Obscene as this will sound: Simmons does not get enough cred for having the defensive chops. Good defenders are not soft are they? Frankie is seen like that except by the fans that prayed for him. I did. Simmons is offensively soft which is rare.
Could he be a Thib’s kind of player though? Not on this roster as we have Josh Hart so Im not plugging and playing here on this.
His contract for next year is 40mil. Whats nuts is if we consider evan an asset with an 18mil deal, what does that contract do for you? Wow!!! Endless starphuch trade scenarios I would imagine on the UltimateNets site!!!

If he was a free agent and wanted to resurrect his career he could be a Thibs player. He has defensive chops, passes very well and can rebound. He has the skills. Does he have the “Moxie”, or mental fortitude? If being a GM is about making moves that prove well going forward then you can’t simply say “looking backwards he has been ****”. Its undeniable and easy the worst contract in the NBA since he did not dunk.

“If he wants to resurrect his career” has a lot of parts to it. Naturally his back issues would need to be past him and some good orthopedic pro’s would have to sign off on his potential to stay on the court.

Say knicks pass on him, does the Heat look at him? You know, he goes in to the vacuum of a culture and holds him to a high standard? Knick culture is kind of like this now. Thibs might not be well liked but he gets you paid and if you earn it he is loyal as **** to that player. Is that won wrong? If Spo wanted Ben Simmons it would change the narrative until he proved it on the court. If it was today he’d have to play with Jimmy Butler. Wilt under that and you might as well release him. Rise up? You have a hell of a player.

Ben Simmons won’t be a knick under his current contract. I would not take him to secure bridges becasue It has to **** up the cap somthing awful and I don’t see Bridges as that kind of star. The money makes no sense.
Ben Simmons has to prove somewhat durable for the duration of his contract then demonstrate on the court what made him an allstar. Fans don’t like him. He has to earn it back.

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BigDaddyG wrote:I can see Brooklyn doing this just to spite the Knicks.🤣

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It’s not spite. Those are better picks than what the Knicks own. They control their destiny with those picks.

The irony of this trade is that if those picks get back to them, they are literally trading Mikal away so that they can tank.

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:I can see Brooklyn doing this just to spite the Knicks.🤣

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It’s not spite. Those are better picks than what the Knicks own. They control their destiny with those picks.

The irony of this trade is that if those picks get back to them, they are literally trading Mikal away so that they can tank.

There is a freedom in that though.

Gonna be wild for them to give all that up only for him to say he's not resigning.

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:I can see Brooklyn doing this just to spite the Knicks.🤣

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1752719399948062940

It’s not spite. Those are better picks than what the Knicks own. They control their destiny with those picks.

The irony of this trade is that if those picks get back to them, they are literally trading Mikal away so that they can tank.

There is a freedom in that though.

Haha true!

But it’s the kind freedom you experience while streaking during the winter: At first it’s exhilarating but very quickly you realize you have a shrinkage problem with an audience that is your fan base and you got a mile to down the middle of Main Street as your team tanks to actually get value from those picks LOL

Colorful analogy and yet oddly accurate. I’d counter that if the alternative is standing at a party where everyone is having a good time, but your pants ripped embarrassingly such that everyone is staring at your twig and berries, which, even without shrinkage is decidedly average (like 9 inches), so you have the choice to act like nothing is wrong or just go with it and go full on Hulk ripping off your shirt and pants to go streaking… well, chances are you go wrap a jacket round your waist and act like nothings wrong til you can get out of there, but wouldn’t it be more exciting to just go Frank the Tank?

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:I can see Brooklyn doing this just to spite the Knicks.🤣

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1752719399948062940

It’s not spite. Those are better picks than what the Knicks own. They control their destiny with those picks.

The irony of this trade is that if those picks get back to them, they are literally trading Mikal away so that they can tank.

There is a freedom in that though.

Haha true!

But it’s the kind freedom you experience while streaking during the winter: At first it’s exhilarating but very quickly you realize you have a shrinkage problem with an audience that is your fan base and you got a mile to down the middle of Main Street as your team tanks to actually get value from those picks LOL

Colorful analogy and yet oddly accurate. I’d counter that if the alternative is standing at a party where everyone is having a good time, but your pants ripped embarrassingly such that everyone is staring at your twig and berries, which, even without shrinkage is decidedly average (like 9 inches), so you have the choice to act like nothing is wrong or just go with it and go full on Hulk ripping off your shirt and pants to go streaking… well, chances are you go wrap a jacket round your waist and act like nothings wrong til you can get out of there, but wouldn’t it be more exciting to just go Frank the Tank?

Are there skanky ho’s at this party? Cause I’m in and no one needs to do the pants ripping on me. Probably

Houston: Grimes, Mitch, Dorian Finley Smith, some Knicks picks. Vets they desire.

Brooklyn: Jalen Green, Amen Thompson, Fournier, Brooklyn picks back, NY picks. Young guys to tank with.

You get the gist.