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 Pretty much agree with everything about the Sixers.  Dario and Erson are better bigs for this team.  I don’t like this line-up experiment without Simmons.  As you said, none of our guards can get the ball to Joel in good spots.  Okafor is just clogging up the lane.  Sixers are at their best when Embiid posts up on the block and can kick it back out to a shooter if doubled.  I see him and Henderson do this well.  Nice little two man game.

 well when the best shooter ,out of the 6 players you named, is the center, there isn’t really a way they can compliment each other. I don’t like Dunn as much as I’ve seen people posting about him as I think he and Lavigne do almost the same stuff except Lavine is more athletic and Dunn the better IQ. I think they need to trade Rubio to the highest bidder to cash in while they can, preferably a small forward who can shoot the 3 as I like Wiggins at the 2 for longer periods at the time for a bigger defense. Maybe take a swing at Rudy gay for Rubio and finally. Ring in someone who is starting caliber in the league.

 The 76ers are finally giving Okafor and Embiid a run together as starters, we have to see how that plays out for a bit especially when Simmons is fit and they can see how all the picks work together. Saric looks the ideal first big off the bench but we have had Noel moaning about only getting 8 minutes last night so something will have to give.

Erson is of course the wildcard and has played some nice basketball this season but is an unrestricted FA next summer. He could take a payday elsewhere or maybe take less to go to a contender. Philly may well want to keep him if they think he is the best guy alongside Embiid and he gives the team experience. 

I think it will come down to one of Noel or Okafor going but Philly may well want to decidev what to do with Erson first for if they trade Noel or Oak and Erson going via FA then the frontcourt depth is suddenly two down. Noel will be an RFA so that needs to be considered too, also is paying Erson a better idea than paying Noel.

Philly could flip Erson near deadline day, a contender would probably happily give up a late first rounder to add depth and experience for a play off run even if it is for one season only.

The other option Philly have is with their cap space, they could offer Erson a nice deal now and get him tied down but it then shows other guys are on the block and their trade value might fall.

At T-Wolves, Rubio for Gay looks a fair trade idea, DMC gets a proven PG to create for him and T-Wolves get a solid 18ppg career scorer who gives them options at the forward positions. It would be interesting to see who Thibs used as PG either Dunn or Lavine if Rubio was moved.

 I think Denver might surface as a destination for one of the Philly bigs. They have Harris back but have Murray who is no doubt going to be their 2 going forward. I think you could play either Noel or Okafor next to Jokic. I think the move would be for Philly to go after Harris, I’d personally ask for Chandler too for something like Okafor and a pick.

Nugs – 1 Mudiay/Nelson 2 Murray/Beasley 3 Gallinari/Barton 4 Jokic/Faried 5 Okafor/Nurkic

Sixers – 1 Simmons/Rodriguez 2 Harris/Henderson 3 Chandler/Covington 4 Ilyasova/Saric 5 Embiid/Noel

 Denver have a fairly decent big man rotation with KIC Twins and Faried so they would not seem an obvious destination for Okafor or Noel IMO but Chandler would seem a decent fit for Philly so a plus 1 from me.