DCasey91 wrote:I’ve never been a big fan of surrounding both and Embiid & Simmons for shooters and shooters only.
My ideal 3 player combo for the this championship team structure was always in form of a shaq/Kobe/Prime Green hybrid. Also to add to it is both Embiid and Simmons has never played with a veteran pg that can run an offense can shoot & play off ball for their whole career.
George hill, Paul, Lowry, Dragic
With a wing combo player 20ppg 1/2nd option is the ideal type of players to surround the duo.
Think Oladipo/Lavine/Beal type
Lavine & Markannen for Harris, Korkmaz, Milton and a 1st should entice the bulls to make a deal happen.
Harris is the better player now but getting out from under his contract and getting a younger player when his value is at an all time low (extension turned down from the bulls) seems like a no brainer to me.
That makes us 3/4’s of the way there to a championship prototype with only needing a savvy vet point gaurd who can shoot left.
Old pg gaurd - Fisher/Kenny Smith/Lowry 2019 type
Embiid - Shaq/Olajuwon
Lavine - Young discount kobe
Simmons - Suped up Green/Odom
That’s a championship core contender in my eyes at least.
Look at the Lakers winning the chip. No one on that in that starting roster was a one dimensional sharpshooter (some had great 3 point % but it was their size and length and switchability along with a ATG game manager that ploughed through everybody.)
Hill/LaVine both feel like reasonably gettable, helpful targets. Not sure you'd be able to get rid of Tobias in the process, but stacking our expirings plus picks seems possible. Comparing LaVine to any form of Kobe feels like a bit of a stretch, "discount" or not.
