Value isn't near good enough even if Brogdon would be a great fit there.
I agree.
Me too. You gotta be looking at guys the caliber of a James Harden, a Damian Lillard or at least a Bradley Beal in return for Ben Simmons.
Not a Malcolm Brogdon. And certainly not a player who is only as good as Brogdon is but comes with a ton of injury issues as well. Not a good return.
I disagree. Simmons hasn't shown to be some great player in the playoffs.. Harden, Lillard, and Beal are all players that are extremely difficult to contain in the playoffs. You can't game plan away their ability to impact the game. You can game plan away Simmons. Force him to shoot, or just foul him. I don't understand why anyone would think that Simmons is as good as Harden / Beal level. Maybe two years ago Simmons would be in that discussion, but that was before he has been exposed in the playoffs over and over.
It's not they are equal players.
It is that the better players (Lillard, Harden, Beal) want(ed) out of their teams. Forced their way out. And that their teams are
unable to get equal compensation in a trade.
And in that situation, a Ben Simmons is a very good return for one of those unhappy trade request.
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Simmons is an interesting case because he is different to most players in terms of how polarizing he is. Some people rate him very low and some are still high on him.
In this type of a situation, it depends on the GM involved and whether they are one of the ones who are high or low on Ben Simmons. All you need is to find one GM with one of these disgruntled stars and you have a trade that will be workable.
No point selling him off for far less (Brogdon) when you can just wait for the right opportunity to sell him for something far more valuable (Lillard or Beal or whoever else asks out after them).