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Bucks to sign Justin Robinson to two-way contract

Shams Charania: The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a two-way contract with guard Justin Robinson, his agency @SIGSports tells @TheAthletic @Stadium. Robinson spent parts of the last two NBA seasons in Washington and Oklahoma City. Source: Twitter …

Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

Sixers hoped to put aside differences with Ben Simmons

After the transaction season ended in mid-August, owner Joshua Harris and 76ers management flew to Los Angeles to meet with Simmons and agent Rich Paul. The Sixers intended to tell Simmons they couldn’t find a deal for him and hoped to put aside …

Source: Tim Bontemps and Bobby Marks @ ESPN

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Jon Krawczynski: The real key here is that the information has now become public. And that is a very big sign to me that the Ben Simmons camp is going to start to really ratchet the temperature up on the Philadelphia 76ers, who so far have not gotten really close to anything in terms of the Ben Simmons trade. I think there’s some frustration in that camp, about the lack of progress. I think they are trying to make it as clear as possible that coming back to the 76ers is not a an outcome that they are going to go for. -via Spotify / September 8, 2021

Brian Windhorst on Sixers possibly fining Ben Simmons: The Simmons side basically has told me, ‘We are prepared for for that ramification.’ -via Spotify / September 3, 2021

Chris Bosh interested in coaching

While former Heat championship teammate Dwyane Wade has moved into ownership with the Utah Jazz, and while LeBron James, the other Big Three member who was part of those Heat teams that advanced to four consecutive NBA Finals at the start of last decade, appears destined for further entrepreneurial endeavors after his career, Bosh said he would not summarily rule out a potential coaching role. Just not at the moment. “I don’t want to put any closure on it,” Bosh said. “Some sort of front-office or coaching situation, I don’t want to throw dirt on it and say, ‘that’s it.’ All I will say that right now I’m concentrating on being a father, and raising these children.”

Source: Ira Winderman @ South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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“One day, if I have time, if I have more free time on my hands, I would definitely consider some of those things, with the right situation ” Bosh said, laughing about how former Heat teammate Udonis Haslem, the team’s current captain, has said he will have nothing to do with coaching after his career. In some ways, Bosh said he already considers himself a life coach, having this year authored a book, Letters to a Young Athlete, that essentially is a treatise on his emergence to Hall of Famer and a tribute to the guidance of those who set him on the course. -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / September 9, 2021

“Being able to write out these things, write out those ideas, but most importantly help young athletes and everyone everywhere, that’s kind of what I’m trying to go for,” he said. “So I definitely want to motivate every generation out there and the generations to come.” -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / September 9, 2021

Cavaliers still targeting Ben Simmons

The Committee liked the Cavaliers’ recent acquisition of Lauri Markkanen, even after the Cavs drafted Evan Mobley and re-signed Jarrett Allen, because they added Markkanen on a team-friendly contract that will be easy to trade if needed. This is no small thing when league sources say that Cleveland continues to keep its hat in the ring to try to pry Ben Simmons from the Sixers. Making a deal just to add a theoretical trade asset didn’t exactly work with the acquisition of Andre Drummond, since Cleveland was unable to find a subsequent deal to move Drummond on, but its options on Markkanen — keep and develop him or move him later — figure to be more favorable. If only that were the case when it comes to the Cavaliers’ Kevin Love conundrum … or the Darius Garland/Collin Sexton backcourt overload.

Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com

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Ben Simmons on IG yesterday 😂💀 -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / September 7, 2021

According to NBA insider Keith Pompey, this is one of the main reasons behind Simmons’ desire to jump ship. Not only does he want to leave, but it sounds like the former NBA Rookie of the Year wants Doc Rivers and the Sixers to pay for their views: “There are teams that are interested in Ben Simmons, they just don’t want to pay the steep price,” Pompey said during an appearance on 97.5 The Fanatic Monday morning, via Justin Grasso of FanNation. “Ben Simmons knows that, so they are saying why should we help the 76ers out when they feel like when Doc Rivers said what he said, nobody apologized, and Doc was never reprimanded.” -via Clutch Points / September 7, 2021