Sixers prefer to not trade either Joel Embiid or Ben SImmons

The franchise’s plan is that Brand will continue to oversee basketball operations, sources tell ESPN. Among the Sixers senior leadership, there’s still a strong desire to keep the franchise’s two young All-Stars — Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons — together, sources said. The Sixers are determined to let a new coaching staff search for ways to maximize Embiid and Simmons together before even entering into a discussion on trade scenarios.