I can't get this trade to work on a trade machine because of a current PPP (Simmons) and an unresolved PO (Drummond), but something along the lines of:
Philadelphia receives:
Darius Garland
Kevin Love
Andre Drummond
2020 Cleveland 1st round pick
2022 Cleveland 1st round pick (top 8 protected)
Cleveland receives:
Ben Simmons
Al Horford
- I think Simmons would be a perfect fit with Sexton bringing playmaking and defense that this team sorely lacks.
- Horford has lost a step, but he was also stuck playing most of his minutes at the 4 last year, but he could slide into the center spot here as his career winds down.
- Love would be a better fit next to Embiid than Horford and they have the same years left on their contracts.
- Drummond is an odd fit in Philly, but necessary to make salaries match (I think) and he'll be an expiring contract for them. They could use him to keep Embiid fresh throughout the year, and maybe they could even occasionally play alongside each other.
We could roll out next year:
Collin Sexton
Kevin Porter Jr.
Ben Simmons
Larry Nance Jr.
Al Horford
I could see that being a quality lineup, putting us in a good place moving forward.