Easymoney wrote:You wouldn't take Ingram and D'Angelo Russell over Simmons?
Embiid/Jah/Ingram/Russell/???? with Saric off the bench?
That lineup would have 4 guys who can shoot 3's, 2 guys who can dominate the post, and a guy who can be a defensive anchor on the perimeter.
I don't like Russell.
I would like him in the back court if we had Simmons because I consider Russell and Murray to basically be the same caliber of player, and we need ball handlers that can shoot to pair with Simmons.
Remember the old Three Stooges bit where Curly runs up the long stairs carrying a big block of ice, and when he gets to the top it is an ice cube?
He then gets mad and tries to run up with two blocks of ice, and he ends up with two ice cubes.
Ingram and Russell are both talented guys that don't add up to a single Simmons.
Would you trade Durant or Westbrook for Lowry and Derozan? Hell no. That is what this is to me.
Simmons is a Durant or Westbrook, and Ingram and Russell are Kyle Lowry's.