Does he even have trade value acting like this? I'd ship the turd away but not sure what you all can get in return.
I think he does, but not much. Daryl Morey says that the offers he's received for him have basically been role players.
So Morey's stance (which is one I agree with) is that essentially if these are the offers then he's more valuable to the Sixers playing for the team than trading him. Trading Simmons for role players makes the team worse, not better, so he's not going to do it. They were the 1 seed with him last year so why make yourself worse just to give him his wish to be traded? He has 4 years left on his contract.
If Simmons wants to be traded the best thing he could do is show up, be a professional, and play up to his capabilities.
Lost in all this is Simmons is a legit all star and DPOY candidate who can guard all 5 positions, has elite floor speed and can get to the rim almost at will when he "wants to".
If he wants to be traded, trashing his reputation is a poor way to go about it. He also didn't do himself or his tradeability any favors in the playoffs last season.
The big problem is he's pretty thin skinned and has surrounded himself with a yes men entourage so he's making very poor choices.
The real world works quite differently than he's experienced inside his self absorbed cocoon.
Yep.
