According to Michael Scotto, there are still multiple teams in the trading market watching Ben Simmons, including the Hawks, Trail Blazers, Raptors, Kings, Timberwolves and Pacers.
Philadelphia journalist Keith Pompey corroborated that claim, noting that the Hawks had offered Philadelphia last week in exchange for a first-round pick from Collins + Reddish + 1.
As a result, Philadelphia tried to bring Tobias Harris into the negotiations, resulting in the termination of the deal negotiations between the two sides.
In response to such reports, the US media "Fadeawayworld" also recruited two teams in due course, which can continue to complete the transaction around Ben Simmons, and gave a 6-for-2 transaction plan, and the two teams are expected to win-win.
Potential trading options are as follows:
Hawks: Get Ben Simmons + Tobias Harris;
Philadelphia: Get Collins + Bogdan + Gallinari + Lou Wei + 2022 first-round picks (Hawks) + 2024 first-round picks (Hawks).
For the Hawks, it was a wish-fulfillment deal, and the team could form a team-building trio of Trae Young + Ben Simmons + Capela.
According to previous reports, due to the unsatisfactory record this season, the Eagles can be traded except for Trae Young and Capela, which is the basis for the US media to propose the completion of this deal.
Compared with the chips sent, Ben Simmons is obviously more suitable for Trae Young, and the outside world is criticizing Ben Simmons's projection ability, but often ignoring his top defensive and tandem ability.
Moreover, Ben Simmons is only 25 years old, he is entirely likely to get better, and ben Simmons still has 5 years to grow before the peak of a player is 30 years old.
Even if Ben Simmons still can't improve his projection ability in the future, and can only continue to polish his defense and tandem, then he is also an upgraded version of Dream Green.
And Trae Young's playing style is very similar to Curry, and is also known as "Little Curry", which means that the combination of the two can completely copy the partnership model between Curry and Dream.
Although swallowing Harris' big contract is not the team's wishes, according to current reports, Philadelphia has almost made up its mind to pack Ben Simmons and Harris.
Harris has averaged 18.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game this season, and if the Hawks have a plan to activate Harris, it is not impossible to keep him, which can fully improve the team's chances of entering the playoffs.
If the Hawks don't want to keep Harris, they can also pack up a deal with a third-party team with other players or get a first-round pick in a subsequent sale to free up salary space.
For Philadelphia, it's a deal that fits the team's plan, killing two birds with one stone.
Philadelphia first won Collins, a quasi-All-Star, who averaged 17.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, shooting 43.5 percent from three-point range, and played perfectly for Embiid.
In addition, the team also got three instant players, Bogdan, Lou Wei and Gallinari, whose arrival can quickly increase the overall rotation depth of the team and become a reasonable championship level team.
What's more, the team also sold Harris, who was carrying a large contract, in the transaction, and got two first-round picks.
This greatly increases the room for subsequent team adjustments, and even if the deal does not help the team become a championship-fighting team, the follow-up can continue to complete the signing around the first round of signings and the salary space freed up.
Therefore, for both teams, this is a deal that is fully in line with the situation of both sides, and it is expected to achieve a win-win situation.