Philadelphia and the Nets have a deal with Simmons and Harden, and they are fiercely playing and pulling wildly at the negotiating table, which is a tacit secret known to the whole league. The distance to the dead line is getting closer and closer, and the pull between the two sides is becoming more and more intense.
Because Ben Simmons' $31.59 million salary this season and James Harden's $44.31 million salary don't match, and Philadelphia currently exceeds the luxury tax line by about $6 million, as a cap-on team (over the salary cap), the total value of chips on both sides of the deal must not exceed 25%. That means that in addition to Ben Simmons, Philadelphia will have to hitch a ride on at least $2.5 million in puzzles. So who to take, in order to make up for the asymmetry of the value of the two sides of the transaction is very knowledgeable.
The Nets started with a lion's appetite to take both Philadelphia's young talents, Teresse Maxi and Matisse Sable. Such a asking price must not be promised, according to the reporter Jordan Schultz, Philadelphia gave a clear attitude: the name of the second-year Maxi would never appear in the transaction.
After all, Maxie's rise was a key reason for Philadelphia's determination to send Simmons away. Maxi had a feat of 39 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a single game in his debut season, the highest score in a rookie season in any NBA rookie since 1970. By this season, with Simmons' demonized east wind, Maxi, who has a stable playing time, is out of control, averaging 16.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, which is already a non-sell in Philadelphia. The Nets' attempt to take Simmons and Maxie down together is a pipe dream.
At this point, the negotiations seemed to be deadlocked, which led to the famous Woj revelation that "so far, there have been no substantive negotiations between Philadelphia and Brooklyn." "But private communication is an undercurrent. According to the follow-up report of journalist Jason Dumas, the Nets took a step back and the offer became Seth Curry + Sable + Andre Drummond. Today's Zhuang Shen has long ceased to be brave, the key is that this season's average of 15 points per game, the contract size of less than 8 million small Curry is Philadelphia's very dependent outside fire point, and Embiid's chemical reaction is very good, can be described as cost-effective, in this regard, whether to let go of small Curry The question of whether to let go of the small Curry makes the Philadelphia management uncertain.
In order to make up for the loss of offensive space after Curry Jr.'s departure, Philadelphia hopes that the Nets can put "Fiba Jordan" Patty Mills into the trade. The Australian star has averaged 13.6 points per game at the Nets this season and shot 42.4 percent from three-point range, and frankly, if each side takes a step back and each meets each other's requirements, the deal will be closed.
But the Philadelphia side apparently still felt that the asking price of Curry Jr. + Sebel was too high, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Case Pompeii and the New York Post's Brian Reeves, Philadelphia later gave Curry Jr. + first round or Isaiah Joe and Paul Reed's offer. First of all, the second offer looks unreliable, like the local Media in New York to confuse the public, Joe and Reid combined are only 6 points per game, such an offer is not attractive. As for Curry Jr. + first round, it is not enough for the Nets, who are eager to make results this season, it is not enough to impress them.
In this way, the tug-of-war between the two sides will continue, and time is passing by minute by minute. It remains to be seen whether the Nets and Philadelphia can agree.