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CJ for Ben Seems Inevitable (read description pls)


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76ers

+2 players ($43.8m) +2 picks,
Cap Impact - $1.0M

+1  Wins

-0.16  MPG

+4.10  Off.

-0.50  Def.

I have thought long and hard about CJ in Philly, and as long as we can replace Danny Green with RoCo, I think it can work.

In my eyes, the 76ers would start CJ, Matisse, RoCo, Harris, and Embiid. You would have 3 20+ PPG scorers along with 3 elite defensive players (4 if you count how well Tobias played defensively last year) and the starting 5 is pretty balanced. Between CJ, Harris and Embiid, its almost a guaranteed 70 points a night (25-30 from Embiid, 20-22 from Harris and 22-25 from CJ). With Matisse and RoCo, defensively, the 76ers would have enough to guard some of the best teams in the league, yet still not slip offensively. Matisse and RoCo will get open looks in the corners on catch and shoot 3's if Embiid draws double teams in the post, or on CJ and Tobias drives.

I know there is a big concern about playmaking with Ben Simmons. But in games without Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum has shown he is capable of running an offense. And that was with Jusuf Nurkic, Gary Trent, RoCo, and Melo. No disrespect to any of those players, but if you replace Nurkic with Embiid, Melo with Tobias and Trent with Thybulle or Curry, McCollum's assist numbers and playmaking opportunities seem so much higher with lob threats to Joel, transition passes to Tobias and open corner 3's from Seth.

For the Blazers, Simmons would fit perfectly at either forward spot. In a perfect world, he would start at the 4 with Danny Green at the 3 and Larry Nance off the bench. In closing lineups, however, he would most likely be the 5 with Nance at the 4 and Danny Green at the 3. There would be plenty of shooting between Dame, Powell and Danny Green for Simmons to operate comfortably. Dame wouldn't have to worry as much about playmaking and can focus a little more on scoring. Pick and roll between Dame and Simmons would be extremely hard to handle for opponents. And in the same breath, opponents would have a tough time offensively now because aside from Dame, any lineup with any 4 of Powell, Danny Green, Larry Nance, Ben Simmons, or Jusuf Nurkic makes it hard to score. This would be a massive upgrade defensively for a team that needs it. Powell is capable of making up the scoring that the team would lose, and that is why Shake Milton is also thrown in the deal as well.

76ers Starters: CJ, Matisse, RoCo, Harris, Embiid

76ers Bench: Maxey, Seth Curry, Korkmaz, Niang, Drummond

Blazers Starters: Dame, Powell, Danny Green, Simmons, Nurkic

Bench: Milton, Simons, Little, Nance, Zeller

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