Yeah, I'm highly skeptical about the smoke around Simmons to the Raptors. To me it's far more likely that the Raptors want to get involved as a third team, and so are phoning around talking to other teams about Simmons deals, which is getting mis-interpretted through the grapevine as them being directly interested. Lowry to Philly, Simmons to 3rd team, additional assets to Toronto and Philly, that sort of arrangement.
My favorite trade idea along these lines I've heard is Simmons to Sacramento, Lowry and Hield and future FRP to Philly, Bagley and future FRP to Toronto. I think that makes a lot of sense for all three teams, and it's a relatively easy one to balance salaries on.
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