Duke4life831 wrote:Haha but I was reassured over and over again that Morey was being proven right and he was that much closer to landing a Beal/Brown/Ingram level of player.
The whole Im willing to lower what I'm looking for in return because of how well Embiid is playing, makes zero sense as well. Its not like Embiid's level of play this year came as a surprise and out of nowhere. The dude was 2nd in MVP voting last year.
This has literally been the entire argument against what Morey has been doing from the beginning. When you have a legit MVP candidate, you dont just sit and have a max contract taking up cap but not play him. You should always try to maximize every year you have a MVP candidate.
In reality it seems like the whole think has been all about posturing from ownership as well. Maybe they were hoping some desperate team would not only be willing to take on Simmons, but also Harris's contract. I like Tobias and what he provides, but he's a 3rd option being paid 1st option money. I saw a following deal that was thrown out regarding this hoopla around Sacramento and their owner being desperate for that playoff push and 1 trade seemed interesting:
Sacramento: Tobias Harris, Ben Simmons
Philadelphia: Maurice Harkless, Tristan Thompson, De'Aaron Fox, Harrison Barnes
Kings solve that guard quagmire and build around Hield+Haliburton for that back court as Tyrese's game has made Fox expendable. They also address the perimeter issues as Simmons can flourish with a bunch of shooters around plus Tobias's deal will expire when Tyrese's extension kicks in.
Philly not only gets out of the Simmons headache, but they get a guy in Barnes who can practically offer what Harris's deal does but for half the price and on a depreciating cap hit that expires next year, it's really beneficial. Fox fits in nicely next to Maxey and they could flip Fox if a Harden S&T happens. Thompson is expiring filler and they could recirculate his cap hit to a team that has a player on a lower cap hit, but needs cap relief and they get under the luxury tax surprisingly.
I just want this BS to be done with(pun intended) as quite frankly you can't have 1/3 of your cap sheet being occupied by a dude that's not honouring his contract.
It's too bad he didn't do the Brogdon deal b/c once he got extended he's not allowed to be dealt until the off-season. If they were smart they'd have done a 3-way deal with Detroit for Brogdon and Jerami Grant using George Hill's partially guaranteed deal but oh well.
