NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[KillerLeft]

Regarding Simmons:

I don't see a player with mental issues, I see a selfish, slightly lazy superstar who is engaged in a petty dispute with team officials whom he hates. He's simply trying to win, and the results have long since passed into "cut your nose off to spite your face" territory. It's not great by any stretch, but hey, this is how guys like that come available (it's how the Mavs got Porzingis, kind of). 

Now, if I'm wrong, and we're seeing a man in the midst of a legitimate breakdown, then yeah - getting out from under Porzingis one year earlier would end up being the lesser of two evils. 

But honestly, how popular would the decision to simply let Porzingis walk when his contract expired be around here? If they can turn him into a guy who actually plays (since that's what I'm assuming Simmons is), isn't that way better? At the very least they'd be adding one of the best, long, wing-defenders in the league.

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Unlike KP, he has elite on the court skills and his way more durable.  The fit might not be great but I'd take Simmons ten times out of ten