Sixers hoping for alternative to commerce for Blazers star Damian Lillard

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Now could be the time for the offseason the place rumors go flying in every single place. There are three groups nonetheless left standing within the NBA Playoffs, however for the opposite 27 groups, now’s the time to start retooling for the long run.

The Philadelphia 76ers are a kind of groups as they need to bounce again from a disappointing Recreation 7 house loss within the Japanese semifinals. The loss confirmed off some flaws and there are some issues that Philadelphia nonetheless wants to handle.

Certainly one of them is the Ben Simmons query as they both must work with him and hope he can lastly exhibit some offensive development or they will transfer him and hope that he can herald an improve.

In accordance with Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, the Sixers are hoping for the chance to land Portland Path Blazers star guard Damian Lillard. Whereas O’Connor was breaking down the offseason for the Los Angeles Clippers and what they will do to assist Kawhi Leonard, he talked about Simmons as a risk for the Clippers however reported that finally, Philadelphia’s focus is on Lillard.

O’Connor on Simmons:

There’s additionally Ben Simmons, the Sixers All-Star who spends almost all of his off time in Los Angeles and would add a much-needed playmaking dimension to the Clippers. However whatever the different items concerned in a possible deal, would Leonard need to staff up with Simmons after the latter’s disastrous postseason? Is {that a} deal the Sixers would need to make, when league sources say they’re additionally hoping for a possibility to land Lillard?

It might be robust for the Sixers to land a man like Lillard as they must quit Simmons and extra as a way to get the deal completed, however a Lillard and Joel Embiid pairing places them on the high of the East by way of title competition. Lillard is able to win now and if issues go bitter in Portland, the Sixers will swoop in with a commerce supply for him.

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