skbucks1985 wrote:Ron Swanson wrote:Minnesota is one of the few rosters that actually makes a ton of sense as a Simmons landing spot. Edwards projects to be a good shooter and the rest of the starting unit is high volume + efficiency floor-spacers (KAT, Russell, Beasley) Plus, it'd allow us to swoop in and grab Naz Reid for Diakite and a future 2nd.
What are you sending to them though? Unless you think Malik Beasley's an All-Star caliber player and you do a framework of Simmons + Seth Curry for D'Angelo Russell and Beasley, Minnesota doesn't have a ton of win-now assets if we assume KAT and Edwards are untouchable.
They ain't trading Russell considering what they gave up plus the fact that he's KAT's BFF. I'm guessing as others have pointed out, they acquired Beverly as a more enticing win-now piece for Philly. Bev plus Beasley gives you the salary, throw in a 1st and I think that trade makes sense for both sides. If I'm Philly I would have shipped Simmons out for McCollum + picks weeks ago, but Morey's an idiot so instead of taking what he can get, he probably thinks he can still fleece some team for their All-Star plus a boatload of picks, and he'll stubbornly let this situation bleed into training camp.
Offcourse, Rondo or Bev would be bench insurance for us. Bledsoe will be #3 for Clippers
