Ben Simmons, Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
Many basketball writers and analysts have suggested that a Portland Trail Blazers trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, centered around CJ McCollum and Ben Simmons, makes sense for both teams.
Philly is missing a shot creator at the guard position; a player who can get buckets off the dribble and act as a secondary playmaker for Joel Embiid and the 76ers few shooters.
The Blazers of course, are sorely lacking on both defense and playmaking: two of Ben Simmons’s greatest strengths as a player.