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Former 76ers Player Staring at Possible Trade From Current Team in a 3-Way Deal

Published 07/05/2023, 7:30 AM EDT

With the NBA season wrapping up, the whole game is looking at teams shuffling their roster and getting the best for their buck. And in such a scenario, several NBA stars are now staring at some drastic changes in their professional lives.

Right from where they will hoop and dunk, to the amount that they will be drawing on a yearly basis – everything could change. News is now trickling down about one such NBA player who might be at the center of a trade that involves more than two NBA teams, including the one that he hoops for currently.

The Brooklyn Nets are looking to trade their player

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The NBA player is Ben Simmons, who currently plays for the Nets. There’s a rumor that he could be part of a trade that involves the Brooklyn Nets, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers. Simmons has played for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets since his debut in 2016.

Ben Simmons has been vocal about the fact that he wants out since 2022. There have been several conversations, interactions, and incidents related to Simmon in this regard. The Ben Simmons trade could be in the news in the next few days, what with the NBA draft now done with and the season just around the corner.

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All this is conjecture at this point, though. There are several aspects to the trade, and until all of them aren’t ironed out, such high-profile trades rarely happen. But the fans already have a perspective about what will happen and what should happen, and of course, they have them out on Twitter.

Fans started talking about this possible trade

One of them had a big point to make.

Keep him for 1 more year, Nets have no actual reason to move him now at his lowest value.
— Brooklyn Netcast (@BrooklynNetcast) July 4, 2023

And one more was asking questions:

Are they gonna pay for the contract too
— rennaT (@rennaTcMrennaT) July 4, 2023

Another account was naming names:

Simmons is not Portland's answer, but if it gets Dame to Miami it's a greater good trade 😂
— Logan McCuiston (@LoganMcCuiston2) July 4, 2023

Another one asked a simple question:

He’s their best player?
— 🇳🇬🇧🇷 (@CFCJahhhh) July 4, 2023

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Another one was already making year-ending comments:

That would be the deal of the decade. Getting rid of that contract is tough
— Pam (@lilkasperss) July 4, 2023

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What do you think about this trade? Should Ben Simmons really be traded to any of these teams? Tell us in the comment!

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Roy Daniel D'Silva is an NBA Writer at EssentiallySports. He is an undergraduate English scholar and has covered the OTT beat as an entertainment journalist for two years. He has also been a content writer and SEO and content consultant.

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Aayush Kapoor

Former 76ers Player Staring at Possible Trade From Current Team in a 3-Way Deal

The Brooklyn Nets are looking to trade their player

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Fans started talking about this possible trade