giberish wrote:babyjax13 wrote:Ballerhogger wrote:yea but what would SAS do with ben? they need rebuild hes not rebuilding piece.
There are plenty of ways to make it work. One of the holdups seems to be that a lot of teams who may be interested want to offer picks rather than players, San Antonio could be the connective tissue that facilitates a Simmons trade.
The catch with White is his health, and his current status as the Spurs best player. The Spurs (at least from comments on this board, and probably in real life due to his best player on the team status) want a haul back in a White trade. Yet Philly may be skeptical of taking him on as the main value in a Simmons deal if they don't trust him to stay healthy.
I basically wouldn't trade White in a Simmons trade precisely because he's the Spurs' best player and Simmons not being a rebuilding piece. You certainly don't trade for Simmons assuming you're going to be a contender year one, but you'd like to keep the competing piece that fits best with Simmons. There are other guys like Murray, Young and Poeltl who can be in championship rotations, but all of them are poor fits with Ben. Moving Derrick in a Simmons trade has to be immediately followed up with another big trade for a complimentary piece or a resignation that this year is a punt as guys like Walker, Johnson and Primo hopefully grow into better-fitting pieces.
That said, I'd also not trade White outside of a Simmons trade. It's just a poor direction for them. He's only 27 (and will not turn 28 until after the beginning of the next league year), is signed for four years, and is coming off a down season. There's no reason why the Spurs should sell low on him. That would require a team to substantially overpay by today's value standards. Teams rightfully wouldn't do that, so it's basically a non-starter.
The Spurs have plenty of connective tissue, though. They still have two large expiring contracts and a number of prospects and role-players who could add value to other teams. Them deciding to eat Hutchison rather than keeping his salary alive does remove some utility they'd have though.




















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