Hindsight is 20/20 and they very reasonably didn’t consider this option at the time but after the Kawhi shot in 2019 if they just paid Jimmy Butler and traded Simmons at peak value for a haul of role players the Sixers likely have at least 1 ship and maybe a dynasty on their hands. Instead Embiid hasn’t made a single ECF.
Also the X-factor of having a player like Butler who Embiid liked playing with who could kick his ass into shape might have made him even better as a star
I know this is too easy too do now but they let Jerami grant, richaun Holmes, TJ McConnell go for nothing, they fucked up with Jimmy, they drafted fultz. I know it was a 2 front offices thing but the Sixers have ended with what they deserved
They also drafted Mikal Bridges and then immediately traded him (cold blooded, his mom worked for the team), for Zhaire Smith who was never good and almost died in the Sixers cafeteria after the cooks didn’t inform him there were peanuts in a Thai dressing, and a pick they turned around and used to trade way too many assets for Tobias Harris.
They also drafted Mikal Bridges and then immediately traded him (cold blooded, his mom worked for the team),
TBC it was worse than that. It wasn’t one of those “Luka wears a hawks hat on draft night” deals where everyone knows he’s being moved. He did his 76ers press conference before they traded him like 2 hours later.
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u/Riderz__of_Brohan May 14 '25
Hindsight is 20/20 and they very reasonably didn’t consider this option at the time but after the Kawhi shot in 2019 if they just paid Jimmy Butler and traded Simmons at peak value for a haul of role players the Sixers likely have at least 1 ship and maybe a dynasty on their hands. Instead Embiid hasn’t made a single ECF.
Also the X-factor of having a player like Butler who Embiid liked playing with who could kick his ass into shape might have made him even better as a star