this many years left on the deal and basically saying hey you guys think i suck anyway. So what's the point. And then the threatening holdout thing which i had heard about about a month ago. Yeah it was met with kind of indifference like all right. Go ahead hold out man But we don't know so why don't you take it in any direction. You think the headline part of this story is right now. The headline part of the story. Is i think both sides have a right to just want to move on from this right and i think everybody else unfortunately knows that for the two sides but you have this starts when they try to trade him for harden you know and you could make simmons the bad guy you can make clutch the bad guy. There's all kinds of takes. You can do with this but it starts when they try to trade him for harden and when you try to trade somebody you go down the road you actually think you got him which i think both of us had until that day that harden was going affiliate was the rap and simmons knows all this so it starts there. Then you have this kind of embiid's team it's embiid city. He's always resident in that city. More than simmons says she had that piece to you whether those guys get along or not. I don't even think that really matters for
The Rich Eisen Show
Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid Denies 'Rift' Exists With Ben Simmons
"On 'em bead fact here. He got upset because there was a story out in the twitter verse today from i guess at the nba central that the reason why simmons is leaving is because there is such a terrible rift between him and embiid that the sixers reportedly pick between the two. We all know mb got the big fat contract. And now simmons is being shown the door and usa. Today is reporting that that's part of the reason and he was very upset about that re tweeted out about how he loves playing with ben stats. Don't lie he's an amazing player. We all didn't get the job done. It's on me personally. I hope everyone is back because we know we're good enough to win. And then i guess. Embiid kept stewing on a little bit and then Tweet out i haven't forgotten but two years ago. I got booed people in philly wanted me to be traded. I even shush them. Only the real ones didn't. But i just put the work in that season to be better because i knew i wasn't playing up to my potential which is okay then comes the last line philly fans y'all got to be better to.
Tolbert, Krueger and Brooks
Ben Simmons Informs 76ers He Wants Trade out of Philadelphia
"Which is what I think they call it around there is reporting that been Simmons. Does not want to remain a Philadelphia 76 or and he will not report to training camp. Quick note that we alluded to earlier Ben Simmons has $147 Million.04 years left on his deal. So weird when you hear that talk about I ain't coming to training camp. Just remember Money talks. You know what walks hunted $47 million remaining. On his deal, okay? Ben Simmons, also, according to reports wants to be traded to California professional basketball team now Go to the list of teams. You get those two teams in L. A Yeah. You got one here in the Bay area. Very popular squad known as the Golden State Warriors and you have a squad in Sacramento said that is 1234 teams. Ben Simmons is not expressed that he desires that we know of yet. He desires to go to one California professional basketball team over another. I think we can all assume, however, that if he were traded to the Sacramento Kings, he would be as happy if he were treated to The Golden State Warriors. Just guess. I'm guessing you're a Thank you. I think you're right. Well, look, I think
The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard & Rob Parker
New York Knicks' Nerlens Noel Sues Rich Paul
"Apparently nerlens. Noel is suing rich paul rich. Paul of course is the famed agent of lebron james. Ben simmons anthony edwards go on and on download a lot of marquee clients but one of his clients at one point was nerlens. Noel and nerlens left his agent neuro. Well left his agent to become a part of the clutch family if you will but after. He left clutch after he left for clutch. They basically didn't really help them get very much of a contract and he ended up losing. He passed on a four year. Seventy million dollar deal because rich paul. At i convinced him that he could get more and then basically didn't do didn't didn't get him much of anything and so. He is now suing rich. Paul for all of the losses with his money.
