The future of Australian Basketball feat. Thon Maker

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Happy Mastenator

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If he goes to Sixers they have Noel, Okafor, Embiid (if he ever gets healthy) and Saric (if he comes over), adding Simmons to the mix means you have 5 players for two positions, only one of which (Saric), has any range. It's going to be a mess, they will end up playing Simmons at the 3 with no shooting, on offense it will be a case of welcome to LSU in the NBA.
 

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The 76ers are a poorly run organisation that consistently fails to get the best out of their young talent. It strikes me as the worst possible location for a young player to go.
If you skim around the facts and dare I say process, you end up sounding like Stephen A Smith.
 

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Did anyone notice Thon Maker sitting next to Jaylen Brown in the front row at the NBA Lottery. Interesting didn't even play College ball gets a front row seat.
 

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If you skim around the facts and dare I say process, you end up sounding like Stephen A Smith.
The 76ers plan amounts to stockpiling assets (almost entirely centers) and hoping that they get the number one pick in a year where there is a LeBron James or Kevin Durant type talent. They'll eventually trade some of those assets for more speculative picks. It's nothing more than a gamble.

After three years of being the worst organisation in the NBA, they have very little to show for it. Noel and Okafor have the potential to be good players but they don't fit together. Embiid appears surplus to needs but would only yield cents in the dollar.

Both Simmons or Ingram will help. No doubt about that. But with a lackluster supporting cast the best-case scenario for the 76ers is that they might be the Timberwolves three years from now.

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So the consensus is everyone wants Simmons to be a Laker

Such a sterling run organisation that has always developed young talent to its full potential

Oh wait.

Boston would have been the perfect fit for him tbh
I'm hoping he goes 76ers because I'll be in Philadelphia for a few days in November.

The Lakers should have an easier time rebuilding now that Kobe is gone. It's not a bad situation to be in, particularly with Walton coming on board as coach. Boston would have been amazing.
 

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So the consensus is everyone wants Simmons to be a Laker

Such a sterling run organisation that has always developed young talent to its full potential

Oh wait.

Boston would have been the perfect fit for him tbh
Simmions might go Past Pick 2 as there is a Push in America that Simmions is Super Overrated
 

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Simmons is a bad fit for both rosters, I can't see how either of the organisations could pick him without trading their current front court players.

76ers should pick ingram if they don't move any front court players. Would lakers gamble on bender/another player instead of simmons? Although bender is a big, apparently he has good range/shooting and passing

Please dont end up at either of those teams...please.
 
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