PHILADELPHIA — Nothing has changed of late in the Ben Simmons standoff with the 76ers. He is under contract but not playing. The Sixers, who fell to the Clippers at home Friday but are still winners of 10 of their past 13 games, do not want to trade him unless they receive a difference-maker in return.
And yet, much has changed in the NBA’s trade-market landscape with less than three weeks until the Feb. 10 deadline.
In the months since Simmons’ playoff fizzle — and since he told the Sixers he would not report to training camp and intends to never play for the team again — more than one-third of the league has been floated as a possible new destination for the All-Star point guard, either through credible reporting or by dissecting the best possible fits on the court and in the salary books.
