DelAbbot wrote:bbalnation wrote:Sixers receive:
Terrace Mann, Nicolas Batum, Marcus Morris and/or Luke Kennard and/or Serge Ibaka
Clippers recieve:
Ben Simmons
It gives the Clippers the chance to retool this season, and have a defensive anchor lead their two offensive beasts in Kawhi & PG (who can also guard pretty well). OKC owns the rights to the Clippers draft pick so ending up with the 11th seed won't be the worst thing in the world with that roster in this scenario.
For the Sixers, they get a great 2 way wing in Terrance Mann at 25 years old on a great contract, Nicolas Batum who can flourish in the right system with an ability to guard any position, and their choice in shooting. In terms of free agency, someone is flexing Darryls relationship with James Harden, and perhaps this opens a door for that, or another elite-wing, to be able to do that, while also building a contender this year.
I love it. Offer Morey a bunch of negative value contracts + Mann, and no picks for Ben Simmons. A giant middle finger! Just like Chuck would say
Net negative? Hm. Perhaps to you.
Serge is owed 9.7 million this year, on an expiring contract. Thats what I was referring to when I mentioned the flexibility.
Nicolas Batum is owed 3.1 million this year & 3.3 million next year. He puts up 8/4.5/1.5/1/0.7, on 47/39. Hes not playing great ball on paper, but I think he's a net positive relative to what he's paid, and what he does on the court. I also think he fits beautifully with Joel.
Im not gonna bother defending Marcus on realgm for too long because Everyone Hates The Morris Sr Twins. What i will say is, Marcus Morris has been playing really well this season offensively & defensively, and his splits are impressive as well.
.. or Luke because in his specific case, I dont think hes a good fit for the Sixers. With that said: I think both of those players, relative to what they have been consistently producing, could be moved to a third team if the Sixers don't want them and want a player who they feel fits better, and is perhaps on an expiring contract.
I dont know what types of agreements each players made with management when signing with the Clippers (esp Nicolas), but when I look at it: the sum of the net value that each player brings on each side evens out. Its not always that I would make a trade decision in this way: usually its a player by player thing (id ideally want 1 player to be as impactful as 1 player). But I think the situation & environment is different than a typical trade, because we don't know how Ben will play when he comes back (and the longer this holds out, the more this becomes the case, imo).
