Although the 76ers put Ben Simmons on the trading shelf as early as last year's offseason, because the lions in the management opened their mouths and scared away many teams that were interested in asking for prices, Simmons could only continue to stay in Philadelphia, although he also returned to the team training at the beginning of the season, but he still did not play a game for the team. While the 76ers are now also actively exploring a deal to tie Simmons, philadelphia reporter Keith Pompey reported that the team may choose to keep him this season and wait until the offseason to send him away.
As the 76-year candidate, Simmons has been with the team for 4 years, but because of the weakness of the offensive end, he has never been able to fully realize his talent, averaging only 11.9 points per game in the playoffs last season, and the 34.2% free throw shooting rate also set a record for the NBA, which can be said to be the culprit of the team's upset loss to the Hawks in the semifinals. In 2019, the 76ers had just reached a 5-year, 170 million maximum salary renewal, and this season's contract had just been fulfilled to the second year, which meant that his contract had 3 years left, and the amount of each season was climbing, 33.93 million, 36.27 million, and 38.61 million, respectively. Such a high contract, it is indeed very difficult to deal with.
Now the 76ers have gradually become accustomed to the situation without Simmons on the team, replacing his second-year student Thaes Maxi, this season also played a career-best 16.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists, in addition to the lack of experience on the defensive end and the organizational end, there is still a certain gap compared to Simmons, in terms of scoring and shooting stability, it is indeed much better than Simmons. As of now, the 76ers are temporarily fifth in the East with a record of 26 wins and 18 losses, and there are only two wins away from the first bull.
There's nothing wrong with not being able to find the right deal chips to keep dragging on, but is there really a team that Simmons has been playing without playing for an entire season, and is there really a team willing to take such a big risk in the offseason to do this wrongful team? As a matter of urgency, the 76ers may have to solve the problem of Simmons's refusal to play, and if he continues to refuse to play, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation.
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