Sixers keep playing this well, my Lebron James to Philly scenario next summer won't seem so crazy.
Interesting. In that scenario James stays in the East, which is an added benefit.
However, it seems obvious they would need one more veteran piece/scorer/shooter. Portland's backcourt of Lillard and McCullom are possible targets if they underwhelm again this year.
Fultz becomes trade bait at that point. Ideally, they also resign Reddick to a team-friendly deal.
If the sixers started McCullom-Covington-James-Simmons-Embiid next year, that would be a tough team to beat. Backups would be Reddick-Holmes-Saric-McConnell-TLC-Korkmaz-Anderson.
Just bumping this because Bill Simmons included a deal around this package in his trade column yesterday.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/12/8/16751428/nba-trades-2017-season-nfl-week-14His deal was McCullom for Fultz, Johnson and a first round pick. He thinks the Blazers say no and counter with McCullom for Fultz, Johnson, and Saric. In his mind, neither team gets what they really want. Blazers say no to the first and yes to the second. Sixers say yes to the first and no to the second.
My idea in this thread was McCullom for Fultz, Bayless, and Justin Anderson, plus a future first. Not that far off.
Bill, if you are reading this, you can pm me to arrange fair compensation.
Edit: my idea starts on page 72.