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Sixers nation: Be happy the Ben Simmons trade didn’t happen, but…

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The Sixers still have Ben Simmons, but what comes next?

The saga is finally over. We can finally move on. The Bearded Assassin has been shipped out of the hometown of Mrs. Carter, to walk the concrete canvas where billionaire Carter got his start rhyming with Jaz-O and Big Daddy Kane. In the famous words of the Notorious B.I.G.:

“Brooklyn, We did it baby!”

Yep, they sure did. And sacrificed their entire future to do so. But from a basketball perspective, the returns are terrifying: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden in the same starting lineup?