27 Nov 2021 12:56:33
A new trade suggestion from Bleacher Report has the Sixers moving Simmons, along with Isaiah Joe and Charles Bassey, to the Houston Rockets for Eric Gordon, Danuel House Jr., D. J. Augustin, 2023 first-round pick (via Milwaukee Bucks), 2025 first-round pick (top-three-protected) .

B/ R on the Sixers side of the deal:

Though the Sixers would love to get an All-Star talent in return for Simmons, his value is too low and likely won’t climb as long as he doesn’t take the floor in Philly.

The team’s best bet may be to move Simmons for a combination of immediate help, young players and future picks, making the 76ers better in the short term while keeping the door open to a future star trade.

Gordon (13.1 points, 42.3 percent from three) would be a strong rotation member who has a good salary-matching contract ($18.2 million) . House is a good wing defender who’s hit 38.1 percent of his threes this year and Augustin gives Philly another ball-handler with Simmons gone. The Sixers also collect a pair of first-round picks from Houston they can use in a future trade.


More telling as to what Simmons trade value currently is.

1.) 27 Nov 2021
27 Nov 2021 14:08:16
believe everything you see on bleacher report. but simmons value across the league isn't what the sixers are pretending it is.

2.) 27 Nov 2021
27 Nov 2021 15:42:50
They’d rather take CJ straight up.

3.) 27 Nov 2021
27 Nov 2021 15:54:54
I get that it's clickbait bleacher report, but to even suggest this trade and publish it just shows the divide on the opinion for Simmons value.

Probably explains why Kings are not including Fox or Haliburton in packages for Simmons because there is no reason to as Philly has dropped to the 10th seed.

4.) 27 Nov 2021
27 Nov 2021 17:09:46
Shouldn’t that show how valuable Simmons was to them last year?

5.) 27 Nov 2021
27 Nov 2021 17:32:50
Yup. Thus the reason he has not been traded. Philly NEEDS him and no other team will give up what Philly NEEDS to replace him.

6.) 27 Nov 2021
27 Nov 2021 18:43:08
teams know that simmons forced phillys hand. simmons does help, others teams also looking for excuses to low ball them. they can argue that when embiid was healthy the team was playing well.

7.) 29 Nov 2021
29 Nov 2021 00:57:18
Bleacher report is about as reliable as MD.