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Trade #1
Trade #2
PG: Smart
SG: Brown
SF: Tatum
PF: Simmons
C: Olynyk
That's a championship-caliber starting 5 in my book. The bench would suck this season unless we could sign a couple of rotation players via the buyout market. Worst case scenario, we could fix the supporting cast in the offseason.
No need to trade for Olynyk. Imo, Simmons would be at his best at small-ball Center. I'm posting the second idea only because plenty of posters think Simmons cannot play at Center.
Why for the Raps:
- Siakam and Scottie Barnes cancel each other out. Plenty of Raps fans are ready to move on from Siakam.
- They need a long-term solution at Center. Timelord fits the bill. Horford would be a mentor for their young players, plus he'd be a solid contributor from day 1.
Why for Philly:
- They get decent value for Simmons. Siakam is an all-star-caliber player who'd be a nice fit on the Sixers. Schroder would make a great 6th man behind Maxey. They'd also get an unprotected first.
- Fwiw, both Embiid and Siakam are from Cameroon. I guess Embiid would be happy to welcome Siakam in Philly.
Why for the Celtics:
- Basketball-wise, Simmons would be an excellent fit on the Celtics. He also fits the time window of the Jays.
- Timelord would be a terrible fit next to Simmons. With this in mind, I'd be inclined to include him in the deal.
- Horford is a great team player, but he's massively overpaid.
- Couldn't care less if we trade Schroder. Chances are we cannot re-sign him anyway.
- Couldn't care less about the picks either. Chances are we'd become a legit contending team for years to come.
Siakam would be a good fit, I am not sure we would need to give up all of Horford, Williams, and a pick to get him. But if we could get him, I would stop right there and not trade for Simmons. Why not just keep Schroder and the pick you have going to Philly and just add Siakam?
Maybe it is easier to just give Toronto Richardson and RWilliams (and a pick if needed) for Siakam, cut out all the rest.
Smart
Brown
Tatum
Siakam
Horford
and we still have Schroder for the second unit along with Kanter, GWilliams, Langford. Losing Richardson would definitely hurt our depth. We would need Langford and/or Nesmith to really step it up. But it is even worse if we give up Schroder too. Then Pritchard is in a core rotation role as well as Langford and Nesmith.