The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard & Rob Parker
New York Knicks' Nerlens Noel Sues Rich Paul, Klutch Sports
"Nerlens. Noel is suing rich paul rich. Paul of course is the famed agent of lebron james. Ben simmons anthony edwards go on and on download a lot of marquee clients but one of his clients at one point was nerlens. Noel and nerlens left his agent neuro. Well left his agent to become a part of the clutch family if you will but after. He left clutch after he left for clutch. They basically didn't really help them get very much of a contract and he ended up losing. He passed on a four year. Seventy million dollar deal because rich paul. At i convinced him that he could get more and then basically didn't do didn't didn't get him much of anything and so. He is now suing rich. Paul for all of the losses with his
WFAN Sports Radio_FM Show
Report: Ben Simmons Not Talking to Embiid, 76ers; Interested in Warriors
"I just take what I could get for Ben Simmons at this point, and they're in that report all he would welcome a trade to the Bay Area. Yeah. You want to know why Ben Simmons The joke never gets all the second time I told tonight I'll say it again. You wonder why Ben Simmons wants to go to Golden State. He won't have to shoot staff will shoot client. He's healthy will shoot and Ben doesn't want to address the biggest problem with this game. He's a very good players. Three time All Star, tremendous defense supplier. The biggest one Ben's game That's holding the Sixers back from being a championship team. Is Ben Simmons wanting to shoot or Ben Simmons putting in the work to shoot? It's either he doesn't put in the work and he's lazy or doesn't have confidence to shoot. And Ben just wants to go to Golden State because it would be easy for stock down Ben Simmons. I'm done with that.
WFAN Sports Radio_FM Show
Warriors Reject Sixers’ Steep Asking Price for Ben Simmons
"Sixers are asking the Warriors per keep pumping, who covers the sixties for The Philadelphia Inquirer for Andrew Wiggins, James Wiseman, the seventh pick in tonight's draft, the 14th pick in tonight's draft. And to future first round picks. So four first round picks. Wiggins and Wiseman. Basically That's six first round picks if you think about it. 7 14 to future. Wiggins was an early first round pick, and James Wiseman was just the second pick in the draft. So if you want to say, because Wiggins played in the league for a little bit hit, and he's kind of been underwhelming. Wise, but at least they're still has that potential. Even after his first season, it's basically Wiggins And five first round picks for Ben Simmons. If I'm the Golden State warriors. I'm glad they said no. And I don't think that price is going to be met for Ben Simmons.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
Brad Stevens Explains Why Celtics Made Kemba Walker Trade
"On friday. We had a rare postseason trade with boston. Sending kemba walker. And this year's first round sixteenth overall to oklahoma city for al horford the move freeze the celtics in the final year of canvas deal saving the team about thirty two million dollars in the process. Here is how brad. Stevens explained the move on monday. We had look at with the idea of moving That first round pick this year right a gave us the opportunity to look at a A road ahead with a few more options from the financial flexibility standpoint All of our future you know. First round picks passed this year Which again gives you more options. And then you know it was the It was the best deal That we thought with regard to you know returning players. Riot i mean the idea Or the opportunity to add How do make significantly less money. But his You know a really good player that has corporate knowledge of this environment.
The NBA Show
76ers’ Season Comes Apart in Game 7 Against the Hawks
"The hawks they beat the sixers on the road in philly one. Oh three to ninety six automate. That trae young was five for twenty three five for twenty three. Kevin heard a red velvet. Twenty seven point seven butcher's boy. He just back down. Seth curry got wherever we wanted on the floor. Ben simmons was zero when the moment there's two moments kyle summed up the night for me third quarter. Matisse steidl steals the ball gets a dunk on the end of the end of the floor trae young gift the inbound pushes at the other way lob john collins and then the hawks scored a couple more times towards the end of the third quarter and then of course in the fourth quarter of the game. the play. everybody's talking about ben simmons inside. The pain has an opportunity for a wide open. Layup wide open could easily to his right hand. Any passes it to matisse taya covered just defender draped over him on a cut gets fouled and like. What are we doing here. Ben simmons it like it. Those two plays for me. Atlanta's tough and and ben simmons and the sixers just rattled the whole game.
