The Sacramento Kings are going by one more transition after firing coach Luke Walton on Sunday. That is one other main change the franchise has made of their unending quest to finish their lengthy playoff drought since their final look in 2006.
With the Philadelphia 76ers on the town on Monday to tackle the Kings, which turned out to be a Sixers win, there was the concept perhaps the Kings would make one other large transfer. Possibly they might speak to the Sixers throughout the locker room and see what it could take to finish a Ben Simmons deal.
Philadelphia has remained affected person on the Simmons commerce entrance. They nonetheless need a star participant in return for the 25-year-old. The Kings had been rumored to be concerned for Simmons over the summer time, however they had been hesitant to surrender younger guards De’Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton.
Even with the sluggish begin by the Kings, that appears to nonetheless be the case. Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report states:
And regardless of sturdy preseason chatter {that a} sluggish begin in Sacramento might result in a possible Ben Simmons commerce with Philadelphia, there stays no important present dialogue between the Sixers and Kings. Fox and Tyrese Halliburton are nonetheless deemed unavailable, and second-year standout Tyrese Maxey has emerged as a official start line guard in Philadelphia.
Tyrese Maxey’s sturdy play to start the season has modified quite a bit for the Sixers. They now have the luxurious to remain affected person on a Simmons deal and anticipate him to get higher within the psychological well being division and see if they’ll persuade him to get again on the ground. Whereas a commerce for Fox or Haliburton would excite followers, it is likely to be higher to only proceed to attend one thing out on the Simmons entrance.
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