The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off a rough blowout loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday that puts the Ben Simmons saga at the forefront of their problems. They struggled mightily while missing Joel Embiid and Seth Curry, which makes sense since they’re starters, but it’s clear that Philadelphia needs to make a move.
The Sixers need to resolve the Simmons situation sooner rather than later in order to put the right piece next to Embiid in order to chase a championship down the stretch of the season. If Simmons truly doesn’t want to return and play for the Sixers–which is looking very likely–then they need to do something in order to resolve it and the team can move forward.
Simmons’ value is tricky due to the fact that despite his obvious talent, he has a huge flaw of not being able to shoot the ball and he has a big contract at the moment. Therefore, they might not get the value that president Daryl Morey wants in return.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks and Kevin Pelton have come up with three realistic trades for Simmons and none of them include a top 25 player: