The Q
Hoop’s Villain, Reality’s Hero
Well he's not making his dream of leaving Philly happen any faster.
As I said, he's acting like he's James Harden and that teams will want him no matter what sort of nonsense he pulls. And he thinks that he can make the Sixers be so unhappy with him that they will just trade him for pennies on the dollar.
He's not James Harden. And the Sixers have a lot more leverage than the Rockets because he has 4 years left. If he chooses a scorched Earth approach then the Sixers will reciprocate. And they aren't likely to face a backlash from other players because Simmons is acting like such a child in public.
This isn't some trash team that was hoping to sneak into a playoff spot with Simmons like the Rockets were with Harden or the Wolves were with Butler. This is a playoff team with aspirations of winning a title. Ben Simmons actively trying to sabotage them because his fee fees were hurt is not going to gain him ANY sympathy from the league or other players or fans. In a lot of ways he is the opposite of Harden and Butler in that both of them wanted their teams to be better.
There are plenty of teams who would be happy to have him
Morey asking for more than harden went for is flat out bad faith after claiming they would try to accommodate Ben
Let him do this all season and Philly while you are the 7 seed, that will be fun