AP News Radio
Embiid, 76ers Beat Hawks 127-111 to Take 2-1 Lead in Series
"Joel Embiid scored twenty seven points in the seventy Sixers rode a dominant third quarter two or one twenty seven one eleven victory over the hawks the Sixers took a two one lead in the Eastern Conference finals and ended at Lana's thirteen game home winning streak Tobias Harris had twenty two points and Ben Simmons added eighteen for the Sixers who led by five before outscoring the hawks thirty four nineteen in the third period and the test Simmons with the catalyst in their big third quarter are you still involved well you got needs new should be a question this works because that's a lot of streets those Russian armed with the way of their garden so that's one should you be aggressive birds go on the engine down Trae young when it landed with twenty eight points game four is Monday night in Atlanta on the ferry
AP News Radio
Without Embiid, 76ers Roll Past Wizards and Into 2nd Round
"Seth curry scored a playoff career high thirty points in the seventy Sixers beat the wizards one twenty nine one twelve to end the series in five games overcoming Jo Ellan beat absence Tobias Harris added twenty eight points in team with curry and Ben Simmons to carry the offensive load within beat out Simmons had nineteen points eleven assists and ten rebounds to keep the top seeded seventy Sixers in the hunt for their first title since nineteen eighty three and beat his day today with a small lateral meniscus tear in his right knee Philadelphia coach doc rivers says he expects his all star center to be back for the postseason I'm the ferry
AP News Radio
Simmons Leads 76ers Past Wizards; Westbrook Injured
"The seventy Sixers are up to nothing in their opening round series after clobbering the wizards one twenty ninety five Ben Simmons had twenty two points nine rebounds and eight assists one game after becoming the sixth player in league history to record fifteen fourteen fifteen assists I knew you know I six was the first game I noted in the system so expect me to to file my guys and get my guys shots they'll fall asleep a lot of times no I came down the floor and I did have a lot of masculine beat also had twenty two points and Tobias Harris added nineteen wizards guard Russell Westbrook left the game in the fourth quarter with a leg injury Westbrook finished with ten points and eleven assists Bradley Beal had a game high thirty three points for Washington which host game three on Saturday I'm the ferry
WTOP 24 Hour News
Simmons Leads 76ers Past Wizards; Westbrook Injured
"Points a game wizards go, Logan says. I'm not gonna say this is your fault. But the, uh well, you know what the Sixers playing good defense, the Wizards or not Right now, one of 7 to 83 Can the Sixers in control of this one just under eight minutes to go, Davis Bird thons fouling out of this game with you. No points, two rebounds. Russell Westbrook is out with the hurt his ankle. He has gone back to the locker room. Bradley Beal has 33 points. But this thing is pretty much over one of 7 83 Joel Embiid Ben Simmons each have 22 on the night for Philadelphia looking and take a 20 seriously before they come back to Capitol wondering on Saturday, which, by the way will be at the 50% capacity. So about 10,000 fans in the stands at the Wizard's going to need it is they're gonna be down. Oh to the
AP News Radio
Harris Scores 37, Leads 76ers Past Wizards 125-118 in Game 1
"Tobias Harris and Jo Ellan be let the seventy Sixers to a game one victory over the wizards one twenty five one eighteen Harris scored twenty eight of his game high thirty seven points in the first half villainous scoring void within beat on the bench and early foul trouble and be was whistled for three thousand the Sixers missed fourteen of seventeen three point attempts in the first half leaving it up to harass and be finished with thirty points despite sitting at a huge portion of the first half Ben Simmons shot poorly but contributed fifteen assists and fifteen rebounds Bradley Beal had thirty three points for the wizards who take on the Sixers and Philadelphia on Wednesday I'm Dave Ferrie
The NBA Show
NBA Trade Deadline Instant Reactions
"Got chris ryan who Is on the back end of one of the biggest pump. Fakes of the season Kyle lowry is stained. Put in toronto for the time being and that means that he is not going to the hometown. Sixers guys will share a hometown. How do you feel right now. That cao lowry is staying. Put and all that stuff that we heard that the sixers were going to go after him. The lakers were going. After miami was in the mix there was so many teams in the mix for kyle lowry. What do you feel that. He is not going to your hometown. We also got kyle lowry crying on camera last night waving goodbye to toronto aka tampa so this is a very strange story. They orchestrated this whole thing to make you feel like this was an inevitability. I was never really that confident that we were going to get lower that the sixers were gonna get larry for as much as i would love to see him. Return nova graduate high school basketball legend. That the sixers windows being a compressed a little bit by the media not to blame the media for anything which we are a part of. But i do think that the media ruins podcast right now after everything that we have gone through right now are you are you. All i'm saying is that like it doesn't all have to happen today. And i think what the the move that they did make by acquiring george hill for basically for tony bradley and like some some. Some add-ons is like exactly the move that they needed to make if they weren't going to get lower they got some outside shooting. Got somebody who could probably close games with the steph. Curry ben simmons tobias harris. Joel embiid lineup. Assuming everybody's healthy here's the thing. Logan everybody in sixers is feeling really good about the sixers right now. There's a job here. Beaten up the west coast without embiid. So i i'm not. I'm not that upset about it.