Doubt Simmons can yield anything like in the OP. Let’s say this drags on into the new year and Ben lists a few teams he’d be willing to go to with Boston on the list. Let’s say both the Celtics and 76ers need to dramatically mix it up. Thoughts on this:
Four simultaneous trades:
BOS In: Simmons
PHI In: Schröder, Nesmith, Langford, Richardson, Juancho, Parker, 2022 1st swap, 2023 1st, 2024 1st swap, 2025 1st (two protected firsts and two swaps so Philly can save face, especially when you consider the three players below they’d be giving to us for TPEs)
BOS In: Seth Curry
PHI In: BOS TPE
BOS In: Danny Green
PHI In: BOS TPE
BOS In: Paul Reed
PHI In: BOS TPE
Our shook-up roster:
Smart/Pritchard
Brown/Curry
Tatum/Green/Hauser
Simmons/Williams/Reed
Horford/Timelord/Kanter/Fernando
We’d have our Big 3 all in their mid-20s (with Simmons as our Point Forward), solid vets who can take turns rising up as the fourth option (Horford, Smart, Green, Curry), and three promising young guys (Timelord, Pritchard, and Reed).
Heading into the off-season we’d still have a 2022 1st and ten solid players below, including perhaps Begarin and GWill, so we’d just need to add 1-2 ring-chasing vets and be on our way:
Smart/Pritchard
Brown/Curry
Tatum/Green/Maybe Begarin
Simmons/Reed/Maybe G. Williams
Horford/Timelord
2022 1st (Hopefully another wing)
2022 2nd (Draft-and-stash)