Sounds like Philly is still a big-time no-go for Mr. Westbrook.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/76ers-have-no-interest-in-trading-ben-simmons-for-lakers-russell-westbrook-per-report/
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Russ has not given Morey one reason to trade for him.
Nor has Ben another team to do likewise, at least not for the haul Morey envisions.
In all honesty I see Morey sitting on this egg until at least this summer. He’s drawing a line in the sand that is in regards to players dictating to the degree that they do the composition of rosters. If you let Ben and Klutch pull this off for anything less than an embarrassment of riches you are setting such an incredibly bad precedent. Ben and Klutch are going to hemorrhage money in this scenario, especially Ben, and I don’t think there’s a good or easy path for him to recoup those losses. He’s basically going to have top prove that he is, in fact, mentally unfit to play in general and not just for those terrible and mean Philly fans. At that point he is stuck. The “mental disability” card will have completely back-fired. As it should.
Frankly, I hope this blows up in Ben and Klutch’s faces. They believe they control the flow of talent in the NBA, they do not. The GM position is not one for coddling personalities and egos, that is what the coach does these days. GM’s, in theory, build teams. AD forcing his way out of NOLA, this situation with Ben, and other Klutch maneuvering is not good for the game, in my opinion. Morey is showing the stone Griffin could not. I don’t think he’ll get all that he desires but I appreciate him not caving in.
Read through the B/R trade news article, sounds like everyone from ownership to Morey and even in Embiid is in lockstep regarding Ben. Buckle up, indeed.