One Team is Remaining Persistent In Trying to Trade for Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons is still a member of the Philadelphia Sixers, but for how much longer no one knows for sure. It appears one team is super interested in his services. NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski appeared on ESPN’s ‘Get Up’ morning show Tuesday and came armed with a little new reporting about the Simmons situation, and one team that seems very interested in trading for the 25-year-old.

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“Philadelphia has continued to try to see if they can find a deal for Simmons before the start of camp. They have not had success, you know, really getting any traction for the high asking price they’re asking for for Ben Simmons. Minnesota is one team that’s been persistent with Philadelphia, but they’ve needed to have, really, third and even fourth teams in those kinds of deals to get back to Philly what it would want.

“I think for the Sixers, if they’re going to trade Ben Simmons, they’ve got to get back players right now who continue on that Joel Embiid timeline of having an MVP-level player in his prime, that you’re trying to win championships with, and that’s a hard package to get back for Ben Simmons right now. There’s a very distinct possibility he’s going to have to come back to training camp with them next season.

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“Philly’s still motivated to find a deal between now and the start of the season.”

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This is not the first time we’ve heard rumors between the Timberwolves and the Sixers in Simmons talks.

The Timberwolves don’t appear to be on Simmons list of teams he’d be willing to play for, which may ultimately complicate any trade with the Timberwolves.

At this point the Sixers aren’t going to get much for Simmons, might as well try to move him sooner than later.

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