Welcome to Lockton NBA Tuesdays everybody. I'm West Goldberg from the Mercury News and host of Lockton Warriors here with the host of Lockton Heat, David Rimil, and on today's show, what happens next for the 70s Sixers and Ben Simmons, how the Hawks can knock off the bucks, and Kevin Durant's unbelievable

playoff run comes to an end.

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podcast network. Your in a moment but let's start with Philly it was clear that this organization was at a crossroads with Ben Simmons even before the season they already tried to trade him for James Harden that didn't work out they tried and failed to get Kyle Lowry. Despite that, they still got the number one seed in the east.

And this was the year for the Sixers.

No LeBron, no Kauai, Brooklyn got hurt and went out early.

And look, nothing against Atlanta or Milwaukee but they had the Sixers did their easiest

potential path to the finals yet. Then Ben Simmons stinks it up in the playoffs and for those who think that

the Sixers shouldn't or won't do anything that they can to do. the have to be made and they already got a new coach. The debate between

Simmons and Bead has long been decided with Advantage and Bead. It's been three

straight post seasons that Ben Simmons numbers have declined and it got to the

point that he was standing on the sideline during the most important moments of a game seven.

It's time to trade him. The only question now is,

what is his value across the league? So David, I'll ask you this that question. What is Ben Simmons's value in the league right now?

Well, I'll say you could probably include me in the crazy. I don't think he's I don't think he's gonna be moved as easily and I don't think they're as

willing to move him as you make it soon and maybe we could debate that too but as far as his

overall value like we can't have it both ways we can't have it both ways. We can't prop them up as a defensive

player of the year category or contestant or whatever potential winner and then

at the same time have them be dragged as being like a garbage player.

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