In the early hours of Friday morning, Daryl Morey was not interested in discussing rumors surrounding the health of his team or his franchised players. This is an understandable mentality for someone who has just completed a draft that lasts several hours. This is the culmination of hundreds of hours of work and debate, and the culmination of the selected young people’s life work.

“Frankly, I am focused on the draft and these three people are very happy to be here,” Morey told reporters on Friday. “We will return to the office with the staff tomorrow, and there is still a lot of important work to be done on the list.”

These three players, as well as young people like Tyrese Maxi who are already planning, will definitely have a say in the future of the Philadelphia 76ers. But the majority of the dominoes that many people expected to fall on Thursday still exist, and until the 76ers come to some conclusion in the Ben Simmons legend, the rest of their future remains unclear.

Any expectation that Simmons will be mobilized on draft night seems to be based on hope, rather than what the organization says or reflects in their conversations with the league’s teams. Throughout the qualifier process, team sources made it clear that Philadelphia is not in a hurry to conclude a deal. For example, the idea of ??exchanging Simmons for role players like Buddy Hild and Marvin Bagley in Sacramento caused laughter. Whenever, no matter who you ask in the organization, the ideal return sounds almost the same-an All-Star to help them compete now, and perhaps more importantly, it depends on who the player returns.

So far, the 76ers have not shown interest in resolving. The leaks in the league are consistent with this idea, and every offer from the Philadelphia team over the past few weeks has been more ambitious than the last. With all the young players and draft assets of Cleveland, multiple lottery picks and future firsts from the Golden State Warriors, we are only one or two reports away from Darryl Morey, asking for the first child of an executive or Enter the contract of the arena. The 76ers are asking you to provide the best offer, not just One Provided, both because they feel the value of Simmons, but also because they think they need to advance.

Take Portland as an example. CJ McCollum’s proposal to Simmons was made in the early morning after Philadelphia’s second-round elimination. It is a panacea for both parties to alleviate their health problems. During the week of the NBA draft, there were rumors that Philadelphia “renewed interest” in such an arrangement, although 76ers’ sources insisted that there was no regained interest initially. If the 76ers and Portland reach a deal related to Simmons, a source (frankly, common sense) said they will pay attention-Damian Lillard. When Portland clarified their feelings about staying, they were unwilling to do too much to help Portland become better.

(Whether McCollum is really free is another matter. Portland executive Neal Orsh is notorious in some circles because he overestimates a player he considers to be “his” and drafts. Players. This is actually good for Philadelphia because if the Trail Blazers don’t use the most valuable non-Lillard chip on their roster to explore deals, logic suggests that this marriage will end sometime in the near future.)

With the continuous influx of combative leaks from both sides of the trade talks, some members of the organization have gotten in. Together with Simmons in the offseason, hope that meaningful improvements will help the team and make the trade unnecessary.

You can sneer if you want, but for a team with Daryl Morey at the top of the basketball operating list, this kind of bluff can hardly be called a bluff. If Morey has anything clear in his career, it is that he is willing to endure discomfort in the pursuit of greater potential gains.

In order to chase talents, Morey has got rid of potential problems in personality type and health.TonUnder his supervision, Ames sometimes played dogmatic basketball and scoffed at backup plans. He once told reporters that Chris Paul stayed in Houston before trading him to Oklahoma City (though there was no driving force behind that named after Morey). Morey had in-depth negotiations with James Harden last season. He knew they had no choice but to let Simmons and other players understand the situation. They never worried about embarrassment or embarrassment except to make the basketball team better. Worry about anything.

To be clear, this is not That It is difficult to see in the future that they will overcome some tensions to restore Simmons’ value or restore his status as a player. Simmons can beat the Atlanta Hawks by playing relatively normal basketball. At this moment he does not need to become a descendant of LeBron James or Magic Johnson, nor does he need to be anyone compared to him over the years. Frankly, they just need him not to collapse completely as a player. With his career at a crossroads, betting on Simmons to take this moment seriously and accept more help and feedback is not the craziest idea in the world.

But this offseason will be a little bit, sitting in the middle ground, promoting an acceptable deal or promising to restore the turmoil between him is not enough. The fastest may be next week. On Monday, August 2, the team can start negotiations with free agents and actually sign them before August 6. When one of your most important players is just floating in Ethereum, navigating through the opening of the free agent market and building a coherent (and improved!) list, while charting a development path for potential customers is a bit difficult.

According to the current structure, the 76ers can’t just put ordinary NBA players on the court and expect things to happen. You might argue that they really don’t know where to put Simmons in five years.We have discussed the factors driving Simmons to advance change and its importance, andThis is the many downstream influences that kept him here at the beginning of the game.

We have overcome his most prominent shortcomings, but one of Doc Rivers’ best qualities is his ability to set levels to start a season and let things go their way.It is much more difficult to do this when you are waiting for a trading opportunity possible Come on you possible Have the best offer and make your main sponsor want to know if he is popular or wants. According to recent reports (also common sense), Simmons does not seem to want to return here next year, because increasingly impatient fans, media members and team members are putting pressure on him. There are many people who say something stupid, such as “He is not suitable for Philadelphia!” But this statement is too much. If he is looking for an exit to find a situation where he has more room for trial and failure, it is hard to blame him.

Even if you make it clear to all parties that you will move him before the deadline and grit your teeth in the first half of this year, for different reasons, this is a very bad solution. A large part of the reason for moving Simmons was to try to take advantage of Joel Embiid’s best condition still in it.No one would suggest that you can completely change your core mid-season and honestly fight for the 2022 championship, even if if You will get a pie in the sky, such as the acquisition of Lillard. This fact becomes even more obvious if you move further down the list of stars or potential stars.

In any case, such a large-scale transaction requires a period of mutual learning, the two sides establish a chemical reaction, and build mutual trust as teammates. A whole year has been difficult enough, let alone half a year, even before we settle things like necessary changes in the people around us. They will never talk about it or treat it as one person, but this will actually make next season the next season for the 76ers unless anyone they get in the trade runs almost miraculously after the deadline. Instant success.

Look, if Philadelphia wants to accept the problem of solving problems with Simmons, instead of trading him for less than their asking price, then this is a perfectly reasonable choice, and maybe even the right choice. If everyone knows that you are waiting for the right opportunity to move on, then this is difficult to do, and it will permeate everyone’s thoughts and feelings, especially Simmons, who will be in a situation where it is almost impossible to manage.

No matter what they do, they need to choose a direction. No one’s land is not where you build your title.

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