Is there a landing spot for Simmons?
I for one am stumped.
It depends on what they really would take. Lots of teams would acquire Simmons, they just haven't wanted to pay the price the Sixers currently have for him.
I think it also depends on the fit. Simmons has to fit on a team as he needs the ball in his hands. Philly is also in win now mode so they can't just take back picks and prospects they need win now guys.
That’s what they want but whatever they get they won’t be as good . I don’t dislike Philly but this is beautiful that all that purposeful tanking and hets they are. Embiid is SOOOO gone. Give it a year . But i think it will be before that. Philly questioning him publicly instead of taking the fake political stance.. huge consequences.
Embiid signed a supermax extension a couple of weeks ago. Seems like Philly's happy with him and he enjoys playing there.
The problem with the Simmons thing is Philly thinks he's their key to getting Lilliard or Beal, but neither of those guys has formally asked out and their teams aren't trading them until they do. So the Simmons situation is deteriorating while they play the waiting game.
IMO, the obvious trade structure is there: Ben to Portland for CJ McCollum. There'd be other moving parts of course but that swap makes the most sense for both teams. Philly would get a lead guard to take pressure off Embiid, Portland gets a DPOY candidate to help their horrific defense.