On January 11, Beijing time, when Irving has returned to the Nets for away games, only Simmons is still refusing to represent Philadelphia. According to Marc Stein, if Philadelphia fails to send Simmons away by the trade deadline, they have no hope of persuading him to return. In addition, Philadelphia wants to package and sell Simmons and Harris, with the goal of pursuing Harden in the summer of 2022, while the Hawks are discouraged from packaging deals.
Simmons, one of the absolute cores of philadelphia in the past, is known as the "double emperor" combination of his combination with Embiid, but their out-of-the-game appearance in the playoffs last season made Simmons suffer crazy accusations and completely broke his relationship with the team. Simmons has refused to play for his team so far this season, and Simmons has focused on mental health issues and is determined not to play for Philadelphia, even if Philadelphia tries to persuade him to change his mind.
Philadelphia was also eager to trade away Simmons, but their asking price was too high, making the deal difficult to produce. The Hawks are interested in Simmons, but according to the memoir Marc J. Spears, Philadelphia also wants to package Harris with Simmons, which also discourages the Hawks from doing so.
As for another famous Brian Windhorst, Philadelphia wants to package a deal to send Simmons and Harris away, they hope to get assets and pursue Harden in 2022, after all, they have been close to getting Harden, and they are expected to sign with the Nets first and then get Harden. Since Harden did not renew his contract with the Nets in the summer of 2021, he could jump out of the contract to become a free agent in the summer of 2022.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)